MN2China

so if my permit says its good for one year of residency, but in that time I left for america for a couple of months, do they take that into account? or do they just take into account that my residency permit says 1 year and so i fit the 6 month requirement..?

Guangzhou is our filing district as well. So im alittle confused.. do you mean I have to fly to beijing to make an appointment for guangzhou? or is that if I file at beijing..? Also thats all that they asked for with your I-130? O.o that seems so strange! So what step would they ask for more evidence like photos and such then?

thanks for all the fast responses guys! I'm just curious about something though, the residency permit, what does it look like? My husband and I are trying to determine if thats what I have or not. I have a chinese tourist visa that I got before my husband and I were married, then after we got married I went to extend it and they gave me a blue sticker inside my passport that says residency permit.. so its definetly not a visa..but is this the correct permit I need? Or is it something different?

So I'm a newbie to this whole thing...and im in need of some help. Im an american woman married to a chinese man and I am currently living in Kunming,China. I am here on a residency permit. With that said, do I qualify for DCF when filing for a I-130? To be honest I dont really understand how it works. We have a lawyer but he seems to think I can't use DCF.. but I think we can. My husband and I just want to go live in America and are only living in China because we want to be together. We have all our info gathered to file for our 1-130 but havent filed yet. Can someone explain to me how i figure out if I qualify for DCF? and maybe explain what it is in more detail? All I understand about it is that it generally shortens your wait time and it allows you to scan your files instead of having to send them snail mail. This whole process has been quite frustrating T.T