MoonCarolCafe

I filed the I129f yesterday. I hope this won't take long. If it takes too long I'll have to find a gig in GZ. "Oh no br'er Fox, don't toss me into that GuangZhou briar patch..."

395 to 425 days for your I130? Amature! Try 815 to 825 days when I filed nearly a year ago... and according to the link you provided it is STILL 815 to 825 days!

Yeah, if the immigration "lawyer" I went through here had said such a thing about filing the I129f I'd have been all over it like a cheap suit. I found out about it during a recent conversation with BCIS; I wish I had found this site a year ago. I recently found out about the I129f, and today I am going to go buttonhole the lawyer to find out why it was not mentioned to me when I filed my I130 through her-- with a native Cantonese speaker in tow to ensure that nothing gets lost due to linguistic misunderstanding. Oh yeah, the original wait time listed on our I130 was 620-625 days. I called BCIS to ask if that number was correct, and was advised to ignore that date range, it usually only took a few months.

Hello all! Got my I130 recpt. on February 22nd. Called BCIS on July 22nd to inquire about the status of our application. I was told that I130 applications were taking about six months to process... Called BCIS on August 25th... I was told that I130 applications were taking about seven months to process... Called BCIS on September 22nd... can you guess what they told me? Yup, EIGHT months to process. I politely asked the nice lady "If I call in late October, will I be told the wait is now nine months?" She did not say yes, but I get the feeling that is what she wanted to say. Anyone else getting this run-around, or are me and Ying special? Upon what appears to now have been bad advice, we did not file a I129f (I'm going to rectify that in about 2 hours from now) trusting that the I130 would be processed within 3-9 months --bad advice from someone who did not know what they were talking about.

Hard beds? I recall my first time in a Chinese hotel (on business) in Heshan. I sat down on the bed and swore I had missed and planted my behind on a coffeetable. It's amazing they go through all the trouble to make the beds look like "western" boxspring/mattress combinations when in reality, a 4cm thick sheet of plywood on cinderblocks would be just as comfy. Lucky for me I can sleep most anywhere, anytime, provided you are not poking me with a stick to keep me awake. Air quality is not that bad (compared to Los Angeles) but the particulates from the little VW (diesel engined?) taxis fill my nose with gray gooey gorilla-sized boogers.