Snatches-of-Bliss-and-Are-You-Freaking-Out-Yet?

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Changed da house,
Changed da look.

BTW, my bathrobe's usually pink
and we don't have a fireplace.
Other than that,
it's pretty accurate...

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Sunday, July 04, 2004

~ To straddle 2 continents and Fiji ~

So I'm calling DIMIA (the Australian Immigration Department) tomorrow to set up an appointment for us to go talk to someone about our situation and solicit advice for the best way to go about this.

We have collated about 20 questions regarding student visas, work visas, fiancee visas, marriage visas, parent visas, and other means of sponsorship. I'm sure there is more to find out, except we're at a loss as to what the questions might be.

Meanwhile...

At the risk of being totally unromantic (and we probably are veering towards that course at this juncture), we have to research procedures for getting married in Singapore, bearing in mind that he's a foreigner. Today, we were even toying with the idea of getting civilly married in Canberra first, and then doing the dress-up in Singapore later.

That doesn't sit very well with either of us, though.

For the curious, here's a list of websites that give some clues into getting married in Australia, getting married in Singapore, and getting married to a foreigner in Singapore:

Marriages - Australia Rules

Registry of Marriages, Singapore

Marrying a foreigner in Singapore - under Consular Services

The Ultimate Australian Wedding Directory

This is hard work! Admittedly, other silly questions invariably pop into my head on occasion, which are either unnecessary or kinda frivolous. I'm trying to be adult here, but what do you do with concerns like these:

"Gee... I hope the Singapore Marriage Certificate doesn't have some tacky design on it. Or the Australian one, for that matter. Maybe I should have a check with the Vidlers and the Pangs, to be sure..."

"Ooh, gown. Haven't seen very nice ones in Canberra. I love the ones in Tiong Bahru shopping centre sometimes. If I get married in Canberra in Spring or something, it's gonna flap all over the place though..."

"Tony in a Mandarin Collar... (swooooon...) Where the heck am I gonna find a tailor?!"

By the way, regarding honeymoon destination: Fiji was raised...

# posted by Velle | 11:32 pm

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