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Most immigration attorneys have no clue about Chinese immigration, and about how the US State Department doesn't even follow it's own written rules, much less have any oversight on them in Guangzhou. Marc Ellis is the only immigration that has a clue about Guangzhou, the rest of he immigration attorneys...you might as well hire Donald Duck, better yet, just about any average poster from Candle For Love that has stuck around after he got his wife her visa. I think the people here are the true experts. Kudos to you all.

Congratulations! The wait was worth it

I was really hoping that she would be home for the summer with me, but seems unlikely now. Fen & I hated it, but we both have disciplined ourselves well. Even the strong feelings, lately, that the visa was immanent got pushed down. That is why the past 2 days we have been a bit numb and lost now that it is approved. We really geared our life to Skype and my visits every 2-3 months. I owe vacation time to my boss, even tough I asked for furloughs. We had to avoid certain subjects, for her sake, so she could sleep at night. I had to turn away from news, so I would not get angry at the delays in processing time because of the dream kids taking away USCIS staff. We both had to not let ourselves think too much about when we would get the visas. We had alternative plans if we never got a visa. We were going to be together. If I may say: Look, your interview was approved. You're in the home stretch. You have accomplished approval in the most difficult part, the interview. So relax. You're going to get the visa. Do some special things now to make life easier for her when she arrives. Think good thoughts when depression hits. If you can't then curl up like a ball and sleep it off. Good post Douggie!!! One thing that helped me through our 4 years and 10 months of waiting was this simple saying that I took to heart. "Happiness is optional"....it is up to us as individuals to determine, and or make our own happiness when the shit hits the fan. Wenyan and I chose happiness when the State Department bastards pooped on our parade. You NEVER let the bastards win. You find ways to cope and you find ways to make your own happiness. Keep focused on your goal and know that it WILL HAPPEN. In particular I'd never trust timelines on this commie crap game they State Department plays, and I would never make plans on when they are going to give up the visa. Three months, six months, a year....who knows??? Just don't take any of those figures to heart and make plans. You'll get the visa when they give it. Good luck, "keep yer pecker up, mate she'll be right in the end"....as they say in New Zealand when your back is up against the wall. Your woman WILL get her visa. tsap seui Thank you for your kind words. I feel like I have been ill-advised on this matter from my attorney. I could have done the interview earlier had I known the true extent of this issue. Here's hoping it only takes 3 months...hoping anyway.

I was really hoping that she would be home for the summer with me, but seems unlikely now. Fen & I hated it, but we both have disciplined ourselves well. Even the strong feelings, lately, that the visa was immanent got pushed down. That is why the past 2 days we have been a bit numb and lost now that it is approved. We really geared our life to Skype and my visits every 2-3 months. I owe vacation time to my boss, even tough I asked for furloughs. We had to avoid certain subjects, for her sake, so she could sleep at night. I had to turn away from news, so I would not get angry at the delays in processing time because of the dream kids taking away USCIS staff. We both had to not let ourselves think too much about when we would get the visas. We had alternative plans if we never got a visa. We were going to be together. If I may say: Look, your interview was approved. You're in the home stretch. You have accomplished approval in the most difficult part, the interview. So relax. You're going to get the visa. Do some special things now to make life easier for her when she arrives. Think good thoughts when depression hits. If you can't then curl up like a ball and sleep it off. Thank you, luckily I am still with her for the next three months, but beyond that I will have to return and leave her. We have had plenty of sleepless nights, but I know others have had a much more difficult time than we have. I suppose the most infuriating part is my attorney insisting that a CCP statement was not needed at the interview when I asked, not telling us that we would go into administrative processing (as all ccp members do), and telling us that administrative processing would be two months at the most (and this is not the case either). If I had known that this would have happened I would have done things differently from the beginning and it would not have been such a problem.

I was really hoping that she would be home for the summer with me, but seems unlikely now.

So is it standard procedure to have a statement ready with you when you go to the interview for this sort of thing? I hired an attorney and she insisted that no statement was necessary and then...boom...the interviewer asked for a statement immediately. Also my attorney insists that this administrative processing will take less than 2 months, but I am looking at the wait times and that seems awfully ambitious.

Yes, I saw the page you made and it was very helpful, good work! They asked for another afdt of support when my father's already was well above the requirement. I fear that they will want another because it will likely be summer time (past tax season) before they actually get around to working on her visa again. Would it be best to submit the 2014 information even though it is still March?

Thank you for your reply. I really hope she can return with me for the summer. I have looked at the topics, I am currently helping my wife draft the statement that they want. Not exactly sure if we should just answer the list of questions one by one or write a paragraph that contain the answers.

Thank you for your reply. I have been researching a lot but there is not much beyond what is on this forum. Should I be filling out a waiver? They only gave me one sheet from which she must issue a statement. How many months are we talking? More than three? She was told to organize some meetings but I that is the extent of work with the party. No official title as I understand it but I fear that the party branch may have embellished her membership to give their members better employment prospects. She skipped the last few meetings and hasn't paid the fees for about a year.. Still worried though.

Hi all, I love this forum, My wife and I began this treacherous visa path in September, it has been nothing but blood, sweat, and tears. We finally had our interview today and we are not feeling very good about it. She was not rejected, but "Preliminarily approved." My first question is, what does this mean? Does this imply that after we submit the required documents that she will be accepted? Is there still a chance of rejection? Oddly they asked for my mothers afdt of support as they didn't think that my father's was good enough (actually my father's income is well above the limit so I don't know why they are demanding this) Our main concern is the CCP issue. She is a party member as it was advantageous to employment and scholarship (she received many scholarships). My attorney said that all she needed to do is explain that she joined for these reasons and this would be no problem (last time I listen to her). The consular official gave my wife a form asking her to provide a written statement, such as when she joined, any offices held, degree to which she supported the goals of the party...etc. She is young, her membership wont be cancelled after not paying her membership dues for some time. What is this form exactly? Is it just a way for the consulate to say they did their due diligence or the beginning of a serious investigation? She obviously is not a true Communist as there are hardly anyone in the party today who have any hint of communist feeling. What do they mean by "any offices held?" Unofficial titles? Government posts? One thing my wife and I fear is that her local party leader may have written additional things in her official file that she didn't do. This is common in China, providing empty titles and other nonsense that didn't happen to impress superiors. We don't actually know what is written in her file and we don't want to inadvertently lie to the consulate if they do have the means to see her file. How long will it take for the consular office to approve her visa based on the information I posted? I am going home in June and I do not want to leave my wife in China (she has no place to live after I leave)