people who filed for I-130 this month

[JewryandJessica 0]

Hi all,

I am a bit new here. I have been coming to this site to read peoples comments about procedures for a couple of weeks but this is the first time i have posted. I finally sent the I-130 yesterday. I am very stress out about the whole thing and i just started, so i can't even imagine how some of you have been doing this for months even years feel.

Well this is my story:

I met my husband about 7 years ago, when i took a trip to the Dominican Republic. However, we were both young and not in the "love mentality." Last year on May 2008 I went back to the DR because my grandfather was sick. He passed away 3 days after i got there. During that time Jewry (my husband, at that time he was just a friend) was very supportive and he really helped be through that tough time (I was having a very bad year in general and my grandfathers death made everything worse). Anyway when he saw me he remember me from 7 years ago so we started talking, he told me a lot about my grandfather (funny things that my graddad use to do and say). Anyway we quickly found that we had a lot of things in common. Silly things like both our names start with the letter J, our birthdays are in April, and we had other things in common like our values, and beliefs. Anyway we decided not to get too serious because I didn't want a long distance relationship I live here and he there. However, it is hard to fight love......

After talking to him for almost every single day since i came back last year, I went to DR and we got married 16 days after our first year anniversary. I went back again to see him for the second time this year October 9. I only stayed a week......

I love him and can't wait to be with him forever...

Here is some info about me

I am a Permanent Resident but I have my interview for my citizenship on November 10

I plan to upgrade my application once i become a citizen.

I have a question I am planning to change my last name to his during the oath ceremony, will this complicate things? Should i just stay with my maiden name since i already sent the I-130 application with my maiden name?

Thanx in advance to anyone who replies, and sorry for writting so much, but i wanted to give as much info as possible

Jessica

Edited October 31, 2009 by JewryandJessica

[Terca 6]

I am waiting until my husband is living with me to change my name, just because i want to make my life easier when filling out the forms. I guess it depends on the person

[JewryandJessica 0]

I am waiting until my husband is living with me to change my name, just because i want to make my life easier when filling out the forms. I guess it depends on the person

Yeah i was thinking about doing the same. I still have a couple of weeks to decide about the name change i guess i will think about it more. thank you for your reply

Hope everything goes well with you

Jessica