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Thanks for the info, I've gone through that post, but it still doesn't answer my question. In Laws have several strong ties to China, 1. MIL owns a business 2. All their family is in China 3. They recently purchased a new home. Those things we can prove. The problem is: They only have a contract/invoice showing they paid off part of the house. Is this enough to show ownership? They do, however, still have the ownership paperwork for the old house. So my question is, should they use the old address on the form or the new address on the form? I know there isn't a straight answer, but this is sort of a "What would you do?" question. We figure we will use the old address, this way, it shows they have a commitment there already and are investing in a new home as well. So they can just bring proof of ownership of the old home and invoice of new home purchase. Does this sound right? Re: Green card, thanks for the info, that's very helpful, I've done some more searching and it seems as long is its a US GOV official checkin it out (Shanghai embassy included) they will accept the letter as proof of extension. We might still get the 551 stamp just to be sure, and we may be traveling soon as well, so doesn't hurt to take extra steps.

We're applying for MIL and FIL's B2 Visa and have a concern, wondering if anyone can give us suggestions. They have recently moved to a new home, but don't have the property ownership papers yet, they don't get them until they've paid off the loans... sounds funny to me, what do you guys think? They do, however, still have ownership papers for their old home, though someone else is living there now, they agreed to let them keep the paperwork for now because they knew they would need some proof of home ownership. I'm really not sure what to do now, which address should we provide for HOME ADDRESS and for MAILING ADDRESS. What should we do?! This is stressin' us out. Also, my spouse is currently in the middle of removing conditional status of her GC. Her GC shows as expired, but when we applied for the extension, they sent us confirmation that her GC has been extended for another year while they process (still processing), but they didn't provide us w/ any new card or proof, other than the letter. Will this be a problem? Is showing the letter enough proof for validity of her GC or should we get something else? Thanks!

wow, sounds like you guys had quite a run. im glad to hear in the end it all worked out, congratulations on the visa!

ok, it works again for me, guess it was just a bug on my part. looks great dylan, thanks for doing this. btw my pickup was 9.26 thanks

thanks for all the congratulations everyone! i finally updated the first post to include my writeup

anyone else having trouble accessing the timeline? i was able to view it a few days ago, but in the past 2-3 days its been down for me...

Is that picture your fiancee? She looks like a model or a movie star. wife why pay for a model when you're married to one? hehehe. i just like photography and she doesn't mind posing for the camera By the way, Congratulations on your pink, I noticed you just received it on the 24th, and awaiting the visas (which should arrive today if not sooner). Happy times! thank you yes, we got our visa in hand yesterday morning. everything has been so smooth for us, we feel truly blessed. 163 days from start to visa in hand. we just wish everyone else a smooth and successful journey as well. im working on my interview writeup now, will post soon.

Is that picture your fiancee? She looks like a model or a movie star. wife why pay for a model when you're married to one? hehehe. i just like photography and she doesn't mind posing for the camera

dont forget to have your wife get on the 001 bbs board, they're really helpful there as well, http://usa.bbs.net/

you should both be filling out the g325a, if its her g325a, then you write her info in the bold boxed part on the bottom, if its your g324a form, you would put your info there. welcome to CFL and forget about the lawyers (remember to use NONE and N/A carefully, most likely she will put NONE for her A-number, unless she has entered the US before)

first of all i just wanna say thank you to everyone! its been a journey indeed and I'm sure the results would not have been the same without CFL. I cannot express how grateful i am so in return ill try to be as detailed as possible in my write-up for the interview and hopefully it will be helpful to at least 1 other person if not more. it all started with a flight from SF to LA. spending 12 hours in LA then leaving again to the airport the same day to fly out to guangzhou, but not without a stop over in seoul for 3 hours. with some work and scheduling we were able to meet at the airport in guangzhou, luckily the flights arrived only 1 hour apart so i didnt have to wait too long (she flew in from nanjing). from the airport we took bus 6c to the first stop. we were greeted by our host who took us on the short walk to the apt we had rented. we stayed at the concordia apartments, really close to the consulate and clean/friendly hosts. for 220RMB/night we get a 1 bedroom with living room, tv, free laundry, mini kitchen with microwave and refrigerator. there's also a pool downstairs for those who want to take a dip. apparently we were in the lucky pink room, the person staying in our room before us also scored pink. if you want more info about this spot, send over a PM. after a good rest, the next day was spent preparing/organizing/reviewing all our paperwork. after dinner we went over possible interview questions and were feeling pretty confident at this point. we spent the rest of the day relaxing and finding our way to the consulate to make sure we wouldn't get lost (difficult to get lost when you're only 2 minutes walking distance to the consulate, but just to be safe). we also had a little chat with pijie and another guest who just passed her interview the day before, it was nice to chat with them, made us feel a little better about our case, then off to bed for a nice rest before the big day. our appointment was 7:30, we arrived there at 7:15 and the lines were already miles long, but no worries, we knew it had nothing to do w/ the interview order once inside. they let us into the building around 8:00, we made our way up to the 4th floor where we were separated, and at 8:15 i started the long wait at the cafe. during this time, i saw a few come down with tears, but most were pink that day. anyone else think the people on the 4th floor are hilarious? party A "exit is this way!" party B "no, its this way! its closer!" party C "do you need plane tickets?" made me realize i was back in China. Also, paying 49 for juice and peanuts/crackers was another highlight of the wait, the juice only lasted 5 minutes, the peanuts lasted the whole 4 hours and the crackers were taken to-go. most of my time was spent trying to pass time faster by playing games on my phone. finally sophia came out with a BIG smile, and thats all i needed to see, PINK PINK PINK! anyone else notice how 001 calls it the RED paper instead? I guess RED is more meaningful for them, which reminds me, i strongly encourage everyone to wear those red undies, it worked for us! hehehe. so here's how it went down inside: after an hour of waiting they called her up by name to a window. greeted by a chinese employee, they collected her medical package plus the i864 and accompanying tax return photocopy. at this point you give them the joint-sponsors forms as well. at this time they also asked her a few questions. "have you visited any other countries? are you part of the CCP? do you speak english?" she answered no, no, yes. then they gave her a slip to pay for the visa fee and return with the receipt to get a number to be called again. another hour later, the second time she got called was for fingerprinting by a fancy machine. then she got another number and wait for the interview. she met some others from the 001 board and had good company, im sure this helped her with her nerves a lot, instead of just waiting on her own. finally at 12ish she got called up for the interview. her VO was a very nice tall, caucasian man. she made it an effort to greet him first, "hi, how are you?" "fine, and you" "im fine, thank you." the VO asked her if she could speak english, no problem for my sophia, her english is great, so her english was conducted in english the whole time. she thinks the VO was tired from speaking chinese all day, she noticed almost all his interviews were in chinese. "may i have your passport?" handed over the passport "what is your petitioners name?" "my husband's name is ____" "how did you meet each other?" "we worked together as graphic designers at ____" "he was born in switzerland? what's his background" "what do you mean by background?" "why was he born in switzerland?" "because....blah blah......." (we think he was testing her knowledge about my family history, which is pretty complicated, she did great, she told him everything we went over because we had a suspicion that this might come up since my family also immigrated to the US from switzerland) she also offered a letter we had written about my family history but he didn't want to see it. "so what is your husband doing now?" "part time school/freelance graphic designer" "do you have photos?" "yea, i have two photo books, one is about me and my husband, another one is about our families and friends with us" he looked at a few pages casually then returned them, no questions. at this point he is already getting the pink paper out. “ok, so where is he living now?" "he is living in SF now" "with his parents?' "no, he lives by himself" "so where do his parents live now?" ”they are living in xxxx" "ok, your case is approved" "thank you very much" no questions about my brother (joint sponsor), which surprised us. after this she was sent to a window to make arrangements for delivery. we chose to pick up at the local guangzhou postal office for 20rmb. after the pink, we haven't been able to stop smiling and just feeling a ton of weight fall off our shoulders. we had an awesome meal that night, but somehow i still couldn't feel totally at ease since we didn't have the visa in hand yet. our interview was on the 24th so we knew at the earliest we'd have it by the 26th. on the 25th around 8pm we checked our EMS package at: http://www2.183gz.com.cn/company/ems/ems_ptyf.php?from=home and it showed delivered at 5:44pm that day! we were syked, woke up early to pick up the package on the 26th and everything was in order. we couldn't have asked for a smoother process, we really feel blessed and lucky. now we're off to her hometown to get ready for the big move. we just wanna say thank you again CFL, without you we couldn't have done it.

Why is this? Because you are in hot and humid GZ? Not much longer now until your pink interview! I hope you both are relaxed! Good luck! haha, seriously, it still feels like mid summer in GZ How humid is it? I hope your room has good AC. yea, we have 2 ac's! haha, its really nice here, a really good spot my Sophia found. they did have a short while where they cut the electricity for a few hours while we were organizing our papers, haha, but its all good now. today its 66% but im sure yesterday was much worse. it may rain today... hope it doesnt affect the VO's moods! we're off to breakfast now and then to the line! see you all soon! THINKING PINK!

the double edge sword effect. im glad you were able to resolve it, good luck with the rest of your case, wishing you a smooth journey from now

Why is this? Because you are in hot and humid GZ? Not much longer now until your pink interview! I hope you both are relaxed! Good luck! haha, seriously, it still feels like mid summer in GZ

congrats, the wait wont be much longer now, good luck with everything!