[my favorite color]

...Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hello all!]

Welcome ..................I know this site will help you tremendously. I'm also a newbie, having just been married in china Feb 28, and submitting an I-130 last week. The advice, "read read read" ..........is right on, because, At long last, all the info will start to make sense.

Hank and Lily

[Off to see the wise men!!!!]

......Best of Luck to all 3 of you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[name order]

Forms that initially ask for a name clearly label the boxes with Last Name, First Name. But on some of these forms, they ask for names of children or other relatives and just provide a line. Have other people had any trouble with name order if they enter names American style (first, last). Should I use Chinese convention (last name, first name)? I'm concerned about a government data entry person entering the wrong info and causing delays in processing.

 

Also, I've decided not to use "none" in the "Middle Name" spot and to leave it blank instead.

 

Any comments about potential name entry problems would be appreciated.

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I don't have a middle name, and all my life, for US and State goverment documents, I have been told to enter: NMN ..............no middle name.

[Our introduction to CFL.]

Hi CFL,

 

I am Mike and my SO is Rong. I am very glad to have been told about this site from a long time friend of my SO's. My SO's girlfriends husband was one of the founding members here. I have studied and poured over this site for awhile now, and the compassion, friendships, support, and helpfulness is amazing. So many of the stories and comments here at this site are as if I wrote them myself, and I was describing our life, our stories, our days events. Yes, I know that we belong here too.

 

We first met in November of 2004, took a year to get to know each other, then met in person January 2006. Wow, talk about being in love with each other.

 

Our K1 application is almost ready to be mailed, and then our journey will begin too.

 

I look forward to a great time here with you.

 

Mike & Rong

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Welcome, Mike and Rong,

My wife and I also met in November 2004, Married Feb 2006, just starting the K-3.

Best of Luck,

Hank and wife is Lihui

[Interesting Conversation]

I haven't read of this situation on these forums, so I thought I'd pass it on...........

When my wife and I were obtaining my certificate of marriageability in Guangzhou last month, a man from Houston walked up to us on our way out and asked if we'd gotten a blue slip.

I explained why we were there, and he told me that his fiance (from Beijing) just received a blue slip at her interview.

At the time, he told me it was because they didn't have photos, and that they had lived together in Beijing for some time, and that he had brought proof of that (I didn't ask him what type of proof) and that he thought that would suffice.

We exchanged email addresses and phone numbers and I wished him good luck.

This morning he and his fiance called me from Houston and relayed this story: It seems the VO had also asked the fiance for her ex-husband's identity or birth certificate papers.

They had the divorce papers, of course, but nothing else from the ex-husband. After parting company with me, they had stopped at Peter Paget's office on the first floor and laid out their situation.

He was able to help them without them having to stay in GZ. The Houston man said they were able to return to Beijing, obtain the necessary papers, and also the photos they lacked, and send them to King, who was then able to obtain their Visa.

Of course this story has a happy ending because they're together in USA now, but I had never heard of this situation..............

so just thought I'd throw it out there FYI and/or discussion.

 

PS..........when I met the couple they were being hounded by other lawyers wanting 2000 usd to help them...............Luckily they found Peter Paget, according to the Houston man. They are not CFL members, and by coincindence, I think he said, they just happened to walk into his office

[Staples??]

It is pretty bad when we discuss simple things like whether to staple documents or not. Is everybody so scared of the government that we go out of our way to please them when we submit documents. How long does it take to remove a staple anyway........ How do we know they don't prefer this? Have they in any way told us this?

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"I'm not scared of the government" (Now that my wife is in the USA)...............sorry, I'm scared of anything that might delay getting my wife here because of something simple I did or did not do.

Thanks everyone else for the advice on ACCO and the USCIS website that tells us what they like in the way of fasteners. I think I'll be scared and go with what they suggest.

[Staples??]

when sending the I-130, Anything wrong with stapling subsets of documents? For example , the chinese marriage certificate is 4 pages including the translations and notary certification. I had planned on using large binder clips to put the entire package together but was wondering about stapling or paper clipping multiple page documents.