biggish data

Without you giving us the exact information, no one will be able to give you specific advice.

What evidence of your relationship did you send in with the petition? Did you submit any additional evidence at the interview. What exactly (not what you think it says) does the sheet you were given say?

It would be best if you can scan the paper you were given and upload it here for us to see. Be sure to mark out the name and case number.

the pic is too big that i cant upload here
so i upload on facebook
this is the link
too page, back and front
thats what i got from the interview
http://www.facebook....56388605&type=1

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-07 12:43:00

hi,

try to calm down,if you wnat to be with your fiance u gotta be strong,if you have phone records that you guys talked on the phone often,love letters,cards that u guys send occasionally that woould be help,the copy paste thing is kinda wierd since doesnt show the link where u guys talked,how about snail mail?is your fiance send you a flowers?thru online?if he has the receipt of that?im sure it will make sense to approve your visa,the BIG THING IS YOU HAVE TO SHOW THEM""THE REAL.BONAFIDE"relationship...

thank you so much to courage me!

he didnt send flowers to me thru online,
for our relationship, we didnt spend too much money on it, coz we need money,
we both want baby so soon, so we are saving money for our baby girl
thats why he only came to france twice, we wanna do all ,but we dont have too much money to allow us
after interview, i already send 502 pages skype chat history,myspace and facebook comment, coz it got date on it,so i cant just make it up
he do sent me love letter, and i do , but the letter is mail with gift, and the paper about k1 togther, i got the letter, do u think i scan the letter then send to them,it will works?
during the interview, she ask me if i got phone record, then i give to her
our phone record was heavy like a dictionary,coz he call me at least 10 time for everyday, everyday, never stop!
and also send me text message to my phone everyday too
but i dont know how to make it print

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-07 12:37:00

From Reading a previous post by the OP, it seems the petitioner wasn't very involved in the case and left a lot of the work up to the beneficiary. Not sure what is going on with that, but if so and as stated the petitioner didn't send any/much supporting evidence in then it is understandable that the VO would be skeptical. If I understand correctly the petitioner and beneficiary are actually in France which explains why the VO is asking about coming back to China.

for the OP. Let us know what was sent to USCIS and what the petitioner's involvement in the case is. Because of the foreign residency and presumably lack of evidence submitted, it may be time to talk to an immigration specialist.

ok, i just off the work
our petition is made by me and daniel together!
why coz for him, he's not very good at doing paper work, im afraid of he gonna made mistake or something, then i told him, when u were in france, we do it together
then i can know if he do it right or not,u know once got problem, will take more time! so the petition we made together when he was in france to visite me!
for the petition,about evident part, we added our phone bill,the gift he sent to me and the gift i sent to him,and money transfer,i think this the problem ,coz invoved money,
but not big money, u know when u serious in relationship,u will share everything, thats what we do!
when he need money, i sent, when i need money ,he send, not little money, like hundrends,not like 100000

me now in france, he still live in usa, just came here twice to be with me
and i have a dog, coz i rent home in france, but he own his, so i send dog with him at the second he was here, he back to usa with my dog,
i want him to be with me so many time, but we dont have too much money to spend on ticket and rent,
i was trying to visite him, coz he dont need to pay rent, but i tried twice b2 visa ,they all refuse me,i think this problem too
coz i had tried b2 twice,but all is for him

so right now, after the interview,
we already send more pic, and 502 pages chat history on skype
and myspace comment, facebook comment

his family will fax letter about to be our witness for our relationship
i dont know if it gonna work, but i just send everything that i can think right now

he invovled everything for our petition, just we do it together,
we both invovled! for everything!!

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-07 12:30:00

I agree with that, you should remain calm, confident, don't look away or seem nervous. The questions they ask are to prove your relationship is for real, so it should be a breeze. I'm sure you can appeal or reapply; I'm sure it's difficult, all of us here have gone through some kind of separation from our loved one, good luck to you.

i never nervous during the interview
as she told me she dont believe our relationship, i cant help that cry in fron of her
but she never really look at me once during the interview
since the first word i said to her, she dosent like me, i can tell from her face
i speak english since i was 4, i can use it very smoothly
i was thinking to send chat history, but all i can do is copy and paste
would they believe this truth not something we just made it up now?

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-07 00:16:00

Without you giving us the exact information, no one will be able to give you specific advice.

What evidence of your relationship did you send in with the petition? Did you submit any additional evidence at the interview. What exactly (not what you think it says) does the sheet you were given say?

It would be best if you can scan the paper you were given and upload it here for us to see. Be sure to mark out the name and case number.

i have to go to work now , i will put the pic on as soon as im home again!
we will try to send as more as evidence we can
after she gave me that paper, i saw her put a green blue paper on our case
is that what people saying about blue slip???

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-07 00:13:00

What exactly does the paper say to submit?

What exactly had you and your fiance submitted before the interview? What, if anything, was collected by the interviewing officer at the interview?

me and my fiance didnt submit anything,
the paper she gave to me after interview is a paper have 3 reasons on it she marks the first one which said case been suspended
but she didnt mark any paper at below of it coz at interview i bring all they asked
all she said to me is to give anything that can proof our relationship is real!

the two reason case been suspended
one is she said my passport is not valid six month to entry usa, but my passport still got 7 years for valid
then she wrote down relationship appear to be for immigration suposes
and all the werid questions she been asked
help me, what i should do now

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-06 14:29:00

God help us

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-06 14:25:00

K-1 is always challenging for it is hard to prove that you are going to get married and in a bonafide relationship and not just for immigration purposes. I understand your pain and also felt the same towards the US Embassy in Uganda when I spoke with the consular work working there. It is all routine and their goal is to discredit you and find reasons not to grant a visa. Also, they will never tell you everything to bring so you have to come over prepared for the unknown. The CO even asked my wife, how she knew to bring so much info?

VJ will help you detrmine how to go about it and I advise reading as much as possible to avoid this again. Your next option might be to get married. Good luck and don't give up cause that's what they want you to do...

the problem is she didnt ask me any paper that i dont have!!!!
i wanna cry now
i will never get visa
once being suspended, thats mean deny after

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-06 14:20:00

I'm very sorry for the outcome of your interview.

Did the paper have any information about the documents they are looking for?

Have you ever been to the US? and if you did, did you overstay?

i never been to the us not even once

i ask the officer which paper i should send
she say anything, anything proof that ur relationship is real!
thats all she said
i think they will never granted my visa

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-06 14:16:00

and another weird thing
one of question is ask me my fiance live with parents or alone
then i said he lives alone,
then she ask me he lives in a home or an apartement
then i said a home
then she ask he rent it or own it
i said he own it
then she said how he own it
then i said his uncle and aunt died, then give to him
then she ask me the address,
i didnt get it coz all the paper we send always has this address on
then i said it she couldnt understand, then i wrote down,
she copy to another yellow note paper
do you guys know whats that mean???
all my interview being weird
do you think i still can get my k1?????

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-06 13:56:00

today i went to my interview,and the officer ask me so many question which has nothing to do with k1
she keep asking me that why i dont back to china
the most funny question is she ask me : why you go to usa!
oh my god, whats that mean? i apply k1 visa, and the she ask me that question?
that was an old lady,nearly 60, all she keep try to ask is why i dont back to china
and when i try to explain, she said: i dont wanna listen to it!
what's that attitude?
then she said i dont believe your relationship is real, i think is for immigration
then she said our case was suspended,give me a paper which to explain ur case got suspended bcoz u didnt presented some required documents!
i had everything which ask me to bring on the list,
everyone knows what to do now?
we already send more picture, and i wrote a long letter
bcoz of im chinese thats why she did that or what?
we already call the departmenet of usa, and ask this, and they dont know why it happened
please help us, i cant stay this far from him anylonger

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-09-06 13:45:00

2nd interview:VO said i dont wanna handle your case anymore!!!!

This is a pain to deal with. Getting married right away will NOT solve any thing nor does it provide any more room for an approval. Away the receipt of the case and as suggested have the petitioner contact the DOS and get clearer details of the denial / why case was returned. Knowing these things will be important to a successful CR1 interview.

yes i think so! getting married is not perfect way to sovle this problem
and we will try to win on k1
coz apply another petition mean need to pay a lot again
considerate about our economy situation ,its better we win on one petition
of course if we have to apply CR1, then have to
but better we can win on k1
coz even do the CR1, not mean the embassy wont refuse to give me visa again

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-11-17 08:12:00

2nd interview:VO said i dont wanna handle your case anymore!!!!

Hi there...

I have exactly same sitiuation i have gone through embassy interview on 21s Oct VO told me to submitt some docs and gave me 221g in first interview and she told me she want to talk to me when i come back to submitt it, but when i went to embassy for submitting my docs she was not available and clerk told me we will let you know.....after many days of emailing i found my case has been sent back to USCIS for possible revocation,,,,,,........since then i have been keep on cal NVC and USCIS they do not have my case yet and embassy says it is in transit i guess they sending by pegion way..., my fiancee mum contacted to seneator and they have taken our details and are checking with USCIS or whome so ever i m not sure lady told to my fiancee mum they do get these kind of request everyday do not worry he will get visa but it gonna take a while i m just hoping, and trust me US embassies ain't gud for any......

so did you got second interview??? its look like they didnt give you the second interview
but from the senator sure you gonna got visa??
our situlation is same,but im from china, here is high fraud country and got a lot of spy sending to usa by government
from what i think in those long time, im 22 now, i can speak 4 languages,and recently it got news talk about a girl who is a spy but now wanna quit
so my family think they keep doubt me, it might becoz of they think i have possiblity to be a spy
hes dad work at defense.a lot of cousin of him was in miltary
thats what i think about my case,they r afraid i marry him is for getting some infos which im not
coz i went to 2 interview, they can just deny me at the second one, but they didnt, they want uscis to give the decision
my case maybe more difficult than yours, you r not from china
and the white paper i got from embassy, they even didnt said dont believe our relationship
we contacted senator since the first interview, but they never told us that we will got visa just gonna take a while
so until now uscis still dosent have your case yet right???
its so hard,a heart-broken time

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-11-17 08:08:00

2nd interview:VO said i dont wanna handle your case anymore!!!!

Here's the thread from the first interview.

The whole situation is confusing and over my head. Can't figure out what happened. It seems the OP also had similar experience with CO attitude in France. Maybe they need a consultation with a lawyer for some specific guidance on their case.

OP - did you have any new evidence to submit since your last interview?

we send a lot of proof after our case got suspened in france,i send it as soon as i back home from interview
and for the second interview, like i said, the vo even didnt ask see anything, just give me the result
i do talked with a laywer, and he did said that he can help us,but need to pay 4000 dollars
we dont have that much money, then i give up to use lawyer
we will fight with emabssy without lawyer
coz no matter what, we r real, truly in love, our situation not allow us to use lawyer with those big money
thats why i hope people here who has an ideal, even a little one, will be so apprciate!

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-11-16 20:59:00

2nd interview:VO said i dont wanna handle your case anymore!!!!

I had similar situation like yours before. But it was when I applied B2 visa (tourist visa). They never looked up at a bunch of documents that I brought to consulate (bank statements, insurance policy, my credit card statements, etc.etc.etc). The CO lady - my guess- already decided when read," I am going to visit my boyfriend" on my form. They had issued 221(g) as well, but it was green paper. In my consulate website says," they are not refused my visa but waiting additional documents to bring in later". So, I have no idea whether your case is denial or pending to wait more additional documents.

case will sent back to uscis for reconsideration and possible revocation
thats all on that white paper
so neither me know they are waiting for more proof or not
but this my second interview, not first one,
the second interview never ask me any paper just give me that paper directily
u wrote to visite your bf on form
when i applied b2 for tried to make us meet in person
i didnt wrote i go to visite my bf
so maybe thats a red flag for our case
i just so.. i cant even descirbe my feeling with words
already 2 interiew now
how many left until i can really next to him

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-11-16 09:05:00

2nd interview:VO said i dont wanna handle your case anymore!!!!

yesterday was my 2nd interview,1st one was in france, coz fo my residence will be finished, so i transfer my case back to china
and yesterday i went to that interview, was a american man,he only ask me 2 question
1: when did you back to china ( Oct-3)
2: did he come to china to see u after you r here ? ( no, i was only back here for 1 month,no chance)
then ok, we cant give you the visa, and your case will be send back to uscis
then i asked: so you deny me !?
VO; no, not deny, send back to uscis i dont wanna handle your case anymore
me: can i continue this petition?
VO: go to window 30, people will explain you

everythig finish in 1min, and i was took 21h on train to go to Guangzhou,and thats how he done the interview

i read a lot here, i know they will send petition back only whem embassy deny it,but he said its not deny,
and the white paper i got it wrote :

Section 221(g) which prohibits the issuance of a visa to anyone whose application does not comply with the provisions of the
Immigration and Nationality Act or regulations issued pursuant thereto.The following remarks apply in your case:
Case will be sent back to USCIS for reconsideration and possible revocation

did anyone have a ideal about that??? is a deny or what it is?????
how can he just tread me like that without seeing any proof just give decision???
can anyone help ?
we sent petition at december, i got the NOA2 at july
and i had 2 interview, why it happening like this????
we already let senator involved since our case got suspened in france
and after i got the result yesterday, my baby already contact senator office again,they will start to check
and already call the uscis, but they cant tell anything coz they still not got our case yet
did anyone got same situation with me here????
thank you for reply
anything will be apprciate!!

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-11-16 05:00:00

Legitimate Relationship = $$$

my k1 already proccess like 1year 1month now,
so many hard went thru,
and now still nothing
sometime they just pushing u to give up by give u nothing
i do understand the co dont have too much time
but think about since the day they ensure you the interview time
you always have time to papering,the co too
and also the NVC sent case to embassy
embassy need time to review then sent u interview time
it almost got 1 month,
by guess the couple is true or not with some simply question
hardly tell, even some co is very exprience,still
love stuff is not something easy that u can just make a decision by some questions
and thats why k1 proccess takes like 6-1year
but they didnt do a good job or maybe they got boring about this job
they began to fool with it,mess up real couple's feeling
and send fraud one into usa
im from china, i know how the most prof agency who help people do the k1
if you r fake,they also can help u, even the phone record,chat history
everything can make it up, USC dont wanna call ,ok easy,let him use his name to get a phone number
then give to them, they will call you daily,USC dont wanna spend time on chat,ok,easy, they will chat with u
say loving word,video chat,but even that, thats still fake
if anyone spend time on chat history which the applicant sent
im sure, even the most stupid people in this world will find out which one is fake which one is real
the loving word say it with love is different
and im sure all the co in embassy might not all married,but they r do in love once or more
or if they r really so exprience,why still got fraud one into usa?
that clearly to say the way they work now is not right
they r lazy,with long proccess,should no problem,
but how many fraud into usa ?? from what i know, A LOT
its so hard, hard to went thru those day without anything,any info from them
all the way we asked helped,still nothing,i think maybe the only way to make them care about our case
is a call from Obama,but clearly,not gonna happen too
Its suck., its suck like hell

Ellewhitten

Female

China

2011-12-07 21:21:00

Affidavit of Support

Thanks for the info. Candleforlove is extremely helpful!

nabeshin216

Male

China

2008-06-24 08:51:00

Affidavit of Support

Awesome! Now I have nothing to worry about on this front. Thanks!

nabeshin216

Male

China

2008-06-21 11:34:00

Affidavit of Support

Hey all! I've been lurking around here for a little while and this is my first topic, so I guess I'll introduce the situation. I'm currently living and working in China. I met my fiancee over two and a half years ago when we were both college students studying in Japan. After Japan, I returned to the states and she to China to finish college. After college, I got a job as an English teacher here in China so I could be with her. I've been here since November last year. We decided to marry in December and I sent in the K-1 petition in January. So we were on our way until the petition is returned to me in February. I call USCIS to ask what's up and she tells me that somebody probably made a mistake and to send it back in. So I sent it back in March (two months wasted) and things are rolling. I'm still waiting for NOA2, hoping to get it soon.
Anyway, I've been preparing myself for the next step and I came upon the Affidavit of Support. I've never had a career in the States, only part-time work since I just graduated from college last year. Also, we plan to stay in the States once we get married there, so there's a chance I won't have a job at the time of our wedding. I will still be teaching here when she has her interview though.
Question: What do you suggest I put on the Affidavit of Support? Also, would it be possible (or wise) to use my parents as the support? Any suggestions are appreciated! Also any tips about the process (specifically in China).
Thanks!

nabeshin216

Male

China

2008-06-20 11:12:00

How to prove US domicile to the Guangzhou consulate

Why are you bumping this. It appears you have your answer and have made your decision on action. Do you have further questions? If so, go ahead and ask.

Sorry, I just bumped it so I could find it easier. I was on here and had to leave in a hurry.

pizal81

Male

China

2012-11-08 09:27:00

How to prove US domicile to the Guangzhou consulate

I think I'll go with the note from my parents that says Nancy and I can live there. I think my parents would have to sublet to me and I don't know if that raises red flags in their eyes. Is a lease stronger than a letter from somebody saying I can live there?

pizal81

Male

China

2012-11-08 09:24:00

How to prove US domicile to the Guangzhou consulate

Thanks a lot. I was going back and forth on mixing the two and you helped me decide to stick to exactly what they asked for.

bump

pizal81

Male

China

2012-11-08 07:20:00

How to prove US domicile to the Guangzhou consulate

Please note - you have to prove up one of two things, aye?

1. proof of re-establishing domicile in the USA or
2. proof of domicile in the USA.

Do not mix these two, please.

to prove up re-establishing domicile, a lease is useful.
Don't have a lease but have a place to stay? A letter from the human who's house yer gonna be living in, is useful (I say required, but meh)

__so that's minimal stuff. Anything else you add, is more than minimal and a good thing.

Thanks a lot. I was going back and forth on mixing the two and you helped me decide to stick to exactly what they asked for.

pizal81

Male

China

2012-11-07 19:24:00

How to prove US domicile to the Guangzhou consulate

I'm a little concerned. We got a RFE of Proof of US Domicile and we need to bring all supporting documentation to the interview. But we were thinking about bringing the same stuff you presented. Well, my wife is pregnant, do you think that could help?

I don't know if your wife being pregnant would help at all. From what I have read online the domicile issue varies from embassy to embassy. An immigration lawyer friend of ours was extremely surprised that they didn't accept what I had presented in the first mail out. Apparently, Guangzhou embassy is pretty strict with it which isn't surprising. I know some really care if you are looking for or have a job. I thinking health insurance that is only valid in America would help as well in my case.

pizal81

Male

China

2012-11-06 19:38:00

How to prove US domicile to the Guangzhou consulate

a lease is excellent, btw.

Yeah, I actually had the lease ready the first time, but didn't send it because I felt it may have negated some of my evidence. I have one question though. Is it still good evidence if it's from my mom?

pizal81

Male

China

2012-11-06 19:30:00

How to prove US domicile to the Guangzhou consulate

My wife had a visa interview the end of Sept. and she was refused due to me not being a domicile resident. They gave us a the blue paper (OF-194) with instructions on how to re-establish domicile. As evidence I sent them, a letter declaring my full intention to return with her, voter ID, current Missouri driver's license, Missouri tax returns for the last 3 years, various bank statements from the last 3 years from my US account, mail delivered to my address in the states (my parent's home), expiring contract and visa.. Then we were refused again and sent the same sheet with the same instructions.

What do we need to send to prove I'm re-establishing domicile in the US? We plan on sending my job search correspondence, a one year lease between my mother and ,A plane ticket to America, and a bank transfer from my wife's Chinese account to my American account. I know it is different from consulate to consulate. Does anyone know if this would be enough? Any ideas for how I could strengthen my case? Please, help I really really really don't want to fail.

Thank you

Edited by pizal81, 05 November 2012 - 11:12 PM.

pizal81

Male

China

2012-11-05 23:09:00

How has the green card process changed since this March?

I was looking at the Guangzhou embassy website and it seems like the green card process has changed. Is this a complete overhaul or just a tweak? Are there any major differences?

pizal81

Male

China

2013-06-06 08:20:00

I'm so screwed... anyone have a solution?

I have none on camera or memory disk anywhere. I do have 4 pics from emails, but we must go to ecuador consulate, 4 is not nearly enough... They are really big on proving relationship PRIOR to the filing of the I-129f.

Checked on sending hard drive off to recover. Cost im told is over $1000.
how am i suppose to show the our evidence of keep in touch with each other with no phone calls and letters?
most of the time we chat one QQ and MSN a lot everyday exactly but do i have to print all the pages out like tons of pages?

Phill-Xiongfeng

Female

China

2010-09-27 10:38:00

Did CSC just die?

Ah thank you guys for the information. I wasn't expecting to hear anything yet myself just wanted to see if their were reasons for the situation, guess thats just the way things are overall at the moment. Thank you all for the updates!

Phill-Xiongfeng

Female

China

2010-10-01 21:49:00

Did CSC just die?

Hello,

I was wondering if someone had an idea whats going on with CSC in getting their paper work out. I know things slow down but I am looking and in August over 30 people answers on their 129F _getting a K1 visa) for their NOA2, but in September only 6 people have gotten an answer back. Also 35 more new applicants applied in September. (I got ours started in August) What happend to the CSC did a lot of workers get laid off with the economy finally or soemthing? It's almost like the process has come to a halt and I want to know why please if you have information (which I know lots of people are only guessing) Anyway news good or bad please let me know. Thank you for your time.

Phill-Xiongfeng

Female

China

2010-10-01 13:47:00

New prices for I-129F

New prices for I-129F were announced Sept 23rd, maybe this is old news but starting Nov. 23 the prices are being dropped back down to $340 for an I-129F.

Most of us recently had to pay extra when they raised it a lot to $455 in July. Now it's not the end of the world and I am thankful that USCIS was able to lower the price to even I-129Fs compared to other visas (almost all other visas are going up, except for a select few).

Anyway hope and pray I know a lto of us have waited a long time (mostly CSC others too) just wanted to share the news with everyone.

Phill-Xiongfeng

Female

China

2010-10-10 18:09:00

CR-1: I-130 questions 16 and 21, Chinese marriage certificate, & U.S. sponsor

No, no difference. I was just checking that you'd be filing there since you've posted to the IR/CR forum. We also have a Direct Consular Filing forum here.

You can confirm your China specific questions at a forum called Candle For Love. And for your address question, that is how I answered it. I also agree with Yodrak's answers to the other Qs.

Best luck with your case!

Thanks a lot! To be honest, I hadn't noticed the DCF forum, which is why I posted it here instead. I just checked out Candle For Love—it looks great. I'll be sure to post my question there.

hoby

Male

China

2006-10-05 22:06:00

CR-1: I-130 questions 16 and 21, Chinese marriage certificate, & U.S. sponsor

Are you filing your I-130 locally?

Yes, I am a resident in China, so I'll be filing it through the Shanghai consulate, which will then send it on to Beijing. Why, does that make a difference for one of my questions?

hoby

Male

China

2006-10-05 21:31:00

CR-1: I-130 questions 16 and 21, Chinese marriage certificate, & U.S. sponsor

Thanks a lot, Yodrak! I appreciate the help. Good to know that applying for a visa does not count as being under immigration proceedings.

hoby,

1. petitioning and applying for a visa is not being under immigration proceedings.

4. put current plans on forms that you are submitting now, make updates as may be necessary at appropriate opportunities

Yodrak

hoby

Male

China

2006-10-05 10:23:00

CR-1: I-130 questions 16 and 21, Chinese marriage certificate, & U.S. sponsor

Hi everyone,

I have 4 questions concerning my application on behalf of my wife for a CR-1 visa. I appreciate any help that anyone can give regarding these questions.

1. We applied earlier for a fiancee visa for my wife (before we were married, obviously), but later decided to get married and apply for a marriage visa instead. We are planning on canceling the fiancee visa application, but cannot do so yet, as the Guangzhou consulate is currently on vacation for the Chinese national holiday. On the I-130, question 16, it asks the following (Checkboxes represented by a capital X):

Has your relative ever been under immigration proceedings?
X No X Yes Where _________ When _________
X Removal X Exclusion/Deportation X Recission X Judicial Proceedings

What should I put for this? Does our previous application for a fiancee visa for her count as "immigration proceedings?" If yes, what would you recommend I put for "Where" and "When?" How about the second line? Do I need to check any of those options?

2. Question 21: we are currently living together in an apartment in which we have been living since September, 2005. What should I put under "To:", as we are still living there right now? Will "Present Time" suffice?

3. We got married in China (she is a Chinese citizen). If anyone reading this got married in China, could you clarify for me what we need for our application in terms of our marriage certificate? We mentioned to the officer at the Marriage Registration Office that we would be applying for the visa, and he did the paperwork necessary to get a notarized notice officially stating that we are married, but he did not translate our actual marriage certificates. He said that the notarized notice is enough. Can anyone here corroborate this for me?

4. I assume that my mom will be sponsoring us later on. (We will need a sponsor later on, correct? I don't have much money of my own right now…) It's possible, however, that it will be my dad (my parents are divorced and live in separate states). As we don't know where we're moving yet, I plan on putting my mom's address as the location where my wife intends to live on moving to the U.S. (question 18). If I do this, and later my dad is the one who sponsors me, will that create any difficulties later on in the process? Would it be best to determine right now, before I submit the form, which of my parents will be sponsoring us later?

That's it, everyone. I know that's a lot of questions; I will greatly appreciate anyone who can offer me advice on any of them. Thanks a lot!

hoby

Male

China

2006-10-05 04:23:00

Updating a K-1 fiancee visa application to a CR-1 application?

hoby

Have you looked into filing directly with the consulate (unofficially referred to as DCF). This may be what the person you spoke to was in a round about way referring to.

Are you presently living/working in China?

Thanks for replying, everyone. Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you all—it's been a busy few days. I ended up doing the same thing as micky-sabry: I reapplied with an I-130, but directed them to our previous file, which will hopefully speed up the process some. To answer your question, aussiewench, yes I filed DCF. I work here in Shanghai, so I was able to file directly with the Shanghai consulate, who has forwarded my petition on to the DHS in Beijing. Hopefully I'll be hearing good news from them soon. Time is pretty tight for us!

Thanks again, everyone. I really appreciate it.

hoby

Male

China

2006-10-25 23:39:00

Updating a K-1 fiancee visa application to a CR-1 application?

Hi, everyone. I've posted on here before about applying for a CR-1 through DCF in Shanghai for my wife (recently married) and canceling our previous application for a K-1 fiancee visa. We applied for the K-1 fiancee visa in March of this year, and it's currently in Guangzhou (supposedly), although they don't have it in their system yet, as they apparently only update their information once a month.

I called Guangzhou on Friday to try to cancel our application (I had called once before), and the woman told me that I should call back in the middle of November to check whether it would be possible to update our K-1 application to a marriage visa application, or whether we would need to cancel the application and reapply for a CR-1.

This surprised me, because I had never heard anywhere before that it might be possible to update our current application rather than submitting a new one. I asked the woman on the phone whether this was possible, and all she was able to tell me was that I would need to ask that question when I called the next time, after they had our application in their system.

Has anyone ever heard of this before? Has anyone ever done this before? What is involved? Is it possible, or was the woman who spoke to me misinformed?

This is a crucial decision for us because our time for the CR-1 visa is very tight. We need to get over in time for my wife to start grad school in August or September, and we would like to get over early enough for me to have time to find a job in the area where she will be attending school, preferably in the spring so that I can look for teaching jobs in private high schools in the area before all the available positions are snatched up. If it would be possible to simply update our current application, it could save us a considerable amount of time. However, if it's not possible, or even if it's very unlikely, we will submit our application for the CR-1 this week so as to get the ball rolling on that as quickly as we can.

Thanks to everyone on this forum for all your help so far, and I appreciate any advice you can give on this issue.

hoby

Male

China

2006-10-22 08:50:00

In the middle of K-1 application, need to switch to student visa?

If you went through Vermont, there is a very good possibility that your fiance will have her visa long before September. Vermont approves fiance visas in as little as a couple of weeks. Then, you'll just have to do the medical exam and interview and she can move here right after getting the visa.

Is there a reason that you suspect she may not have her visa before September?

Good luck.

Well, everything we've read about the K-1 application process seems to suggest that it will take at least 6 months from start to finish. We filed in March, and then had to wait for a request for more information, which slowed things down a bit. Plus, from what I understand, the real time killer is going from Vermont to the Guangzhou office and then waiting for everything to go through down in the Guangzhou office.

Is it really as bad as zyggy suggests? I really hope not . . .

hoby

Male

China

2006-05-09 10:55:00