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Very pretty! I love the shape of the back and the sweetheart neckline will be beautiful! Can't wait to see photos of you in it!

Everything looks perfect! I love your dress! It is beautiful. Have a great time.

Thanks again for the info... I will probably call like you suggested just to make sure! Luckily his school visa shouldn't expire until May '09 so we have some time to figure it out. We just would like to have everything in order before that happens.

Thank you! I figured with the number of people who become citizens... it couldn't be too hard and really didn't want to spend money on a lawyer. We went to talk to a foreign student counselor at school and she immediately pointed us in that direction. (I think she just didn't want to really have to deal with us). And just to clarify... we do that petition AFTER we get married. Do you know if there is any problems/difficulties getting married at the courthouse with him being a non-citizen?

Dear Therapy Professors, Just because it takes 15 of you to teach this course and you only have 2 lecture periods each... doesn't mean you should ALL assign us extra hour long breeze presentations to watch outside of class each week. You are the specialists... we are not... so we really don't need to know every little nit-picky detail. It is not our fault you can't teach us what we need to know in your alloted time and it is defintely not our problem that the course director feels the need to have so many of you. Please remember that you are not are only professor and this is not our only class. (and that we actually do have lives out of class). Also...while we are on the topic of time: class gets done at 12:05... not at 12:15 and defintitely not at 12:30. Please stop ruining our lunch hour!

Not sure how to title this... or how to most efficiently search the topic. (I tried a few terms but couldn't find what I was looking for). With so many US and Canadian brides on here I'm assuming someone is in the a similar situation and can help... I am a US citizen and my fiance is a Canadian citizen who is here on a student visa. We plan on staying in the states after graduation (May 09) and having him become a US citizen. However, we are not 100% sure on how to proceed. We are thinking about hiring a lawyer to help, but wondering it is necessary (we would like to save the money if possible). Our understanding is that after we get married he will become a permanent resident... and then can begin the naturalization/citizenship process which will take a few years. Is that correct? We were also planning on doing a court house wedding before our actual ceremony in Jamaica to avoid any other complications. (Even though we will probably do it no matter what... does anyone know if just being married in Jamaica would be a problem with his citizenship process?) Lastly, my mom and I were talking and she asked if it would be better for him and his tuition costs if we did the court house ceremony now as opposed to right before we go to Jamaica. (Right now he is paying basically 'out of state' tution which is about doulbe the 'in state' rate and since he is not a citizen is not able to apply for the normal student loans). As we start a rotation process this summer... we will have 3 more full term semesters yet to pay, so it could be significant chunk of money. Does anyone know if we are correct in our thinking that: if we were to get married and he were to become a permanent resident, he would be able to pay in-state tution? Sorry I know that may be a bit confusing... but as you can tell we are a bit confused as well. Any thoughts/experiences would be great! In summary we are looking for advice on: immigration lawyers, US citizenship process, court-house vs Jamaica for citizenship process Thanks in advance!

So cute! Love the idea... too bad they are kinda pricey.

So cute! Love the bling.

So cute! They look amazing... and I love the idea of the RSVP card. Will it work as a postcard they send back or are you sending an envelope?

So beautiful! I also love the sparkles! And it fits you so well!

Haha... I'm addicted to them right now as well! I usually watch one before bed most nights as my fiance works on schoolwork that I have given up on. He initially gave me a hard time about watching them... then it just a little laugh and eye roll ... and now he can generally tell whether I (we) have watched that one or not! I especially like when the Bridezilla ones are on so I can point out that I am not as crazy as some people.... and the Fabulous Weddings so I can point out that we aren't spending THAT much.

Very good idea! Would they be able to tell us what rooms everyone is in before all the guests arrive and check in?

Congrats! Glad to hear that everything went well. Would love to see your pics and read a mini-review if you are willing to share with us!

Very cute! Fun idea.

Very cute! And simple... perfect for non-DIY people like me! (Luckily my MOH is a scrapbook queen... and is helping out w/ the rest!)

Congrats! Good luck with all your planning!

1. How old are you? 22 2. At what age did you/will you get married? 23 3. Do you have children? nope... but someday! 4. Did you think you would marry the person you are with now? within our first month of dating... it took him a little longer though 5. Were you ever engaged or married to someone other than the person you are with now? Nope... first timer! 6. Do you want a garden wedding, beach wedding, or the traditional church wedding? Beach wedding... toes in the sand, waves nearby and palm trees overhead! 7. Where did you/will you get married? Ocho Rios, Jamaica 8. First dance - classic waltz, slow and sexy, or fast and spicy? Still TBD 9. How many guests did you/will you have? how knows... anywhere from 30-70 people (?)... 10. Do you want/did you have an extravagant wedding or a simple wedding? Simple! (and low-stress) 11. Vows - traditional or something you make up on your own? Traditional plus the sand ceremony. 12. How many layers of cake did you/will you have? still TBD... whatever the resort gives us 13. Is/was your wedding/reception at a hotel? Yep... the ceremony and reception will be at the resort that all of our guests and ourselves will be celebrating at for the week! 14. When did you/will you get married - sunrise, mid-day, sunset? still TBD... hopefully mid-day to sunset 15. Did you/will you have your reception outdoors or indoors? I would love for it to be on the beach... but still determining if its in teh budget... so TBD 16. Plan every detail down to the napkins or let someone else decide? I was hoping to be low-key, low planning... but I'm turning into a planning freak! 17. How did/will the bride enter? still TBD! 18. Song to walk down the aisle to: Still TBD... I would love Canon in D... but possibly having steel drum bands so we'll see. 19. Song to make your exit: still TBD 20. Will you/did you have a solemn ceremony or a light one? Light and fun 21. At what age did you think you would get married? I had no idea 22. Who to invite - practically everyone or a select few? in between... family and good friends 23. Wedding menu - fine dining or simply delicious? simply delicous 24. Champagne or red wine? fruity tropical drinks! 25. Honeymoon right after the wedding, awhile after the wedding, or no honeymoon? Right after the wedding... same resort... with the friends and fam! Maybe our own a few years down the road? 26. Was your/will your honeymoon be at a place special to you both or somewhere brand new to you both? Some place new and exotic 27. Who will pay for the bills? For the wedding?... a bit from the parents, but mostly student loans! For after... joint effort!. 28. Living together: Not before marriage or absolutely before marriage? Defintely before... you learn a lot about someone when living with them. I can't imagine not being with him! 29. Anything else about marriage you'd like to say? Nope

Very cute idea! (like the girls above... I may just end up stealing it). If you are printing them yourself, I agree it would be fun to mix them up a bit. If you are ordering them from vistaprint or something and just want one... my choice would be either 3 or 5. I love the pic on #3 but I can't tell if the font color will be difficult to read.

I would defintely encourage you to send them. I know many of my guests needed the almost year in advance to get that amount of time off work and figure out other details (babysitters, etc).

My vote is number 2 as well.... it is really cute!

Wow amazing! Everything looked so perfect... I loved the starfish details on your chairs. The sunset pictures were beautiful! Congrats.

Quote: Originally Posted by twelve_piece I'm planning to use recorded music for the ceremony and to keep it simple i'm putting only one song each CD and labeling what it is. So 1 cd will have song for BM entrance, then 1 cd with song for my entrance, 1 cd for song for our walk back down the aisle, and then one cd with the song for our first dance that we will do in the gazebo. Good idea... I think that will make it easy for whoever running it to understand so nothing will get mixed up and you will have the right song at the right time. When do you plan on doing your first dance at the gazebo? After the ceremony... or after dinner?

I think it looks really cute! Nice and simple. I love the blue's... is that sea glass or rocks or something? Also where did you get the plates?

Beautiful! I love the back of the dress! (Backs are my favorite part... and this one is really cute!

Beautiful! Congrats on such a great find.