Getting married in India...

[Twisted K 2]

After much discussion with my fiance, different attorneys, family members, and friends, we have decided to get married in May since CSC will not review our expired K1 petition we filed in April of last year. Upon my return we will file our I130 for our CR1 visa.

Does anyone have any advice for us? Anything we need to be aware of? I know I will have to address our K1 petition when I file the I-130, not a problem, since I plan on using this time to insert my rebuttal and include additional evidence, including the evidence from the fatal 221g that the embassy requested.

So far we are planning for the Arya Samaj wedding since I am unable to get a 30 day leave from work. We will take that information to the court within a few days so they can process our civil marriage certificate.

What am I missing? I will change my last name on everything when I return. I will make him the beneficiary of my 401k. I have a letter from my apartment manager that she is aware of our intention to live in my apartment. I will have affidavits from both sides of the family. My banks will not allow him to be added to any of my accounts until he gets here, but he is checking into adding me to his Indian account. We will have plenty of pictures. I have kept every single receipt and boarding passes from my February trip.

I can't help but wonder what else I will need since this is not an original filing of a petition. Can anyone see what I am missing?

[BePatience 0]

After much discussion with my fiance, different attorneys, family members, and friends, we have decided to get married in May since CSC will not review our expired K1 petition we filed in April of last year. Upon my return we will file our I130 for our CR1 visa.

Does anyone have any advice for us? Anything we need to be aware of? I know I will have to address our K1 petition when I file the I-130, not a problem, since I plan on using this time to insert my rebuttal and include additional evidence, including the evidence from the fatal 221g that the embassy requested.

So far we are planning for the Arya Samaj wedding since I am unable to get a 30 day leave from work. We will take that information to the court within a few days so they can process our civil marriage certificate.

What am I missing? I will change my last name on everything when I return. I will make him the beneficiary of my 401k. I have a letter from my apartment manager that she is aware of our intention to live in my apartment. I will have affidavits from both sides of the family. My banks will not allow him to be added to any of my accounts until he gets here, but he is checking into adding me to his Indian account. We will have plenty of pictures. I have kept every single receipt and boarding passes from my February trip.

I can't help but wonder what else I will need since this is not an original filing of a petition. Can anyone see what I am missing?

All those things you listed looks perfect. One thing make sure you have pictures of all ceremony because at the time of interview consulate officer will ask for it.

Wish you best of luck with the process!!!!

[Twisted K 2]

After much discussion with my fiance, different attorneys, family members, and friends, we have decided to get married in May since CSC will not review our expired K1 petition we filed in April of last year. Upon my return we will file our I130 for our CR1 visa.

Does anyone have any advice for us? Anything we need to be aware of? I know I will have to address our K1 petition when I file the I-130, not a problem, since I plan on using this time to insert my rebuttal and include additional evidence, including the evidence from the fatal 221g that the embassy requested.

So far we are planning for the Arya Samaj wedding since I am unable to get a 30 day leave from work. We will take that information to the court within a few days so they can process our civil marriage certificate.

What am I missing? I will change my last name on everything when I return. I will make him the beneficiary of my 401k. I have a letter from my apartment manager that she is aware of our intention to live in my apartment. I will have affidavits from both sides of the family. My banks will not allow him to be added to any of my accounts until he gets here, but he is checking into adding me to his Indian account. We will have plenty of pictures. I have kept every single receipt and boarding passes from my February trip.

I can't help but wonder what else I will need since this is not an original filing of a petition. Can anyone see what I am missing?

All those things you listed looks perfect. One thing make sure you have pictures of all ceremony because at the time of interview consulate officer will ask for it.

Wish you best of luck with the process!!!!

Thanks, Waithatter, again, congrats on your recent approval

[dagnytaggart 0]

After much discussion with my fiancé, different attorneys, family members, and friends, we have decided to get married in May since CSC will not review our expired K1 petition we filed in April of last year. Upon my return we will file our I130 for our CR1 visa.

Does anyone have any advice for us? Anything we need to be aware of? I know I will have to address our K1 petition when I file the I-130, not a problem, since I plan on using this time to insert my rebuttal and include additional evidence, including the evidence from the fatal 221g that the embassy requested.

So far we are planning for the Arya Samaj wedding since I am unable to get a 30 day leave from work. We will take that information to the court within a few days so they can process our civil marriage certificate.

What am I missing? I will change my last name on everything when I return. I will make him the beneficiary of my 401k. I have a letter from my apartment manager that she is aware of our intention to live in my apartment. I will have affidavits from both sides of the family. My banks will not allow him to be added to any of my accounts until he gets here, but he is checking into adding me to his Indian account. We will have plenty of pictures. I have kept every single receipt and boarding passes from my February trip.

I can't help but wonder what else I will need since this is not an original filing of a petition. Can anyone see what I am missing?

All those things you listed looks perfect. One thing make sure you have pictures of all ceremony because at the time of interview consulate officer will ask for it.

Wish you best of luck with the process!!!!

I think someone mentioned once about Delhi asking for a copy of the guest list for proof but I am not sure if that was for a K-1 or K-3/CR-1

Congrats and good luck!

Edited March 31, 2009 by dagnytaggart

[ELW 5]

Sounds good, best of luck! Awhile back something similar happened to someone from India on this forum. They were refused K1 then filed after marrying and they got the visa.

[sara..... 371]

we also plan on getting married after june cuz of csc not willing to approve or deny our petition, one thing that i have heard is that its important for some of ur family to be there with his family when u marry, im really not sure how important that is but we have made plans for that because of what we have been told

i wish u all the best and hope everything goes fast for u and ur new husband will be here in the usa with u very soon

sara

[catknit 144]

Sounds like a plan!

Find out about any and every type of insurance you can add him to - health and life specifically. You may be able to add him to credit cards to show other financial ties.

[SuperDuper! 230]

Sounds good, best of luck! Awhile back something similar happened to someone from India on this forum. They were refused K1 then filed after marrying and they got the visa.

What was the reason for the K1 being refused?

[catknit 144]

Ok - me again!

May???????? Wow - is he a wedding planning machine?

I agree with Sara - any chance of having some guests from your side? I don't think it will be a huge deal if not because I'd be willing to bet you'll do something stateside once he's here?

[Twisted K 2]

The original petition was denied for lack of bona fide relationship evidence, which is why we want to overload with the i-130, no excuses this time .

Yeah, he is a wedding planning machine, I don't know how he is doing it all, but I just talked to him, and he is going to the temple near his house. He already arranged for his family to come into town. One of my sisters were going to come to the wedding when we were getting married in September, but since we bumped it up 4 months, she doesn't think she will be able to. One of the reasons for the bump also was because tickets are so much cheaper now. I could not believe the prices for April and May. I have promised my mom that when he gets here, we will have the wedding we have always planned. Since my family is unable to attend, that is my main reason for having their affidavits. It will be a small intimate wedding ceremony so nothing elaborate, maybe we will have a bigger party afterwards. It is just hard to want to have the big celebration when it is with people that I barely know, besides his family and friends that I have met on previous trips.

Thanks for all the input Keep them coming!! Good luck Sara on your upcoming nuptuals. It just blows my mind that you have had to endure this difficult wait

I am still a firm believer we will all be with our loved ones soon. Nothing is going to stop us.

[catknit 144]

The original petition was denied for lack of bona fide relationship evidence, which is why we want to overload with the i-130, no excuses this time .

Yeah, he is a wedding planning machine, I don't know how he is doing it all, but I just talked to him, and he is going to the temple near his house. He already arranged for his family to come into town. One of my sisters were going to come to the wedding when we were getting married in September, but since we bumped it up 4 months, she doesn't think she will be able to. One of the reasons for the bump also was because tickets are so much cheaper now. I could not believe the prices for April and May. I have promised my mom that when he gets here, we will have the wedding we have always planned. Since my family is unable to attend, that is my main reason for having their affidavits. It will be a small intimate wedding ceremony so nothing elaborate, maybe we will have a bigger party afterwards. It is just hard to want to have the big celebration when it is with people that I barely know, besides his family and friends that I have met on previous trips.

Thanks for all the input Keep them coming!! Good luck Sara on your upcoming nuptuals. It just blows my mind that you have had to endure this difficult wait

I am still a firm believer we will all be with our loved ones soon. Nothing is going to stop us.

Small? Intimate? Wedding in India??? You sure about that? J/K - I'm sure he's doing a great job getting everything together so quickly. I bet it's tough on him since May is a very popular month for weddings.

I know the airfare is super tempting right now....

Keep in mind, at least from my research, that the embassy in New Delhi loves tradition so I would make sure a good bit of what is expected with rituals, etc is included.

[Twisted K 2]

Well, everything is set, bought my tickets last night. He has arranged everything with the temple and Pandit. We will have a traditional Hindu ceremony. I am excited to have the mehndi done. i am hoping to borrow a sister's video camera.

[catknit 144]

Kaushalia - That's so exciting! I'm so happy for you and glad that you decided to go ahead and get married. Can't wait for pics! How soon will you be leaving?

[trinket 30]

Congratulations on the upcoming nuptial Can't wait to see pics

[Twisted K 2]

Thanks everyone I leave on May 9. Unfortunately, I could only (and just barely, might I add ) get 2 weeks off. So I will return on May 24.