Batmaniac

I don't know why, but that line in your post reminded me of this.

I dont think anyone should be a pessimist going in. It can only hurt you. I understand you though, I am naturally a pessimist. BUT I refuse to be with this. There is so much info on this site to help you prepare. If possible come here and help your girl out!

Why would they build one? They already have a perfectly nice one outside of Shenzhen courtesy The Former Soviet Union. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Minsk

China's problem is going to be a freshwater shortage first I think. As far as unrest, I am already seeing people be crabbier to each other. And beyond that. Watched a fight between a cabbie and his fare the other day. There was even kung-fu kicking to the face! Cabbie didn't fight back at all.

What safeguard would there be for the beneficiary not to skip out leaving the petitioner holding the bag? None, The Govt would get the value of the bond, unless the bonding agent returns the petitioner to the USCIS. The petitioner would only pay a % required upfront. As I see it under this system there is no deterence to keep illegal aliens out of the country. It would just make it easier for those who can con someone into putting up the bond to get here. How much should the bond be? Would it be enough to recover the cost of finding and deporting the beneficiary should they decide to skip out? It would have to be a large sum of money. Probably upwards of 100K. Only the wealthy could afford it thus making that option unobtainable for the average Joe. The idea is similar to the one that exists in the criminal justice system. While no libertarian, I am convinced that we could use market forces to make the process more efficient. I have no evidence to support my opinion, but I am not confident that the current process is effective in identifying fraud. Lets use your figure of 100,000, the petitioner would be on the hook for 10000 and the bonding company would be on the hook for the rest. The trick would be to determine a figure that would provide enough incentive for the bonding company to return the beneficiary to the govt and provide the govt with financial satisfaction for the presence of an illegal alien within its borders if the beneficiary is never captured. Yes some would be priced out but that would free up more resources to speed up the traditional process. I actually thought bonds were utilized according to the I-134 instructions. However here's a problem. It would be pretty hard for a bonding company to find one of these girls that skipped out I think. It's not like finding a common criminal who speaks the same language or even a hispanic criminal where a bondsman might know Spanish and be able to go into the community and find the bail jumper. The bonding company would have to know the Chinese community and the language because some of these women could virtually disappear. Plus are they going to be allowed to have an office in Guangzhou to set this system up? I doubt it. Good idea in theory though.

Adium is a great program for Macs. It supports 18 messengers including QQ. Try it out. I have my girl set up on it. Hmm . . . I just looked at it again. Maybe there's no video on Adium.