Randy W

But even THAT fee goes to $0 if you include a copy of the NOA1 from the AOS application. The I-485 fee is $1010, with or without the EAD and AP applications. These are FREE when submitted with the AOS application, OR if a copy of the AOS NOA1 is included.

I think all they need to do is fill out a new I-864, showing their combined income. If this is a new job this year, then include the letter from her employer, and paycheck stubs for proof of income. Yes, the co-sponsor would also be an option. OR filing for AOS here in the US would avoid additional trips for the interviews.

No - the $1010 is the total fee - it includes the AP and EAD at no extra charge, including the annual renewals, if needed.

Retiring in China

Retiring in China

Surprisingly, USCIS has taken the smart path. I was talking to the AUSA a few days ago, and he said he had given up predicting what USCIS does. So the update: USCIS throws in the towel DEFENDANTS¡¯ NOTICE OF NON-OPPOSITION TO ORDER OF REMAND On March 3, 2008, this Court entered its Memorandum and Order(M&O) denying defendants¡¯ Motion to Dismiss, and providing for a period of ten days for defendants ¡°to show cause in writing why the case should not be remanded to the USCIS with instructions to complete the name check and the adjudication of the plaintiff¡¯s I-485 application within a reasonable time.¡± Defendants do not oppose an Order remanding to the USCIS as articulated at page 9 of the M&O, and can demonstrate no cause why such an Order should not be issued. Now the question becomes; will the Judge remand with a specified time frame, or just a "reasonable" one. My guess is CIS is hoping for the latter so they can finish whenever they feel like it. My money is on the former, however this is his first, that I know of, MTD denial. So who knows. Watch your mailbox - they are adjusting status for all of us now. We were called in for a sworn statement, and an RFE (Jiaying's fingerprints weren't acceptable, so we had to go downtown to order a police report). We are expecting the 10 yr. "Welcome to America" letter any day now.

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Congratulations, but no sympathy on the wait!

This was the closest I could find, but it still reads in the future tense, and "Maybe". I'm glad you were able to get it taken care of - I also hope that anyone else who finds themselves in the same position realizes that certified translations can also be done in the US. You got me. . . ...I hope people in this same position understand that Certified and Notarized DO NOT mean the same thing! Certified is dead easy! It can be obtained by someone OTHER than the person the document refers to (hence, Certified Translations CAN be done in the USA without the person being there). There are several places where GUZ asks for "Certified documents and/or translations". From Packet#3 instructions: Certified Copy of Birth Certificate, Certified Copy of Court Records, Certified Copy of Military Record, Certified Copy of Marriage Certificate and Finally, Certified English Translations of all documents not in English. Notarized is special, and quite different. Its purpose is to specifically have a third party (a Notary) witness that a person physically standing in front of them, has applied their signature onto a document. The Notary checks the ID of that person, and after witnessing the signature, they apply their Notary Stamp to the document which states that "this person came before me on this date and signed this document" and they then put their signature to it as well. You cannot get your signature Notarized if you are not physically standing in front of the Notary. The Communist Overcome Instructions specify "All Chinese documents must have Notarized English Translation"... I TOO thought that GUZ made a mistake and MEANT "Certified English Translations"!!! As I stated earlier, I contacted GUZ... they repeated the exact, same, fricking sentence again in their e-mail reply.... "..All Chinese documents must have Notarized English Translation". (as if somehow by exactly repeating a sentence one can gain cosmic understanding of the innner workings of GUZ and decifer the meaning of it all!) When GUZ asks for APPLES and you decide to give them DURIAN, then all I can say is... Good luck with that! Until several people say that they ACTUALLY submitted ONLY Certified English Translations in response to the Commie Overcome Questions AND eventually got their Visas.... I think it would be a disservice to suggest to people who get into this predicament to go ahead and submit "Certified" translations and take their chances. I personally think you get better Odds in LasVegas than you get when dealing with GUZ! I WISH they would stop asking the Commie question. I WISH they would stop asking it randomly. I WISH they would stop randomly being SADISTS! (like in MamaBear's case). I WISH they would change the Commie Overcome instructions to say only "Certified". . . I WISH my MIL had just said "NO"! There are plenty of both notaries and translators in the US.

No - I mean yes you are correct

The daughter gets to make her own decision once she is 18.

Over 21, Daughter of an American citizen gets priority (since you married before she turned 18) - you file an I-130 for her. Search for 'visa bulletin' and go to the DOS site - it will tell you how long the wait is.

Use a proxy server. You can go to a site like http://www.publicproxyservers.com/ and choose one of their proxy lists. Under 'Tools', 'Options', 'Advanced', 'Network', 'Settings', in your Browseer's menu, enter manual proxy settings and enter an IP address and Port # from the list. Choose one that's in a third country. The browser will go first to that server, which will redirect the request to the web site you've requested. To the "Great Firewall", it will appear to be a request to the third-party proxy server and will let it go through

Randy, Do you have any other information on Mr. Stuart Folinsky. Did you use him and did he help get your wife here with you. Also do you have a email address or a phone number for him. If you have time I would like to hear everything you know about him. Thanks..... He referred us to our lawyer that we used for our K-2. He is presently the lawyer for another K-2 from Britain that is about to go to trial. He is a famous internet lawyer (click on the above link), who participates in several boards like CFL. Others may have more information, but he is here in the states, and (I think) deals with the USCIS here (not GUZ). Check out his web site.

Try Stuart Folinsky

Good luck, guy!

There are plenty of employers, at least here in Houston, who are happy to hire legal, and employment-eligible aliens. And above board. They have nothing to hide.

Psst Psst Believe me,employers would be willing to hire without any documentation,but she would never accept one of THOSE kind of jobs. If you're in an area with plenty of illegals (like Houston), she would get hired for the legitimate jobs over the illegals. She has 90 days to produce the Employment Authorization. If not, employers may require her to wait for the actual EAD.

I would say take the I-797C to the employer to see if they will hire her with that.

I agree, Rob. Could be extortion, may have been an honest agreement to snare a rich American. Either way, I don't think it's a legitimate fee.

Because - unless you know for certain that your dating service IS an IMB, I always advise to answer 'No' to that question. What is her primary business? I doubt that it's matchmaking. The USCIS/DOS has no clue what her primary business is. They have no jurisdiction over her 'business'. And GUZ could hardly care less - their reaction, as far as we know, has always been along the lines of 'Gee, that's nice', regardless of whether your answer is 'Yes' or 'No' to the IMBRA question. They have no list - they can't tell you which entities are and which are not marriage brokers. To answer 'Yes' is a potential can of worms - which, so far, has not materialized.

Your girlfriend needs to sort out who agreed to what and why, and what needs to be paid, if anything. If the cousin and your girlfriend agreed that she would find a rich American that can afford to pay that kind of a finder's fee, well, that's something you need to deal with. Rather than paying off the cousin, you might keep your plans VERY secret. And no, she is NOT a marriage broker in the IMBRA sense.

Your EAD will be canceled since you already have the green card.

Check the "About the Author" section at the bottom of the link to ilw.com that I posted.

The white slip my wife received in the mail stated that it could take up to 3 months for GZ to prepare the files for return to CIS. There is a BIG discrepancy between weeks and months here. Any thoughts on this? Yes - the consulate at Guangzhou is effectively not answerable to any legal recourse. We've had several members who got the white slip, but the petitions were not returned to the USCIS anywhere from a few months to over a year. Perhaps one of them will be able to help out here.