Randy W

The visa is usually received in the 2 days, however, some have had to wait as long as 7 days with no apparent reason. That is, they checked with the post office each day until the 7th day when it arrived.

American citizens may go to the consulate at any time - just present your passport. In Guangzhou, the American citizen's area is to the right (Windows 31-40?). Bobmal99 got a same day reversal of a denial for his children this way. The reason given was that the parents weren't there (the guards had not allowed them in). This was in Nov, 2005

DCF is the informal term for filing at an overseas consulate/embassy. 1. Normally, a K3 interview is held in the country where the marriage took place. This would most likely be a BIG advantage for you. Check Japanese timelines at Visajourney.com. Your husband would not be required to attend. - edit - oops - He would be required - you would not. 2. Again, check the timelines to decide. The I-130 would most likely be processed faster than the K-3, although a Japanese K-3 would most likely be faster than a Chinese K-3. Check the timelines. 3. If he uses the K3 visa, he still has the option of either returning to Japan for the I-130, or adjusting status in the US. I'm not sure whether it's possible for him to have the I-130 (CR-1) interview in China. This would probably be the slowest option.

Here - does this help, Dennis?

The unconditional 10 year green card comes only if the visa is used AFTER your 2nd anniversary. Before that time, she would get a 2 year conditional card with the same privileges, but you would then file to remove conditions before that card expires.

K-1 can be filed now, since they have already met. To apply for a visa based on marriage, he would have to first travel there again and get married. Then he could apply for CR-1 (by filing the I-130), and, when he gets the I-797C NOA1 receipt, he could file for K-3. Rather than worrying about a denial, you are better off getting your evidence together

what do you consider the deep south? The land of grits and gravy. The Carolinas, Georgia the entire SE including the Fla. panhandle. http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=152937

You can find out, if you don't mind getting a possible blue slip. You can play word games, but the bottom line is that they require what they will require. It is best to be prepared with some sort of single verification - UNLESS you can verify ahead of time that it's not needed.

Correct. Do it now and get him in the system. Yes - the clock ticks from the time the I-130 is filed - no updating is supposed to be necessary, but I'm not sure how you can make sure that his preference category changes to the som of an American citizen. Another thing that changes - there is no category for married son (over 21) of LPR, but there is for the married son of an American citizen.

This came up once before - http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=209251 without any answer. It seems like it wouldn't be too difficult to come up with a notary statement as to her age, and the fact that she is single that would be acceptable to GUZ

Check out some of woainilin's threads about the problems they had as a result of their move. It all ended up okay though. The best solution to this situation is to not move if at all possible.

Thanks Randy. I'm not counting chickens yet until the card arrives, but it looks like we have an egg. We will see when the letter gets here to see what "ADIT processing" means, or doesn't mean. "Welcome to the USA" has always meant "green card". I'll bet "ADIT processing" will be something uneventful.

Here's a much better discussion of Green Card Abandonment on the British ex-pats' forum. The I-131 is the same form that we use for AP.

It took us 4 months to get green-card after marriage on a K-1 visa. Time to get card can vary by quite a lot of time, can be 4 months, to several years depending on name checks. Green-card is for persons to live in country permanently, NOT to live outside the country of "RESIDENCE" for long periods of time, to maintain the green-card you must be a resident of the country that issued the green-card. So if you do get US-Green-card and then reside out of the USA this has the affect of giving up residence in the USA and invalidates the green-card. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD Only way to avoid this is to naturalize and become a US Citizen. Not true - you must be "found" to have abandoned your permanent residency. The exact trigger for this is hard to pin down, but you must maintain a residence in the US (somewhere where you can receive mail). It is generally accepted that you must return to the US at least once a year, although there are no clear guidelines on how often, or how long you will need to stay. It's been done.

Well, congrats, guys!

If he is a USC why would he need a exit permit ? To leave China - usually, they will want to see a date of entry for someone who is leaving http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=198232

so if the interview is within the first year, but the green card is not issued until after the second anniversary, do we get the 10 year card? There are a few members on this site that were stuck in name-check hell, they were approved pending name check, the name check took a long time, and completed after 2nd wedding anniversary, result 10 year un-conditional card. That's what I thought, but that wording in the INA got me wondering. Thanks, Dan

Congrats on the good news! Not much more to go

NO, as I said in my first post as well as Lee's post above, if you are approved after 2nd wedding anniversary you will get the un-conditional 10 year card. UN-Conditional means there are NO conditions to remove. That is not 100% true I think that Mikey's saying that they didn't say it (and that's true), but what is 100% true here? The INA says about K-1's, so if the interview is within the first year, but the green card is not issued until after the second anniversary, do we get the 10 year card?

I would think you would need a letter from your employer here, showing your date of hire and annual income.

Not true - K-3's can file for EAD by paying the $340 fee.

Good deal! Congrats!

Here is the page from Pub 519 that applies to K-1's: http://i3.tinypic.com/7wyqwk2.jpg and the more recent thread.

It's been pretty well pored over here. This isn't the recent discussion, but Lee's modified it for what came out more recently. Basically, as long as you are married on the last day of the year, you can file "married filing jointly" by filing the declaration that Jim is talking about. Most of our spouses had little to no reportable income while in China. Even if your spouse s still in China, the declaration can be used. Read the Publication 519.

Yes - file jointly. We had a discussion about this recently. I'll find the link for it tonight.