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Thank you for sharing the details and the link. This is very helpful, and is certainly different than what I had heard from an immigration attorney in late 2010. Maybe the attorney was not up to date on the latest process.

Supposedly the K3 is filed for free, since the fee for the I-130 was already paid at the time of DCF in Beijing. Not sure, but this is what I heard from an immigration attorney.

I filed the I-130 for my PRC citizen wife in Beijing, DCF. For others that have DCFed: does anyone have experiences or opinions on filing a K3 in parallel as a backup? The way it was explained to me, the process to follow is: • Petitioner files I-130 for relative in Beijing (or other city) • As soon as the petitioner gets a receipt notice that the I-130 is pending, the petitioner files a K3, sent to the US. There is no filing fee for this. • If the I-130 is approved, processing of the K3 stops. The K3 is just insurance in case something happens to the I-130. For example: • They decide they want to investigate the I-130 for a year • The I-130 is lost for a year Has anyone done this backup approach? Are there any negatives to doing it (aside from the time to fill out the K3 application and the postage fee)? Thank you.

Thank you, this helps. For reference, a link to the timelines mentioned for anyone else interested: http://candleforlove...L_Timeline2.htm

[Frequent lurker, first time poster here. Thanks for your understanding if I make any newbie mistakes.] I'd appreciate any advice that folks can provide on these questions: 1. For DCF in Beijing between Oct. 2010 - Feb. 2011, what has been the amount of time that elapses between: • I-130 DCF and hearing that the case has been forwarded to Guangzhou? • I-130 DCF and receiving your first mail response from Guangzhou? 2. What method of communication has USCIS Beijing used recently to notify petitioners of their cases being forwarded to Guangzhou? (email, snail mail, text message, etc) I've perused the boards to check out members' recent time lines, but I was hoping to get a larger data set to I can set my expectations of USCIS accordingly. My goal here is to find out the latest experiences since these times seem to change so much. Background on me: • US citizen, Beijing resident for 6 years • Bona fide relationship with my wife, a PRC citizen, for past 3 years • DCF I-130 in Beijing, Jan. 2011 • Wife is Beijing born and raised, has been in the US before as a tourist, accompanied by me • No red flags (no criminal history, no medical issues, no Party membership, no inappropriate behavior while on tourist visa, etc) noted in my I-130 case when I consulted with an immigration lawyer Thank you for your help.