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Hello All On 3/7/2008 we had an interview for AOS in Los Angeles, and passed. I thank you fellow members of CFL for the helps and suggestions. Without you, I am not ever sure how I could had done this complicated and time comsuning process. The interview itself took only 10 minutes, but we had to wait for 2 hours and 30 minutes in the waiting room. Now......a bad news.... THE NAME CHECKING We had to wait for the name checking to be completed to receive the GC..... ahahhahaa.......Another waiting. Thank you again agm

Hello jim_julian Thank you the information........ I will be mailing them out tomorrow. agm

Hello All I think I am ready to file I-485 and related documents. Is it still OK to use two holes paper fastener to assemble all of them just like I did for I-129 documents ??? Thank you

Hello All We came back to the mainland China now ( In Sanya, experiencing Chinese Hawaii without Diamond Head ) On September 3, we will be heading back to Hong Kong for the flight for Los Angeles. I will be writing more about U.S. Visa on Chinese passport matters at boarder crossing from the mainland China to Hong Kong, and at Hong Kong International Airport, and the port of entry at the LAX. agm

Hello All On 8/27, we had the interview, and she passed. I found the big differences between Hong Kong interview and Guangzhou interview. ( as far as Guangzhou interview, I know only from this site ) My paperworks were so complete, they did not ask any questions nor additional back-up informations I had with me. However, since we had only three other couples with us for the afternoon interview, and I do not think they were for K-3, the interviewer had enough time to compare the informations they had with the paperworks I handed out to them. The interviewer even did not ask me any question and I was asked tobe seated, but, my wife was asked very few questions: 1. How we met 2. Age differnces 3. Communication methods 4. My previous divorces The pre-interview by non-U.S. interviewer, which was done by the local staff member of the consulate was in the detail, but very helpful and tried to listen to my wife's answers very carefully. It looked like that she was the one who can make some degree of the decision. Then, U.S. staff came to ask my wife almost same questions again, and the interview was done with approval. I will write more in the detail of the interview and my analysis for the difference between Hong Kong and Guanzhou interview later. agm

Hello SinoTexas What I know about how hard or easy for a Chinese national to obtain a permit to go to Hong Kong is depend on where she lives. For instance, my wife ( Guangxi resident ) must apply a permit with using a local travel agent. The actual permit is issued by the her local government ( I will check in the detail on this with her ). The most of the time, it takes one week to get a permit stamp on her so called domestic passport. ( Not the one for an international traveling passport). I think she must submit a bond to the travel agent so that the travel agent is sure of her return. And, I heard about there are different regulations apply for residents of cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other big cities. And also some Chinese nationals have multiple permit good for 6 months, even one year. Anyway, my wife must join the small group of the Chinese travelers at the Lohu (Lofu ??) crossing point in Shenzhen to cross Chinese immigration check point together with the group. This arrangement is done by the same travel agent which she used to get a permit. Once she is done with Chinese immigration section, she can get separated from the group to go through Hong Kong immigration section. When she is going back to the Mainland, she must use same crossing point of Lohu, but she does not have to join the group any more. Once she obtain the U.S. visa, she can use any crossing points between the Mainland and Hong Kong to take a flight to U.S. from Hong Kong. agm

Hello I got married in Hong Kong, and she is from mainland. Not so good: Getting married in Hong Kong was more time consuming process compared with doing so in mainland. Same: Processing applications with U.S. agencies in U.S. side is same as far as the methods and time. Good: Once you have your application with U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong, it appears to be very fast and very helpfull. May be same: Wife must travel to Hong Kong for medical and interview, but, she either way must travel to Guangzhou..... so that, it may be same. Good: Being interviewed together. Very good: If you have questions to ask them, they will e-mail answers back in 2 days or so............very helpfull. Very very good: If you want to attend the interview, you can control the interview date when you calling them to set up the interview date. Good: Traveling expenses can be lower as long as going to Hong Kong.....just one flight from California here I am. agm

Hello Mike CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 agm

Hello Ovahimba CONGURATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!! agm

Hello Meiji Huaren CONGURATULATIONS !!! agm

Hello Mike I finally got NVC to assign HNK number for K-3 today !!!!!!!! And, please take a look at my signatue section. I started listing all the documents preparation progress. agm

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Hello I love Sunshine I agree with your opinion. I wrote up a prenup. I explained to my wife about the purpose of the prenup is. The first, she had very difficult time to understand the concept of the prenup. However, after we checked a line by a line of contents of the prenup, she understood well. Her impression of the prenup was that, mainly, to make sure of financial position of the starting point of the new life together. agm

Total income, this is the total amount paid to you before taxes. Hello dnoblett Thank you the information agm

Hello All I am also preparing Form I-134. On the line 7 on the Form I-134, which income figures I should write from Form 1040, U.S Individual Income Tax Return ??? Line22 Total Income or Line37 Adjusted Gross Income ???? agm I do understand that we have to show the official, called "usual" required items like bank statements & tax returns. Thanks.