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Maybe we should do that. Thanks!

My wife and I are leaving for China (for visit) soon. Her green card expires 3/30. We will be back 3/25. We are leaving 2/29. So we'll be out of the country for 25 days. Should we mail in the i-751 right before we leave, say on 2/28. Or should we mail it in after we come back on 3/26? The only problem with mailing it in on 2/28 is that we might be scheduled to show up before we return from China. Any one familar with the timeline? Thanks, Jin P.S. I have heard about the stamp (for returning). But we have decided to hold the actual green card to avoid any trouble for returning.

Humm... I doubt the airline in China can give us any info. It sounds the safest thing to do is to travel before the 2-year green card expires or to wait for the new card to come before traveling. Will there be any problem is the green card is to expire on 3/30/2012 when we exit China, say, on 3/20/2012? Will they deny the exit because the card will expire in such a short time then? Also, I heard that the new card will normally come between 6 months to 1 year from the time of application. Is that right? Thanks, Jin

Hi, My wife's green card expires 3/30/2012. We plan to travel to China in April 2012. And plan to come back in 3 to 4 weeks. Let's say we file the i-751 on 01/01/2012 (90 days prior to the expiration), will we be safe to go to China in April 2012? It will be best if we can get the new card before traveling, but is it likely or even possible? Let's say my wife gets a NOA that extends the green card by one more year, will the China Cusotms, Airline agents, or US Customs understand that the "expired" green card is actually not expired? Will be receive some kind of appointment notice while we are in China? I would like to know if anyone has been in similar situations and how did the experience go? The other plan to go travel to China in February 2012 and file the i-751 in March (We don't really want to go during that time because the whether is too cold, April is the ideal time) Any advise is appreciated! Thanks, Jin

I remember it being very expensive, unnecessarily expensive considering what the average wage is in China. I think we did two copies of single cert, one copy of policy report, and three copies of birth cert. But I think we only needed one single cert, one policy report, and two birth cert. We then make copies. Whenever possible, submit a copy instead of the original.

Sorry to heard all the hardships. We were more fortunate since we live SF. However, we did have to pay $80 (or was $100? I actually forgot...) But I kept saying to myself why I had to pay someone that much money for just filling out the form and signing it. This should have been done in GUZ (by US gov) and shouldn't cost anything extra. Ridiculous...

We got the "Request for applicant to appear for initial interview". On there it asks for many items that have already been submitted. But it says (unless already submitted). So I shouldn't have to bring things like Form I-693 or I864 right? They were submitted when I sent in my wife's I-485 app. What is really needed? Thanks!

Just got an email notification that our case "has been received and routed to the National Benefits Center for processing". As of now, we are still in the 90-day range. We are safely in-status right?

I mailed in the i-485 package on 01/12. It got delivered to Chicago PO box 6 AM 01/14. When will I get a receipt response? Thanks!

Humm... We got married on 11/02/2009. I guess we didn't file ASAP because we were so busy and haven't got all the paperwork done. We are still in the 90 day range. We will have a problem?

K-1 is valid for 3 months, it's my understanding that we have to file i-485 within these 3 months. Is that right? Do we need to do anything after that? Is my wife safe to stay after the K-1 expiration? Thanks.

My Wife has SSN, we are about to send out i-485, do we need to apply I-765? Thanks!

That's very convenient, isn't it? You don't have to wire anything, just deposit the money here in USA and they can get the money in China by themselves. Do they just need a PIN and that's all? Also, do you know if that exchange rate is the same as exchanging USD in Bank of China? Thanks.

I am using WAMU right now. They let me wire money to China for free. But this service will end soon according to a banker there. I have heard that BoA let's you wire money to China Construction Bank for free. Is that still true? Are there any other free services? Thanks.

Yep, I believe his cost is $25 or $35 Hum... I am not sure if we want to risk losing the original yellow book by mailing though. What do you think? Will he accept copy? Should I call? BTW, I am not receiving notifications from this thread even though I have set that up. Finally, the cheapest I found in SF is $85. I called so many offices already.