I have been with my girlfriend for 2 and a half years now here in the Philippines. I am a US citizen currently studying here.

Our situation is like this:

Arrive in LA April 20. Have a civil wedding 2-3 days after arrival. File for change of status from tourist to permanent 2-3 days after. Get an interview within 2 months (hopefully before July 1st since I need to attend my last year of my education). When all is said and done, go back to the Philippines and have a church wedding (most of my family is there) a few months before I leave for the states for good. Come back to the states in May 2011 with my wife (at that point I won't be going back to the Philippines due to me graduating).

What will be hindering our progress with this? I hear the 60 day rule applies, but that is to catch fraudulent marriages? I don't have to mention we are really a couple (we have a bank account, vacation pictures, and other things to prove).

Thanks in advance!