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Got this today from them- "The National Visa Center (NVC) received your documents on (last week). We are currently receiving an increased number of approved petitions from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. As a result, we are experiencing increased review times for documents received. We expect it will be at least 60 days from the date we received your mail before we complete the review of your documents. We will notify you when we review your documents. We are working to reduce these processing times and we appreciate your patience." Good luck to everybody.

We uninstalled Wechat from my USA based phone. We downloaded a Chinese version of WeChat from a Chinese web site. Now, both the phone and WeChat are set for Chinese Language. My USA based phone Wechat has "My Wallet." Switch the phone to English. 'wallet' disappears. Try again, switch the phone language to Chinese. Wallet reappears. Turn off the phone and power back on and switch to English. Wallet appears. Select Wallet. Return to the 'main' WeChat screen. Wallet disappeared.

Yeah, what Dan and Randy said. Summarizing- My wife is in the US. My wife is using a Samsung Notepad 4. She bought the Notepad 4 in China last year. She has wallet. I do not have wallet. I bought my Samsung phone in the USA last week. We have both updated WeChat. More on this: "After launching WeChat Payments as part of a v5.0 update for the app last August, Chinese users can bind their bank cards to the app and begin completing monetary transactions." Emphasis on Chinese users is mine. https://www.techinasia.com/5-ways-wechat-is-innovative/

Well, I've had my phone 3 days. I just downloaded WeChat over the weekend. I don't reckon it could get a newer than that. I'll try updating it when I figure out how. I found some online blah-blah regarding changing the phone's (USA) Language and/or Wechat's Language, then power off and on. Tried all that to no avail. Still, no wallet.

Who knew? Not me. My wife's cousin in China sent (transferred) money last night to my wife who is here in the US. How? WeChat Chinese version has a 'wallet' feature. My English version of WeChat on my USA version cell phone does not have it. My wife put her China based phone sim card into the Samsung Notepad 4 she bought last year in China. Up popped a message from the cousin about money has been transferred. My wife then used her WeChat wallet to 'send' the money to her CCB bank account. On a side note, now when my wife uses her China based CCB credit card here in the US to make an online purchase in China, she is able to receive the cell phone confirmation code message required in China on the Notepad, also here in the US. When she first inserted the Sim card into the Notepad she had to accept "Use this for International Roaming" or some such message. An example from a web search; "Chinese WeChat users can now find a new "shua ka" or "Small Payment" feature inside the "Wallet" section of the app. Pressing the icon and entering one's password for WeChat payments will automatically generate a QR code or a barcode. Using that, one can make in-store payments in such places as Dairy Queen and supermarket chain One Plus One where the retailers can scan the code to accept payments." at- http://english.cri.cn/12394/2014/09/15/1261s844219.htm

Ya'all have confused me, now. See this from the AOS page: "If you have a joint sponsor, they must also complete Form I-864. If you are using the income of other household members to qualify, then each household member who is accepting legal responsibility for supporting your relative must complete a separate Form I-864A, Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member." at: http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/affidavit-support Seems to me you stated Dad is a joint sponsor. Hence he fills out the I 864 also. Mom has no income, so unless her assets are also being used their is nothing for her to file. Finally, unless your mother lives with you, and has for at least 6 months, she is not a household member of yours.

If you go back to pick up the visa on Friday, how do you know, for certain, what you got? Please provide a little more detail after you have your passport back in hand. Is your Visa the standard visitor "L" or is it family based "Q." Your description of 'visitor' visa seems generic. Also, how many days each entry? What type of proof did you provide? Thanks

Ok, Ok. I'll spell it out. My wife does not live in China. My wife (from China) is a US Citizen. Therefore, the presumption is that she can neither invite herself nor me. Our inviter was her father, my in-law and therefore meeting the 'family relationship' requirement of the Q1 or Q2. In December 2014 we each were granted 120 day, multiple entry, Q2 Visas good for ten years.

I agree, as Randy has stated, if you fill out the Visa form for a 30 day stay and you send your r/t airline tickets as supporting documents the Consulate will, in all likelihood, only give you a 30 day L Visa. If you want the option of Multiple entries and stays greater than 30 days good for ten years then you should specifically request Ten years. One option is to apply for the family relationship Q2 visa. However, even a L visa may be issued for ten years. Requirements for the Q2 may include: 1. a written letter of invitation. Some Consulates, such as Houston do not accept the standard example form letter. 2. A copy of the inviters local ID. 3. In my case, a copy of our marriage license. 4. For some consulates, Houston for example, and depending on where you live, a copy of your driver's license. For the Q2 and for a ten year Visa (either Q2 or L) make sure to request both in Section 2.2 "Intended Number of Entries." It is helpful to request the Q2 Ten year Visa in that section. When applying for the Q2 ten year visa you do not need airline tickets and I would recommend requesting 120 days to make sure you don't get only 30 days.

Perhanps what you are looking for in the red bean is an Adzuki bean and in the green bean is a Mung bean.

Correct. Never say never and never say "All." Thanks for the correction.

I went to the website referenced and then to the AAA application. The application states "Issuance of Permit is restricted to persons EIGHTEEN YEARS or over who hold a valid U.S.A. or Territorial License." The requirement to "hold a valid U.S.A. or Territoral License" would sweem to rule out this option. Further, my wife tells me (emphatically) that her friend and the friends brother, both from China, and non-US Citizens, reported having and using an IDP (International Driving Permit) during a trip to the US last summer. In addition, the brother is known to have rented a car in several different states with only his Chinese Driver's License and the IDP. No answer to my question to the wife, "How did they get the IDP.?"

Yes, we were both applying for a Q 10 year visa in order to have the option of staying longer. The last visa my wife was given, directly from a consulate, was issued only valid for 30 days, in spite of the required airline ticket r/t dates exceeding 30 days.

I applied last week, through a Visa Service, for 10 year Visas from HOUSTON for my wife and I. We sent the recommended stuff. Hold the horses, the Visa service immediately e-mailed me upon their receipt of our applications stating: "Please send a copy of your Marriage Cerrtificate." I called them, I have sent many copies in the past. "Oh, Sorry." they said, "We do not save those, it all goes to the Consulate." "You don't need to send it for a regular Visa. But, because you have requested a 10 year Visa, a Marriage Certificate copy is required." Oh, by the way for Houston, at least, so is a copy of our Driver's Licesnse.

I no longer see any benefit to the China Construction Bank / Bank of America so called relationship. 3 weeks ago I asked B of A in Austin, Texas about a wire transfer to CCB. The answer: "Sorry, you need to provide us with the Intermediate and Final Bank's Swift code. Ditto for my major Brokerage. However, go on line at B of A, do the transfer electronically as a Remittance. It's all available on line for $45, or so. Lot's more than free. You will still need the Swift Code and the receivers Name and Account number. A Chinese businessman here in the US stated the limit, at least for him, was $50,000 USD transfer to China per year. As for the 3% fee foreign transaction fee by B of A (and others), I be considered it outrageous. I will no longer use ATM withdrawals in China for USA accounts. I will send my wife'sChinese account the money by wire and/or I will use Paypal.

I sent an e-mail to the NVC last summer. Same story as above: no auto response. So, I sent another thinking mine had gotten 'lost.' Also, not only no auto reply, there was no reply of any kind for about 6 weeks. I telephoned the NVC. They answer they gave me was, "We have up to 8 weeks to reply. No, there is no longer an auto reply. We have discontinued auto reply." I checked my records. My outgoing email left August 8th. The reply from NVC was received Oct 01. Of course, my 12-04-14 email has not yet been replied to.

Danb, Nope, my wife neither saw nor spoke to an Immigration officer upon arrival at Detroit. Well, not counting the worker who was in the area of the terminals to assist travelers having problems at those 'new' machines. My wife stated the only uniforms she observed were two police officers. She told me about police when I asked her, "What if you don't sign in at the machines?" The next stop for her was Customs, which has not changed, except for the mandatory x-ray screening of Asian folks' baggage. You know, the part with: How many dollars are you bringing in? How many gifts did you buy? ans: none; How much food do have? ans: none; Do you have seeds? ans: none. customs, 'What no money, no gifts, no seeds, no food?' And, as reported: "Go to x-ray screening." As my wife explained, there is no longer any Immigration form for US Citizens to be filled out on the plane. The flight was booked through Delta. I did file a complaint on her behalf regarding the entire incident. No reply as of this writing. Yes, she's from Nanning and she both arrived and departed from the new Nanning airport.

Oh, golly, gee whiz! Maybe I get it now. Flight Tracker is reporting the time the Gate Agent claimed they closed the boarding doors. The fact the plane sat for almost another 1 1/2 hours on the tarmac, at the gate, waiting for a departure slot may explain why, in spite of allegedly flying faster, this flight, and some other PVG to DTW flights, have flight times over 13 hours on Flight Tracker. And, why the airline can claim, "What? Late? not our fault!" Naw, they did not have head winds on those 13+ hour flight days. They sat on the tarmac, with an on-time departure listed when the boarding gate closed. That's a good trick!

OOPs, I wanted to edit the departure info, but it's been too long since message creation. Departure time and time zones listed by flight Tracker are not correct. I don't know why they interchange CST and EST. Actual departure time was around 6:20 pm Shanghai time. Another story about Detroit, this time in Customs. My wife was selected for baggage x-ray inspection. That is not unusual. The unusual part is that my wife reported 90% of those selected for x-ray inspection while she was there were Asian. Was her the flight and the other near time arrivals 90% Asian? Perhaps. Was my wife overly sensitive to seeing all the Americans not selected? Perhaps.

Delta's flight 582 from Shanghai to Detroit was 1.5 hours late leaving Shanghai. Therefore, it was late boarding prior to departure from Shanghai. And then, they sat on the ground for what you might call the normal Shanghai departure delay. Flight Tracker shows: 05:10PM CST 07:14PM EDT Scheduled: 04:20PM CST 7-day average: 04:42PM CST Scheduled: 05:24PM EDT 7-day average: 05:39PM EDT So, first of all, the flight was 50 minutes late departing. And then, it was 10 minutes short of 2 hours late arriving. Did they fly faste in an attempt to make up time? Again, Flight Tracker says "Speed 556 kts (planned: 484 kts) (graph)" so, two hours late. That is not really the story. The story is that my wife reported a single long line prior to Immigration. Then a worker directed US Citizens and Green Card holders one way. This way led to a section of automated "Check In" machines. No blue form to fill out on the plane, no Immigration Official looking over your passport and then grilling you. Just a row of stupid automated machines that, of course, no one knew how to use. 2 workers present to assist everybody. The next part of the story has to do with Delta's customer service. From my wife's observation, of course. IF you got the apparently white ethnic perrson you got a free room voucher. If you got the Asian ethnic person got a discount (small discount) voucher. What it looked like to my wife was, If you spoke good English you got a free room. If you did not speak good English, or if you were Asian, you did not get a free room from the worker who spoke Chinese. If I was high tech enough I would put a complaint on line somehow, even though my wife said, "no nevermind." Husbands do not listen, am I right? bottom line? Two of them. Allow extra time coming back thru Detroit. If you are delayed on this late evening flight and all the Detroit Delta people just want to shine you on so they can go home, fight for your free room. This stingy Asian worker argued "well, you boarded and they closed the gate on time (no, they did not) so it is the airport's fault you are late, not Delta's." sigh. The wife did finally get a free room, but only because she helped intrpret for some travelers nerby to her.

Bring by plane? Sure, and the liquid may even be allowed in the carry on. TSA says this about liquid medicines: " Declaring Medically Necessary Liquids Travelers who bring medically necessary liquids in excess of 3.4 ounces or medical accessories such as freezer packs, IV bags, pumps and syringes to the checkpoint must inform the TSA officer at the beginning of the screening process. TSA suggests, but does not require, medication be clearly labeled to facilitate the screening process. If a traveler does not want a medically necessary liquid to be X-rayed or opened for additional screening, the traveler must inform the officer before screening begins. Screening Medically Necessary Liquids TSA officers may test medically necessary liquids for explosives or concealed prohibited items. If TSA officers are unable to use X-ray to clear these items, they may ask for the container to be opened and may also ask the traveler to transfer to a separate container or dispose of a small quantity of liquid, if feasible. If the medically necessary liquid cannot be X-ray screened or opened, officers may be required to take additional steps to clear it as well as conduct additional screening, which may include a pat-down of the traveler and screening of the remainder of the traveler’s accessible property." http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/medically-necessary-liquids-gels-and-aerosols I, personally, would not want to try and get some liquid labeled as "Hazardous" through security, nor would I risk losing it due to confiscation during TSA baggage inspection or damage by in-flight freezing, or plain old theft. If somebody's done it...... Prescribed by a doctor? Yes, and delivered to and administered only by specially trained facilities as stated above. Go to a hospital? Oh, well, get a diagnosis first and then get admitted for treatment. Not likely.

Hello danb, I'm going to go out on a limb and apply my answer to the problem of qq chats. If that is the problem, and if it were my problem, I would sign out of qq everywhere but one device. I have never used qq by being signed into more than one device at a time. I seems to me that is not possible. Check and see all the places you are signed in. Reload qq. Yes, back up- required. I hope when you reload qq one step includes a complete uninstall of qq on all devices. Some virus detectors consider some Tencent software (a qq parent ) to be viruses. In the past, I only ran qq on a device I did not care about. Further, I did not remove nor quarantine anything from Tencent when a virus warning popped up. Doing that may cause unknown problems. So, don't do it. Tell your virus protection to 'allow' Tencent. First, I double checked by Win 8.1 desktop. Yess qq is still there. No, there are no virus warnings from any of multiple virus scanning programs I use. I 'see' Wikipedia has this to say: "...Dispute with Qihoo 360Main article: 360 v. TencentIn 2010, Chinese anti-virus company, Qihoo 360, analyzed the QQ protocol and accused QQ of automatically scanning users' computers and of uploading their personal information to QQ's servers without users' consent. In response, Tencent called 360 itself malware and denied users with 360 installed access to some QQ services. The Chinese Minsitry of Industry and Information reprimanded both companies for "improper competition" and ordered them to come to an accord Government surveillanceSome observers have criticized QQ's compliance in the Chinese government's Internet surveillance and censorship. A 2013 report by Reporters Without Borders specifically mentioned QQ as allowing authorities to monitor online conversations for keywords or phrases and track participants by their user number. Adware controversyThe Chinese version of QQ makes use of embedded advertisements. Older versions of the client had been branded as malicious adware by some antivirus and anti-spyware vendors. Both the Chinese and International versions of QQ had been tested..." all links and footnotes removed by poster. See the original article at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ

Hello danb, Thank you for the clear explanation detailing how you searched, bought, and picked up the ticket. I will be sure to check out the ctrip site more often

This is definetely way, way over my head. Pray tell, how would I go to China, select (or already have) a VPN and then use TCP? How about a new thread with step by step details. And, thanks for the lead to the web site TravelChinaGuide.com I have not used it before.

Ok. Seeing is believing. And, a ticket in hand is a bird of a different feather. In my case, and only my case. In the same vein, I have neither the luxury nor the abilty to be inside China with access to an American VPN. I can only speak to my own experience, and in so doing hope to learn from yours. And at the bottom of the page, it says something like this: Login Account ____________Password __________ Continue another edit: so, presumably if you are a Sky Pearl member, or whatever member name, you don't need a code. Couldn't say, I fly with Alaska miles. Non-members Mobile ______________Verify code ______________Get Continue So, for us non-members, that leaves entering a mobile number and receiving a code. As stated. thanks, I think.... edited to add: I did try to use a VPN once, in Nanning. It quickly qut working. When I contacted the provider, they said "China is blocking our Ip addresses." I know your technical skills are far beyond my own. Recall a discussion on some Social Security check deposit dates, for example. haha