yunnanpuer

Thanks! We sell alot of varieties of Yunnan tea! If anything else it's interesting to gaze upon! My wife applied for the tourist visa... in a week or two we will head to Chengdu. More later. thanks everyone! yunnanpuer

Randy W, Yunnan Coffee is a great idea... I have explored it but I am already completely hammered with the tea business. Business is good! Hope someday I can find the time to explore that! I went to 玉林 back in 1998... love 广西！

Thanks for the responses... perhaps we can convince them that we just want to visit. We could not run our business without being here most of the time. If they could actually get a sense of our life and who we are it would be no problem. At any rate we'll make one attempt at a tourist visa. If denied... we'll worry about it later when we want to go back permanently. Once again thank you all for your insight! - yunnanpuer

Well... I guess we are pretty well screwed. How utterly depressing.

OK... thanks everyone for the responses. I was under the impression that a tourist visa might be difficult for her to get. She does not own any real estate or have a job that pays alot of money. When she applies for a tourist visa will being married to me be considered during the process? I have heard horror stories. - yunnanpuer

Hi! I an American living in Yunnan for 8 years and married the love of my life (together for 5 years). My wife and I run a tea business here in Kunming and we are wanting to be able to spend 3 or 4 months a year in the USA to expand our business and spend time with my father who is getting on in years. It seems the fastest and most appropriate way is the CR-1 visa, but I am not sure if that will work for us since both my wife and I need to be in China for much of the year. I am here on a Z visa for more than 3 of the 8 years I have resided in China. So my questions are: 1. Can my wife and I travel back and forth between China on this visa? Are there some kind of time requirements for staying in the US after she gets it? 2. For income... does the USCIS look at the gross adjusted income or total income? In other words, will they look at my income after the Foreign Earned Income credit has been deducted or before? I remember in 2010 when I was shopping for a mortgage the banks refused to acknowledge FEI credit and said I was making $35,000 a year when in fact it was closer to $125,000 a year. I own a house in the US (rental), land and other assets exceeding $250,000 in value. My wife and I have been working our butts off here in China and want to spend more time in the US for a change of scene. Thanks in advance... - Yunnan Puer