Mengxin

1st of all , Congratulations. 2ndly, How did you get such a big jump in your timeline? Our CR1 paperwork was shipped from NVC to GZ the exact same day as yours. 4/12 GZ tells me they recieved it on 6/4??? Only 4 days later your CR1 is approved???wtf? I'm not counting on an interview until around September. It looks like after the 1st of the year your papers moved quickly. Please tell me your secret, I swear I won't tell a soul.

Yea. Good Luck guys. That's a tough position they've put you in. What do you suspect they are waiting on? Could they have lost your papers and not bothered to do anything about it? Maybe try calling NVC and explaining the story. They seem to have the answers when GZ doesn't. Or maybe try offering them some help, if they have any questions about your or your fiancees backgrounds. Hard to do anything without details. It's sad that it doesn't seem to mean anything to anyone that is in a position to help you. Peace.

I believe his I-130 is long since approved.. he has already done the DS230 !!! SO, it would be the K3 (I-129F) approval he is talking about... if we take his word for it... He posted his timeline after you had asked for it and I replied. I'll open mouth, insert foot again.

My wife recently gothas her two year green card green card and I'm not sure she could stay in the US if somethinghappened to me before she gets her ten year! I hope one of you braniacs out there can answer- Trigg, I saw this on visapro. Basically it says that as long as she isn't the one who killed you, she's ok to stay, just needs to submit more paperwork. http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons6/26.gifhttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons6/26.gifhttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons6/26.gif What are the documents required if I apply for Removal of Conditions as a widow or widower? The documents required are: Form I-751, Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence Copy of Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card Evidence that you did not get married to evade the immigration laws of the U.S. Examples of such evidence includes, but is not limited to: Leases showing that you and your spouse lived in the same place Documents that prove that you and your spouse owned property together Birth certificates of your children Copy of your spouse's death certificate

Ok, Assuming the position... Brace! Brace! http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons6/63.gifhttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons6/63.gifhttp://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons6/63.gif

The 10 year green card is the reason squeaky is IR-1 now. Ling needs to travel back to GZ for it. 2 yr CR-1 or 10 yr IR-1. From my handy 561 pg immigration handbook... Removing Conditional Residence in Marriage Cases Green cards based on recent marriage to a U.S. citizen (within the last two years) are issued only conditionally, meaning they will expire after two years. This is true of cards issued both to spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens. After holding your conditional green card for two years, if you are still married, you and your U.S. spouse must file a joint petition (Form I-751) to remove the condition. The condition should be removed not only from your green card but from those of any children who came with you. If you are divorced, or your spouse has died or refuses to join in the petition, you must file for a waiver of the requirement. from visapro.com... What is Adjustment of Status? Adjustment of Status is a procedure allowing certain foreign nationals already in the U.S. to apply for immigrant status. Foreign nationals admitted to the U.S. in a nonimmigrant, refugee, or parolee category may have their status changed to that of lawful permanent resident if they are eligible to receive an immigrant visa and one is immediately available. Note: In such cases, the foreign national is counted as an immigrant as of the date of adjustment, even though the alien may have been in the United States for an extended period of time. What is Removal of Conditions on Permanent Residence based on Marriage? A lawful permanent resident is given the privilege of living and working in the U.S. permanently. Your permanent resident status will be conditional if it is based on a marriage that is less than two years old on the day you are given permanent residence. You are given conditional resident status on the day you are lawfully admitted to the U.S. on an immigrant visa or receive Adjustment of Status. Your permanent resident status is conditional, because you must prove that you did not get married to evade the immigration laws of the U.S. You may apply to remove your conditions on permanent residence. What is a Permanent Resident Card? A Permanent Resident Card, commonly known as a Green Card, is evidence of your status as a lawful permanent resident with a right to live and work permanently in the U.S. It also is evidence of your registration in accordance with U.S. immigration laws. The Permanent Resident Card is also called Form I-551. Know the difference between 'Visa' and 'Status' It has become vitally important for all foreign nationals coming to the U.S. to maintain their status at all times. In order to maintain legal status while in the U.S., you must understand the difference between the two legal terms E‘VisaEand ‘StatusE People are often confused between Visa and Status because of the erroneous usage of the two terms in conjunction with each other. However, there is a clear distinction between the two terms under the immigration laws. A Visa is a stamp placed in the passport by a U.S. Consulate outside the U.S. All visas serve merely as entry documents. Status on the other hand, is the group of privileges given to a foreign national while receiving immigration benefits at the port of entry. When a foreign national is legally admitted to the U.S., he acquires a Status.

It was your I-130 that was approved. You can pretty much forget about the I-129F. You are CR-1 status now and your going to be mailing paperwork back and forth between NVC New Hampshire and St. Louis for the next 6 months, then anouther 5 months to wait for your interview after NVC NH mails your CR-1 to Guangzhou. It's frustrating man. Good luck and stock up on the cheetos.

It looks like you found your answer already. Recenlty, I looked into having my wife visiting me in Soeul. They only way they would allow her to go would be in a tour group, "that was on business." There was also an expensive deposit (~1K USD) that needed to be paid, that she would get back when she returned. It needed about two weeks to get the visa. We decided against it. I visited her instead. One way from Shanghai to Soeul was only around $75 us. Got the ticket the same day I departed. Note also: As long as you have a US passport and your on vacation or touring in South Korea (or Taiwan), visa's are no longer required. If you are traveling there for business however, you do need a visa and passport for those countrys.

Your right. All responses are cut and pasted right of the GZ website. NVC gives us accurate data and GZ (the ones with our papers) doesn't, Why??? They think they are talking to people that aren't informed??? 2,500 apps per shipment??? Puhleese.... 1. K visa shipments are only 5 or 6 visas per shipment. We can check on DHL. 2. It's a US emabassy in China, US citizens don't need GZ to enter China. So all apps are only for those Chinese citizens wanting to enter the US. 3. GZ is the only US embassy in China that does K visa's. There are 7 other US embassies in China. 4. assuming they had only 1 shipment per month, that would total 30,000 visa's per year out of the GZ embassy alone. It only makes it more aggravating knowing I'm being lied to. Like you said Jim, be straight. http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/index.htm

Jim, You said cheesy??? Please your cheetos at home bros. , your wife will be curious...

Don't ask, Don't tell...???

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There aren't any Americans in America that can tell her she can stay in America...??? ok ok ok...I'll stop myself there.

The big question is what hurdles are you willing to jump for 10yr green card vs. a 2 yr. green card. In squeaks case, his wife Ling, who has been in the US for over a year now, will need to fly all the way back to China to speak with Americans that will her she can stay in America. B)

From Chicken feet to Gasoline. I think we got all the bases covered here.

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I'll just copy what I wrote from another thread to this one. Bottom line is... They don't know. If they don't know, they should just say it. --- NVC says our app was mailed 4/12. as of 6/3 GZ says they still don't have it. call NVC back on the 7th, NVC says GZ got it in May and requested 2nd name check on the 3rd. I wrote GZ back the 8th to ask what was up. GZ's reply yesterday. They recieved it on the 4th (a saturday) and gave me a speal about 911. ...and back to the bottom again. good news is,even if it took almost 2 months for them to open the letter, at least they got it. thankyou gz

NVC says our app was mailed 4/12. as of 6/3 GZ says they still don't have it. call NVC back on the 7th, NVC says GZ got it in May and requested 2nd name check on the 3rd. I wrote GZ back the 8th to ask what was up. GZ's reply yesterday. They recieved it on the 4th (a saturday) and gave me a speal about 911. ...and back to the bottom again. good news is,even if it took almost 2 months for them to open the letter, at least they got it. thankyou gz ditto bahan's ditto. do yourself a favor and don't ask. just look at a k3-cr1 timeline and be glad you decided to wait to get married.

right on dude. congrats. I'm sure that 300rmb is about the farthest thing from her mind right now.

funny that you have to call one side of the planet to get information about the other side. cause when you write to the far side, they don't know either.

That's what they say. 1st words are how much did you pay. but at the same time happy as heck she got them. Complain that they never get them , then complain because you got them . Lose Lose. Better to Lose by getting them. at least in my case. ditto on the cnflowers.com

There is a couple words I remember byback in my hooked on ebonics class that help me learn chinese. Ne-ga is an obvious 1. (i still say theyre racists.) How about Si ga (this is) or holla... hao la (enough, it's full) May win Tea or May sure (No problem)

You can't mail the 129F with out the NOA1 anyway. Your I-130 will come back as approved shortly. Then it's off to NVC for about 6 to 9 months and GZ for another 6. hang tight dude. The backlog reduction only really applies to USCIS. NVC and GZ are both thanking USCIS for the great idea, I'm sure. I read in a procedure on the state dept web site that the 129F was Manditory, they lost mine in Chicago, but never cashed the check for the app.

It would be pretty rotten to call her back again to give her another blue slip. "oh sorry mam, we already gave you a blue slip already? well here's an extra one just incase." B) don't think so.

Ours shipped 4/12. After almost 8 weeks GZ still said they didn't have our app. I called NVC at the 202 # and they told me the app arrived the middle of May and they were requesting 2nd name check. That was 2 days after recieving the no app e-mail response from GZ. You can also try the link below.. www.usavisainformation.com.cn/eng/index.aspx Call Center # (China)400-872-333 (International) 8621-3881-4611