PLANNING FOR CHURCH WEDDING..

[kitty25 0]

HELLO GUYZZ,,

Im so sorry if i posting this topic even is not related to this site,, im so so sorry guyz, i know that you will understand me.. we have plan for our church wedding this coming april but i dont know how can i start, to set evrything... i know they have many people here in this site that can help me.... GUYZZ PLZ HELP ME HOW TO PLAN OR TO SET THE CHURCH WEDDING???? REALLY APPRECIATED.... GODBLESS ALL!!!

[Inky 1,110]

You go to the church and speak to the pastor to book the church. Many places require marriage counseling before using their church. Usually a short program between you and your SO with the priest before you get married.

[Messybrownhair 251]

I have a blog about planning my wedding on a k1 visa here. I mentioned how we worked on the church wedding.

Have you gotten your visa yet? Or noa2? what part of the process are you in now?

First thing you need to do is find a parish and a priest. Are you both Catholic?

Then you need to have a canonical interview and pre-cana seminar. If one party is not Catholic you will need a dispensation.

Make sure you bring your baptism and confirmation certificate with you to the US (It has to be valid for 6 months so you will need a new copy)

It's not that hard to do it, goodluck!

[wendie and sam 4]

We are planning a rather large church wedding, although it is difficult to plan exactly because we have had to reserve the church a year in advance and put a deposit, even though we know we might not get the visa in time and might lose the deposit. With that said there is another issue, my fiance is Catholic and I'm not.

We've had to approach this from several directions- from his local parish in London, from my local parish in Maryland and working in concert with the church in California where we are planning to get married.

The first place you should start is with your local church if you are Catholic because you'll need your baptism and confirmation, etc. documentation, if otherwise I would start with the church you intend to get married in and they will tell you what you need.

Church weddings usually cost a small fee to use the venue and you will also have to pay the pastor/priest who officiates the ceremony a modest fee, you may also need to pay small fees/donations to the congregation or parish for additional help on the day of your wedding like their musicians, etc.

Good luck!

[kitty25 0]

yah we both catholic.. we already took the priest..and now im taking down notes about wedding dress, and other stuff.... i wANT to know the things about preparing like wedding dress,reception,and other.........??????????????????????????????

[payxibka 10,045]

moving thread as this is not related to the process of getting a K-1 visa

[wendie and sam 4]

Kitty25, I tired to send you some resources but you aren't able to receive messages. If you check page 23 of the december filers thread under K1processing forum you will find tons of wedding links that I posted.

http://catholicweddinghelp.com/ This website was also helpful to answer some of my preliminary wedding questions.

[texas-gal 3]

There's a lot of websites that have information on them to help with wedding planning. I'm doing a church wedding too and have gotten a lot planned. My wedding will be a Protestant one so I can't help with anything for Catholic specifics but if you have any questions about how I'm doing it, send me a message.