Family member excluded from wedding invitation?
My husband s niece is getting married, and she dropped off an invitation on my doorstep the other day when I wasn t home. The envelope simply said my husband s name, my name, and my stepdaughter s name. Now....my 15-year-old stepdaughter doesn t even live in town, she lives like 2 hours away. My 21-year-old daughter and her son live with my husband and I. I know people can invite, and not invite who they want to their own wedding....but is this poor etiquette? There s no hard feelings between them, my husband and I have been married for 4 years, and although we don t see each other that often, even though we live in the same town, we all get along fine. I m so confused as to why my daughter was excluded. I m so upset about this that I don t even want to send a wedding gift now, and we are of course NOT attending the wedding. Am I wrong to be upset about this?
If you get an invitation from UK from a family member to go visit the UK what documents do you need to have to support?
If you follow these listed steps, you should get yourself a visa very easily. I know this works as i have advised people in past and they have got a visa.A letter of invitation from the person you wish to visit in the UK. Their address, UK phone number, contact email. preferably if you use work phone number and email, it adds serious weight. Note: One of my advisees had their sibling contacted by the Visa decision centre to verify the info that had been provided with the application.A confirmation where you will be staying. If at the same residence as the person you are going to visit, then utility bills or land registry document or tenancy agreemen showing they own or rent the house. If staying at hotel, print out hotel invoice as proof.Financial bank statements covering 6 months, that show enough funds at your disposal to engage in this trip.Flight reservation proof.Address of your residence in your local country. Land Rent, Utility Bill etc that clearly shows you are residing there. If utilities are in someone elses name, e.g. parents, then a letter from your parents confirming you live with them at the aforementioned property. submit land registry or utility bills that show their name. So when this is cross checked, it all makes sense.In each case, the documents you provide have to be original and not copies. Please dont lie or forge any documents.Hope this helps.Edit: Fida mentioned a very good point and i will add to that slightly.If you are financing this trip using your own funds, payslips should be provided as well as 6 months bank statements, which may be used for cross verify. But…if you intend to be sponsored by the person who is inviting you…they should provide 6 months payslip and 6 months bank statements. Please ensure their statements are original prints and not copies or printed from online. I was once informed that copied bank statements even with a Notary stamp is considered lightly as opposed to the Original. Therefore if you are being sponsored, make sure the sponsor has enough time to send you their statements.Final point of advise, and I am not over exaggerating this, but this entire process will feel like you are performing a thesis of some sort. Please give yourself plenty of time to sort all your collective documents, and dont wait the night before to do it.
Whats the easiest way to not invite certain family members to my wedding without making them upset?
I wish you had given more detail. If it’s an immediate family member that you don’t want to invite you could always elope and then have a private party when you get back with close friends and family.If this is a not an immediate family member, like a grumpy aunt or cousins that you only see at Christmas, you could have a destination or a really small venue wedding and only invite close family or a limited number of people.
Family Death / Wedding Invitation?
Is this a rsvp printed card that came with the invitation? If so, you can just check off regret unable to attend. If you are actually writing out thenYou can write due to deaths in our family we regret we are unable to attend but send our very best wishes for a lifetime of happiness together. Was the invitation addressed to your parents with your name on it? Or are they just delegating the response to you due to their being busy? What I mean is the formal reply ( if there was no rsvp card included in the invitation ) is to write out the names of those invited such as Mr and Mrs John Smith and Mr James Smith ( you) regret they are unable to attend the wedding of .....and so forth written in the third person. It all depends on how formal the invitation is and how well you know the people who are getting married.
Can I send out two waves of wedding invitations, one for family and one for friends?
We our doing our wedding next year and are on a tight budget. Can I please have some feedback on an idea of mine. We are having the wedding in mid May. We have a bunch of family that we are inviting basically because both of us feel that it is rude to not invite family. There was a huge argument in my extended family about this a few years back as my immediate family was blown off when my cousin got married. Since we don't know how many family members are going to be joining us, I want to send out all my family invites about 10 weeks before the wedding, and then at 6 weeks send out friends invites, with the amount of our friends invited based on how many family members respond yes. Thoughts and comments on if this seems like an okay course of action.
What is the best way to handle a family member that keeps inviting your emotionally abusive ex to family gatherings?
Is it safe to assume you’ve told this family member in no uncertain terms to cease and desist?If not, start there. Calming and politely ask this relative why he or she persists in inviting your ex to family functions. Listen to the answer, and, if the relative doesn’t immediately apologize and clearly state he or she will to stop inviting him in future, then tell the relative that you will be unable to attend any future gatherings to which he is invited.Further, if it’s clear your relative values the friendship of your ex more than your feelings, then thank them for their past hospitality but ask that they not invite you to any further gatherings when your ex is also invited.It would be one thing if this was a friend to both you and your ex and the friend decided not to “take sides” but these are family gatherings and he’s no longer family.I’m tempted to think this particular family member is either trying to punish you for the breakup for some reason - or has been conned by your ex into believing that you’ll get back together with him and is following some misguided idea that they’re “helping.” In either case, this isn’t fair to you so you’ll have to enforce your boundaries by removing yourself from the picture.Finally, if there are family members with whom you’re close who know the full story, you might consider enlisting them by asking if they know why the rogue relative constantly invites your ex. They may be able to apply some pressure to get the invitations to stop.Thank you to JF for the A2A.
Is it OK to decline family Christmas invitations because my family gave me presents even though I repeatedly asked them not to?
I'm afraid I'm going to be the slightly odd one. I'm 42, and I spent most of thirty years being gracious and quiet and placing my needs and feelings below that of everyone's. I was the peace keeper, the fixer, the no problem I'll take care of it, person in my family. I'm the youngest of four children by 10-14 years. It came to a crashing stop when I finally had a nervous breakdown. I am a person, my thoughts, feelings and beliefs matter and its ok to expect them to be respected. And you can ask graciously and you can say, I'm sorry mom this isn't how I choose to celebrate Christmas anymore, but I'll see you on the 26th for lunch. I'm sure your parents love you and as a parent, I'm guessing they just don't want the gift thing to be awkward. My husband and I don't celebrate Christmas with family anymore for very similar reasons. We haven't disowned family , just the holiday. They know it's not personal. Just never stop communicating, never stop respecting yourself or them. There is room for all. Good luck!
Can I be rejected a US B1/B2 visa if I have a letter of invitation from US citizen (family member)?
It depends on overall situation to be considered than to be merely swayed by invite from a family member who is a US CITIZEN. What exactly is the relationship than the mere family member what you have stated. Suppose you are married, having a government job, your spouse and children are back in your home country, properties in your name etc, invite from a US CITIZEN does not matter much. You will get your B2 visa. On the contrary, it leads to some inferences on the part of visa officer, like visa history of that US citizen is such that he/she has gone on B2 visa and married and became a citizen, or you have some relationship with US citizen that may lead to marriage ( may be family member) , or you are young, educated, unemployed etc, there is every possibility that B2 visa may not go thru.