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This person (Ms LC and Loving Wife) is the applicant in this case - there is no petitioner.

Fire him immediately. You cannot sue the consulate - the USCIS does not issue visas.

I thought the only consulate that issues visas in the one in CAN. Do the others issue them, PVG and PEK? ZZ They all issue visas - but GUZ is the only one to issue Family visas (K-1, K-2, K-3, K-4, CR1/IR11, CR2/IR2). But to file a I-130 petition for your family member to immigrate to the US, you would go to the consulate which serves your location. After processing at the consulate, it will be forwarded to GUZ for the actual application.

if it matches the form in post #2 of this thread then thats it. Look for the key words, "The above petition has been approved."

http://www.usaimmigrationattorney.com/DCFa...Fcountries.html We have seen people going to different consulates in China. Again, check with your consulate before filing. They will tell you whether they will accept your application or not, and what the conditions are. From 9FAM Appendix N 200 Visa Petitions

excep[t that the I-693 form (your civil surgeon will have one) includes the vaccination supplement now. Yes it is in the brown envelope. You will next see it at your AOS interview

"Immediate Relative Immigrant Petitions (Form I-130): U.S. Citizens with proof of residency in China may file an Immediate Relative Petition (Form I-130) by making an appointment to come in to the office during Window hours. U.S. Citizens with proof of residency in China, residing outside of the Beijing or Guangzhou Consular Districts, may file at the American Consulates General in Shenyang, Shanghai, or Chengdu. The Beijing Office may contact petitioners and /or applicants to request personal appearances for an interview or to request additional documentation. Please note that in China, immigrant visas are only issued at the American Consulate General in Guangzhou. Therefore, unless otherwise requested, all approved immediate relative petitions are forwarded to Guangzhou for further processing." I see nothing about living in China for 6 months. This came from: http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/home...ecurity.html#a5 You need to check with the consulate you are filing at - requirements differ GUZ says 6 months - http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/cr...and_cr2/ir2.htm

It's VERY unlikely that they would either notice or care about 3 or 4 months out of a year and a half. In fact, I think it's way overload to submit all of the other 14 months. Why not just present a "sampling"? Your choice.

Except that that article concerns the initial petition process, before it's ever sent to NVC and GUZ. Denials at this phase can occur because of invalid applications (e.g. granddaughter, etc), insufficient evidence, etc. A finding of fraud after a petition is returned from the consulate is a very different matter

The goals were changed for the fee increase - in July 2007. They haven't been changed since. This memo simply re-iterates their "commitment" to the previous goals. This is not news - just an update on their "progress"

Yes their goal is down 1 month from 6 to 5 .... actual time is 6.8 for I-130 and 6 for I-129F. If they would reduce their goal to 4 months we could pretend they are faster ..... maybe that would be need another fee increase ... goal of 4 months and actual of 7.8 ... . . . or they could simply increase their estimates of what it would have been WITHOUT the fee increase to 8 and 7 It's amazing what these fee increases can do in USCIS_land.

This is the guy who turned in the I-864 which showed $0 income.

Couldn't be plainer than day here The NOID is a notice of a court hearing, which you would attend. No, you do not have an NOID. No findings will be entered on your case UNLESS they have the denial hearing. YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED in time to attend the hearing. That's IF (mighty big if) they schedule a denial hearing. The CR-1 and K-3 are your two routes to bring your sweetie here.

Basically, a statement of your true income. Whenever your bottom line (taxable income) on your 1040 is too low, it's best to have this statement drawn up. Some of the VO's know how to read a tax return (we've seen people go through with $0 taxable income). Others do not, and do not take the time to read beyond the 'taxable income' line. Lay it out there in black and white, where they can't miss it. The tax returns are not the final word.

WHERE you get married does not affect your relationship in any way - whether it's China, or Hong Kong, it's either 'bona fide' or not, regardless. I see this in two ways - you're following the law. The law says if you get married in Hong Kong, you interview for a K-3 in Hong Kong. No other choice. No law has ever been drafted to tell you where you can or can't get married. If they want to prevent 'consulate shopping', maybe they need to address that in the INA. The other way I see this is that HK is adopting some GUZ-like tactics. I'm very sorry that you had to be the guinea pig to find this out.

You are correct about the dates - unimportant. Batmaniac is also correct - you do not need AP when traveling when traveling with a green card, unless you've been gone for over a year.

That is bad news. So sorry to hear this. Here's hoping things go well in Guangzhou. Sounds like things are getting rough in HK.

The I-551 is actually the green card

An interesting article . . . http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123780272456212885.html

The I-129F is used to file a petition for a fiance K-1 visa. The I-130 is used to file a petition for a wife. After the I-130, you may choose to file an I-129F (the same petition as for fiance but for a K-3 visa) in hopes of getting her here sooner, or in having a backup if one is denied. The I-129F is optional if you have filed an I-130. The I-130 is not. His first I-129F for his fiance was denied. So he got married and is starting over with the I-130, and maybe a K-3 I-129F.

The three options are another blue slip, a white slip (denial), or - if they ask her to bring her passport to the consulate - a visa.

IF (a little bit of an if) he remembers correctly, " She's there!" What he needed to know was that there's nothing that he needs to have done to have her latch on to her mother's K-1 after it gets to Guangzhou

Don't worry, guys! She's there! All is cool.

Hang in there, Jesse. Jingyu was snowed in for a couple of days after he arrived in Chicago, But was well taken care of. But now Jiaying won't go through Chicago, even in summer! I'm sure it was the first experience either of them had had with snow.

You pay a fee for AOS, along with a fee for biometrics. There is nothing you can skip Thr EAD for employment authorization and the AP for travel may be applied for with AOS no additional charge. You should probably make an effort to explain your circumstances. How did she get here, for one? Why didn't you file the I-485 with your I-130?