International Thread

[Marisa]

Hi - Thought I'd get this area started.....

My name is Marisa and I am from Bermuda! We're getting married here in Bermuda but have friends and relatives coming from the US, UK, Canada and as far as Malaysia.

[Maria 05]

Hi Marisa I am Maria and I am a crazy Irish girl married to a Dutch man

[Marisa]

Hi Maria - I'll be visiting Ireland next May! My fiance has Irish citizenship through his grandfather. We're contemplating living there at some point in our lives but we're not sure when...

[Maria 05]

That sounds lovely make sure to bring a rain coat

[Marisa]

I know - I got sent over there to work one March a few years ago and the rain was impressive. It was almost as crazy as the rain in Glasgow. It is so beautiful there though. Still, I'm a sunny Island girl at heart!

[lizaanne]

My FH is from England, and I would love to live there eventually. He is immigrating to the US and will be here in September!! Counting the days!!!

~Liza

[Marisa]

That's wonderful Liza! When are you getting married?

[lizaanne]

That's wonderful Liza! When are you getting married?

61 days!!! September 30th! Yay!!!

~Liza

[Naima]

MARIA! Hammer girl! How you doin' girl!?

:wavey: Checkin in! Aussie contingent here. :)

[Maria 05]

Naima its been too long dear. You were always the only one brave enough to try and deprive me of my hammer.. :lol:

[Naima]

Well honey, I sometimes needed to duck... so rather than that, I'd hide your hammer for a little while.

[Maria 05]

I would never have hitted you; wouldnt dare

[lizaanne]

HE'S HERE!!!!!! :bliss:

And grabbing my butt as I type this...hehehe :eyebrows:
Life is good.

~Liza

[Maria 05]

Liza I am trilled. :bliss: congratulations to you both

[*heather*]

Ooh, can I play too? I'm moving to Italy for the semester *today.* :heee:

[Maria 05]

Ohhh lucky you

[Marisa]

Hi everyone!!!!!

[*heather*]

Hey gals! I'm having a great time in Italy! I arrived last week and classes started yesterday. Florence has been really hot, like 30-34! Oy, I can't wait for it to cool down.

[US_UKlove]

Enjoy that weather!

I know that London is going to be cold and blustery when I'm there in November. But at least I can snuggle up with my dear, adorable fiance. SIGH. :)

[lizaanne]

We decided to go to England in the spring next year. My mom is not too happy that we won't be going to NC to see them, but I'd rather be in England in the spring than autumn or winter, given the choice. Will have to visit NC later in the year, I get four weeks of vacation next year!! YAY!!

~Liza

[US_UKlove]

You just know you'll have great weather in the spring, Liza! :) It'll be gorgeous - what an excellent time to go!! I've not done a spring trip there yet, but probably will once we get married. Its cheaper to fly then than it is in the summer or around the holidays.

It was quite an experience to be there during the hottest summer they've had in a while (this past July)!

[Naima]

Checking in on you all.. how's everyone doing?

[Maria 05]

I am distraught Mayo lost the All Ireland Final (and before the witty comments start County Mayo not a jar of Helmans)
Although from the amount of action from the Mayo team a jar of Helmans would probably be more exciting to watch.

[Jade]

Hi :wavey: I'm Jade, I'm from NZ and I'm getting married in 33 days :errrr: Scary stuff!

[Naima]

Hi Jade! You look familiar. :) Coping ok?

[Maria 05]

hello Jade Time is flying

[Jade]

Thanks guys!

Its going ok, I'm mostly worried about paying for everything!! :hehe:

[Marisa]

Hi Everyone!!!

Jade, it's almost time!

Liza - I hope your day was wonderful!

We had a great European honeymoon through Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. We're looking at what we'll be doing in 2007. Looks like we'll be in the UK for a wedding in January and again in May. We also plan to get over to Ireland after the May wedding for a week.

[Chantelly-Lace]

Hello Everyone,

Thought I'd pop in and shout a hello from way down here in Australia! Jade you must be close to counting down the hours, congratulations you must be so excited :)

I hope to see more internationals here, the site is excellent and I'm recommending it to all my "bride-to-be" pals!

Chantel.

[US_UKlove]

I'm off to London tomorrow to visit my fiance. :) SO excited - both of us!

I fly back on Dec 2nd so I won't be around for a bit. Cheers all!! :)

[lizaanne]

Safe travels Tracy! I know how excited you must be!

~Liza

[Marisa]

Hi Everyone!

[US_UKlove]

Thanks lizaanne - I am really excited ! :)

And hi, Marisa!

I'm out, peeps!! :) :)

[*heather*]

Hi ladies! I'm no longer international. :( But I'm happy to be back with DH here in DC! I hope everyone is well, happy new year to you all.

[renee]

well... I am here :)

a few of you know me already ;) I'm American turned Dutch (been here 13 years this August and have both nationalities now) and my Dutch guy just asked me to marry him on NYE.

We live in the Netherlands!

[*Tanya*]

Awww, just saw this and had to stick my nose in to say congrats, Renee!!! :hug:

[renee]

Thanks Tanya!!

[US_UKlove]

Congratulations!!!

[westerbritt]

well... I am here :)

a few of you know me already ;) I'm American turned Dutch (been here 13 years this August and have both nationalities now) and my Dutch guy just asked me to marry him on NYE.

We live in the Netherlands!

How were you able to get both citizenships? I am an American living in Sweden with no plans on ever moving back to the States and I want to get dual citizenship but according to all the paperwork I've seen the US gov. won't recognize dual citizenship (if you get it as an adult).

I heard that if I took Swedish citizenship I would automatically forfeit my American citizenship. Am I misinformed? Traveling around the world would be soooo much easier if I could travel on an EU passport (as long as I'm not going to the States that is).

[Marisa]

Congrats Renee!!!!!

[US_UKlove]

How were you able to get both citizenships? I am an American living in Sweden with no plans on ever moving back to the States and I want to get dual citizenship but according to all the paperwork I've seen the US gov. won't recognize dual citizenship (if you get it as an adult).

I heard that if I took Swedish citizenship I would automatically forfeit my American citizenship. Am I misinformed? Traveling around the world would be soooo much easier if I could travel on an EU passport (as long as I'm not going to the States that is).

My understanding has always been that while the US doesn't 'recognize' dual citizenship officially, you can have it. The only way you'd lose your US citizenship is to denounce it.

My fiance is going to eventually have dual citizenship. He has a few friends now who already do (they have both US and UK passports). If they're travelling to the States, they use their US passports; when traveling around the UK or the EU, they use their UK passports.

[renee]

How were you able to get both citizenships? I am an American living in Sweden with no plans on ever moving back to the States and I want to get dual citizenship but according to all the paperwork I've seen the US gov. won't recognize dual citizenship (if you get it as an adult).

I heard that if I took Swedish citizenship I would automatically forfeit my American citizenship. Am I misinformed? Traveling around the world would be soooo much easier if I could travel on an EU passport (as long as I'm not going to the States that is).


Well... I was married to a Dutch guy previously and at the time I was allowed to keep my American citizenship. Had I not been married, I would have to forfeit it.

But, that said, there is this really fine line with dual citizenship and the US has certain "agreements" with specific countries and I don't know if Sweden is one of those countries or not. The Netherlands does and doesn't accept it... it's sort of like a don't ask, don't tell policy. You don't say "I never want to be American again!" and therefore you get to keep your citizenship. Why it makes a difference, married or not, I don't know. I would have been eligible for citizenship anyway, but I would not have been able to get dual.

Of course I'm divorced from that guy, but I still retain both nationalities.

[renee]

Congratulations!!!

Congrats Renee!!!!!



Thank you!

[Naima]

Ren baby! I'm obviously back just in time...

[renee]

Hey Naims!!

[Naima]

Hey babes. How's the planning going?

[renee]

just ideas for now... though we are coming closer to at least knowing WHEN we want to do it. We have to figure out the where too though! :lol: Ah, no rush!

having fun coming up with ideas though :)