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The x-ray is not needed for her immigrations file, but may be useful for medical purposes as a baseline image. Hang on to it - just let her doctor know, if they might have a use for it. Jiaying's came in handy in determining that her fibroid tumors hadn't grown in 5 years. But how can they use it if it says "DO NOT OPEN"? .....

26 years in the Corps and you talk about America the way you do, personaly I think you're full of bovine residue, just my opinion. Bye, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. The guy was NOT a Marine. He was a fraud ... smelled a lot like He Who Shall Not Be Named. Yes...but I am not sure we are thinking of the same person.

You cant make a blanket statement that 50K USD is all a cosponser needs for GUZ to not question the financials. It depends on how many people the cosponsor is supporting in his household. If I was the OP I would also take the issue and proof of domicle a little more serious that you suggest.

So it seems that my previously mentioned issue of honesty is still at the table. Anyone have any input here? Should I wait until the end of June (once we're back from Hubei and have the police certificate in hand) before sending in DS-230? Thanks for your answers regarding the need for only one certificate. I hope that that's still the case, as we really don't want to have to go to Zhejiang. Any others out there have any advice for my fifth question above? Thanks again! Best regards, Aaron You are actually only promising that you are aware of the requirement and how to satisfy the requirement in time for the interview. There is no need to wait until you have the police report in hand. Of course, taking it literally CAN set you back by a couple of months. Your choice. The domicile issue is separate from the financial support. Don't neglect either, but you can use your parent's house for your domicile. Shouldn't be a problem It may be a good idea to file your returns for all three years - 2009, 2008, and 2007 - if you owe $0, there is no late fee or penalty. Thanks for your replies, chilton747 and Randy... Thanks for the confirmation on the police certificate, chilton747. That's really good news for us. We're still going to get one done here in Guangzhou, just in case. That goes for me, too. Randy, that's what I was thinking, as well. Just wanted to make sure. I'm going to send it off on Monday. I will definitely consider backfiling taxes; I'm well below the foreign-earned income cutoff, so I (hopefully) should have no penalties. Anyone have any additional thoughts on the domicile thing? Any experiences shared would be much appreciated. Thanks again, all! Regards, Aaron It will be interesting to see if you can get one from Guangzhou. The report from others who have tried is, don't waste your time and effort. All reports are sent back to the Hukou so they don't have anything to give you. They will simply tell you to go back to your hukou to get the report. Thanks for your replies, folks. @shenzhen: Why not? I'm about to return to the US after 6 consecutive years in China. Who knows? Maybe some potential American employer might want to see this kind of documentation. Besides, it's not that expensive and is done by the Human Resources department of the school where I teach. I have a colleague from New Zealand who was not able to teach in his own country because he was lacking this document. @C4Racer: My wife finishes work on Monday and will have the time to check it out. If they say no, no problem: we're going back to the place of her hukou in two weeks anyway. If they can do it, we might as well. Anyone have any thoughts on my co-sponsor/domicile issue? Thanks again for the replies. I meant I don't know why you are going to try and get or get a police report from GUZ in addition to one from her Hukou. The police report has to come from her Hukou so getting/trying to get one in GUZ seems like a waste of time. Regarding your only police certificate from your time in China -- get one if you like. I was talking about the police certifcate your wife needs for the interview. I will get the police certificate from her Hukou, easy enough to do, while focusing on either filing back taxes or having a good explaination for not doing so (since actually it is required whether you owned taxes or not) and having a good answer for the domilce issue.

Not really. Most of them already have this opinion and they have an amazing ability to classify anything in the USA as bad that is also practiced to the same or excessive degree in China (i.e. Casinos, corrupt practices, prostitution).

So it seems that my previously mentioned issue of honesty is still at the table. Anyone have any input here? Should I wait until the end of June (once we're back from Hubei and have the police certificate in hand) before sending in DS-230? Thanks for your answers regarding the need for only one certificate. I hope that that's still the case, as we really don't want to have to go to Zhejiang. Any others out there have any advice for my fifth question above? Thanks again! Best regards, Aaron You are actually only promising that you are aware of the requirement and how to satisfy the requirement in time for the interview. There is no need to wait until you have the police report in hand. Of course, taking it literally CAN set you back by a couple of months. Your choice. The domicile issue is separate from the financial support. Don't neglect either, but you can use your parent's house for your domicile. Shouldn't be a problem It may be a good idea to file your returns for all three years - 2009, 2008, and 2007 - if you owe $0, there is no late fee or penalty. Thanks for your replies, chilton747 and Randy... Thanks for the confirmation on the police certificate, chilton747. That's really good news for us. We're still going to get one done here in Guangzhou, just in case. That goes for me, too.Randy, that's what I was thinking, as well. Just wanted to make sure. I'm going to send it off on Monday. I will definitely consider backfiling taxes; I'm well below the foreign-earned income cutoff, so I (hopefully) should have no penalties. Anyone have any additional thoughts on the domicile thing? Any experiences shared would be much appreciated. Thanks again, all! Regards, Aaron Why?

Ok..so original topic was this article which says that Chinese men with money are straying/cheating which is fueling the rise in the disease. They even quote a UNC doctor as saying "Dr. Joseph Tucker, lead author and an infectious disease specialist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said in an interview. "Even one baby born with syphilis in China is unacceptable." Then I google and find this article about the rise of syphilis in the USA. Here it is blamed on women using crack and working in the sex trade. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36572428/ns/he..._and_parenting/ And there is no UNC doctor claiming that even one baby born in the US with syphilis is unacceptable. So I still don't know the point of the thread but I see problems in both countries and quite an interesting difference in how the problems are presented.

And now back to the topic at hand: syphilis. To redirect the thread, and for your viewing pictures, here are some nice photographs of syphilitic body parts. Warning: NOT SAFE FOR WORK. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/cdc/syphilis.html You're welcome! Yes but what is the point of the thread. There is syphilis in China, Herpes in USA, and even type of STD you can think of running wild in Africa but what is the point of the thread?

Well, not considering the mistake i made of thinking that statement on the packet 4 was applying to both persons, it still solves one thing: what details djwalker60 should include on his statement. Although technically that statement isn't aimed towards him, the petitioner's ex's info is nevertheless a more-than-uncommon denial at GUZ- one which he should prepare for to help prevent a possible denial- and p4 contains the details as to what it should include. I don't know how you missed that. Your right I miss how the P4 applies at how to the petitioner and I miss how you can accuse people of not being able to read and then just dismiss your own reading ability mistake. I don't think the petitioner's ex info. is a more than uncommon denial at GUZ. I know many who were married before we never had to supply this information. It depends on the specific case and red flags that an ex-marriage could raise (i.e. the petitioner and ex still have joint property together, etc.). But anybody can bring what they want...just don't expect that GUZ will take it if they have decided to stall or deny the visa. And definitely don't expect that one would have been able to open a can of whoop ass on GUZ if blue or white slipped as you implied in another post that you would have done.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/guangzho...t-%20Dec_09.pdf We were talking about the petitioner provide ex-wife information. This is the requirement for the beneficiary (i.e. the IV applicant) not the petitioner. I being the petitioner and yes, made a previous error of judgement and now have a vicious ex-wife for many years now.. I have submitted the divorce decree with the I-130, so I should (and I do)have copies of the (my divorce) decree for the wife during the interview? Just in case she is again asked for it, Correct? But If I was a guessing man i would say, yes because all documents sent to the National visa Center were emailed, I did Electronic processing. At any rate, I will be sure that I have all documents with me, or should I say my wife will have to haul around those many pounds of paper to the 5th floor... Dan Yes I would have a copy of the divorce decree. If you have contact information for your ex-wife then have her bring that with her too. Where did you get married? China? If so then they should know you are "officially" divorced.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/guangzho...t-%20Dec_09.pdf From what I understand the above statement from the OF-171 is for the Beneficary and not the petitioner, correct? That is How I have interepeted the statement, becuase the OF-171 starts out by saying "The Consulate is ready to proceed with your immigrant visa application by granting you (and your derivatives) an interview" Thus meaning the Beneficiary. In my case, my wife has never been married before, thus a mute point.. Dan You are correct.

Solves what? You should re-read the instructions and think about who they are for.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/guangzho...t-%20Dec_09.pdf We were talking about the petitioner provide ex-wife information. This is the requirement for the beneficiary (i.e. the IV applicant) not the petitioner.

?! Where/when did you see that asked for? There are many divorced people who have no idea what there ex is up to or where they live. All of that should be included with the original petition. If you don't know where they are then you provide a statement saying so. I only saw in the instructions to include a copy of the divorce decree. But if people want to include all kind of other information that can trip them up later it is fine by me. In my case it netted a visa. All cases are not the same. In my case, without the ex information, it netted a visa. Maybe because I was divorced many years before marrying my current wife it was not an issue. Who knows.

?! Where/when did you see that asked for? There are many divorced people who have no idea what there ex is up to or where they live. All of that should be included with the original petition. If you don't know where they are then you provide a statement saying so. I only saw in the instructions to include a copy of the divorce decree. But if people want to include all kind of other information that can trip them up later it is fine by me.

Overseas Chinese are people of Chinese birth or descent who live outside the territories administered by the governments of the People's Republic of China (PRC) (mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau) and the Republic of China (ROC) (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu). People of partial Chinese ancestry may also consider themselves Overseas Chinese. The article is confusing. For example the residence permit is for those who wish to stay in China for 6 months or longer yet the woman married to a German man talks about how this will be wonderful for her German family to come visit without a L visa because they visit once a year. Do they really visit for more than 6 months at a time. If not then this residence permit does nothing for them. I also would be interested to know how her German husband got permanent residence in 2006 and what she meant by this -- is this a one yr renewable residence permit for working or something like a permanent green card? The whole article looks more like an "ad" for the Chinese govt to satisfy some promises made to other countries regarding this issue.

Well suh....near as I kin figger...shithole is as shithole does. No matter where ya go, sweltering hot and humid, sucks Glad my wife is from northeast China with four seasons, none of them tropical or even sub-tropical. I kin put on enough clothes to keep warm, but I can't take off enough to stay cool, even if the law allowed me to run around nekked. When I left Vietnam, I swore I would never live in another place where when I took a shower I couldn't get dried off. No more everyday high humidity, or f'ing torrential rainy season for this kid, I like to enjoy summer. tsap seui Hey .. not everybody is like that .. give me a humid shit hole any day of the week over a frigid tundra like northeast china in the winter... Hot and moist beats frigid and cold everytime ....

My wife is from Guilin Essentially the same climate is Nanning! I have been there in July, Yep! HUMID!!! Step ouside and within 5 minutes and the shirt is soaked through. Scenery is great other that the humidity! If Nanning is a humid "Shit hole" what does that make New Orleans?

Not much to disagree with here. He asked for advice and clearly made it plain he did not want personal questions. I don't see the issue here but I must have missed the fireworks that are deleted by now.

I have used and can attest to the ease and functionality of CCleaner and Defraggler. I will have to test the other one....thanks!

Rapidly becoming ??? The biggest culture shock I experienced when arriving here almost 4 years ago was how much sex was out in the open and acknowledged. I thought I was going to be coming to a puritan's convention and instead I ended up at a Hedonism vacation spot .... Not complaining just wondering how they could keep the west press from spreading this info around the world ...

Yes. There have been quite a few thread about it. The change was implemented on 2010.02.01.

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I'm not sure how you can make sure that the I-129F stays alive, but it's time we stop promoting one visa over another, and start presenting options. This one MAY just have a reason to go K-3 £¨then again maybe not, but why not present options, instead of trying to limit them?). I don't know how you do throttle the I-130 from being approved by USCIS after you get NOA-1. They mean that if both the I-129F and I-130 are approved and sent to NVC in the US that the I-129 is cancelled. I have not seen anyone in a long time that did not get NOA-2 at the same time and have both sent to NVC together.

If it wasn't racist then why weren't Germans and Italians put in internment camps too? Germans and Italians were interned during WWII. This is a fact that is rarely spoken about because it doesn't fit the standard "bigoted pre-Civil rights era America" narrative that we're taught in school. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_American_internment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American_internment Furthermore, if this is about racism we wouldn't have fought the Germans and Italians to begin with now would we? We were taught about in our public schools in NC. We were also taught that there was one big difference between what happened to the Japanese and what happened to the Germans/Italians. If you were a naturalized or US born citizen of German/Italian background then you were not usually affected by the internment or deportation. The internment for the Japanese was for everyone of Japanese background regardless of their citizenship status.