ameriken

Oh man, got the email about the domain change from "Carls estate" and I knew. So sorry to hear this about Carl, many prayers for his wife and family.

We got it figured out, this is not something we did before, we went to the site and had to set up new accounts for each of them and we finally got a confirmation that the visas will be sent.

Just when I thought we had no more questions... This is the letter GZ gave to Jie's parents. This process has taken so long that no one remembers setting up an account on ustraveldocs.com or choosing a CITIC bank to receive the passport and visa docs as per the letter. Any suggestions as to what direction they need to go? http://i57.tinypic.com/iptc9j.jpg

Thanks Greg!

Questions asked of Jie's parents: How did your daughter and son-in-law meet Where is your daughter working now Who is providing the financial support Are you members of the CCP What kind of work does your son-in-law do Then the IO asked for all the documents they brought and took all the I-864's, I-864a's, 3 years taxes, police certs, etc. Only thing they didn't take was my proof of current employment.

Well my in-laws just left the consulate with a PASS! Thanks for all the help. The package we Fedexed to them with all my docs ended up being around 3 lbs. Don't have the details yet on what questions if any were asked, or what documents they needed to provide to the IO, but I'll post when we get the details.

She is divorced so she would be the only one filing. Yes, she'll have to provide returns that include her ex husband, but I don't see that as being an issue, and that can easily be explained at the interview (if necessary). So her ex does not have to file.

Thanks Ronnie, that's why we're doing this now, another 5 or 10 years would make it that much more difficult.

Makes sense, thanks Dan.

After 2 years and 2 months of battling the snails pace of NVC, everything was finally sent to GZ and we have an interview date for Jie's parents. We're getting ready to ship original documents and I'd like to clear up a couple of questions. GZ is asking for 2014 taxes as well as originals of 'financial evidence'. I assume 'financial evidence' means completed/signed I-864, I-864a, 2013 tax transcript, taxes, employment letter, etc. 1) As for the I-864, I emailed those last year based on 2013 tax returns. In the interview letter GZ is also asking for our most recent tax return (2014). If I am providing the 2014 tax return, do I need to update the I-864 and I-864a to reflect 2014 or just send the original we did last year for 2013, and just supplement it with the 2014 return? I don't care either way, my main concern is screwing up GZ up by changing something already in the system. 2) As for the 'original documents' of the 'financial evidence', since Jie's parents will be at the interview together, do they need a copy of everything for each person, or will GZ accept one copy for both people? I know they each need their own I-864, however do I need to send duplicates of my paystubs, employment letter, taxes, etc? Hope that makes sense. Thanks!

What Carl said. Such a simple and easy solution yet Congress cannot get their shit together.

Jie doesn't want to handle the finances at all, she tells me 'you handle the big things, I'll handle the little things'. But at the same time she makes it clear "my money is my money, your money is my money".

Mary Schiavo on CNN pointed out from the vid that it looked like a left engine failure.

Asia and planes just ain't getting along well lately. This from yesterday. It clips the taxi.

ameriken is a combination of 'american' and my name 'ken'. Movies? One that both my wife and I really liked was 'The Book Thief', set in WWII about a young Jewish girl that gets adopted by German parents during WWII. Excellent and poignant story. One thing that helped my wife when she first came to America was watching American movies that had Chinese subtitles so she could hear the English while reading the Chinese. Then we switched to English subtitles so she could read what she was hearing (or hear what she was reading). Now she can watch movies without any subtitles.