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Time certainly flies. My 14 year old step son really is hopeful that he can be my son. I think he is a real good kid , he treats me very well and he does well in school. What is the process ? Does his bio father who is in China have to consent ? even when the full custody is with his mother.... Thanks. Moderator , perhaps this topics already has a forum before , don't hesitate to move it to that section.
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payment made online $220 . Nothing free anymore , it seems to be..... Many thanks for the info and happy new year ! -
Thanks again for your help . Got to go online to pay it .
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On the IV page , there is a registration number , 8 digits , is this the A number ? Thanks.
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Also , the A number is not known , mot on the visa page .
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Thanks . No , not aware that have to pay for this . Did not have to do this 7 yard ago with my wife. Wasn't this part of immigrant visa application at NVC ?
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to every one. Wayne, my step son is doing well and adjusting quickly. He has joined the boyscouts . His social security number has arrived but not his I-551 Green Card. Perhaps, the mail man returned it as undelivered because I forgot to put his name on my mail box. USPS mail man is strange that way. What shall I do to get this tracked ? I went to case status but no update based on receipt number . Shall I call the customer service number ? Thanks.
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Thanks . I will read this interesting link .
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well , in a couple hours , I am going to pick up my step son accompanied by my wife. ' He is 13 . He called me " teacher " . yes, that's better , I don't want to be called a dad. Never I thought in my life I would do this . No choice, his biological dad is a semi criminal in my opinion. He has remarried and essentially neglected his son. His only interest is to soak my wife for money . The grandmother also doesn't want him , My wife sent her money every month so she reluctantly did it. On top of that , his dad can be abusive and resort to beating etc.... On weekdays, the kid stayed in school dorm and weekend he went home to stay with the grandma because the dorm was closed . Every weekend there was always a fight , always problems. In weekdays , never had a single problem in school . My wife had direct contact with the counsellor. Finally, early this year, I decided to file for his immigration ( IR 2) . His bio father doesn't know that I did it , otherwise, he would not let his son go that easily without asking for a major payment , Like criminal does . So, all the handling in China was taken care of by my wife , I stayed out of sight , so , no smoking gun . Don't know if I am doing the right thing ? I know some of my friends & family advised me NOT to do this because he has his own father and they live in the same city. I could just help them financially until he is 18 and can decide on his own. His father would be happy to use him for living allowance support but the kid was pretty much neglected . I hope this is the right path for him bringing him into the US.
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Step son is going to arrive today from Shanghai Pudong . I already enrolled him with my employer sponsored health insurance beginning Jan 1 , 2018 , I did not realize today is only November 2017 . Oops ! the past few days, we were so tense over US Consulate Guangzhou interview which was under threat of being cancelled due to incorrect Chinese given name , In the US , who cares , right ? After all, NVC already checked the DS 260 prior and cleared it for interview. My learning lesson about Chinese name. LOL . Anyway, I need to get him a health insurance right away to bridge between now until Jan 1, 2018 . Just health insurance . Any suggestion ? Thanks again.
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Thanks for the suggestion dnoblet . Adoption means court procedure ? Will consider that after he speaks English fluently and has adjusted well in the United States. Because once naturalized , he is no longer a Chinese citizen. His option to move back to China no longer exists other than being a visitor. I will leave this decision only to him after some time.
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in less than 3 hours, Consulate called and gave Wayne his passport and visa . The kid is excited . He said he doesn't want to use his Chinese name anymore and asked me to change his name to Wayne once he arrives. Where can I have his name officially changed in the US ?
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My step son passed the interview . Officer is kind enough to have the passport back in 2 days and they will call so it can be picked up at the consulate . Thanks for every one's support.
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The consulate called my wife yesterday afternoon about 2 :15 pm and said perhaps since the DS 260 application had not been fixed , the interview might be cancelled . But, then, at 3:05 , someone helped her and fixed the application & submitted . Hope the interview can still take place today given that the application has been fixed and submitted . What recourse do we have if they have already pulled his name out of the interview list today ? Is the American Citizen Service window available ? Thanks.
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just checked with NVC and the interview is still as planned but they have no say about Guangzhou that can change the schedule on their own .