Hello everyone! I'm new to this forum and hope to seek better understanding of this process and help. Me and my husband, who is a Chinese National, recently got married (last month). I am 25 and he is 29 years old. We want to begin this process as soon as possible, however we thought we may need a lawyer for our situation. For example, my husband last year applied for a tourist visa twice and was declined twice under 214b. We think he was declined because he was honest and stated he wanted to visit his girlfriend's family and friends. We thought that because of this maybe we needed a lawyer for our Spousal visa. However the lawyer keeps changing prices and its up to 3,400 dollars, so we are really reconsidering if a lawyers help is really necessary. If we don't go with the lawyer, we would most likely apply through the Guangzhou UCIS consulate, however we don't know where to begin. We don't want this to be a repeat of the tourist visa again. That was just disheartening because he wanted to do things right and meet my family and friends first. But alas.... So from what I gathered from these threads is that I need to gather: Make an appointment with UCIS Guangzhou, bring in the below documents: 1. I-130 Form 2. I-130A Form 3. Proof of my residency in China 4. 2 passport size photos for me and my husband 5. Passport 6. Confirmation page And is that it? Is that the first step? If so, how long will it be until I receive a response after?
