bullmastiff
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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 .
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Dear all ; The Consulate called my wife on Monday afternoon and said it looked like the DS 260 system still had problem and my step son interview tomorrow might be cancelled . My wife then asked a local paid visa office , my goodness, they succeeded in fixing the problem and signed and submitted the application. We got the receipt saying that the application has been forwarded to the consulate . I sent an email notifying them that the problem has been fixed and the application has been submitted on line. Requesting for the interview to be held as planned on Tues, Nov 21 9:20 am . Have not heard anything from them yet. Hopefully they are kind enough to accomodate it . I mentioned my wife had to postpone her surgery to remove invasive breast cancer in order to accompany her son. I hope they are good people willing to take care of this .
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Thanks . I did ,,,, the screen shots show corrected first name because the DS 260 on line allows it to be edited and saved , but, once it was already signed and submitted , it can not be resubmitted even it can be edited and saved. Being a foreigner , I did not know Chinese three word name has to be spelled out all , including the middle name . For us foreigners, no want cares about the middle name....
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Already sent them . Isn't error going to be corrected at the interview ? Before signing the form ?
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They replied by email asking for me to send screenshots DS260 to guangzhouivform@state.gov
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My wife got a call that DS260 for my step son needs correction ,the first name has to e exactly the same as in the passport , went into the ceac.gov and made the correction and save it but not able to sign and submit it . Anyone has experience ? I am going to call Guangzhou when they are open . Can anyone share their address fir the interview in Chinese and English ? Thanks
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WOW ! in 2011 , my wife was able to pick it up in the post office location in 2 days or so .... now it is much longer...
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Thanks . One more question , after the interview, assuming it is successful . how soon can the passport / visa be picked up at the chosen place in Guangzhou ? Thanks.
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just to be sure . The documents should be brought in the same day as the interview or the day before ? I was checking the GUZ procedure , there is no mention. Thanks.
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Changing interview date?
bullmastiff replied to engrafted's topic in Consulate Process: P-3 ~ Interview
Thanks . We will use the USPS express mail service . Do you know realistically how long does it take for the mail to reach China ? we will do our best not to change the interview date . -
Changing interview date?
bullmastiff replied to engrafted's topic in Consulate Process: P-3 ~ Interview
We may ask my wife oldest son to go to the interview with my step son as an adult proxy . We can sign power of attorney . The issue is where can we send the original document of birth certificate and marriage certificate that they can pick up before the interview . Mails in China is not very reliable unless they are addressed to big city and established business . We can not afford of losing the documents. Any suggestion ? Should they stay in China Hotel and have the document sent there ? Should re original document sent to the Guangzhou CONSULATE ? Thanks