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Just a quick update: My wife and I had our first child delivered (via C-Section) on 06/28/2012 @ 3:54 pm - a beautiful baby girl. She weighed 6lbs 15.1 oz and as of today is doing great! She's ~ 6 weeks old, going on 7 weeks. In the intern we also went to the biometric screening which was really simple as it's just finger printing and a picture. Took about 10mins total, and I'm probably exaggerating a little. We're currently waiting for the next step.

We received the letter stating that her green-card has been extended for one more year, and to wait for another letter stating when to do the bio-metrics. Curious thing about the letter is it says to send in your supporting evidence - found that odd as you send everything (or at least we did) before we even received the letter. The money has also been withdrawn from our bank account. My wife is scheduled for a C-Section on Thursday so I'm hoping the bio-metric isn't on that day. If we wanted to go visit my family in South Texas upon driving back we would need to go through a check point - would presenting this paper after her GC expired be sufficient?

We got our I-751 packet completed, made 2 copies of the whole packet, and got it shipped off on 06/11/2012 w/ a tracking confirmation number which shows it was delivered to the Vermont Service Center on 06/13/2012 here is the copy of the cover letter which lists everything that was included (personal info and names have been edited out) Wish us luck in hoping that everything passes! Spent several months compiling everything. Oh, We tried mailing it on Sunday by going to Office Depot, and they weren't able to do it because the address listed both a physical and po box - it was a grand opening store, so perhaps they didn't know how but they were unable to assist us, although they did let us keep the priority mail envelope, 2 pieces of cardboard to make it more rigid, 4 rubber bands to hold the packet and photo package together and a paper clip to hold the check free of charge. We had to take it to a post office on Monday - so there's a tip for anyone, just go to the Post Office to avoid any headaches. Thank you for all the help dnoblett and everyone one else that contributed! Will keep you updated when we hear back! ~Thomas

Every time you move you file an AR-11 and an I-865 The requirement for the I-865 ends when the I-864 is no longer in force. Green-card holder becomes citizen Green-card holder works and is credited with 40 quarters of work Green-card holder dies Green-card holder leaves the country and gives up residency. The Requirement for AR-11 ends when immigrant becomes a citizen or relinquishes residency. Yea, I knew about this, but I do have one question in addition to this. My Father, who is my wife's co-sponsor, moved and I had him fill out an I-865 as well which he received the notice showing the change was made as well. Question: When co-sponsors move, do they also need to file an I-865 like I had my Father do? Or was the unnecessary?

Well, it's been awhile since I made this original post. Instead of Dallas area we're now living in the Austin area (Round Rock to be exact). We have an apartment, and I've changed my wife's address online through the ar-11 form. I've also printed out a I-865 for change of sponsor's address which I will be sending out. I'm now beginning to fill out the I-751 and have a few questions: 1. Under Part 3. Additional Information About You question 9 it says "Have you resided at any other address since you became a permanent resident? (If "Yes", attach a list of all addresses and dates.) - Do I just type these up on a paper and attach it to the I-751 or is there another form I need to fill out? 2. Under Part 5. Information About Your Children-List All Your Children (attach other sheets if necessary). - My wife is 32 weeks pregnant, so the child hasn't been birthed yet. Do I just leave this section empty or do I need to write something here? I plan to attach the Ultrasound Images that we've been given (which have my wife's name and date of ultrasound on them) as well as a letter I obtained from her original OB-GYN stating that we received pre-natal care there and I accompanied her every visit. I may ask her new OB-GYN (since we moved) for a letter as well. 2b. Should I get those letters from the OB-GYN's notarized? I plan to have them copied as I don't want to send originals. So my thinking is to have the notary copy them and notarize the copy showing it's identical. Perhaps unnecessary though - this is why I'm asking. No more questions on the form itself, it's pretty straight forward. Thanks for your time! ~Tom

90 days prior to the expiration would be April 1st - Is it okay to send it after that point?

The current plan is Frisco, but we're going to be looking at McKinney, Plano, and Denton (have some friends in Denton, but not too crazy about raising a child in a college town). Are you up there? Yuan is my wife's family name

Hi, My wife and I entered the U.S. on 07/01/2010, she entered on a CR-1 visa and was awarded a 2 year green card. We have moved maybe 3 times since that time, and every time I've done a change of address for both her and myself as the petitioner. I'm getting ready to fill out the I-751 as the 90 days until 2 year anniversary is coming up, but her company has decided to relocate her North of Dallas, so we'll be moving again. We're going up on spring break to look at places where we can live, but at this time the company doesn't know which store they will put her in, nor do we know an address where we will be living. What should I do about the I-751? I called USCIS, but the guy wasn't very nice and spoke to me like I was wasting his time, so I wanted to get confirmation of what he said. He told me to just file the form and when we get the address then to call them and notify them so they could update the address which could take up to 15 days for confirmation during a pending case. Seems like doing that could lead to some confusion and problems if you ask me. My second question is that my wife is currently pregnant, and the baby's due date is 07/04/2012 (no it wasn't planned! ) Obviously that's 3 days after her 2 year anniversary although due dates are an estimate. Can I just send a copy of the ultrasound pictures which have her name on the pictures to show that she is pregnant, or will they notate that at the BIO scan? If the baby decides to come out early and we get the birth certificate while the case is still pending, is it worth sending it to them? That's all I can think of for now... Thank you, Tom

Lived in China for 4 years - went over to China without knowing a single words of Chinese (didn't even know how to say hello!) ... First things I learned were the basics - hello, counting from 0-10 and the hundreds (100, 200, 300), simple colors (red, yellow, blue, green, brown, black, white) Next thing I graduated to was directions such as turn left, turn right, and go straight (which I still have problems saying to this day) Finally I went on to food items because I got tired of pointing and showing fingers. My goal was to be able to go into McDonalds or KFC and be able to order without them having to pull out the dinky english menu which they often lose. I was successful at this. Then I wanted to be able to order something on the street which I was able to do, then I wanted to be able to order BBQ on the street without pointing - which I can do unless I want something I see and don't know what it is. From here I just started expanding in random orders - I can understand way more than I can speak, and I can't read or write. For newbies going to China, I'd recommend having someone (native) write the name of your street next to your apartment / the main street near it on a piece of paper and keep it in your wallet. or have the phrase written in Chinese "Please take me to <Street Name> Road." If you're having a hard time with the taxi drive, just pull it out and let them read it. In the beginning I was often afraid to go out for fear of getting lost and not being able to get back - having this piece of paper came in handy a couple times. Also if the taxi driver is having problems understanding you, they will often put their hands up and wave no - which is key for I don't want to take you, you can either get out, or call someone to help you at that point if they're willing to wait a moment, but if other people are standing near fighting for the taxi they'll probably just take someone else. I learned everything on my own, from listening to people speak, asking people how to say this or what this meant and just being involved. I'd often just stay outside listening to people converse so I could get an idea of how it's used. I bought a beginner book, and while it was helpful for learning some new vocabulary, I found it difficult to study on my own since I woldn't know how to pronounce the words (even if it was written in pinying) or I'd pronounce it wrong and learn it the wrong way which was harder to fix then learning it right the first way. Missing China - hoping to go back soon.

Just wanted to check if there was anything I needed to do to make sure our marriage is recognized and accepted in the US. Don't know if it depends on State laws, if it does I'm in Texas. My concerns are: 1) Our marriage license is in Chinese - As you all know there isn't much English on them at all 2) My job is covering my spouse for medical insurance but they want proof of marriage or a joint filled tax return. I talked to them about the marriage license and the people I talked to didn't really know what to say - they just suggested sending in copies of what we have and they'll send a response (annoying). Since we arrived in the US in July, we haven't filled taxes yet - I filled in China, but I filled single since my wife didn't have a SSN or anything at that time. 3) Any costs required for this? I emailed the Attorney General's office about this question, and they said: I'm not really wanting to talk to a Lawyer, nor can I afford one - So I figured I'd just check here since everyone has been so helpful in the past! My wife checked with some of her QQ Groups and they said they didn't do anything, but I just want to double check. Thanks, Tom

First off, I spent about 10 minuets reading all the descriptions of the forums and none of them are really a good fit for this questions. Since this one was labeled as General Visa Discussion, I chose it. If a moderator feels it's in the wrong forum, please move it to the one you feel it belongs in. Thanks... My wife has a question about the vaccines... She went to the ɳÃæ hospital in GZ and the doctors told her that she needs to get another "MMR (ÂéÈù·ç) vaccine" (the one that has the conspiracy of causing autism) after 6 weeks to 6 months. She has been told by some people on the 001 and the landlord where we stayed that she doesn't need to do that. She is a little confused as to what to do? Has anyone else had this situation? What did you and your spouse do? If you did, and decided to get the shot, did you do it in the US or China? Thanks

Congratulations! Glad everything worked out for you, I told you it would!

We just bought plane tickets, but they weren't cheap - We leave on July 1st, and it cost us 7,597RMB each... Wuh --> PVG (Shanghai Pu Dong) --> LAX (L.A.) --> DFW (Dallas/Ft. Worth)

If it's going to make the interviewer feel better, I don't see any reason not to do it. Whatever helps in making you more confident should be done. Having said that, my wife wore a pink t-shirt with a nice sweater over it with blue jeans. She mentioned that she got cold in the interview room but didn't want to button up her sweater because the VO couldn't see pink. She kept saying she wanted the VO to see pink so they'd think pink and give her pink...which they did. So I guess it worked Ultimately though, I don't think it matters that much. Like I said though, it doesn't hurt...

I am interested in the history of this "visa killer" because that is who we had in March and Yi said she was a really sweet lady. I wonder if we just had her one day of the month she is not on her period.... This is an urban legend another name is "Black Perl" Keep in mind this has been going around CFL and 001 for as long as I can remember and before, no VO spends YEARS at that post. Unfortunately many Chinese can be a bit racist and suspect that any black VO has it out for them, and any tend to single out any black VO as the "Black Perl" Again it is an URBAN LEGEND! Agreed, I'm from a small Texas town as well where White/Caucasian is the minority race (my race). It's a border town near the Mexican border (where they so happen want to build the wall, I oppose this). I've been called so many racial slurs by the Hispanics so I personally know how it feels. I don't hate them, some of my best friends are Hispanics. The only reason I mentioned "Black Perl", was because it DID come up as one of the main conversation points by the Chinese girls. Especially at the medical check while waiting for things to be done. I wasn't too happy to hear about it personally. To the OP: I had my father type up a letter of invitation inviting us to live with them and had him notarize it. It wasn't looked at, but it was also to help curb the domicile issue.