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Hi all, We are waiting for my wife's permanent green card to arrive - we filed our I-751 in July. My question is: can my wife still travel to China and back to the US while waiting. Her old green card is expired but we have the document stating it is extended for a year. Thinking we can just bring that but wanted to double check. Also, completely unrelated, but I'm curious if we need to do anything in the US to "legitimize" our marriage other than what we've already done by getting a marriage visa/green card.

Thanks for the reply Daniel. I've tried logging into my USCIS online account, but am unable. When I click "forgot username" it asks for my email address but then does not recognize the email address, and it's impossible that I would have used any other. I paid the fee for the green card after arrival but unfortunately I can't remember exactly how I did it. I have the paperwork from USCIS requesting payment for the $165 fee and I have the receipt with IOE number and everything, but I just can't figure out how to get this USCIS online account number. Lastly, so even though I don't pay a biometrics services fee for our daughter who does not have a green card and is not removing conditions, we would still include her in "part 5 - Information about your children" on the petition, right?

Hi All. I have some questions about the I-751 petition. Sorry if there are repeats that have been answered previously. Thank you all so much for the advice you have given over the years. I don't how I could have gone through this whole process without your knowledge. 1. USCIS Online Account Number C I'm not sure where to find this number. According to instructions You can find your USCIS Online Account Number by logging in to your account and going to the profile page. I dont even know how to log in to my account. 2. In Care Of Name for mailing address C Is that just the informal name that they would send mail to? My wife goes by Winnie but she obviously has a Chinese name. 3. When my wife signs the petition C Should she sign as we would write in America (given name followed by family name)? Or would she write it as she would in China (family name followed by given name)? 4. We have a daughter who was born in China, now an American citizen. Do we need to include a Biometric services fee for her? She is not a conditional resident but I think would included in Part 5 C Information About Your Children. 5. Can the fee for filing the petition AND the biometric services fees be included on the same check?

Thanks all for the advice. This is pretty scary because the wife and baby are going to China alone, so I'm really hoping nothing prevents them from leaving.

I just want to add that we spoke to an agent at a visa service within a Chinese grocery store here in California. The agent said that because our child is under the age of two, she won't be able to get a normal tourist visa and will have to get something she called a "travel document" instead. She said we could only get that at the embassy and not through their service. I haven't found the info about what that document may be or what I will need to apply for one yet, so if anyone has knowledge to share please do!

One follow up question regarding my wife - will she need to bring any documents with her besides her green card and passport to ensure that she is able to re-enter the U.S.? I remember it being quite a pain bringing her to America for the first time... Lots of documents needed and stopping in immigration offices. Just want to be sure we don't miss anything. In regards to my daughter's visa, I was concerned that since she was born in China and has a Chinese birth certificate that there would be a different process, but it sounds like we'll just go for the regular L Visa and bring her exit permit as proof that she left China lawfully. Thanks as always!

Hi all I'm not sure if this is the right category to post in but here goes: My wife is here with me in the States, she has her green card, and she plans to take a trip back to China in November. We were married on March 9, 2015, so I know there is one more step which we need to complete within the 90 day window before our 2 year anniversary. My questions are related to that final step we need to complete and how her status in the US will affect her ability to return if she goes to China. Separately (and I'm not sure if anyone will have knowledge of this) she wants to take our daughter with her to visit China. Our daughter was born in China but we got her an American passport and China gave her an exit permit, so now she is living with us in America as an American citizen. My questions around that are about which type of visitor visa to get her since she was born in China and has one Chinese parent but now lives in the US. The only info I can find on the consulate website is about children with one Chinese parent who were born in the US, not China like our daughter was. Questions- *Will my wife be able to return even though we haven't finished her immigration process? (still need the last step completed within 90 days of second anniversary) *Can someone please help me understand what that last step is? *Does anyone know if there are special things to consider in regards to getting my daughter a visitor visa to China as she has one Chinese parent, was born in China, but now is an American citizen living in the US? Thank you very much

Hi All, So my wife has had a pretty tough time finding work since we got to America. She has experience in logistics/trade and has had a lot of prospects, took a job a couple months ago at Asus, but it did not work out and they let her go. The HR person she was speaking with told her that she should file for unemployment. My question is regarding whether she will be allowed to collect unemployment, or if she collects unemployment will it hurt her resident status here? We've been here for less than a year, so I'm not sure if that affects anything. I know a big part of applying for the visa is proving that the immigrant won't become a "public charge". Does anyone know if unemployment will be possible or will hurt her permanent residence status in the long run? Thanks so much.

Hey all. We're here in the U.S. trying to pay our $165 fee, which I think is the last step before receiving a green card. The document we have from USCIS says that we will need my wife's A-number and Department of State (DOS) case I.D. number. It says "The DOS consular officer should have provided you a USCIS Immigrant Fee handout listing these numbers when you received your Immigrant Visa Packet at the U.S. consulate abroad." I remember getting a large packet from the consulate in Guangzhou which we were not meant to open because we were supposed to hand it to immigration upon arrival to the U.S... Once we arrived, either they kept everything or I've lost whatever document I was supposed to keep, but the issue is that I don't know her A-number or DOS Case I.D. number. On her CR-I visa sticker inside her passport, I see there is an I.V. case number beginning with the letters GUZ... is this the same as the DOS case I.D. number? If not, anyone know how I cant find this number? How about the A-number? Thank you!

Hey guys. My wife was granted her CR-1 visa a couple months ago. We are now in the U.S. but are a bit confused about few things. 1. The visa inside her passport says "Expires: November 29th 2015". Is this because her green card will eventually replace the visa and she won't need the visa which is inside her passport? 2. We got a request from USCIS to pay a fee of $165 before she can get her "Permanent Residence Card". Are "green card" and "permanent residence card" the same? 3. After we pay the $165 fee, how soon can we expect the permanent residence / green card to arrive? Lastly I want to thank all who helped us get through this process, from deciding whether to file a K-1 or a CR-1 all the way through to now. I never posted after we went through the interview and were approved, but we could not have done it without the help of people here. Dan and Randy especially, thank you for dedicating time to helping so many others!! You guys deserve some kind of award.

I posted two topics yesterday, and I've got a couple more questions to add. I'm just going to condense all my posts into this one and hopefully an admin can delete my earlier two posts... Sorry to clutter up the forum with posts. We leave Monday morning China time to go to Guangzhou. Really hoping someone can get to these questions if they have the time. Joint sponsor questions: 1. Should joint sponsor send photocopies of their birth certificate? Or is a passport photocopy enough? 2. I read on "immihelp.com" that the joint sponsor needs to provide evidence that they have resided in their home for at least 6 months AND proof of their relationship to the petitioner. Is that true? 3. My mother is the co-sponsor for my wife. She (my mother) is not married, but she was married until 2013, so her taxes were filed jointly until then. My question is: does that mean my former step-father needs to fill out an i-864a? I'm guessing he doesn't, but since my mom provided her tax records from 2012-2014, I'm wondering if the embassy will be like... "What's up with that?". Does there need to be some kind of affidavit explaining the situation? Petitioner questions: 4. My Chinese phone number doesn't fit in the boxes provided on the i-864. Is writing "See Attachment" in the boxes okay, even though it fits awkwardly with the spacing of the boxes? 5. Part 6. of i-864 - Income you are using from any other person who was counted in your household size. Should I include my wife (the immigrant) and her $0 income? 6. Alien Registration Number - We don’t think my wife has one, but on our I-130 approval letter that was sent in the mail, it says “Beneficiary A-Number: A000-000-000”. Am I supposed to write that on the i-864? 7. For Mailing Address and Place of Residence of petitioner, if I use my current address in China, should I then write an affidavit explaining that I am leaving this residence as soon as the visa is approved and have maintained domicile at my mother's address in the U.S.? Thank you and I apologize if some of these have been answered here before.

My mother is the co-sponsor for my wife. She (my mother) is not married, but she was married until 2013, so her taxes were filed jointly until then. My question is: does that mean my former step-father needs to fill out an i-864a? I'm guessing he doesn't, but since my mom provided her tax records from 2012-2014, I'm wondering if the embassy will be like... "What's up with that?". Does there need to be some kind of affidavit explaining the situation? Thanks very much. -Sam

Hey all. Wondering if I should use the address that we intend to move to in the U.S. or my current address in China for the i-864. I know that I must establish domicile, which I've done through credit card statements, tax records, and an affidavit from my mother stating that we will be residing at her home as long as we need to once we arrive in the U.S. If I use my address in China, should I then provide a letter explaining that my domicile is established at a different address? One other thing - do I need a copy of the co-sponsor's birth certificate or will a copy of her passport bio page be sufficient? Thanks!

My wife and I used digital photos which were printed on to paper for the i-130 petition. I've heard a million times to bring original copies of everything for the interview, but I'm wondering if I need to print out all of the photos we used again. I also (stupidly, I know) wrote on the back of each page the approximate month and location each photo was taken without making copies of the backside where I wrote that info. Anyway, just wondering what advice anyone may have. Separate question from the photos... should I basically re-create the entire i-130 package to bring along to the interview? Like absolutely everything- table of contents, affidavits, forms, etc... Thanks

Check your spam folder, that's where my email from them went. If it's in your spam folder make sure to move it to your inbox because it will be automatically deleted after a month, and you're going to need that email. Or you can contact the Visa Immigrant Unit at the consulate where you are filing to see why it hasn't come yet. You can contact the Guangzhou Immigrant Visa Unit here: http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn//immigrant-visa-unit-question.html