Bryon_Tran

Like i said, dont give 'em a chance in hell to refuse ya! For the most part, you only get one real shot at the visa. Might as well do your best, or be prepared for the VO to roll the dice. Congrats

1 hour and 30 minutes her plane should land, I got a call form the airport in Minniapolis and somebody was helping her get to her plane.

Hi My wife is big into Chinese tradition and I will pick her up at the airport on Friday afternoon. I wanted to have our house ready for her so here is what I was thinking if I forgot anything please fill me in A dozen roses on the table at home. I cannot bring them to the airport the sheer cold will kill them Candles not sure what scent to get I don't know what she likes if anybody has any suggestions. I know everybody is different however what I don't want to get something she might not like. Rose pedals for the bed. Should I carry her over the threashold like you do when your first married? Also should I bring her in threw the front door or the door in the garage? and of course the house will be very clean. any other suggestions woudl be very helpful. Thanks

It gets over 100 here in the summer for a few days. Last year I dont think we hit a 100 though. In Vietnam I don't think it ever gets to 100 good thing I have central air.

I took her to the ICE Palace in a park in Vietnam where it was made of ice and cold she didn't even complain. I wasnt' wearing a coat and her coat was unzipped. I told her it was even colder than this in North Dakota. She knows I don't want to move because my family is here and she wants to be close to my family also. My house is warm so she will have a chance to get acclimated to the cold weather. I have a decent goverment job now and if we move there is a chance I will not be able to find work in another city. Also the house is only half paid for and I don't think I could sell it even thought the recesion still has not hit here.

Yes Damn COLD. http://www.wunderground.com/history/airpor...hlyHistory.html Lowest -15 for this month overall average 8 degrees. Last month it hit -33F there. http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/weathersticker/bigwx_cond/language/www/US/ND/Bismarck.gif I'm going to get a portable heater for next year so she can take it room to room. I think I would go broke if I had to keep my house 80 degrees' all year long.

Yeah she has lived her whole life in Vietnam and one day she was complaining to me about how cold it ws in the movie theater. I think it got down to 70 degrees and I hand't noticed it myself. I told her about the cold here and she is fine with it. I told her my house is warm and we have to stay where I have a good job and she is ok with that. She has a shrine in her house to the GODS and to her parents and she prays everyday and sets food by them until the food goes rotten. I think she wants to pay respect to my mother or she fears my mother will haunt her. I will start watching ghost hunters with her I think she will love that show.

Thanks for the responses I feel better knowing that it is not that uncommon. I live in Bismarck it is very cold and we have no market but 200 miles away in Fargo there is a small shop that has some stuff. The next closest place is Minnapolis about 400 miles away. I think we will be ordering food online if I can find a good website. My friend who introduced us lives here and he is also Chinese and so is his girlfriend. I don't mind hanging around him a little but not to much. She does bring me alot of food and worrys greatly if I will like her cooking when she comes here. I have been spendind alot of time and money getting everything ready here. When I call her she is very busy going out to eat with family and friends. Freinds that she hasn't talked to in years have come out of the wood work and took her out to eat or she took them out to eat. The other day I told her about some stuff I purchased to make her life her more enjoyable and she was very moved by it. She asks me if my house has ghosts. I told her there was no such thing but I don't think she believe's me. The day after she gets here she wants to visit my mothers grave. I told her we could go in May for memorial day but she insisted on doing it the day after she gets here. I guess I have alot to learn. To bad there is no Chinese wife for dummies book. Thanks again.

She is in Ho Chi Minh but they celebrate CNY and she considers herself Chinese. I was planning on flying back with her but there was a delay in her getting the visa by a week so since I coudln't get my stay exteneded that long I had to come back alone. I cannot afford to go over now until I save some money. I overspent this last year to bring her here. I told her it might be 5 years but realisticaly we might be able to do it in 3 years. I just wanted her to be aware of the worst case scenerio.

My wife picked up her visa back on January 7th but she is not coming here until February 19th. I told her she could stay for Chinese New Year since her brother from New York was going to be visiting durning that time. I was hoping she would say no and come over in January but she decided to stay. I see others that have gotten there visa since my wife picked her's up and they are aleady here. I told her nobody where I live celebrates Chinese New Year and that it might be 5 years before she goes back again. I miss her alot but she doesn't seem to miss me as much. We were last together December 29th 2009. She doesn't get as excited or emotional as I see others do but maybe that is because she is older than most that immigrate. I can tell she has a genuine love for me I am the first man in her life so she has never had heart break except for when I upset her . I know her love will grow stronger for me in time but when we were together in her country I could see the love for her family and friends was very strong and it will be hard to compete with. I am a little worried she will miss them so much she will decide she likes it better back there.

Last time I went to Ho Chi Minh I took Korean air. They have better food than united but I don't like airline food but I heard they offer 2 choices an American and a Korean dish. Take the Korean dish. Your allowed 2 check in bags each can be 20 kilo's I don't remember the length. Each seat has its own screen where you can watch whatever movie or tv show you want or play games or listen to music. There is even an option where you can look outside from the flight camera's. Not bad considering I hate flying.

Thanks for the advice I will defenatly check them out. On a side not my wife is coming here on Feb 19th and our 1 year annaversary is Feb 28th. She told me that the 1 year annaverasry is special and I must get her something special. I already proposed dinner and a movie but she told me she wanted something that would last forever or for more than just one evening. I explained to her that American tradition that is the paper annaversary and it is the least expensive gift and told her that the 50 year present is the big one. She is worried the way I eat fried foods I wont be around when I am 94 so I think she wants to cash in now. She told me that Chinese tradition the first one is the big thing not the 50 year annaversary. Does anybody have any good suggestions??

Hi my wife speaks Cantonise and she is coming here in 23 days I have noticed that the Dish network and Direct TV both have Chinese channels I was wondering what one was better? The lady at our condo assocation says it is against our bylaws to have a satalite dish however when I went to the SEC website it said it was against the law for anybody to prevent you from having a satalite dish. The 2 other options online tv the only sight I have been able to find is www.iTV.com they have 80 Chinese channels however there is alot of advertising and the download is slow so it has to stop and load every so often. They also have there advertisements or logo on the screen at all times. Netflicks is my other option. There website only lets you browse a few thing so I cannot tell if they have many streaming movies with Chinese language or subtitles. If anybody has any info about this it would be helpful. Thanks

Congrats!

The attorney's helper told us that there is a good chance they will interview both of us and he also told us of a case where the husband said last night at her mother place and the wife awnsered 2 days ago at the hotel. The visa was returned. The day before the interview Tuesday we practiced some of the questions and we made love Monday night so that was the awnser she had memorized. But that Tuesday night before the interview we also made love in the morning. I waited at the counsulate from 7AM she comes out at 1130AM I thought she was done but she told me they were on a lunch break. When we were returning to the consulate after the lunch break she asked me do I still say Monday night was the last time we made love. I told her no forget what you memorized we made love last night you tell the trueth. A couple hours later when she came out to get me they asked me that question and they asked her that question it was shortly after that we got the visa. So knowing that played a big part in us getting the visa.