First steps

[jst]

Ok, I have been thru the process and on Monday my wonderful wife received her approval for her visa. We had a very easy interview. We were married in April 2009. Our case was fairly easy except for the fact that I brought another women from Vietnam about 5 years ago. My wife and I made it thru the process and now I would like to pass along some advice.

Contact an attorney named Marc Ellis. Normally I am the type of person that would not hire an attorney for this. My thinking is this is just some forms to fill out and a process to follow. The problem is this process in China is so much more than that. The consulate there wants to find reasons to FAIL FAIL FAIL you. Mr. Ellis lives in Vietnam and travels to the consulate there often. Mr. Ellis stays in the Yang's hotel and has an assistant there named Eunice. Mr. Ellis did shed some light on somethings I did not realize personal to my case. Before I heard about Mr. Ellis I interviewed many attorneys face to face and over the phone. I decided on an attorney in California when someone told me about Mr. Ellis. I was somewhat reluctant since Mr. Ellis did not live in the USA. I came to realize this was to my advantage. I work all hours of the night and weekends. Mr. Ellis is always available during thise hours. Any other attorney is basically 9 to 5. On thise evenings or weekends when I had questions I just picked up my phone and called him and always got the answers I needed. The fact that Mr. Ellis is there fighting to problems of this consulate face to face is also to our advantage.

I was not able to be at the interview but my wife stayed in the Yang's hotel, the same place that Eunice lives. She met up with my wife (who was fully prepaired but so nervous she could not sleep of focus) went over everything with her, she helped my wife prepair everything and spent several days helping her get ready. Before my wife went to Guangzhou I told her to give Eunice a couple hundred $$ because I knew she would help her a lot. My wife thought I was nuts for wasting so much money. After my wife had her interview she gave Eunice the money and tole me it was the best money she spent. Just the fact that someone with so much experience is there helping with the things you may not realize is money well spent.

Today I was talking to my wife and there is another girl going to her interview in 12 hours. I live in Tampa and this girls husband lives in Florida somewhere. My wife is helping her with her paperwork and found so many mistakes. They also did the electronic process and this girl does not have and financial documents or does not have the I-864. Her husband hired an immigration attorney and spent $7,000.00. This idiot does not even know to tell his client what paperwork his wife needs at her interview. My wife and Eunice are helping them get everything ready at the last hour.

I know this post is rambling a bit but if this helps anyone it's good. The price Mr. Ellis charges is well worth the service you will get as well as the piece of mind. You wife will also releived of some of the stress when she gets there and someone with their experience is helping them thru the process.

[dnoblett]

OK, good to hear your advice, and praise of a good attorney.

 

Good to not bash a bad on by name, but yes there are a lot of idiots out there, if a person were to pick a lawyer to help with their case, it is best to study all you can first then ask very specific questions of a prospective lawyer as to how they handle specific problems with Guangzhou, if you don't get good answers look for someone else.

 

I wonder if your Eunice is the same one who posts on CFL "SmilingAsia" from time to time, if so, yes she is a sharp one!

[chilton747]

OK, good to hear your advice, and praise of a good attorney.

 

Good to not bash a bad on by name, but yes there are a lot of idiots out there, if a person were to pick a lawyer to help with their case, it is best to study all you can first then ask very specific questions of a prospective lawyer as to how they handle specific problems with Guangzhou, if you don't get good answers look for someone else.

 

I wonder if your Eunice is the same one who posts on CFL "SmilingAsia" from time to time, if so, yes she is a sharp one!

 

Yes this is SmilingAsia. She lives there now and works with Marc.

[warpedbored]

I have yet to hear of anyone having a bad experience with Marc. He is the go to guy for NOIRs (white slips) Every article I have read written by him is spot on. He is also a member here and has his own forum to post articles in. http://candleforlove...hp?showforum=39

I advise every member going through the visa process to read every article in this forum. It could save you a lot of grief.

 

Eunice is a member of this site (Smiling Asia) and has been in visa business for a long time. Marc was wise to choose her as his assistant. You can tell by reading her posts that she is extremely intelligent and has a sense of humor second to none.

[NUWORLD]

I have yet to hear of anyone having a bad experience with Marc. He is the go to guy for NOIRs (white slips) Every article I have read written by him is spot on. He is also a member here and has his own forum to post articles in. http://candleforlove...hp?showforum=39

I advise every member going through the visa process to read every article in this forum. It could save you a lot of grief.

 

Eunice is a member of this site (Smiling Asia) and has been in visa business for a long time. Marc was wise to choose her as his assistant. You can tell by reading her posts that she is extremely intelligent and has a sense of humor second to none.

 

I too will back this up.

Eunice and Marc are a very good choice for advise, I'll just leave it at that.