Eric&Yuhui

Brian. No kidding.. Miami has ours ( AOS ) . Courtesy Kansas City Center They say Yuhui will get hers in 2015 or so... Kinda busy down there ya know... Seriously, the processing times varies tremendously as you say, but I stick with my 4 to 24 months guesstimate

Great story Louis. Ah, life has a funny way to show that, well, that life's great ! Right now, Yuhui has been busy in the kitchen with French recipes, because I have 7 family members ( yep... to sunny FL ) coming to the US Dec 21 tfrom France to spend Xmas with us... Ain't that sweet ? I sampled her French cooking last night.. Not bad at all for a Shanghainese !

Clifford 1/ Anywhere between 4 months and 2 years, and this is a fact. The Green card clock does not start ticking after marriage, but after you file AOS 2/ A green card is not a visa. It is a privilege, so it is not "required", but necessary if you want to be visa free ( read, no deadline to leave the country ) . Student can stay in the US without a GC with the proper visa to complete study. After that, they must leave, unless they get permanent residency. Your fiancee studies are irrelevant, being on a K1, you will file AOS. This alone will grant you guys the "privilege" to file for permanent residency... Don't sweat it. One more note: Many states TRIPLE the university tuition fee if you haven't been a resident of staid state for at least 12 months.. This is the case in FL. They don't want fly-by's I guess..

This is the "elite status " of the green cards....The more BCIS screwed up your case, the higher the status,

Must have changed then. It used to be BLUE

Not if they are petioned. Affidavit of support is for any immigrant petioned by a USC. From ANY countries. Even the "rich" ones. If you immigrate on your own ( HB-1, L, E visas ) , that's another story. I know. I did it ( on my own on a E-2 employer visa ). In other words, if you immigrate without a job lined-up, they ( BCIS ) want to know who's going to foot the bill . Students are somewhat different. BCIS expects you NOT to stay , so they just want to make sure you have enough funds to support yourself for the few months you are supposed to be here. Remember that K visas, although technically non-immigrant's, are for all intent and purpose, immigrant visas. Note to Admin: Don, I want a recount on Mick/ Eric posts. Remember. I live in FL. we don't count too well down here. Get confused fast Mick: 3174 - 1566 mindless babel = 1608 net Eric: 3086 - 1011 mindelss babel = 2075 net

Scan the Chinese address .. and embed the jpeg in the body of the email That should work. Unless GZ system blocks those. But if they still use EXCEL to administer and track the visa program, I doubt it

You're welcome This is unbelievable.. One check- multiple checks ? Can we barter ? Coconuts? Why can't they have a clear policy about something that trivial ????? The logic behind multiple checks is that if a form is rejected, the (smart ) BCIS offices ( riiiiiight ) will reject only THAT app, not the whole file and cash /process the other forms... Damn,, daydreaming again.

That's exactly what Yuhui did. Except we did not do it in haste.. It was a master plan Important to keep your identity.

Yuhui and I will be in Guangzhou Jan 28 or so....Can we beat somone up on your behalf while there ? Then to Australia for a belated honeymoon.. woooohoo !!!!!!!!

We sent the same ADIT stuff for all apps. No problem in KS.. Man, this deserves a book... Coordination an Order: A day in the life of BCIS

You're right. AP dies with the withdrawal... AP is a "parole" document issued while the adjustment is being processed.. Meaning ..we "forgive" you for temporarily traveling ( the burden of proof that you are not abandonning your permanent residence application rests with the applicant ) while we burry your AOS application in the INBOX warehouse..Have fun overseas ! It'll still be burried when you come back ! I'm not a lawyer but will accept any checks for this short and unsubstanciated statement Any currency.. Turkish liras preferred. I want to be a billionaire.

Great idea ! But I don't do sewers.. sorry

I was told, in no uncertain terms by a rather rude BCIS Officer, that our I-94 expired the day we got married. He stated 90 days is the maximum allowed, but that marriage terminates the K1 I-94. This may, of course, be incorrect. It is just what I was told several months ago when trying to get clarification on issues from BCIS. I would have to side with Don on this one . Otherwise, you'd be out of status if the K expires, yet hasn't file the AOS ( marriage is not an immigration status or application for anything ) I think K expires after 90 days or when you file for AOS, whichever comes FIRST

Actually, "Veteran" "Remembrance" or "Armistice" day in the the vast majority of the countries ( outside the U.S ) that observe it ( mostly European, ANZAC guys.. etc ) is strictly WWI end 11/11/18 remembrance and the carnage that went with it . Nothing more. Nothing less. No other war... Just the Great War. May 8 in Europe is observed by many countries as end of WWII. Just my 2 European cents ( euro cent that is ) By the way, that's also the day China joined WTO in 2001...

messed up the reply..sorry

no no.. it went like this.... " 2 weeks or mooooore "

ditto in KS, when we did it

That's like asking, why keeping it KISS , more efficient records cross-ref and avoid any screw ups later on... Tss. tss.. you know better to ask those questions. .. Just kidding.

Not at all ! Anything else would be highly suspicious for most of us here...

interim authorization

especially after the last few days.. ahem....

Something's wrong with the China K1 number at 2252 Back in 2000, I read an official report saying there was 4000+ K1 apps for the first 6 months alone. Unless they cracked down, those stats for 2002 look very suspicious to me.

How true! Even if she has the green card, it is not over until she passes the citizen exam. I believe the USA government can deport someone with a green card. The only thing you have to keep in mind with a green card ( I used to have one ! ) , is that although it grants PERMANENT residence, it doesn't give you the "right" to leave the U.S and come back whenever you feel like it. All green card holders have to apply for a re-entry permit if they leave the U.S for more than 12 months. Few people know that, but that's the fact. You don't want to be bothered by say SFO POE if you visited your mom for 1 yr 1/2 . Green card could be revoked then if you don't have a really good reason for the lengthy absence. So be warned. Other than that, yer safe

It's the same name. They haven't changed U.S. (Bureau of ) Citizenship and Immigration Services ----> BCIS _ _ _ _