CONGRATS!!! I'm so happy for you!!!
Now I have a question for everyone.
After much talking with what would be my CL in May we decided on something but I wanted to find out what people thought.
We decided that we want to get married this summer (August particularly), and wanted to know if we apply for an extension on my visitor record (it expires on April 30th), stating we're planning a wedding in August and are going to be sending off for PR afterward, as well as send receipts of already paying the $75 sponsor and $475 application fee to PROVE we're in the process of preparing for that... what are the odds of approval of this extension? Any other evidence to assure them? Perhaps letters from his parents stating knowledge of our marriage and that I need to be here to help plan it?
We just decided we don't want to go the common law route (we qualify for that May 14th), we want to be married, but we don't' want to do a simple civil ceremony and want to have a small intimate wedding for about 20 of his family and our friends, and will celebrate with my family later on after all the immigration madness is over.
Thoughts? I just can't wait to marry him!!!