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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 The money has also been withdrawn from our bank account.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Every time you move you file an AR-11 and an I-865 The requirement for the I-865 ends when the I-864 is no longer in force.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.

Congratulations! Was interesting that we met each other at the house... My wife already knew you got pink, I guess she must have ran into your wife in GZ. Anyways, glad everything worked out for you!

Actually I had my lawyer take care of it. I was too afraid I would screw things up! First off, as many others have said already, you need to relax. You're not even doing the interview...SHE is. Your nerves are only going to intensify hers. The more nervous SHE is, the more likely she will to make a mistake. You need to reassure her, comfort her, and make sure she is properly prepared. As I was told by members of this forum, DCF'ers need to focus more on showing domicile and financial stability. You're in China, and married (how long?), so proving the relationship I don't think is the biggest hurdle (unless it's been a short time since marriage). It seems to me that if you are filling out side of China, you should focus on how you communicate, and proving that it's a real relationship. If you're filling inside China, you need to prove you haven't given up US Domicile, and have the financial (co-sponsor?) means to support your household. We prepared for about 5 months, researched for over a year... In the end, the interview was only about 2 minuets max. The VO only requested to see our pictures even when my wife offered to show them other things. She was told each time 'No, I don't need to see them.' In the end it's a bit frustrating that you spend so much time preparing things to have them ignored, but you can't let that get to you. The preparing and document gathering will help the both of you formulate YOUR relationship in your minds...at least it did for us. In the end we felt preparing everything was MORE stressful than the actual interview. Confidence in yourselves I believe is important. Make sure you go over your "timeline" with her - the only real question my wife was asked was "When did you meet your fianc¨¦?" and questions about who people were in our pictures, why we didn't have wedding pictures with family (we plan on having a large celebration in the US), and where we were/what were the objects of the picture (Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan with her Mom for example). That was basically it... In Beijing, we tried to give them our EOR letter and it was handed right back to us. We took loads of pictures and they only accepted 3 pictures. So we didn't really "front load" anything, only because they didn't accept much. Once you're there, you'll find that they don't really have the time to spend a lot of time on each person. Simple cases seem to pass as long as you have prepared everything and the numbers look good. One thing that kept coming up during our interview were 2009 taxes... Make sure you have your 2009 taxes and your co-sponsors (if you have one) 2009 taxes. If you don't have transcripts (ordered from the IRS) make sure you have the 2009 W2s, too. These were requested during our interview too. In closing, relax, be there for her, and prepare her for possible situations that may arise. If you think something may cause a red flag, or a question to be posed, make sure she can answer that question. My wife and I spent more time going over our case and thinking about possible red flags and responses then studying the list of 100 questions floating around. We went over the basics of that too. Anyways, good luck, Kyle's information was a huge help to my wife and I (thank you Kyle!) and I used his records as a mold for ours.

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Okay, so We've had our visa in hand for a couple days now. Just getting back into the groove of things, and enjoyed ourselves for May-Day. Outside of the brown covering there is a paper that lists the "Visa Summary" on this paper the "Final Destination" address is not correct. I know, why, and how this problem occurred I just need to know how to resolve it. The problem arose because on the I-130 that we gave to Beijing, question #18 asks for the address your relative intends to live at in the US - I filled this out with my Co-Sponsor's address because this is where we will be staying. However, between the time that we traveled to Beijing to our interview in GZ my Co-Sponsor moved to a bigger house (in anticipation of our arrival) thus causing the error. We had letters, and even the flyer for the house with us at the GZ interview but nothing was looked at. Is this something that can be taken care of at the Point of Entry (POE), if so what should I prepare? Or should I fill out an I-865 and send it in now/later? Or is there a place I can call? I noticed on the GZ website they have an online change of address - could this be useful? I'm not too concerned about it, I just don't want her Green-card to be mailed to the other house - although it's only a couple streets over. Thanks, Tom

I just went through the process, I'm pretty sure you got the worry about being delayed due to weather from my post (maybe not), but it sounds to me like you've done your homework. After going through it, I've come up with a mental list of things I've been meaning to post on here, but just haven't had the time (work has been busy) to put it together. It sounds to me like you'll do fine. I will say don't be surprised if they don't look at anything you spent a vast majority of time putting together. In our case they only cared about the taxes/I-864 (CR1)/Co-Sponsor's I-864/ and pictures. I will say that the following day, the parents of the baby we met got interviewed by the "Visa Killer" the African-American women and got a pink, so I reckon she's just a little more strict than the others, but still possible to pass. Don't worry, things will go fine! Enjoy GuangZhou, I sure did. I came back to WuHan and immediately could tell the difference in the quality of air. WuHan is under construction for it's subway so it's filthy here right now.

It was a caramel macchiato coffee and the danish was hot

If you don't want to read everything scroll down till you see ***--- for the results. We arrived in GuangZhou on Thursday the 22nd, and problems started right away. First we got to the airport in Wuhan and once we boarded the plane we were told that due to bad weather in GuangZhou we would be delayed. We were stuck on the plane in it's super comfortable (sarcasim) seats until after noon. They did serve us lunch...while we were still sitting on the ground which was nice of them. After the plane ordeal we finally got to GuangZhou. We took a bus to the city and met our landlord. I will write more about them later, because they have been very kind to us. Before we left we were checking everything, and found that my co-sponsor forgot two pages of the I-864 - the contract part where you print your name on the line. I think it's pages 7 and 8. We called them the day before and he said just to print it out and write his name on it, however we soon found out that there was another problem. The paper sizes between the US and China are different and we thought it was suspicious looking that he 'wrote' his name on two different size papers. We emailed him and asked him to scan and email those 2 pages, because then we could explain what happened and it being a print out would be more truthful. We didn't get these until Sunday the day before her interview. We went to a Kodak place to get it printed out and make some copies of things we forgot back home. She also didn't do her resume, which I asked her to do, and the landlord said that sometimes they ask for that, so she did a very simple one and back to the Kodak place we went. She uploaded it to her QQ and when she got to the Kodak place it wasn't showing on her QQ, so we had to walk all the way back (maybe 5 mins) and then go back to the Kodak place again. That night there was a big meeting with all the girls in this house all discussing things and showing the landlord their paperwork. They kept telling my wife that she would 10000% pass because it's a very 'simple' case. I wanted to get up early like Kyle did, but we didn't leave the house here until 7:00.. She had a 7:15 appointment letter. The house we're living is right behind the embassy so it doesn't take long to get there at all, maybe 5 mins. We got in line and I took her up to the 4th floor where they wouldn't let me go any further (I tried even though I knew) so I departed. The coffee shop was next door, but we discussed this earlier and we decided that I would go to the Starbucks like Kyle did. I didn't bring my Macbook with me (from Wuhan) so I didn't have internet access but I did take my PSP. I got a medium coffee and a chocolate danish and sat in a seat facing the street. In the beginning I was calm and confident in our case even though we had quite a few, in my mind, questionable things such as not having a college education, and the different sized papers of my co-sponsor's I-864. I just got myself worked up and made myself more nervous than I should have been. ***--- Start here if you want to skip all the boring stuff and just want to know the results ---*** At about 10:30 I saw my wife running in a very cute way she does with a big smile on her face. I knew at that point that everything was going to be fine. She came in and told me she got pink after about 1 or 2 mins. I have her a high five with both hands and we were very excited together. She said that several of the girls around her were just talking and asking her how to say things in English. My wife speaks good English and she was getting a bit frustrated. She told them to stop and just to listen to the numbers because it was very noisy in there. She jokingly told them give me 5 yuan for each question She was interviewed by the Korean American (not sure how she knows he's Korean, she didn't ask him) and was asked 1 real question and several small questions: VO: When did you meet your fiance? Wife: Sorry, he's my husband. VO: Oh, that's right. Good. Wife: Gave answer stating that we met in 2006 because I came to work at the same place she was working at the time. I don't know her exact words. VO: Are you an English Teacher? Wife: Yes, I am. VO: Your English is good. Wife: Thank you. VO: Do you have wedding photos? Wife: Sure, here you are. He flipped through the book and looked at all the pictures, there were maybe 36 pictures in the book. VO: Why aren't there any pictures of your family at the wedding party? Wife: This is just a small party with our co-workers in Wuhan. We plan to have a big ceremony in the USA. VO: Good. Wife: Here are some pictures with my family. Would you like to see? VO: Pass them to me please. He pointed at several pictures asking who the people were, and where the pictures taken. Wife: Answered. VO: Congratulations you can go to the post office - she doesn't remember what he said after this point. She was too excited. I ordered her a coffee and she began to call all her friends. We were both very happy! I couldn't have done this without the help of several of the members of this forum!

Yea, I saw your original post and just kind of closed it then brought it back up and read through it. A little intimidating to be sure. Since the school I work for was fighting about giving me the time off to go to Guangzhou on the 26th, I doubt I'd be able to get the time off to go to Beijing. (I'm in Wuhan) so I think I'll just be filling Single since it seems to not be a big problem as I suspected it might be. I'll write up a letter for her to lug to the interview if need be explaining it. Just to clarify: My intentions were never to lie to the IRS. Thanks and I'm glad my question helped someone else too, always nice to know you're not the only one.

Our P4 had a section listing different hospitals that are approved for the medical examination along with the costs associated with them. I don't have our P4 in front of me, as my wife just got done organizing one of those expandable files and I don't want to disrupt her system so I can't copy it exactly, but if I find more information I will post it. My wife is also in one of those QQ groups and several girls told her that they paid 800rmb + ~440rmb for the vaccinations. I'm a bit confused about this part as the P4 clearly states 800RMB for the hospital we've chosen to go to in Guangzhou. I guess they may not be qualified to do vaccinations at that location though. Here are some links that may help answer your questions: http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=39368 http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...mp;#entry526766 http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/ch...tion-sites.html Hope that helps