JohnP

Welcome to CFL thanks for letting me get closer to 1000 posts so I can get a visa for the wifey.

I am getting Rosetta Stone in the mail today to learn Chinese <Mandarin>. Was wondering if there is a place on web or any place that I can get the Chinese Characters to learn these as well.

Congrats and good luck on your new life together

Guess I will have to start looking in the Syracuse area or visit dnoblett in Rochester.

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She is where she doesn't have access to the internet.

8 days down and 12 to go till I can talk to my Xia again. Man do I miss her. I wonder if she is going as crazy as I am not being able to write or call one another. Talked to her family and friends and noone has heard anything yet either. I have written her a letter everyday so she will have lots of emails when she finally gets to a computer. Soon as I am done posting this I am going to write her another.

I would pack some form of paper. I didn't know about this and when I was over there got caught with my pants down once. The paper was outside the toilet. Luckily noone else was in the restroom while I was in there.

Is she a teacher? She works for Xin Yijing Hairdressing & Skin Protection Center, I would send her some flowers but she said there isnt an address that would be able to recieve things at her work. She just started the job has been working there for a month. And I will be going over for Chinese New Year to celebrate with her and her family.

Just got a round trip ticket from ASAPtickets.com to spend with my SO over Chinese New Year. Cost was 830 dollars. Trip is from Syracuse to NYC to Shanghai to Chengdu and back.

My SO is in some kind of training program in China at the moment and her phone is not available to her. And she has no access to a computer either. So I can not call her and she can not recieve or write emails to me. The training is supposed to be 20 days. So far its been 5 days without any communication. Talk about being very worried. Not knowing who she is with or what she is doing. Her best friend can not even get a hold of her. I have called her best friend 2x. Her friend said that she had gone through the same training program. Its alot of fun and games. It might be alot of fun for them but its killing me LOL. Well about two weeks to go. Just wanted to vent a little. John

Yes its an Certificate of Marriagability. You can get it from the Consolate office in China fee is 30 US dollars. Will be in both english and chinese and notorized from the consolate. Just says that you are single and never been married or single and have been legally divorced. If you have been divorced be sure to bring your divorce papers to prove this.

better she join CFL and post on "chinese forum" very experienced women there. Yeah I have shared that link with her. She has been on it and says that alot of ladies there say its a long hard road. But she said to me that we will be patient and true love will prevail.

Once again thank you for your replies and help. I have complete filled out forms now of i130, i129f and both of our g325's. My SO emailed the filled out forms only problem is her signature is not on the filled g325's since they were emailed to me. Also I do not have a white book for our marriage certificate yet. I have the red book but it is like everyone says in Chinese. I could go get copies of it maybe and get those translated from someone local then maybe notarize one of them. But it would be notarized here not in China. And also she said she is getting all the forms ready to mail them to me. Along with her birth certificate and non criminal record. Both being notarized of course. Her friend is also sending in that packet a notorized note that she was witness and the interpreter at our wedding. Is there anything I can do to start the process or wait till I get everything to start it. Not sure how long it will be for her to get those notarized documents to me. I of course am being very impatient because I miss my wife and want her here with me. thanks for your time John

I have been going through ASAPtickets.com good agents find you best possible fares

Thanks for all the quick responses. I do have one question on the g325 that Xia is filling out the bold box at bottom does she use her personal info or mine.

Well all I am glad to be with so many knowledgable people here. I met my SO on August 24th in Chengdu. We got married the day after her birthday on September 4th. Now I start the process of getting her a visa. I am looking into different lawyers trying to find a good one that won't over price thier services. I have completed forms i130 and i129f and also my g325 waiting on her g325 and the english copy of our marriage certificate so I can file them. Any suggestions and advice I would appreciate.