Back from Canada parts 1 & 2

Back from Canada!!

Jambon and I just came back from our week in Ottawa. We had a great time up there. I was a little more adventurous with the different foods I tried. A little home made Greek the first night there, then a little Chinese...well more specifically the Egg Roll.. I will say that they are 100 times better in Canada. I even had my first real Sushi experience as well

As previously mentioned in the last few blog entries, Jambon and I planned on getting Married while we were up there, and while his parents were out there on their vacation.

Yeah, that didn't go as planned Not in the sense that either of us changed our minds... No, No... just another hoop to jump through.. obviously an unexpected hoop.
A piece of information that SHOULD be included on the website with some better details... instead of saying "If Divorced OUTSIDE of Canada, please call 1-800-blah blah... I did call in advanced and got an automated recording which was of no use for that matter. Not only did I call once but Twice!!! Seems that showing your Divorce decree is not good enough... but I needed to get a special form, fill it out, get my EX to sign off on it(WTF) and mail it to the minsitry in Canada, then wait the 6-8 weeks to process... BEFORE applying for a marriage license....*sigh*

So that was how our first day started... We racked our brains and tried to think of other solutions....We called the City Hall down here and seems there are no hoop to jump through... I have made arrangement with a Justice of the Peace and James and I are scheduled to get married this Sunday at 1pm His parents are willing to extend their vacation for a few days and are making the 7 hour drive to be here for the ceremony.

So we'll be heading out in a few minutes to Apply for the Marriage License....

To Be Continued.....

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.