HongKong2LA

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Your officially in the system and on your way to approval now. Congrats on P1!!!! Like the man said, "only 3 more P's"...no sweat. Californy is the place you otta be, so load up the truck and head for beverly, hills that is, swimmin pools, movie stars and USCIS approvals. Good luck on your next P...er, your number 2 P...er, your P2...

Visa HQ This is a really neat site. It will allow you to check visa requirements taking into account citizenship AND residency. Looks like a chinese citizen even living in the US will need a visa to visit HK. I wouldn't think it would be too hard to get one though.

Congratulations!!!

Good luck man!!! Were it not for my kids I would have done this myself about a year ago. Keep us updated as events unfold.

yeah, what Dan said.

Congratulations!!! Glad to hear it.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=557538 Post #7 oops..didn't see that...oh well, great minds and all that

Another option is a cooling only mini-split (they do have heat pump models, but as mentioned, heat pumps are not that efficient in your local climate conditions). They mount on the wall so no need to remove them from the window in winter. The condenser would mount outside and they are small so they do not require a lot of room and the only wall penetration would be the refrigerant lines from the fan coil (indoor unit) to the condenser (outdoor unit). They sell like hotcakes in China, I'm sure you've probably seen thousands of them there but may not have noticed them. They are starting to catch on here in the US and you'll be seeing tons of them in the future. http://www.coaire.com/Coaire/index.php?opt...=6&Itemid=3

Damn tsap, sorry to hear this. So frustrating, it boggles the mind. Just a thought but maybe it's time to lawyer up.

Hey all, I'm going to see qizi in August, the 16th thru the 25th. I'll be in HK mostly but will be in Shenzhen a few times to see friends and so forth. We'd love to hook up with any of our other CFL members if they are available during that time. Maybe some food and fellowship or a rowdy time at the KTV. If interested let me know.

Ohhhhh, I see....my bad, thanks for clearing that up for me.

I agree it's weird but the upside is that they are still actively looking at your case and have not returned it yet. That actually seems like a good thing, but I feel for you. Hang in there, you may still get a positive outcome.

This case can affect CR-1 petitions in at least one way. I think the most laudable part of this lawsuit is the part where he asks that the practice of consulates placing p6c1 markers in beneficiaries' computer files be halted. These are essentially automated misrepresentation findings. They are based on a legal fiction, that if a consulate refused a visa, then somebody must have misrepresented something. When I was in Guz last week, I saw two of these handed down to CR-1/IR-1 beneficiaries. Their K1's had been refused previously. The consulate probably handed out a lot more than two. In both the cases I saw, the beneficiary did not know what had been misrepresented. The petitioner did not know what had been misrepresented. And the consulate is telling them that USCIS made these findings. It did not. These are purely a DOS phenomenon. They are based on an obscure part of the FAM that very few people -- including the vast majority of USCIS adjudicators & immigration lawyers, even know about. It's dumb. It's unnecessary. And it has damaged countless numbers of US citizen families. 9 FAM 40.63 note 10.1 That part of CR1/IR1 visa processing will change if Brent wins this thing. And then there will be the interesting question about what to do about all those earlier misrepresentation findings where nobody actually misrepresented anything. If someone has made a material misrepresentation, it ought to be specifically incorporated into the record. But it's not. DOS is essentially making automated misrepresentation by default findings. These findings are also being made, BTW, where USCIS revokes an IR1/CR1 petition in a revocation proceeding. So the class suit can affect IR1's/CR1's in that respect. Thanks for the clarification. I'm looking forward to hearing about the outcome of the suit.

Yeah, it really does suck. The frustration levels are off the scale. I sometimes wonnder how those folks (the CO's) sleep at night. They have to know the majority of people they are putting through this nightmare are genuine, sure there is some fraudulent immigration, but I believe the majority are people like us, just trying to be able to live our lives with our loved ones. Sorry you are having to go through this, but you have chosen to make the best of a bad situation and you will come out on top. They say, what doesn't kill us only makes us stronger. I wager there are going to be some super strong people coming out of this situation in the future. Guz-stapo...hehe, that's a good one. We have something similar in HK, I guess they would be the Hong-stapo.

Any CR-1 suits being filed against the Hong Kong Consulate in the near future? I'm down with that...hehe...kidding, but that does sound like potentially good news for K-1 filers. In my humble opinion there is far to great of leeway for the consulates to operate and make decisions that effect the citizens lives with no accountability, oversight or even a requirement to justify and make known to the petitioners, their (the CO's) decisions with a clear explanation or reason for the questions or concerns the CO's may have, whether valid or not, in denying a visa to our wives and fiances (or husbands as the case may be). They should at a minmum be required to state their specific objection in a specified period of time, say 60 days max with some clear guidelines for appeal of denials for the petitioners. Like that will ever happen...

Congratulations!!!!

Sorry I didn't see this sooner, doesn't matter much now, but I sent them one check for two I-130 and they cashed it without missing a beat, so I think either way is fine so long as they get the dough. Good luck with this one, like the man said, it's a slam dunk! You've done your time, more than your fair share, all the other stuff is just formailties now. I hope it's a fast one. God speed!

You ain't kiddin!! All this in a space of 3 weeks time. She had another bathroom added also so now there are 2. Looks great. Maybe she's found a new career as a construction manager.. I am afraid so. We recently bought a fixir upper in the nawth jawja mountins and she told me the other day that when she gets back home she is gonna show me how to fix up that house. I told her she should stick with concrete and I'll stick with wood. Thats gonna be fun, just turn her loose on it, sit back, relax and watch the dust fly...but seriously, accomplishing a remodel in 2 months is no small feat, she must have great organizational skills. Good luck with the fixer, I've only been around the Atlanta area but I hear its mighty purdy country.

You ain't kiddin!! All this in a space of 3 weeks time. She had another bathroom added also so now there are 2. Looks great. Maybe she's found a new career as a construction manager..

Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations!!! Glad you were able to get it resolved pretty quickly.

Great looking cakes. Maybe we will be seeing her on those Cake Master shows next!!!!

Congratulations!!!!