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As I was mentioning in the last blog entry, James and I went to City Hall to apply for our marriage license. We already set the time and date with the Justice of the Peace... filled out the paperwork and then was told, Sorry we hold the license for 3 days, today being Wednesday, it won't be ready until Monday
So we had 2 options.... Plan B.. we simply change the date so it's after Monday or...Plan C... we go to the court house, ask the Judge/Magistrate to waive the 3 day waiting period and we may get charged a fee, or we may not get charged a fee.
We toyed with Plan C.. went to the court house..Asked a few questions and was told that the fee would be $195.00
and if we felt that we could not afford to pay that, we could fill out a Financial Statement.
Good God!! Is that really necessary?!? All that extra paperwork and paying out $195 just to shave off 1 day. In the end, we went with Plan B... I called the JP and asked if he was available for Monday... Luckily he was able to squeeze us in at 7pm
James's parents will be driving down Sunday evening and they want to take us out to dinner Monday night. We'll will be taking a rain check on our Honeymoon... My job being the way it is... and money being tight, We'll have plenty of time to plan for that 
Once we are officially Married and we are Mr. & Mrs. Jambon
James can apply to be my Sponsor, hopefully get approved and then I can apply to get my Permanent Resident Card... *sigh*
The government sure doesn't make things easy. But it's their game, their rules and we have to play by their standards in order to live our lives the way we want.
It's not just a simple process where I can move up there once we are married, and start looking for a job. No, no, that would almost be too simple and the government couldn't suck out the extra money from our pockets. The truth is, if I didn't have to work, I would have made the big move months ago! Guess I better start playing the lottery then
Anyhoo... That's all I have to share for now...I'll come back with the Wedding Update.
As I was mentioning in the last blog entry, James and I went to City Hall to apply for our marriage license. We already set the time and date with the Justice of the Peace... filled out the paperwork and then was told, Sorry we hold the license for 3 days, today being Wednesday, it won't be ready until Monday
So we had 2 options.... Plan B.. we simply change the date so it's after Monday or...Plan C... we go to the court house, ask the Judge/Magistrate to waive the 3 day waiting period and we may get charged a fee, or we may not get charged a fee.
We toyed with Plan C.. went to the court house..Asked a few questions and was told that the fee would be $195.00
and if we felt that we could not afford to pay that, we could fill out a Financial Statement.Good God!! Is that really necessary?!? All that extra paperwork and paying out $195 just to shave off 1 day. In the end, we went with Plan B... I called the JP and asked if he was available for Monday... Luckily he was able to squeeze us in at 7pm
James's parents will be driving down Sunday evening and they want to take us out to dinner Monday night. We'll will be taking a rain check on our Honeymoon... My job being the way it is... and money being tight, We'll have plenty of time to plan for that Once we are officially Married and we are Mr. & Mrs. Jambon
James can apply to be my Sponsor, hopefully get approved and then I can apply to get my Permanent Resident Card... *sigh*The government sure doesn't make things easy. But it's their game, their rules and we have to play by their standards in order to live our lives the way we want.
It's not just a simple process where I can move up there once we are married, and start looking for a job. No, no, that would almost be too simple and the government couldn't suck out the extra money from our pockets. The truth is, if I didn't have to work, I would have made the big move months ago! Guess I better start playing the lottery then
Anyhoo... That's all I have to share for now...I'll come back with the Wedding Update.
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4 comments:
hey !!! congrats are in order !! i have been without the internet for a few days , and i see on MSN that you guys already tied the knot !!! :)
Big congrats from me and becki ! its about bloody time you two got married ;)
So we will expect a full update if you ever get back online !!! :)
Thank You Blunked!! I am online... well sort of... James is still here until Sunday Nov 9th... as you may have guessed, we are sharing my computer. As soon as I get a free moment I will update you guys and share some pics as I get them back from his parents.
Hi Tom from Australia here.I found your blog by randomn but wanted to comment on a couple of things you said which I can relate to.I've been married ten years now and I absolutely love it.I also sponsored my wife for residency and now she is a citizen.My advice for newly weds is remember this is your soul mate and do not let anything whatsoever come between you.If we can achieve greatness in this world a venerable marriage is one of those things...Thanks Tom
P.S. Congratulations
Thank You for the kind words Thomas :) I'm glad you stumbled upon my blog. The more the merrier.
Wishing you all the Best!
Heather
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