I-130 transfer notice

[MEDSHE20 0]

Okay I sent my K3 paperwork to Chicago, got my NOA1 but not my transfer notice. When will I get that? Can I go ahead with the NOA1 and send the I129F paperwork to CA?

Thanks.

[queuedup 1]

Not all cases are transferred, so if you got your NOA1 then you can go ahead and file the I-129F for the K-3 visa.

At this point, have you considered just sticking with the CR-1 visa. It will save you a good amount of money, and the process will probably be quicker, and you will get the benefit of a greencard on entry into the US.

[MEDSHE20 0]

Yes I have considered it, we married in Hong Kong. My husband is a foreigner living in China and we had to marry in Hong Kong. We were denied at K1 in 2007, married in 2008. The Hong Kong route is quicker than the China route and I can attend the interview with him in Hong Kong. If we do it the other way I believe he will have to go back through Guangzhou and I am not sure we want to go that route again.

When he went in for his interview they said they aren't use to foreigners applying for that type of visa and they were shocked that a woman was applying for him. On the normal side its men applying for their wives or girlfriends. Not the other way around. We never got an answer as to why he was denied, I believe it was my amount of visits.

[BrokenHearted49 0]

You will never get a visa from HK if someone lives (wife/husband) in the mainland. I just went through this and they told us the wife had to interview Guangzhou.................................DENIED,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i brought a suitcase full of documentation, and they never looked a anything.

[MEDSHE20 0]

If we could of married in China we would have, we didn't have a choice. He is not a resident of China so we had to marry in Hong Kong. I know there are other couples that have been in the same situation as us and had to marry in Hong Kong that have gotten the visa.

[BrokenHearted49 0]

The Consulate will look at, why did you have to marry in HK and there better be a darn good reason for that, an over whelming circumstance. All i know they will run the beneficiary through pure hell and all you can do is watch, you can't even go up to hold hands for support, just watch. I just left there, i know what i'm talking about. I wish you two all the luck possible. I would like to see somebody beat that system there and not a resident of HK.

[MEDSHE20 0]

The Consulate will look at, why did you have to marry in HK and there better be a darn good reason for that, an over whelming circumstance. All i know they will run the beneficiary through pure hell and all you can do is watch, you can't even go up to hold hands for support, just watch. I just left there, i know what i'm talking about. I wish you two all the luck possible. I would like to see somebody beat that system there and not a resident of HK.

We have a good reason, we are both foreigners. For your situation, is your wife Chinese? Is she a resident? We didn't have a choice, my husband does not have residency. 2 foreigners cannot marry in China one has to be a resident. That is their laws. That will be our reason.