scott1956

Great help from so many & so quickly - Thanks to all of you . I think I will file I-130's for both SO & step daughter and also file the single I-129F. I would love to get the CR1 & CR2 and avoid the AOS - EAD hassle but I will settle for whatever gets them here the soonest. When I am there in January 2006 to get married I would like to get the SO & daughter birth certificates, SO's divorce decree and our marriage certificate certified or notorized and certified english translations, but I am unfamiliar with this process - could somebody please give details - do I need each copy notorized/certified and have the english translation certified or can I just make copies?

Going to Zhanjiang to marry fiance 1/16/06 and would like to get immigration paperwork started for soon to be lao po and step daughter. I was planning on a the K3 process, filing a single I-130 (for wife) and I-129F (for wife and her 4 year old daughter) but lately I have been noticing that the I-130 is approved before the I-129F and apparently the K3 process is abandoned by GUZ if they receive CR-1 first? And this is leading to children being left in China until a separate I-130 can be filed for them and then go through the whole process. Please Advise if it would be better to file a I-130 for both wife and step child and then file a single I-129F or maybe not even file the I-129F. Any and all suggestions and/or advise will be greatly appreciated:D