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You guys have such beautiful pictures!

Question, for those of you having small (just the two of you) or strictly legal weddings, how are you going about with pictures? Hiring a photographer, or bringing along a friend?

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BAH you'll still look beautiful and that is why you hire those $$$$ make up artist... so they can do MAGIC! Yeah where is Arabella??? I wanna see pics

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Oh yeah, some of the grooms men "kidnapped" Tim and I had to collect $250 in ransom money! They actually left and drove around town. We had just married flags in the windows of the limo. When they stopped at a red light, a guy did a double take to see two MEN in the back of a "just married" limo.... :lol:

Ohhhhhhhhhh. Well that explains the two guys carrying him out. I was like..... "Oh. Well, maybe he's tired." :unsure:

:lol:

Question, for those of you having small (just the two of you) or strictly legal weddings, how are you going about with pictures? Hiring a photographer, or bringing along a friend?

The officiant at our civil service took pics at several intervals throughout the proceedings, which was nice because we weren't expecting it. My husband had grabbed the disposal camera on our way out the door. Unfortunately, it was a disposable camera he had checked in his luggage on his last flight to my house. Never never never check your camera in your luggage. The high intensity x-ray ruins the film. Enough said. icon2.gif

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Yeah the officiant we used actually offered photography packages with his services. We didn't use them since I had my sister doing the photos, but he offered them at a decent price. He said he normally has his wife do the pictures for private elopements. Maybe try and find someone who offers this kind of service? I think having some nice pictures of your special day are important, no matter how small or intimate it is.

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question for you guys...

Don't you need to have a couple of witnesses present while you get married? not sure where you'll be getting married but we needed that here. I had my two best friends and their spouses at my wedding and my friend brought her camera and snapped a gazillion pics. Turned our really well.

So, if you need witnesses, maybe furnish one with a camera?

Good luck to you guys.

:D

You guys have such beautiful pictures!

Question, for those of you having small (just the two of you) or strictly legal weddings, how are you going about with pictures? Hiring a photographer, or bringing along a friend?

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Ah... merci!!!

:)

Oh that kitteh is scaring me! My cat i such a teddy bear, I can't imagine her ever chomping on me like that.

But hey, when you've had enough b.s., you have enough, right?

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Florida has no requirement for witnesses. :)

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NOA #2: Approval June 25th, 2009 - 92 days

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Medical - December 14, 2009 - Passed

Embassy/Interview - January 26, 2010 Montreal, Quebec Canada - 167 days PASSED!!!

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USCIS -- ROC package sent off

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Yeah, Florida doesn't require witnesses.. and our officiant is going to be one of his mother's employees. I guess he got his license for the fun of it and hasn't had a chance to marry anyone yet -- offered his services for free, haha.

Haven't figured out if we'll be having our immediate family present (as I want), if so, we can get them to... Or just ask our officiant, as you all requested.

Thanks! :)

01/08/2010 - Applied for SSN in maiden name.

01/09/2010 - Married! Officially a Missis.

01/19/2010 - Received SSN in mail.

02/10/2010 - Sent I-485/I-131/I-765 to Chicago.

02/19/2010 - NOA dates for all applications.

02/22/2010 - Received NOAs in mail.

02/23/2010 - Applied for SSN for married name.

03/04/2010 - Applied for Florida DL in married name.

03/09/2010 - Biometrics appointment.

04/18/2010 - AP received.

04/23/2010 - EAD approved.

04/27/2010 - AOS Interview at Orlando USCIS (decision pending).

04/28/2010 - Card production ordered!

05/03/2010 - EAD received.

05/03/2010 - Welcome letter received.

05/28/2010 - Green Card received in mail.

01/26/2012 - Mailed RoC packet to VSC.

01/30/2012 - NOA date on application.

02/01/2012 - Cheque cashed.

02/05/2012 - Received NOA in mail.

02/10/2012 - Touch.

02/24/2012 - ASC Appointment Notice dated.

02/27/2012 - ASC Appointment Notice received.

03/23/2012 - Biometrics appointment.

09/20/2012 - Touch. Card Production ordered!

09/21/2012 - Touch.

09/24/2012 - Touch. Card mailed.

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I'm having a friend who does photography come in for it. Our wedding is going to be just us and our parents, but we want our parents to relax and enjoy the day, plus I'm also quite picky with photos :lol: I want to make sure we get nice ones to show everyone who can't be there.

So this works out. We're just paying for her flight down, which isn't too bad.

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ROC Timeline:
May 23, 2012 - Mailed I-751
January 7, 2013 - RFE Received
March 26, 2013 - RFE Response Sent
April 11, 2013 - ROC APPROVED

June 8th, 2013 - 10 yr GC Received (FINALLY)

AOS Timeline:
March 23, 2010 - Mailed I-485 (AOS), I-131 (AP), I-765 (EAD)
June 7, 2010 - AP received
June 12, 2010 - EAD received
August 27, 2010 - 2 yr Green Card Received!

K-1 Timeline:
April 22, 2009 - I-129F Sent
November 20, 2009 - Interview in Montreal - Approved!
January 3, 2010 - POE (Ambassador Bridge)
January 20, 2010 - Wedding

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You guys have such beautiful pictures!

Question, for those of you having small (just the two of you) or strictly legal weddings, how are you going about with pictures? Hiring a photographer, or bringing along a friend?

For our civil ceremony, we just had his sister take photos. For our church wedding, we are hiring a professional.

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In PA, you don't need witnesses, we had no one with us. We got married in a JOP's living room, and he snapped a few pics of us at my request

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I-129F sent to Vermont: 2/19/08

NOA1: 2/21/08

NOA2: 3/10/08

Packet 3 recd: 3/25/08

Packet 3 sent: 4/18/08

Appt letter recd: 6/16/08

Interview at Montreal Consulate: 7/10/08 **APPROVED!!**

K1 recd: 7/15/08

US Entry at Buffalo, New York: 11/15/08

Wedding in Philadelphia: 11/22/08

AOS

AOS/EAD/AP filed at Chicago Lockbox: 12/17/08

NOA: 12/29/08

Case transferred to CSC: 1/7/09

AOS Approval: 4/2/09

Biometrics appt: 1/16/09

EAD received: 3/12/09

AP received: 3/13/09

AOS approval notice sent: 4/2/09

GC received: 4/9/09

ROC

Sent package to VSC: 1/5/11

NOA1: 1/7/11

Biometrics: 2/14/11

Approval letter received: 8/1/11

GC received: 8/11/11

Citizenship:

N-400 sent to Dallas lockbox: 3/1/12

NOA1: 3/6/12

Biometrics: 4/9/12

Interview: 5/25/12

Oath Ceremony: 6/4/2012

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In the state of Colorado you are allowed to marry yourself... Weird eh?

(when I say marry yourself, I mean you and your husband are allowed to sign your marriage license without having anyone else present to certify it, not that you are allowed to get married to yourself :P)

Oh and you can marry your second cousin but not someone of the same sex. Go figure.

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Just bumping the list again:

June 9, 2009 - SapphireDreams (Civil/Legal wedding)

July 7, 2009 - PopRocks (Beach/Legal wedding)

July 17, 2009 - July09Bride (Church/Legal wedding)

July 17, 2009 - Kristin & TorontoGuy (Civil/Legal wedding)

July 24, 2009- Hapycloud (Civil/Legal wedding)

July 28, 2009- Chadlaure (Civil/Legal wedding)

August 6, 2009 - HuggleBuggles (Ceremonial/Legal wedding)

September 5, 2009 - Chadlaure (Ceremonial wedding)

September 19 2009 - TimandJoyce (Ceremonial/Religious/Legal wedding)

October 10, 2009 - Minnew (Church/Legal wedding)

November 14, 2009 - Hapycloud (Church/Ceremonial wedding)

January 27th, 2010 - Rhiann (Legal/Ceremonial Wedding)

May 1, 2010 - Peachy (Ceremonial Wedding)

June 6, 2010 - Kristin & TorontoGuy (Ceremonial wedding)

June 22, 2010- Jennarationnext (Ceremonial wedding)

August 21, 2010 - Krikit's daughter (Church/Legal wedding)

September 4, 2010 - JillA (Celebration wedding)

September 25, 2010 - SapphireDreams (Church wedding)

(This was the most recent one I could find, please add yourselves if you're not in there)

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Varba and I bought a LOT of on sale Halloween candy to have available for our guests at our reception :)

12/31/2009 - Marriage

07/21/2010 - AOS approved

08/04/2010 - Green Card received (and it's actually green!)

05/30/2012 - Sent ROC packet to VSC

06/08/2012 - Received NOA1 for ROC (Dated 06/04/2012)

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