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Congratulations!

I agree. Give that big THANKS to US visa policy.

That's super cool, to get interviewed at the same time. They can leave China at different times, as long as they enter US within 3 months (or is it 6?) of the visa issuance. Let your step daughter enjoy a short visit to US for Christmas? Man!, that would be such a treat for her. She must be pretty smart to be able to go to University in China. Blessings, oh!, you are so blessed. My stepson has smarts but also such a goof-off. Durned!

I think at the minimum they can check the names versus the list of similar names of those who have come to US, plus the database from other countries such as Australia, England, and whatever else provide their database to US. Probably want to make sure the names are authentic and not one of various aliases. I believe that's the name checks of our SO's are done in US. When it's sent to GUZ, the package probably contains a list of those similar names who have travelled to other countries including the US. Plus GUZ has to do additional name checks which I have no clue how that is done. My SO's old neighbors and associates never got any phone call or inquiry from the GUZ investigators. On my SO's visa, there are two aliases. One is with my surname and the other with her ex's surname. US government CIS, NVC, GUZ attached (have given) these two aliases to my SO. My SO has always used her maiden name, never changed it - not in her first marriage and does not wish to make any change with me either.

See goneflying2000's posts. He made personal visits to his Congressmen and Senators' offices and seem to get good responses. http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...33entry162933 http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...44entry168244 http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...36entry170336

"Many times. By phone calls, emails, and in my dreams and his dreams, we have been together for the last two years. Here are the emails. Here are the phone calls records. We talked twice each day, half hour to one hour long each time. Here are our passports (hers and copy of mine). We need to save money for new family. If visa process is much faster, we would be together in US by now" That's how my SO answered the question.

My SO is renting her apartment. We are also keeping her money in China for future business ventures. Besides, the RMB will be going up in value versus USD. I even added my own money to her account. I am looking forward to buying additional properties in China in the future. Looks like we doing opposite of what your SO want to do.

The info in that link is incorrect and some comments are absurd. Foreigners can own properties in China, specially apartments and homes. They do require some 40% to 50% downpayment, and there are additional holding period requirements to avoid special penalties for flipping properties for quick gains. It looks like the penalties are working because real estate values in Shanghai and Beijing have cooled off, i.e. dropped 15% off their peaks earlier this year. One does not own the land of the properties. They are leased from the government, on 50 to 99 years. It used to be 99 years, but now it's shorter duration. The owner of record has first priority to renew the lease when renewal time comes. It is no different than in the US, where property owners have to pay property tax, or the county government will take it away. Just think of the property tax paid every year over the last 20 years, and you see how much that is. Furthermore, in US, there is eminent domain that a city, county, state, or federal government can take away your property, with or without just compensation. Earlier this year, there was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court that allows cities to exercise eminent domain to take away properties for the sake of the betterment of the communities, i.e. generate more tax revenues for the city. Many of those comments in the above links are by simple minded American country bumpkins who are clueless on the reality of things.

Ask your SO to find it for you. I assume you can't read or speak Chinese because you can't go directly to Chinese websites or contact the real estate agents in that city?

You should file I-130 for SO and the child. One petition for each one. You have to file I-130 for each one anyway. Then file I-129F petition (for K3 and K4 visas) as soon as you received NOA1 for SO's I-130. The California Service Center is currently super slow in processing I-130's. I-129F is now processed faster than the I-130's.

Congratulations, Dave! I am glad the "black widow" glitch was resolved so quickly. That "black widow" is just that - black in heart and mind, for finding the littlest possible excuse to deny a red slip.

I believe that's correct. GUZ only does name check on our SO's. NVC and CSC do background and name checks on the American citizen as well as on the China SO's.

Membership in Communist Party is a NO BIG DEAL, anymore. US communist paranoia has subsided quite a bit, and it's down the list in Homeland Security. Anti-terrorism is at top of the list. Anti-communism has dropped way down the list. There are still some of those outdated regulations in the books somewhere and it takes time to revise them, so they can still be followed by some American country bumpkins. Yet, it's good if you renounce or remove your membership from the Communist Party. Who knows what kind of country bumpkin idjuts you will meet in the US, and they may still adhere to that anti-communism ideology. Membership in Communist Party is like a union membership in the US. It doesn't give you any big advantage, except token preference for some of those dumb low paying jobs. Association (relative to or friends with) and knowing someone in high positions are much more helpful with more meaningful and higher paying jobs in today's China. So if GUZ or the VO were to ask why you joined the party, just say it's very similar to union membership in the US. Job security and easier to find the better of those low paying jobs.

An uncommon name only needs one name check, as the case with my laopo. Back when, I called DOS and asked when the second or third name check would be done, and the reply was that only one check needed because the name is not common.

In addition to the above, here are a few more suggestions from my laopo. 1. Speak with confidence, and 2. Look at the VO straight in the eyes while talking. I do believe my laopo is correct. The few SO's who got the blue papers, despite the genuine relationships, could be the result of not talking confidently and/or looking meekly while talking to the VO's. Based on my laopo's observation of several SO's during her interview, she noted that SO's with questionable motives or less than desirable characters were able to pass the interview, while others with more genuine relationships and intent did not. The basic difference was the conduct during the interview.

It was Canada that had a much wider open door policy to HongKong immigrants some 20 years ago and Canada is reaping the rewards today. Vancouver is prospering quite well from the HK immigrants. US has and is still very paranoid, a bit less the Brits. Methink it's the inner bigotry against the Asians. Canada had no choice but did whatever it can to stimulate its economy. Most people think of the French as the haut snotties, but US is in the same boat.

If you have already sent payments of $70 (DS3032 fee) and $380 (IV fee) to NVC, for CR1 visa, there is no more fee you have to pay. Everything is paid in advance to NVC. The only other cost is for the medical checkup and documents and that's paid to the doctor or hospital.

Your SO should get it within 2 weeks. Usually takes 10 days. The carrier will first call to notify and confirm someone will be home to accept the delivery.

Go to China Post Office and find out how. The application is at the post office. In some cities, like Shanghai, it can be sent by mail. In smaller cities, it has to be submitted in person at the provincial administrative office of her residence on record.

At the higher end hotels (and their restaurants), 15 percent tip or gratuity is mandatory, i.e. included in the bill.

Absolutely wonderful! I hope my family will experience the same. My in-laws will have to come here with visitors' visas.

One story in 001 is about a Dennis who has 3 to 4 girlfriends in China, and dumped one in favor of another, and rotate them around. All for the promises of love and US visa. I think he has the whole China as the source of his concubines. As far as a so called Jeff, whose K3 wife asked for divorce, that woman is really grilled by the ladies in 001. At the same time, that Jeff should feel fortunate because he got rid a bad woman who goes by three to four names and has tried this fling with several other men. Almost got hooked to another guy before Jeff, but that fella cancelled due to a transmitted disease. Oh, well, I guess some men just love the horror types.

So hopelessly clueless. I came across a few, not here but in 001 and from other sources.

At least I don't read anyone getting into a pauper house because of the failed relationships. That's the bright side of things. If it were an American woman, many would have lost plenty. But fellas!, come on!, all you have done is to have let yourself got fooled. I was told that women from other countries not only jilted their American hubbies for the US visa but also for their money through the credit cards. Yeah, like charging $10,000 to $20,000 per month on husbands' credit cards before the divorce filings. Their excuses have been "You Americans are supposed to be wealthy and why those credit card charges make such a big deal?" So many of those American men are the ones who filed for the divorces because they cannot handle the expensive taste and credit card rampage of their new foreign brides. Anyone experiencing this?

It took about 10 days for my NOA1. That CSC has become super slo-pokes. You will learn patience with this CSC. It took them 6 months to process my stepson's I-130. I think CSC has a bunch of union workers with daily quota to work. Typical of gummint agency without increased budget, the workers would do a slow down to ensure job security. Mine went through several iterations of further investigations, and went through 2 or 3 officers. Like a bunch of dyslexic retards whose work has to be rechecked 3 - 4 times.