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This is why the board is such a wonderful resource. The veterens have spoken and we will do what it takes for one of us to be there Thanks Randy and Tsap

Here is the story, Stepdaughter is IR2 and breezed through the Vermont and the electronic process in breakneck speed. Catching my La Po and I off guard, we are heading to China in late March and heading back to US mid April and would like to bring our daughter home. The dilemma is this, the interview has been scheduled for March 8/9, and we cannot change our plans to be there. We asked to Change the date to Late March and were told sorry March is full and we can only commit to a 1-2 month time frame for getting a new date, risking our chance to bring her to US.Unfortunately, the only family member available to help is my wife's mother and she is very unsophisticated and we do not believe she is capable, of navigating the interview process. I need to explore all options so here is what I am asking. In the past I have seen posts about hotel owners guiding CFL members through the process. Is there someone in exchange for staying at their hotel that would be willing to hold mother in laws hand from arrival at the airport until departure. In lieu of that, is there an actual service, for a fee of course, that would walk her through every step. She will have the paper work. I need someone to explain what is going to happen, take her to the medical, bring her to the consulate, etc. Any suggestions are welcome jk3

Few questions about IR2 and optin, I am not clear about. The case is now at the NVC and I opted in for electronic processing. Do I need to send the I864 and the DS230 cover sheet as attachments in the email? IT looks like I do not need to send my birth certificate as proof of citizenship? Do I need a scanned photo of her? thanks Jim

I am not sure if it is clear from the responses, but you do not need the Barcode with the electronic process

Happy New Year CFL Filing for stepdaughter (I-130)- got through CSC in three months so feel fortunate Sent the NVC optin email the end of last month AOS fee is paid and listed as so on the NVC site, waiting for the IV fee to be invoiced All the required documents are scanned and in a PDF format, I am ready to send them in as soon as i get my new optin case number From the moment I get the new NVC case number for opting in, what are we finding as the average time till interview date. thanks J

Only hand books for CO are English and Spanish, that does not mean that the test is only English or Spanish. http://www.revenue.state.co.us/mv_dir/wrap...?incl=handbooks NY handbooks are like that Eng/Spa but Yu was able to do the written test in Chinese. You need to ask your DMV Same as in Illinois, find the right person at your main DMV, not the local office. Somewhere in the state they will give you the test in Chinese. If they do in normal Illinois they should there?? Are these manuals in simplified chinese

wow what a fast turnaround-bodes well for future applicants-

I sent them an email from that link four days ago and nothing. I think you are missing the point or I am not understanding ths situation. The key contact is the Post Office and you must move quickly, because they will return the passport to the Consulate-Good luck

thanks Guys great advice and I will take her to Stomp

Yanzi POE is JFK. I cannot pass up the chance to spend a weekend in our greatest city. I am thinking of taking in a show, but yanzi english skills are not developed enough to understand a speaker, yards away, so I was thinking of a show a non-english speaker may enjoy. So far, I have two: Stomp and the Blue Man group. I have seen the blue man show. Anyone seen Stomp? Is it good? will a non englsh speaker enjoy the show? Any other suggestions? Thanks Jim

Why is Detroit not a POE? I return to US from China, through there all the time, I think they have a non stop from Shanghai.

ME4Ying made a good point, which has been posted here before by mods, regarding wating to file AOS after the 2-yr anniversary so one can get the 10-yr GC direct. This could be the reason the man does not want to file AOS right away and there is a communication issue between the two. You only got one side of the story second or even third hand. Maybe but the one thing that bothers me is the social security card, you need that number to function in modern society

WAY TO GO -

Setup: I hoped that we had some distinct advantages on interview day. Our second banquet planned months in advance fell on 09/09/09, one day before the interview. My family all came to China for the wedding, so we were quickly able to turn around pictures of Yanzi with the family The ninth was quite the day, my ears are still ringing from all the fireworks, and we were even interviewed by local television, much to the delight of Yanzi friends who watched it in the following days. The wedding ceremony basically took all day and we caught a late flight to Guangzhou and stayed our wedding night at the Grand Palace which is a nice hotel, a stones through from the consulate. The morning of the 10th was a blur as Yanzi's slept I finished a photo album with pictures from our wedding day delivered at the last minute by Yanzi's very efficient brother. Yanzi brought the following to the interview: Photo Album Financial Records including a updated I 864 chat log distilled from 5mb to 1mb but still over a thousand pages emails between Yanzi and members of my family hotel and airline reservations for upcoming family trip around china and from a trip Yanzi and I took to Bali since our application Phone records My Ace in the hole was MagCloud a web service from HP- I used it to create a magazine that I used as an EOR- It is really cool, and I think Candle members might want to give it a try as multimedia approach to make your case to the VO- I would use it in the beginning of the process then the end-like I did- I actually told Yanzi to produce it only if the VO asked for a EOR- so she kept it in her purse. INTERVIEW DAY The wedding day had wiped Yanzi out so I made sure she got plenty of sleep, so i checked and rechecked everything in the wee hours and let Yanzi sleep as late as possible. We arrived promptly at 7:30 AM and the line was long but moved quickly, by quarter of eight we had to separate and I watched her disappear behind the guard desk as butterflies churned in my stomach. In reading interview posts the earliest I read of someone coming out was 9:30 so I went back to the hotel for a quick nap. I returned at 9:30 and was heading to the coffee shop when I noticed the Chinese stoically standing and I figured if they can do it, so can I. Time passed excruciatingly slow, but it was a chance to see a great human drama. The thrill of whole families as a young student earned the chance to study in the America. The heartbreaking agony of a stroke victim denied a chance, I guessed, to visit relatives in the states. How did I know he did not get a visa, because he was ushered into one of the store fronts by the carnival barkers extolling the guarantees of their visa companies. The intensity of these leeches grew based on the how pained the expression on those who left the interview area. On cue,as I arrived, the first result for a western couple became apparent and it was positive followed closely by another positive result then time seemed to stand still. A steady stream of applicants passed but no Yanzi, a carnival barker remarked "you have been standing there a long time." 11AM arrived and my gut ached as I remembered as this being the time that the 'problem children" are interviewed.11:30 and I contemplated leaving to check out of the hotel while noticing two other Americans waiting they were in the same predicament as me. 11;40 and there she was hunched over by the weight of the binder holding the chat logs, as she desperately looked for a place to dump the binder. She found a table and I caught her eye. She smiled a tired smile and started to walk as I collected her detritus of stuff and followed her. She was playing coy, but I noticed the barkers pouncing and yanzi would utter a reply and I noticed a few leeches replying "gonchi gonchi" I recognized those words form the day before "Congratulations" She had done it. Interview The VO was a "beautiful women" late 30's or early 40's The general consensus is that the decision is 95% made before the interview. I am not disagreeing with that statement but given the direction of our interview, it was important in the final decision. My Yanzi was impressed with her professionalism. She was all business and attentive to Yanzi's answers. First thing she did was wave away my chat log ( I am sure Yanzi was silently mop slapping me) VO examined my passport asked How did you meet? Friend No follow up question how did you get to know each other- Phone asked for records When did he first visit you? How many times did he visit you? Then she asked for photo album She looked at each page of the album starting with my first visit VO asked " Do you love your husband" Then she asked "why do you love your husband" She kept looking at the photos VO asked "do you know his family" Yanzi answered " We send each other emails- Would you like to see" VO said yes and examined the emails She kept looking at photo album "Is your husband married?" "Does he have Children?" She got to the section of the wedding and asked "How did my family and hers get along" Interview Over Pink slip Yanzi asked her if she needed the financial records? VO said no she already had them Lastly I just just get back from China so I apologize for the delayed posting. Most important, Thank you! Thank you! to the community of this board, it is an invaluable resource for preparing for the interview, and most importantly will be of more importance as I prepare for the arduous task of adjusting Yanzi to American life. {edit} Spelling in Topic description.

Just got back from the mainland, and had a great trip. The wedding on the 9th went great and then the very next day we had the interview and pink it is,more details to follow, but this board is a godsend and thank you to everyone