Happenings in China

[danswayne]

I am brand new here, but I thought I would let you in on what Diana (Zhang Yu) and I have been doing for her visa for the past few months. We were married November 8, 2001, and I filed the I-130 petition at the Beijing INS in March of 2002. I now know waiting to file the petition was a mistake, but I was misguided enough then that I believed in the American government and thought they would actually do their job. Anyway the INS did pretty good and my petition was approved 8 days later. Yes I said 8 days. They sent me a letter here in China letting me know that I was approved and they were forwarding things to Guangzhou. We might both be in America now except for the fact our documents have been lost for half a year. We had to get Beijing to send the forms to Guangzhou again and hope they got there this time. Well to make a long story short I called Guangzhou today and they told me they opened a case October 25, and had sent the package to my wife. She has received nothing yet, so I have downloaded the forms and we will send them to Guangzhou tomorrow. If you are a legal resident in China you do not have to deal with anyone in America which could possible speed things for you incredibly fast, if your papers do not get lose along the way. It is easy to become a legal teacher over here and it is also a good way to spend time with your spouse also. Sorry this is so long, hope it doesn't bother anyone.

 

Daniel in Changsha

[Guest enight]

I feel sorry for you and your fiancee's long time waitting and the documents lost on the way, it happenes quite often, and

 

sometimes even GZ said they have sent out the package, but actually they didn't till days later or even longer ( according to what girls on 001 website experienced )

 

and if they actually sent the package to your fiancee, it might take 3 to 6 days (GZ sends it via normal snail mail) before you fiancee get it.

 

anyway, danswayne, good luck !

 

[Guest elatedforexhilaration]

Can we make a copy of this and put it in the "Our Stories" forum?

[PJ]

Daniel,

 

Wow, thanks for sharing your story.

 

So, what is it like in China? How do you like teaching in Changsha? Were you able to speak Chinese before moving there? I've often wanted to move across seas myself, you know, live in an exotic land and learn a foreign language and different culture. Except I have food allergies and would never survive

 

I was wondering, could you please post your story in the "Our Stories" section? I think it would be great there!

 

Thanks,

 

P.J.

[danswayne]

I would be happy to put it there but let me make it better first. That was just something I typed up in a few minutes, and probably has a few mistakes and important details left out.