Any CSC Jan 08 filers get NOA2's yet???

[gabriela 0]

i agree that theres a lot of beautiful spots in davao as well..but i havent been there. wish me and my babe can go for a tour around the philippines soon.. and hey gabriela! wer at boracay will u stay? ul definitely love it there! its the finest of the finest beaches in the world! .... im interested in honda bay palawan though..

it's actually my 3rd time in boracay this coming May. well what can i say... it's so beautiful you just have to go back! my fiance and i stayed in escondido resort before. this summer, i'm going with my girlfriends so we chose tonglen resort.. something cheaper hehe..but the place looks nice on the website.

i went to palawan last summer. honda bay is BEAUTIFUL! snake island is the most beautiful thing i ever saw. a friendly advice though, skip the day tour around puerto princesa! its a waste of time. better spend your palawan days on beaches and the underground river.

hope you and your honey can tour the philippines soon!

and yes sunnybear, pls share your wedding preparation stories. we'd love to hear them.

[shes 0]

i went to palawan last summer. honda bay is BEAUTIFUL! snake island is the most beautiful thing i ever saw. a friendly advice though, skip the day tour around puerto princesa! its a waste of time. better spend your palawan days on beaches and the underground river.

hope you and your honey can tour the philippines soon!

and yes sunnybear, pls share your wedding preparation stories. we'd love to hear them.

oh yeah, weather the cheap one or luxurious, theyre all the same cus the beach is all that matters! hehehe! il take ur advice about touring palawan..really? puerto prinsesa is jus a waste of time?..hhmm,,..i wonder why.. and yeah talking about preparations, wer will you get ur wedding stuff? im planning to get all here in the P.I.

oh and il do that too once NOA2 arrives

oh my..i suddenly felt my heart jumped! excited and nervous in one!hahaah!

[gabriela 0]

oh yeah, weather the cheap one or luxurious, theyre all the same cus the beach is all that matters! hehehe! il take ur advice about touring palawan..really? puerto prinsesa is jus a waste of time?..hhmm,,..i wonder why.. and yeah talking about preparations, wer will you get ur wedding stuff? im planning to get all here in the P.I.

oh and il do that too once NOA2 arrives

oh my..i suddenly felt my heart jumped! excited and nervous in one!hahaah!

skip the day tour! they will bring you to a crocodile farm (i doubt if you havent seen one in the zoo), a prison (they will just bring you to the souvenir shop), and a bakeshop with statues (yah, nice for picture taking but.. you wont go all the way to palawan to see statues right?)

if you're going to puerto princesa, make sure you spend 1 whole day in honda bay, another day for dos palmas (BEST fishfeeding experience in my life!) and to the famous underground river.

originally, we plan to have a civil wedding in the US then come back to the philippines for the traditional church wedding because all my family and friends are here. would that be a nice plan??? but im scared that once the civil wedding is done, i'd be so lazy to fix a philippine church wedding esp if im the US already.

actually im considering a crazy vegas civil wedding. i told my fiance i wanna ride a helicopter and get married in the valley of fire. but i dont think he's taking me seriously hehe

anybody here had a vegas wedding? or planning to have one? just thinking of a fun and non-traditional civil wedding.

shes, is it cheaper to buy wedding stuff here in the philippines? goodluck with the wedding preparations! you sound excited

[shes 0]

skip the day tour! they will bring you to a crocodile farm (i doubt if you havent seen one in the zoo), a prison (they will just bring you to the souvenir shop), and a bakeshop with statues (yah, nice for picture taking but.. you wont go all the way to palawan to see statues right?)

if you're going to puerto princesa, make sure you spend 1 whole day in honda bay, another day for dos palmas (BEST fishfeeding experience in my life!) and to the famous underground river.

weee!!!! oh my goodness! feeding the fishes sounds so fun! thanks! im excited for the philippine spots tour but im more excited for our wedding ryt now!!!

originally, we plan to have a civil wedding in the US then come back to the philippines for the traditional church wedding because all my family and friends are here. would that be a nice plan??? but im scared that once the civil wedding is done, i'd be so lazy to fix a philippine church wedding esp if im the US already.

actually im considering a crazy vegas civil wedding. i told my fiance i wanna ride a helicopter and get married in the valley of fire. but i dont think he's taking me seriously hehe

anybody here had a vegas wedding? or planning to have one? just thinking of a fun and non-traditional civil wedding.

shes, is it cheaper to buy wedding stuff here in the philippines? goodluck with the wedding preparations! you sound excited

u seem to be the modern fancy type of bride i think thats one unique smart idea (the choper and vegas wedding) well, watever the type of our weding will be, as long as were gonna have it out of proclaming our Love for our swethearts, everything will be perfect!

about the wedding stuff..yeah, its cheaper here...to top that is the gown, my goodness i check out beautiful gowns in the U.S. (like the ones you can get from a boutique) and it cost alot!!!! but if you'll check the designs...girl! you can find same designs, some are more elegant looking here in the Philippines - ready made or tailored.

ready made - you can check out divisoria, they have alot over there( i havent checked personally but a frend of mine who knows someone who had a wedding in the U.S.,this someone bought her gown here in PI and everybody there were stunned by her gown) - you can also ask to adjust the gown you choose) i heard a P10,000 gown is already at its best though, you can still get elegant gowns for as low as P5,000

tailored - my sister in-law got a very elegant gown tailored for P20,000. it took 3mos before it was done.

about the other stuff like, give aways, hey!u can get P50 per item - also theres alot at divisoria

again my sister-in-law got a white classic, abstract looking bride and groom hugging each other give away for only P60 each..(its modern looking, not the common figurine..)

even the flower arrangement...im even thinking to get it here..(just that one for decorations) but the one il be holding and the brides will be from there cus ofcourse,it shuld be fresh

but the invitations..this one i found out just almost the same price in the U.S. so we'll get it there too..

oh and finally the wedding band!!!!!!!!!!! hey it is best to get it here..why? cus in the U.S. they dont have a 24K gold or white gold..if there is it cost ALOT! my again, sister in law (shes a jeweler) told me that you can get a P5,000 worth wedding band here. P10,000 is thicker.

my fiance, the engagement ring he gave me from a branded jeweler in the states cost $215..so if ul compute,an egagement ring in the U.S. equals the price of a 18K to 24K white gold wedding band (2 rings) here in the P.I.

try to buy some U.S. bridal magazine. u can compare the prizes....

[gabriela 0]

thanks so much shes for the tips! i was planning to compare wedding stuff prices in the US and philippines.. but you saved me the time. and i therefore conclude, DIVISORIA is the place!

how about the others? getting excited to prepare the your wedding too? wanna hear your stories and shes, you can keep us updated abt ur wedding preparations. that would be nice!

[shes 0]

thanks so much shes for the tips! i was planning to compare wedding stuff prices in the US and philippines.. but you saved me the time. and i therefore conclude, DIVISORIA is the place!

how about the others? getting excited to prepare the your wedding too? wanna hear your stories and shes, you can keep us updated abt ur wedding preparations. that would be nice!

wat do you mean the others? our relatives?......my fiance is also a filipino (by blood) so in short, his parents wants the traditional filipino, "invite all people we know" type of wedding.hahaahh! well me and future hubby just wants to enjoy our special day, we talked things out that we'll let God's will in everthing about the wedding be done. so.. hassles out, stress out, expectations out, watever comes,it'll stl make our wedding very special

how about u? u mentioned ul stl get wed here in PI? wer u at in the PI ryt now by the way

[gabriela 0]

wat do you mean the others? our relatives?......my fiance is also a filipino (by blood) so in short, his parents wants the traditional filipino, "invite all people we know" type of wedding.hahaahh! well me and future hubby just wants to enjoy our special day, we talked things out that we'll let God's will in everthing about the wedding be done. so.. hassles out, stress out, expectations out, watever comes,it'll stl make our wedding very special

how about u? u mentioned ul stl get wed here in PI? wer u at in the PI ryt now by the way

i meant the other vj members reading this post.

shes! my fiance is also 100% filipino! he just got his citizenship last dec. i live in manila. u?

[B'sA 0]

When I start seeing January filers at CSC getting approved I will post the tracking of who and when on the January CSC filers thread. I'll be very excited to do this as you can imagine.

And i'll be your fan!!!

[B'sA 0]

I think by this time in April we will have already begun seeing January filers getting approvals, and in May we'll see a bunch. I hope we're all cleared before memorial day, although I know there will be some of us left behind to June and July

as long as it's not august and september...

[B'sA 0]

Ooh yes I sure hope we are all cleared by memorial day too that would rock!!! I think my mans name is unique at least to this area.....

With all the shame...when is the memorial day?

[dbears 1]

Ooh yes I sure hope we are all cleared by memorial day too that would rock!!! I think my mans name is unique at least to this area.....

With all the shame...when is the memorial day?

Make that two.. i have been hearing of people wanting to get married on memorial day and i don't know when memorial day will be

BryantAliona, i'm really really rooting for your approval! USCIS has messed up your file and well, you can still be considered a January filer right coz you sent your 2nd I-129F on the very last hours of December 31st... but wait, you are also an October filer and a December filer. Well, whatever, I will be very very happy to CHEER for you when you finally get your approval!

[BlakeandOlha 0]

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Edited April 2, 2008 by BlakeandOlha

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Ooh yes I sure hope we are all cleared by memorial day too that would rock!!! I think my mans name is unique at least to this area.....

With all the shame...when is the memorial day?

Make that two.. i have been hearing of people wanting to get married on memorial day and i don't know when memorial day will be

Well, unfortunately there most likely will not be any January CSC filer weddings by memorial day (end of May). We should be able to get most of the January CSC filers approved by this time. Most of us will be looking at July/August weddings. I would love for CSC to prove me wrong.

[dbears 1]

Well, unfortunately there most likely will not be any January CSC filer weddings by memorial day (end of May). We should be able to get most of the January CSC filers approved by this time. Most of us will be looking at July/August weddings. I would love for CSC to prove me wrong.

oh, so memorial day is end of may ...

July and August is not bad for a wedding, we're even moving our wedding from october to august 8, 2008 (which was the original wedding date) and blake you can join the 08-08-08 band wagon.

[dbears 1]

originally, we plan to have a civil wedding in the US then come back to the philippines for the traditional church wedding because all my family and friends are here. would that be a nice plan??? but im scared that once the civil wedding is done, i'd be so lazy to fix a philippine church wedding esp if im the US already.

We originally plan on getting married here in PI on 08-08-08 and then apply for spousal visa after. I've journaled it HERE: my reasons why I wanted it here and my reasons why I changed my mind.. it was crazy coz I have paid for some wedding vendors already and we were still making plans even up to the day before we agreed to go for the K1 instead. Look at my signature that is our guest signature platter which we ordered from serendipity-crafts November of last year. I thought it would be a cool change from the traditional guest book.

Oh well, with the way its going we might still be married by 08-08-08 but then that guest signature platter won't have many signatures on it since our wedding in the US will be very very very small. It will still be a Christian wedding but a very very very simple wedding. But we still plan on having another ceremony here in the Philippine in maybe 3-5 years, it will serve as our renewal of vows. At least I will be able to help save for it when i get to the US.

ready made - you can check out divisoria, they have alot over there( i havent checked personally but a frend of mine who knows someone who had a wedding in the U.S.,this someone bought her gown here in PI and everybody there were stunned by her gown) - you can also ask to adjust the gown you choose) i heard a P10,000 gown is already at its best though, you can still get elegant gowns for as low as P5,000

about the other stuff like, give aways, hey!u can get P50 per item - also theres alot at divisoria

again my sister-in-law got a white classic, abstract looking bride and groom hugging each other give away for only P60 each..(its modern looking, not the common figurine..)

even the flower arrangement...im even thinking to get it here..(just that one for decorations) but the one il be holding and the brides will be from there cus ofcourse,it shuld be fresh

but the invitations..this one i found out just almost the same price in the U.S. so we'll get it there too..

oh and finally the wedding band!!!!!!!!!!! hey it is best to get it here..why? cus in the U.S. they dont have a 24K gold or white gold..if there is it cost ALOT! my again, sister in law (shes a jeweler) told me that you can get a P5,000 worth wedding band here. P10,000 is thicker.

my fiance, the engagement ring he gave me from a branded jeweler in the states cost $215..so if ul compute,an egagement ring in the U.S. equals the price of a 18K to 24K white gold wedding band (2 rings) here in the P.I.

try to buy some U.S. bridal magazine. u can compare the prizes....

Great tips shes. You seem to be like me, practical to the core (just a nicer way of saying "kuripot" ) I'll surely be checking divisoria for wedding materials when I go to manila for medical and interview. If I can't find the perfect gown then I'll go for the textiles which I believe also abounds in divisoria.

By the way, you don't need to buy those U.S. bridal magazine (SOO EXPENSIVE, at least for me), there are tons of wedding dresses on the net and you can already get a rough estimate of how much gowns cost there.

Check out this two: theknot.com, brides.com then you can go check the designers personal website.

I'm planning to have my dress done by our local seamstress (unless of course I can find something in divisoria), way cheaper than buying and also way cheaper than going to well known fashion designers or big fancy wedding boutiques here in the PI. Even here in davao, wedding gown cost 20,000-75,000pesos average!!! my budget for the whole wedding attire is only 5-10K pesos, that includes shoes and other bride paraphernalia already. Most people here that budget is too low, well I say, it can be done and I will have it done... I'll have my beautiful dress and beautiful shoes for that price and I won't exceed it... im even planning to cut that cost even a little lower if i can.

I won't be going for the big fluffy gowns, I just want a simple Grecian inspired gown. We'll be having a very simple wedding so I also don't want to be overdressed for the occasion and our wedding here in the PI will be beach wedding so a simple gown would still be suited.