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Would someone be so kind as to drop some knowledge on me. My oldest sister in law filed for her other siblings in Oct 2006. How should I read the visa bulletin to know when and what to do next?

My wife had her Citizenship interview yesterday in Chicago. Everything went well and the Oath Ceremony is in a couple weeks. Took about 9 months to get the interview from when we applied the N-400. It’s been awhile since I’ve been here. Remarkable I still remembered my password. Everything has been well for us. More than 9 years married and a couple of kids. Living the life. Hope everyone is happy and healthy!

Ok. Thanks. It seems pretty clear. Need 6 months. I was thinking before the 6 months was just for applying for a Chinese Visa.

My wife and I and our 2 kids are thinking MAYBE of going back to China for Chinese New Year. Our oldest son’s passport expires 28 FEB 2018. He already has a valid Chinese 10 year Visa. New year is on the 15th so we’d be back before it expires. However, does anyone think we could encounter an issue with China immigration being that we’d cut it so close to the expiration date?

I know that until it becomes law anything could change. I'm just trying to get a feel for the direction its going...grandfathered vs. totally screwed. But your quote above is exactly the reason why we cannot take anything for granted. Although, in the end there's not much I can really do other than contact my Senators.

My wife's oldest sister is a naturalized US Citizen. She petitioned for her other sisters (except for her youngest sister - my wife) and brother when she became a USC. Based on their priority date they still have a wait of 2.5 years. They've already been waiting about 11. If the RAISE Act passes will those that have already applied be grandfathered in or are they screwed?

All this RFE talk has got me worried. My wife and I will file a week from Tuesday. I think we've got everything covered but we'll see I guess. Just a quick note: I got my 2011 tax transcripts from the IRS. I file back in early Feb and requested it in late Feb. it took about double the normal processing time but I got 'em.

I don't know a way around it... But as far as the iPhone, my wife watches Chinese tv shows and movies on her phone(and iPad) with apps like PPTV and PPS.

My wife and I are expecting our first child in a couple months. Lately we've been busy preparing for our new arrival. One thing we've done is load up on Chinese kid stories on our iPad. We've easily found over 100 free story apps. And they're all really good with cool pictures and animations! Most have English and some Have pinyin as well. In the app store you can find them by searching ¶ùͯ£¬º¢×Ó£¬or ±¦±¦Êé/ er tong, hai zi, bao bao shu. Or search by the app makers name: Joy Orange, YoYo books, iReading, Appletree, Tinysky books, Tinman, and Rye books.

Anybody in the Chicago area still going to this?

My experience in the Land of Lincoln was pretty much the same. I worked as a cashier at a grocery store before I went to college. People would pull up in brand new cars or come through the line wearing thick gold chains buying 10lb bags of jumbo shrimp using a Link card. Not sure if it's still called a Link card today.

My wife and I will probably be there as long as we're around in July and even though its a few months away I don't think we have any plans to be anywhere else. Keep us posted.

Glad to hear all is well and you're all havig a good time. My wife and I (mostly my wife) decided that she didn't want to go to Tokyo anymore. If it were up to me, I probably would have given it a shot...but obviously its not up to me...haha. I can live with eating the 7 bucks for the cost of the Japan Visa and now we get a few more days in China so that is fine with me. Besides, its probably just as well. It sounds like there was too much potential for problems and mop slaps in Japan.

Just wanted to update. My wife got her Japanese visa in about a week. Very easy. I was able to get a two year Chinese visa from Chicago.

Awesome! Thanks for the valuable info. Would you suggest that my wife preemptively include a paystub from me and a copy of our marriage cert. for her visa app? (We have the flight and hotel itinerary already). I'll be sending it off in a couple weeks.