letter from family member

[Jeff B. 0]

Hi...have not been on in quite a while. My fiance is waiting for her interview appointment in Guanzhou. All I need to do now is send her the packet for her to take with her. A friend I met on this site has already gotten his fiance here from China as well. He had his mother write a letter stating that she had talked to his fiance on the phone many times and was looking forward to her coming to the states...etc.etc. From what I hear the Embassy was quite impressed with that. I am having a family member do the same. My fiance has talked to my Aunt and my best friend many times over the past months. Should I get these letters notarized or just send them as they are? Thanks in advance. Jeff

[katie & sifa 25]

Hi...have not been on in quite a while. My fiance is waiting for her interview appointment in Guanzhou. All I need to do now is send her the packet for her to take with her. A friend I met on this site has already gotten his fiance here from China as well. He had his mother write a letter stating that she had talked to his fiance on the phone many times and was looking forward to her coming to the states...etc.etc. From what I hear the Embassy was quite impressed with that. I am having a family member do the same. My fiance has talked to my Aunt and my best friend many times over the past months. Should I get these letters notarized or just send them as they are? Thanks in advance. Jeff

I did this and had my family notarize them (I had one each from my parents, brother & grandfather.) Can't hurt & your bank will usually do it for free or a nominal fee.

[Hell0W0rld 10]

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[Darnell 8,479]

you might want to prepare an 'evolution of relationship ' letter, and inside of it - cover EXACTLY how the two of you communicate. Communication has been an issue at GUZ this past year - many white slips because of it - not 'mounds of documentation on content' - but a one to two sentence blurb in a paragraph inside of the EOR letter.

I suggest a 1 to 2 page EOR letter, notarized. She'll present it on interview day.

Good Luck !

Edited February 3, 2010 by Darnell

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Unless they specifically ask for notarization, you can either notarize it or affirm it.

Notarize = notary public

Affirm = "I affirm the statement above to be true" X signed/dated by the person making the statement. (no need to be notarized)

Either one is acceptable.