Norarized documents single or divorced

[Chad&Tong]

We had my fiance's divorce documents translated which we then sent in with our I-129F petition. All was ok.

 

However, Guangzhou wants a notarized transaltion from a gov.t official for the interview. We checked here (Shenzhen). There is a gov't notary office. They do NOT notarize documents for Chinese who are not citizens of Shenzhen. So, we have to send off her documents to her father in her home town so he can hit the marriage bureau there and get them re-translated and notarized. Long story short, if you need those documents notarized and translated, do it at the official government office of her home town or the palce where she has residency.

[Mengxin]

Wow good luck!

 

At least they told you ahead of time, instead of waiting until the interview.

That was nice of them.

[lele]

We had my fiance's divorce documents translated which we then sent in with our I-129F petition.  All was ok. 

 

However, Guangzhou wants a notarized transaltion from a gov.t official for the interview.  We checked here (Shenzhen).  There is a gov't notary office.  They do NOT notarize documents for Chinese who are not citizens of Shenzhen.  So, we have to send off her documents to her father in her home town so he can hit the marriage bureau there and get them re-translated and notarized.  Long story short, if you need those documents notarized and translated, do it at the official government office of her home town or the palce where she has residency.

I thought the law in china prevented people from working for long periods of time outside of their hukou city. Maybe they are just doing this to follow Chinese law???

 

I know that Chinese laws have been changing in terms of things like this, but is this possibly why they say it?

 

Yangzhou in Jiangsu is a pretty town! Why not head up there and work and live together there?

 

Good Luck!

[Chad&Tong]

Yeah, Yangzhou is a great little town. I have a contract here as of now lecturing at the University and she has a great gig. We are saving money for our move if all the paperwork goes through for her visa.

 

These days, chinese citizens can pretty much work anywhere and live anywhere. The old days of the work camps are gone. But all of her documents related to her are kept in her hometown or her permanent place of residency. So that is why we have to hit up the officals in her hometown for the correct notatized documents.

 

Chad and Tong