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Hello, My wife had a successful interview experience recently for the CR-1 process, and now we are going back to the states. However, she is pregnant and the baby is due in February. We want to get health insurance ASAP when we get back to the states. Does anyone have experience with a similar situation? Can we apply without an SSN, or if not, will that take long to get one? Since we have a limited window of time to take care of everything, I'm just trying to find the quickest way to arrange everything in time. I know there's a one month window in which I can apply for health insurance upon her arrival to the US, but I think that requires an SSN which I sincerely hope won't be an issue getting relatively quickly. I checked off on her forms that we wanted to receive the SSN card once we arrive back in the US, but from some posts I have seen previously I recall it doesn't always happen quickly, which I am worried the window may not be open by the time it's received.

I am about to file our I-130 in Guangzhou, and was wondering about one thing, the mailing address on the I-130. I have had multiple things sent to us with China Post, and none were ever delivered (a few papers from my parents), and had to be redelivered with Fedex since we had already waited 2-3 months for them, so I am a bit concerned about leaving our address on the form. Also, we don't have any sort of mailbox at our building. Mt wife's parents house also does not have a mailbox (neither does her grandparents' house). The I-130 doesn't leave a space to put a phone number for shipping, which is pretty important when shipping things here because they have problems even finding our address quite frequently. Does anyone have any ideas on what we should put for our mailing address? Do they require an actual mailbox, or will they deliver to your door? I really don't want to run into issues receiving the notices or whatnot. We are filing DCF.

Thanks for all the information! We've gotten married now and decided to go against her parent's wishes and are living together. I'm about to file the I-130 but need to go all the way to Guangzhou from Shandong province to file which is a bit of a hassle. I have two more quick questions if anyone has an answer. 1. For the divorce decree, is a basic photocopy good enough? Do I need to get an English translation? 2. We scheduled a big wedding for December of this year, will this be an issue? I mean, will it look bad that we are applying and then having the actual ceremony months later?

Seems like her parents are being VERY heavy-handed about her relationship. I'm afraid to ask how old you are and how old she is. I'm 31, she's 23. It's a bit of an issue, hence one of my reasons for wanting to bring her to the US sooner rather than later.

Thanks for the help, DCF definitely sounds like the best option here. Another question in that case. If we were to get married (sign the papers) and have a small ceremony prior to interview, then a larger wedding later, would this be an issue at all during the interview if there wasn't a big wedding?

Hello! I am planning to get married to a woman from China soon, and either do so here in China or possibly go back to the US and get married there. I have gone through a divorce from a woman whom I married and filed for the CR-1 visa previously about a decade ago. The divorce was over 4 years ago. I have been living here in China for quite a while since my divorce (which was slightly after my ex-wife received her citizenship) and am hoping to not get stuck in China for too much longer (due to health issues and whatnot). My wife-to-be's parents have already dragged things out as much as possible to try and keep us from going to the US, and are trying to get her to postpone our wedding for about 16-18 months for planning of the ceremony (obviously not necessary). My fiancee is not "allowed" by her parents to live with me even after we sign our papers, and only can after the wedding ceremony (which I obviously am not going to wait the 16+ months for). Regarding the K1, it seems like it may be a good option since this way we can go to the States sooner, however, the CR-1 would allow us to get married in China and not need to fly back here and have a ceremony in China after the US ceremony which would be convenient. 1. Can I (probably with my wife-to-be) travel back to the US for an extended period of time AFTER filing for the CR-1, or will this look bad? 2. Having been through this process before, would either of the choices be better in terms of a higher probability of a positive interview experience? I wasn't sure how much previously having divorced would affect things. A few people have told me they heard the K1 is easier to get, so I figure if that's the case I may go that route.