Well, our future has been decided. Marco is moving to St. Louis and we will be married when he arrives. Sounds simple huh? I wish it was. Unfortunately the date for when this will happen is not up to us. It is up to the people at INS here, and at the American Consulars office in Holland.
After we are married we will stay in St. Louis for at least 2 years. Besides wanting to save money, that is how long it will take for the final 'change of status' to take place with Marco's visa. Once that is finished, then we have a couple of options on what we will do next. The whole idea of living together either here or in Holland was so that we could save enough money to move to Ireland. Hopefully that will still be the plan. But, like he says, a lot can change in 2 years. He is thinking that he will like it here and want to stay. If that is the case, then we will buy a house in America and stay here. Or he may absolutely hate it - in which case we could possibly buy a house in Holland and move there.
Either way, as long as we are together, it will all be fine. =)