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I was thinking of putting solar cells on our house, but this would be WAY better. They need to get past all the hype and sell me some cells !!

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I can only answer this is what they required Randy. My wife had a power of attorney document in Chinese that she scanned and sent to me in America. I was required to get it notarized/authenticated by state/authenticated by Chinese consulate and mail it back with original signatures/stamps etc. Whether that was legally required, somebody in China yanking my wife around, or something else, I dunno, I just do what I am told.

We did similar thing, bought an apartment (was in both our names though). Wife got power or attorney from me to buy it because I was in the states and she was in China. The process is they want a notarized power of attorney from you. 1) You get a normal notary at the bank to notarize your signature. 2) You pay the secretary of state in your state (cause notary is a state thing) to authenticate the notary .. In Texas they staple a page to the back of the document and staple it all the way through. Basically its just stating that notary is authorized by the state, not a forgery. You can't separate the document or you invalidate the authentication. 3) You get the Chinese consulate to authenticate the notary and the secretary of state seal. Then your done. Truthfully it is just a pia to get everyone money I think because no one does anything but stamp their seal on it, but then thats why they call it bureaucracy. The next step is (if its only your wife's apartment) is to get your name OFF of it, otherwise you go through this same pia when/if she wants to sell it. When your in China next year be sure and get your name removed from the apartment.

Can you imagine the private conversation. He: Isn't this great, I will be so happy to have 2 children. She: You want to go to lunch, celebrate? He: I was thinking we best get to work on filling this option as soon as possible..

It's apparently part of a series (with, for now, just one episode) Try this link - http://video.pbs.org/video/2365231808/ I used this link to download the entire video - rtmp://sdwfchwqitj2v.cloudfront.net/cfx/st//mp4:videos/mulberry-child/f1e43c69-e5a2-470b-9fd1-23e020e6f9d1/130258/hd-mezzanine-16x9/much0000_mezz16x9-16x9-mp4-400k.mp4 What I couldn't figure out how to do was how to "Sign in for higher quality streaming" - this is of marginal but still very watchable quality click on the google+ or facebook or ?? and then use it to log in.

My wife and I were trying to buy a house in Austin, the market is very competitive. One house we were looking at was listed at 300k. The zillow estimate was 350k. The house sold for over 360k. Bidding on these houses is just crazy.

We brought a 3g phone to USA from China, it worked for a while, but then AT&T decided to quit using the 850Mhz (I think) wavelength and the phone wouldn't work. The 3g sim chips work in all the phones, but I'd check what wavelengthls the phone can use, and make sure that the US vendor uses one of those. Since US phones work in China, I have to think it will be fine, but it was an issue on a phone we brought back (7 years ago).

Each year I live in America costs me: 15,000 in taxes I would not have to pay if I lived outside America all year (and remained a citizen, 10's of thousands more if I gave up my citizenship) 4,000 - Insurance of all types (in China you rarely pay insurance) 15,000 in property taxes car insurance/gasoline/maintenance (I don't use a car in China) probably other expenses I have not considered. You might say "THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE?" my wife likes her job !

I don't know the answer to your po box question, but I have an idea that might work as an alternative. I presume they need to mail the forms instead of fax because guz wants real signatures ? If not have them faxed to one of your work while you stand at the machine. Okay, assuming you need/want live signatures how about this: 1) They sign the I-864 document blank, and mail it 2) After you receive it in China, you call them on the phone, and fill it out. That keeps their information private, and gives you a piece of paper with their data and a live signature.

I bet they could sell it to drought stricken areas in California.

Not your fault Mick, HE says 10 things, then he gets to eleven by skipping 10. The suggestions are good, and I like the guy's personality, but counting is not his skill I guess.

That post seems reasonable. I wonder about the picture co-ordinate details though, I don't know if they can be faked. I can tell you one thing, if its real that man is glad he didn't have a Samsung note.

I am surprised no one has answered yet. Oh, whether you do K1 or CR/1 go over all the paper work (maybe even fill out ahead of time) so that you know what all documents you need to gather while in China. You can do either K1 or CR/1, these days the speed is almost the same. The K1 has 1 benefit, that if your rejected you can marry and try again. Given your situation, that doesn't seem likely that you'd be rejected, but its a point to consider. The CR/1 you marry there in China, and then apply. There is no retry except to fight them until you get the visa in the event of a rejection. I like the CR/1 for a number of reason: 1) When your wife comes to America she is authorized to work, leave America, do whatever she wants from day 1. K1 requires she stay in America until the greencard arrives during which time she is not authorized to work etc. 2) While waiting for the visa, you are married. You can buy things together, you can begin planning and implementing your life together, even if your not physically together yet. 3) You can marry in China so her family can come to the celebration. Your family can go to China easily (visa wise) for the wedding, but it is nearly impossible for her family to get a visa to attend the wedding in America. I am sure theres people who can tell you advantages to K1 too, and in the end it comes down to what is best for your relationship. The visa is just a hurdle to get over, ignore it and focus on whats best for your lives is my best advice.

Agree Tsap. My wife asked me similar questions. One night we were at a family dinner (in china) and my wife's brother was talking about getting a 20-something woman, ask what I thought. The whole table broke up laughing when I told him he was stupid. There is just no benefit to dealing with childish women, when you can have a intelligent, good looking, and loving woman that has her head on straight. There is no argument that as we age, we ALL loose that muscle tone and fat distribution that makes young people attractive, but somehow, to me anyway, once they start talking, just not as attractive as my "older" woman. I am happy, like you say, for my leftover. That said, I have to add her brother was laughing too, and is one of the nicest, most intelligent people I met while in China. I dont think he ever has followed up on that 20-something idea.

you know, it is possible, though I understand not likely, the 2 fuel streaks are so long because the jet was just pumping out fuel while it was going to make the illusion of crash site. The instant disappearance is due to turning off equipment rather than instant destruction. The "turn around" was a turn off course as the radar was turned off. I hope, that it will turn into a demand for money, and the people on board are still alive somewhere. That is my hope until proven otherwise. Ransom is way cheaper than a loss of so many innocent lives.

It is a good sign I think that they are being realistic. It cannot be solved overnight, but they are working on it, and have a plan. I hope they can do it in 10 years, and maybe in 5 years the air will be enough better that we can live in China.

That is exactly what I was thinking when I read the article. Help me understand, "Your gonna spend 600 million yuan to generate smog when Beijing is so full of smog people have to wear masks. Can you explain that logic?"

Misleading in a good way, or a bad way ?

We talked about choices, and she wanted to try massage therapist, so we went to an orientation and when she saw the 6 HUGE book she had to learn (in english of course) she said it was too hard. My wife first got a cna license, because it was fast and she was not patient (3 week course). She cried for the first 2 weeks it was so hard. She had to move old people that weighed 200 lbs, when she only weighed 100. Still, she wouldn't give up. She saw that CMA (certified medication aid) just handed out medicine, so she got that certificate (3 months). Got a CMA job, and hated it from day 1. While it wasn't physically stressful, they had to hand out medicine to 50 people 4 times in 4 hours (between 8 am and noon). I once figured up the time allocated, and she had about 2 minutes to get to each room, record the medicines being given, pop the medicines into a cup, or prepare solution if it was a drink, give it to the patient, wait for the patient to take the medicine. It was all but impossible. Finally, she decided to try massage therapist again (9 month class). She graduated, took state exam, and found jobs were easy to get, pay was more than cna or cma, and people gave you tips and said thank you instead of cussing you and complaining (major issue with cna). Now, she really enjoys massage therapy. She STILL works very hard. and I have to have food waiting for her when she gets home as she is just ravenous from working so hard, but in 1 year she is the top therapist at her original job, and she now works 2 days a week at one of the top businesses in the area. She would advise AGAINST nursing, she hated dealing with people who were not happy with her work, no matter how hard she tried.

I knew some people in USA who had 1 long nail (usually pinkie). One day I asked someone who I trusted could tell me the truth, and his answer was snorting cocaine (or I guess any drug). Perhaps this author is wrong, or perhaps my friend was wrong, but it seemed believable.

I had the same thought - could they then accuse you of staging a fraudulent DIVORCE for immigration purposes? Seems like it's perfectly legal and justifiable, and NOT covered in the INA. The problem is, though, that the immigration laws make it too easy for them to claim that it's not a bonafide relationship. That is a threat that is always available, and if you front-loaded the explanation I think it would be a reasonable way to go.

This topic makes me think ... If a person got married, and realized that meant the daughter couldn't come on the visa (before filing) could they get divorced, and then file k1 ? It would take some explaining, but probably easier than loosing the daughter in the shuffle.

I was reading this topic just now, and thought how it relates to action in my household. My wife just left for work, I was already at work (I work from home). Before she left she says "wo ai ni, wo cu sang ban". I tell her, (in my terrible Chinese) If you loved me you would kiss me goodbye So she puckers up (from across the room), and I get up and run over to get my smooch.... but there is a window to our front yard. I mean SOMEONE could be walking by, looking in our window right? (even though not 10 people walk by all day, and those are mostly the neighbor kids that couldn't care less what we are doing inside the house). So I hold up my jacket, so we can kiss behind it without THOSE people seeing us. Yes, I know were insane, but we have fun. I guess my point (besides bragging that I got a Chinese woman to kiss me) is that "I love you" is said sometimes, in private, and I think its partially tied to the whole don't show affection in public. My wife certainly says it more now, after 7 years of marriage in America, than she ever did in China. But, my preference is the way she acts, and appreciates my actions, way more than those 3 words. Long ago.. It was either WarpedBoard, or Mick (I think) posted a 'Things I like about my wife', and I thought so much of it I copied and saved it. It is exactly what I think, worded much better than I could say it. To me THESE words are the translation of "I love you" to Chinese: "besides the undying loyalty, understanding, acceptance, and generally being everything I have been looking for all my life... I love the way she takes no shit and questions anything that does not benefit us. She is not shy at all and does all the things I think about but I'm too easy-going to do. She has no second thoughts about arguing with every retailer until she gets us things our way. She doesn't settle for good enough which I tend to do, she DEMANDS everything be done and then smiles and asks me in her sweet way, "is everything good for you?" She does this with such great composure and thoughtfulness that even the object of her wrath appreciates what she does. I am so lucky. "

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