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Congrats Dean and Best Wishes.

Dean, I was in GZ from 3/09 to today (3/17th) and our interview was on Mon. 3/15. It went smoothly (you can see more on my other post). We took the train from Hefei to GZ (21 hours) but I convinced Lisa to take the airplane back. Good Luck but I don't think you'll need it as the Candle For Love group is the best prepared and has the best advice & Hints. Special thanks to all those other guys who went before us. I was WOC (WithOut Computer) while in GZ therefore the late reply. I did hear that there is an internet bar on one of the streets but I did not want to look for it since we were having such a nice time. Good Luck & Best Wishes.

Yes, we finally got to the finish line and got the K-1 Visa Approved. I did not have computer until today. Lisa was at window 11 with a very nice & kind lady VO. She asked about 15 questions mainly about the relationship. She did not ask anything about 2003 taxes (but I brought my W-2 & 1099s just in case). We stayed at Victory Hotel and used the Shamien Medical. Everything went smoothly as the Candle For Love team has a good record of Approved and the best advice on the internet. We leave Hefei for Beijing to Chicago on Friday and get married on Tue, March 23rd. Thanks for everyones helpful hints. Lisa is in the process of writing up her "homework" for the girls on 001, so I would suggest that your MM look there in the next few days for more specifics.

Congrats & how much smoother could it have gone!

I am trying to do things like Bryan to help ease the homesickness and since I live 20 minutes from Chicago's China Town, I am sure that we'll be there often. Although she says that is not important, I have been away from home and anything that reminds you of home is helpful. But, I was also hoping to arrange a USA-China Couples Dinner get together like they do in San Francisco and other cities. I know of some other couples in Chicago area from a year or two ago. I would invite those that I know to some restaurant in China Town (or where ever), where the girls can talk about similar experiences, difficulties, etc. Maybe even form some new friendships. What do you guys think?

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Congrats & best wishes in your new life together.

Congrats & best wishes in your NEW life.

Congrats and welcome. I am looking forward to hearing of her first impressions.

Congrats and best wishes.

Anyone, If the child is less than 17, say 15 years old, and she is not coming to USA, does she need to do the medical exam for the interview?

Congrats and good luck! We hope that everything will go smoothly.

good luck & maybe I'll see you in GZ

Thanks for finding that email Dean. That helps sort out the rumors from the facts. There won't be much to file since I've been unemployed since 12/2002. So, I will start working on it now. Nice to know that our govt officials are aware of the federal laws regarding tax return filing.

Congrats and best wishes in your new life together.

AsiaFriendFinder.com was the best one of about ten that I tried.

Last year, we stayed at the Pacific Luck Hotel in Shanghai. It was ok for a 3 star hotel. It's a bit old & run down but what do you want for 3 stars. I think I am the only one who visits Hefei in Anhui provence but the Holiday Inn is very nice but expensive. The Anhui Hotel is much better deal, just as nice, much cheaper and not well known or advertised.

Congratulations. My fiancee said that some girls on 001 said they were denied visas due to no 2003 Income Tax Return. Was that an issue for the girls who did get their visas? Just wondering for next month's interview.

Good luck and hope things go smoothly.

Wow! GZ must be really moving now. We just got P3 too, yesterday, Jan 05. Don't know what's wrong but I hope they don't find out.

GZ also picked up 2 packages from NVC's Nov 19th delivery.

The service centers use the first date of contact to generate their Day of Year number. If there are errors in your application, the Day of Year is NOT changed when the application is correctly updated.

I'm only attempting to explain "what is". I call the the govt's version of julian dating, Govt Julian Date in order to not confuse it with the rest of the world's definition of julian date.

I am only trying to help with understanding "what is". I do not attempt to tell the govt what "should be" since we all know of better ways.