So When is the Wedding?

By Victoria

This question is by far the one I get asked the most, and I have been asked it constantly since Colin and I became engaged: When is the wedding going to be?

Short answer: It'll probably be a year or more before we have a wedding ceremony.

Long answer: We are legally required by the K-1 Visa to get married within 90 days of Colin's arrival within the U.S., but that just means we need to get an official marriage license/certificate issued to us within that timeframe. Because there will still be so much to do immediately after Colin arrives in terms of getting him a green card, getting him official work permission and a job, getting him a driver's license (which means teaching him U.S. driving), etc. etc. etc. -- ALL of which require more government forms, processing, and fees -- we just don't think we'll be able to simultaneously plan a real-deal wedding ceremony anytime soon (and when I say "we," I mostly mean me, because we all know who's really going to be in charge of that). On top of that, we would almost certainly have our wedding ceremony in South Carolina where my family lives, which means I would be doing long-distance wedding planning from where I currently live in Virginia.

Our idea, at this point, is to wait at least a year after we're legally married to have ourselves an actual (small) wedding ceremony. The timeframe is flexible, and I don't think we'll be making any major decisions about setting a date or anything until after things with Colin's immigration calm down.

Even so, we will likely have an informal get-together of some sort down with my family after our legal marriage, so we can still have a chance to celebrate!