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We're applying for MIL and FIL's B2 Visa and have a concern, wondering if anyone can give us suggestions. They have recently moved to a new home, but don't have the property ownership papers yet, they don't get them until they've paid off the loans... sounds funny to me, what do you guys think? They do, however, still have ownership papers for their old home, though someone else is living there now, they agreed to let them keep the paperwork for now because they knew they would need some proof of home ownership. I'm really not sure what to do now, which address should we provide for HOME ADDRESS and for MAILING ADDRESS. What should we do?! This is stressin' us out. Also, my spouse is currently in the middle of removing conditional status of her GC. Her GC shows as expired, but when we applied for the extension, they sent us confirmation that her GC has been extended for another year while they process (still processing), but they didn't provide us w/ any new card or proof, other than the letter. Will this be a problem? Is showing the letter enough proof for validity of her GC or should we get something else? Thanks!

Tonight my wife and I are very sad. After filing for her visitor visa two months ago after compiling the required stack of paperwork we waited for two months. We just got the news that she was denied because my salary was too low? I'm shaking my head confused and wife is plain pissed. Without posting my financials to the board let me say that the salary evidence I sent was certainly enough to support all the costs involved. Dazed and Confused....

I'm not sure if we have seen anyone in this situation but its one of the possible scenarios for us: - Interview date July 21 - Planned US visit July 29th - Aug. 11th Since a pink is unlikely, she will travel to the U.S. to visit with her in force B2 [understood possible POE issues, but we were ok last time]. So we have been figuring that if she does get pink, and they hold her passport, we would just postpone the visit for about a month or so for her to quit her job and get ready to move. But I was thinking, if her passport is sent back to Shanghai in time with the K1, will they cross out the B2 or is it still valid? Can she choose which visa to enter in and enter and leave on the B2 and then come back on the K1? That would be great to get the visit in and then have her go back and take her time to clear out her life there. Or can you only have one visa valid at a time? Lee

Hello everyone at CFL. I am new here, but have done a lot of reading and learning here. I could not find my situation here in the forums, and would like to ask a few questions regarding the B2 visa, plus your opinions. I am a born American citizen, and have been happily married to my wife (Chinese), for nearly 4 years now. We have been together for about 8 years here in China. We also have our amazing 19 month old daughter which whom is also a Chinese citizen at the moment but not for long. We have to register her birth before she can go abroad, and have up to 18 years of age to do that luckily : ) Hers a link for anyone who is interested in how to do this. http://shenyang.usembassy-china.org.cn/birth.html OUR PLAN I really would like to bring my lovely daughter and wife to America this year to visit my family for the first time. I want my wife & daughter to get an improvement in English, and get to know and love my family. We are trying to avoid the I-130, since we do not want to immigrate, to the United States, any time soon. Our goal is to get a B2 tourist visa for my wife. Reasons why we want to avoid the I-130, is because of all the time and hell it takes to process... Also our daughter can get a free ticket since she is not 2 years old yet. Most importantly we are happy in China, and we do not want to immigrate to America. (Especially my wife)! Convincing the VO's that we truly do not want to immigrate to the US is the issue... THE DOWNFALLS My wife doesn't have strong ties in China : ( My wife had applied for the B2 tourist visa, about 6 years ago. At that time we were not married and just started dating. I do know why she was denied. Failure to convince the consulate officer, that she will be coming back to China. HAHA we were quite young and totally went unprepared. Will this have any negative affects for her when she applies again? I am afraid it might now that she has an American daughter and husband. (Although I have heard different thoughts about this today at the Consulate in Shenyang which I will mention below) HER TIES 1- My wife is an Elementary school teacher here in Siping City Jilin Province. Her major was music, but now is teaching English. 2- We do have a house, which is under her name. 3- She does have a frozen bank account with Bank of Jilin, which is supposed to accumulate interest. Similar to a CD. She has several bank accounts, but all worth an estimate of 15-20k RMB 4- Very supportive family and friends. 5- Needless to say She loves her country and loves living here. (if only we can prove that to the VO's) My wife really doesn't have any other ties that I think would be a positive when applying for a B2 visa. (apart from the 5 mentioned above). I guess I'm not really looking for any answers kinda. I am mainly looking for opinions/insight from anyone who has read this topic or had the same situation as me. What do you think her chances of getting a B2 visa to the US would be having these 5 little ties, and being married to an American citizen? Do you all think I will be finding myself petitioning for her in GUZ, in the very near future because she just might get denied again? Anyways b4 I wrap it up I would like to tell you a little bit about my experience at the American Consulate in Shenyang today. I went to the Visa Inquiry Hour service, which is held at the Shenyang consulate from 4Pm - 5pm on Thursdays. Hers a link for anyone who is intersted about this service. (its near the bottom of the page) http://shenyang.usembassy-china.org.cn/service.html I went and pretty much asked for guidance, on what I should do for my wife in my situation. I also was trying to get an opinion from them to see whether or not she would be granted a B2 visa, after telling my situation and my family's intentions to the states. (Failed on the opinion part) , but they did tell me it's def worth a shot going for the B2 tourist visa. She said that my wife applying for a visa 6 years ago, and has never tried to get to the united states until after being married for 4 years may be a big help. Other than that they told me everything else I already knew. (thanks to CFL for all the knowledge) The women also told me I knew a lot about preparing for the visa, and complimented me saying I know how to do my homework right. (Again thanks to CFL)!!! Anyways that being all said, My wife and I are starting to build a little confidence on getting the B2 tourist visa and decided to give it another shot. God forbid if we do fail again, I will have no choice but to apply for I-130 which I really don't want to do. But if it's the only way for my wife and daughter to meet my family, than I will have no choice. One last thing. At the visa inquiry hour, there was another person who was Chinese with an American passport. She wanted to find out information like me, for getting her mother a B2 visa to America. Anyways she came out after me in less than 5 min from the consulate and told me they that they said for her to search the internet. She seemed quite disappointed. I chatted with the nice consulate lady for 20 minutes about my issue... If anyone has any questions about the Visa Inquiry thing, or anything else please feel free to ask me. Thanks to everyone here at CFL for reading, and a bigger thanks in advance to anyone who replies with their opinions and advice. Peace~

My mother-in-law from China wants to visit to see our new baby. Does anyone know how long it will take and how much it will cost to get a visitor's visa?

My wife and I would like to have her parents come in to the USA for visiting .my wife is pregnant and her due date is aproximate in the middle of October.We like to find out What is the chance that they would get be able to come in ?

My wife is pregnant and we are thinking to have my mother to come over temporarily to take care of her. What forms and materials do we need? My mother came here before six years ago. Thanks for your help.

I know getting a tourist VISA to the states is almost impossible but my step mother lives in Canada. Is it easier for her to try to get a VISA to visit in Canada. We are still waiting for NOA2 so I don't know if that will do any harm if she left China for 2 weeks? Thanks

Like many of you, our wait for the K-1 is long and difficult. I understand that tourist visa's are almost never approved if you have a K-1 or K-3 outstanding so we aren't even going to go there. However, my future wife has a chance to come to USA for a business project. Will this create any problems with our K-1 filing? It is optional for her to come, but is she did come, we would like to be able to see each other while she is here. Having said that we do not want to create problems or delays in our K-1 process. This is a legitimate trip for business and would be made with an American co-worker in China and a Chinese national. This would be a 4th meeting of us if we met after she came - would you document this to help the K-1 process? or remain silent about this meeting? What do you think? The last thing we want to do is create problems with the K-1 as it takes forever and a day.

My marriage is not even a year old and I am faced with my 1st crisis. My wife's father passed away late last year. Her mother, for reasons she believed were valid, directed other family member's and my wife's friends not to reveal this tragedy. Recently, one of my wife's friends, after finding out that she had her GC, told her the tragic truth. Previously, my wife and I briefly discussed this inevitable event, a death of one of her parents, but the time frame was 10 years in the future. Well the future is now and we need to establish new plans. My wife is very concerned about the welfare of her mother and wants her to join her here in the USA. I told her that I concur. Can someone please advise me on what the general immigration process/procedures are and if we qualify for any special consideration to expedite the case? Thank you, -Squonk

My mother-in-law will have her interview for a tourist visa soon and was wondering if the new I-134 form (10/30/08) doesn't require it to be notarized. http://www.uscis.gov.../i-134instr.pdf Execution of Affidavit: "...It is not necessary to sign form I-134 in front of a notary, nor have your signature notarized after you sign it" So my questions is, does GUZ still requires the I-134 to be notarized? Thanks.

Hello Folks My wife's mother got her visa to visit us. The whole process took about one month. She told my wife the the interview went well. VO was nice and ask her several questions. He ask what my name was, where I lived, why she wanted to come to America and how long she wanted to stay. The security guards helped her to the window and it took about 4 minutes. They gave her a one year visa. Carl