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  2. Health Insurance for In-Laws

    in Stateside

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    Buy a plan from your state's health insurance exchange (Obamacare marketplace) from healthcare.gov. Although open enrollment is over for most states, she should qualify for a special enrollment period since she just moved to the US.

     

    FYI to OP there is a time limit on when she can get in via special enrollment so definitely get on this ASAP ... I believe it's 30 (or maybe 60) days from the day she moves here.

     

    It appears 60 days. She just arrived in the US 2 weeks ago, so we should be good. Now I try to find out if she needs a SSN for it, currently she does not have one yet

  7. From Yulin

    in Expats

    Posted · Edited by gzbabi (see edit history)

    I'm not sure what this beer is, but it was quite good, definitely better than their other choice (PBR). My favorite is still the Monchschof Schwarzbier, though.

     

    Dan identified the plane as a World War II JU-87 Stuka Dive Bomber, the Chinese name is 斯图卡 - si tu ka, and another comment that "'Hefe-Vollkorn Bier' is a wrong translation, so likely not German", although it seems to translate as yeast whole grain (searches for Vollkorn turn up German bread).

     

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    Hefe-Vollkorn-Bier - its really a wheat beer, made of whole grain... that what it supposed to mean, but I have never seen this in Germany

     

    And the other german words "Verkostung und beste koestliche produktion", these are german words, but together in this sentence, doesn't make sense. Means something like "Consume and delicious production"

  8. Wife and son filing N-400

    in Citizenship Process

    Posted

    Son will gain citizenship when mother becomes a citizen, for now only need for your wife to file her N-400 and proceed through the process.

     

    Once she is naturalized and is a Citizen all you have to do for son will be file an N-600 to obtain his naturalization certificate, https://www.uscis.gov/n-600

    N-600 is an add on for documentation. Son actually becomes a citizen, when your wife applies for the passport and brings the son along. All you need is the birth certificate showing he is her son. We just went thru N-400 and will apply for passport this week.

     

    I still recommend N-600 for future reference, its a nice document.

  9. How did you study for citizenship test?

    in Citizenship Process

    Posted

    My wife did 3 things

    1) downloaded audio of all 100 questions onto iPhone

    2) converted the form questions and answers into audio files

    3) attended an English class specialized on citizenship test

     

    Since it took 12 months from scheduling the interview to actually having the interview, she had plenty of time to listen to all the audio in the car while driving.

     

    My daughter and I also got the pleasure of listening to it for a year. She just passed the test in December

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  11. Approved!!! (new GUZ interview location, review in link)

    in Consulate Process: P-3 ~ Interview

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    My wife had her interview on Friday 27th in Guangzhou together with our daughter. Process was very smoothly, its off to pack the bag. The whole process was almost 2 years, but happy to get through the finish line. I put my wife's review out below. The only thing I am upset about is that she drools about the "handsome blond foreigner VO", oh well



    http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-dos-cis-reviews.php?entry=12409

  13. PBS.org Independent Lens - Seeking Asian Female

    in Culture & Language Discussion

    Posted

    I've had this discussion with American born Asians. They (most of them) realize that living here among this huge immigrant Asian population that they'll quite often be lumped into that group of new arrivals. I see the same with latinos whose families have lived here for generations.

     

    From my perspective, it's a white non-white issue. Simply put, white anglos settled this country and any non-white racial groups are too often assumed to be foreign born, blacks notwithstanding. It raises their hackles of many non-white Americans to have to too often explain that they were born here and their family have been here for generations and that they're as American as me or anyone else.

    To amplify this and turn this argument 180 degrees. I was not even born in America, born in Europe and my family is from there, my parents never lived in the US. I am actually the immigrant here (now USC), and everyone assumes my whole family was here for generations.

  16. Approved

    in General Visa Discussion & First Steps

    Posted

    I am assuming you filed two petitions one for spouse and another for step child.

    1 year is unusually long for USCIS.

    The remainder of process should go smoothly, do the eProcess at NVC.

    Yes it felt very long. Also I filed two petitions, and both got approved at the same day. My wife could not sleep for an entire two days once I told her the news. She was too excited, now it's progress, work with the NVC. Docs already hade been forwarded.

     

    Thanks all of you for your support, I know everyone shares the same feeling

  18. PETITION DENIED!!!!!

    in General Visa Discussion & First Steps

    Posted

    Keep on going. Don't know how many attempt it takes, but maybe someday an USCIS official takes a step back and thinks, hey this guy is appealing all the time and there actually is a real relationship here.

     

    No person would think that a real "predator" has the guts to continue one, and tries again and again. I hope for you that finally someone wakes up and takes your case seriously.

  20. 3 Days, Visa-free

    in The Middle Kingdom - 中国

    Posted

    And right you are, Dan. Come to think of it, when I met Wenyan in Beijing we only stayed there 3 days before flying up to her hometown. and often I've told people, if you want to scratch the Chinese surface but see most of the sights you've heard about or seen on TV....you only need 3 days in Beijing.

     

    We saw all the sights you mentioned as well as some cool hutongs, and made some fancy whoopie on the 9th floor overlooking the Forbidden City....in our 3 days there.

     

    Them ol' boys is clever I tells ya. Why, in those 3 days they kin rake in a lot of tourist cash that they lent us in the first place. :rotfl:/>

     

    Great call Dan....Color me stoopid cause my hillbilly butt wudda never thought of that. :victory:/>

     

    tsap seui

     

    The issue is,once you leave BJ, you are supposed to either show the visa in a hotel, or register at the local police. So for normal trips that last long the 3 days, a tourist visa is still required.

  21. PING PASSED!!!

    in Interview Results

    Posted

    Ping gets here to Knoxville at 10:30am. right now she is over the pacific on her way to LAX. I have been cleaning the house for 2 weeks now getting ready for her to get here. :suck_kr:/> hope its clean enough.

     

    You always can blame it, that American houses are much bigger so it takes more effort to clean at the same level. That's will be at least my strategy.

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