Our Status Update

[jonandmary 0]

Well everyone - its been a long time coming. I first filled out Mary's K1 docs back last July. Mary has had her K1 now for a few months and had visited a few times as a visitor (not on the K1). Her parents have been out too to see the new house. I left my job in the Chicago suburbs to start a new job in the Milwaukee suburbs. Now we are closer to my family and in a less congested area.

The wedding invitations have been sent, RSVP's are coming in. The final appointments with vendors have been set. Our plans are being double checked. I leave in a few days with a trailer to go to Toronto. I'll be coming back full with Mary's belongings. In a few weeks Mary will fly in on a one way ticket as her life will change forever. Her parents will be by her side and I set up a 1/2 spa package for her and her mother.... and we'll have a nice dinner and good weekend before they fly back home by themselves.

Then in 45 days .... everything we have worked the past year for will come to a close and start a new beginning. The vows and rings will be exchanged, the photos will be snapped, songs will be danced to, memories will be shared .... and the next morning we will start our first day as man and wife.

*sigh*

so much to do still

[aravis227 1]

Congratulations and good wishes to you both.

[MrsCat 6]

Congrats to you both!

[Mephys 2]

Well everyone - its been a long time coming. I first filled out Mary's K1 docs back last July. Mary has had her K1 now for a few months and had visited a few times as a visitor (not on the K1). Her parents have been out too to see the new house. I left my job in the Chicago suburbs to start a new job in the Milwaukee suburbs. Now we are closer to my family and in a less congested area.

The wedding invitations have been sent, RSVP's are coming in. The final appointments with vendors have been set. Our plans are being double checked. I leave in a few days with a trailer to go to Toronto. I'll be coming back full with Mary's belongings. In a few weeks Mary will fly in on a one way ticket as her life will change forever. Her parents will be by her side and I set up a 1/2 spa package for her and her mother.... and we'll have a nice dinner and good weekend before they fly back home by themselves.

Then in 45 days .... everything we have worked the past year for will come to a close and start a new beginning. The vows and rings will be exchanged, the photos will be snapped, songs will be danced to, memories will be shared .... and the next morning we will start our first day as man and wife.

*sigh*

so much to do still

Awww, sounds so great! My best wishes to you for the big move and for the wedding!!

[Emancipation 2]

Awe.. congrads.. here's to an amazing journey together!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Congratulations.

Jon, I don't mean to throw a monkey-wrench in your plans but you may not be allowed to bring Mary's belongings into the US before she herself has crossed the border. Her belongings entering the country are dependent on her entering the country. There is a customs form - form 3299 - for unaccompanied personal belongings entering the US that she needs to complete. One of the accompanying forms that is required is proof of eligibility for the items to enter the US - in Mary's case, her visa and an I-94 which she won't get until she herself enters the country.

You can certainly make the trip but you may find yourself turned back at the border or having to pay duty on the belongings if they are allowed into the country. Something to consider is perhaps renting a storage unit close to the border where you plan to cross and you can then leave the belongings there until Mary also crosses into the US, then make a short trip to go and pick them up after her arrival.

Truly, I don't mean to disturb you but you do need to be aware of this so you can address the problem in advance rather than having to make a last minute decision about what to do.

"

Here is information to look at:

Personal and household effects entitled to duty-free entry need not accompany you to the United States; you may have them shipped to your U.S. address at a later time if you choose. Your shipment of personal and/or household goods must be cleared through Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at its first port of arrival, unless you have made arrangements with a foreign freight forwarder to have your effects sent in CBP custody in-bond from the port of arrival to a more convenient port of entry for clearance. (Ask your moving company if they offer this service.)"

http://help.cbp.gov/cgi-bin/customs.cfg/ph...amp;p_topview=1

Edited August 27, 2008 by Kathryn41

[jonandmary 0]

Congratulations. Jon, I don't mean to throw a monkey-wrench in your plans but you may not be allowed to bring Mary's belongings into the US before she herself has crossed the border. Her belongings entering the country are dependent on her entering the country. There is a customs form - form 3299 - for unaccompanied personal belongings entering the US. One of the forms that is required is proof of eligibility for the items to enter the US - in Mary's case, an I-94 which she won't get until she herself enters the country.

You can certainly make the trip but you may find yourself turned back at the border or having to pay duty on the belongings if they are allowed into the country. Something to consider is perhaps renting a storage unit close to the border where you plan to cross and you can then leave the belongings there until Mary also crosses into the US, then make a short trip to go and pick them up after her arrival.

Truly, I don't mean to disturb you but you do need to be aware of this so you can address the problem in advance rather than having to make a last minute decision about what to do.

Here is information to look at: http://help.cbp.gov/cgi-bin/customs.cfg/ph...amp;p_topview=1

I brought a truck load over before. All I say is my fiance has an approved K1 and I'm just making a trip with her stuff. I go thru the Nexus lane as pretty much as long as I just say what I have in the truck they wave me thru. I even asked when I was in MTL for Mary's interview and the person administering the interview pretty much said the CBP should not hassle me as I'm the USC.

But thanks, I'll read up on the documentation just so I know what the official rules are

[TheATeam 0]

Congrats guys! We'll be thinking about you on October 11th. We had our legal wedding back in July but our "real" wedding will be that day as well! Best wishes to you both.

[Carlawarla 1]

Thanks for the update! Congratulations and best wishes on your soon to be wedding day!

[jonandmary 0]

In the past 3 days I have driven over 24 hours. I want to die.

I also am so pissed off at a few friends and my sister. By the time I got home it was 9 (dark outside). It must not have been convenient for anyone to help me unload the trailer. I had to do it all myself and my dad came by to help with the heavy stuff even tho I had told him not to bother coming out.

The border was a snap - nexus lane with the full trailer and it took seconds. It must have been the least amount of questions I ever got. Nothing about my truck registration, the trailer, or anything I was bringing. The RFID reader read 3 cards when we only had 2 (my friend and I) - we spent a few minutes just talking about how weird that was and how we don't know the name of the 3rd person. Pictures must show up for them because he ended the conversation with "oh well, shes pretty cute".