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[oceanshark 2]

i met liu online at the end of july 2010.

i went to see her and her daughter sept 14 to sept 24.

i am returning January 3, 2011 to January 14 2011.

will return in mid april.

we have all of chats and emails. plane boarding passes, etc.

we will file in late january.

i figure interview by July 2011?

if that is the case, we would have known each other a year by the time of the interview.

that seems like a good amount of time to me?

what do you guys and gals think?

todd

[Aztec&Taino 144]

i met liu online at the end of july 2010.

i went to see her and her daughter sept 14 to sept 24.

i am returning January 3, 2011 to January 14 2011.

will return in mid april.

we have all of chats and emails. plane boarding passes, etc.

we will file in late january.

i figure interview by July 2011?

if that is the case, we would have known each other a year by the time of the interview.

that seems like a good amount of time to me?

what do you guys and gals think?

todd

I think that it is good that you are planning to file the petition after the second meeting. But I think that your estimate of an interview by July is a bit optimistic. As slow as things seem to be going now, where petitions are getting approved in 5 or 6 months (rather than 3 months or so as it had been the case earlier in the year), if the trend continues, I doubt that your interview would be scheduled for the summer. Maybe late summer or early fall. Regardless, focus on taking LOTS of picture of your upcoming visit, keep gathering evidence, keep all of your boarding passes, receipts, and other potential proof. From what I have read, the consulate in China is difficult to get through, so be particularly mindful about gathering and collecting evidence.

Best wishes!

[pushbrk 12,969]

i met liu online at the end of july 2010.

i went to see her and her daughter sept 14 to sept 24.

i am returning January 3, 2011 to January 14 2011.

will return in mid april.

we have all of chats and emails. plane boarding passes, etc.

we will file in late january.

i figure interview by July 2011?

if that is the case, we would have known each other a year by the time of the interview.

that seems like a good amount of time to me?

what do you guys and gals think?

todd

How long you've been acquainted is not much of an issue. GUZ sees lots of cases where people became engaged on the first relatively short visit after a brief online courtship. That you've been there twice is good. Sounds like you're on the right track.

[HappyRs 8]

I think your plan is good for all the reasons the other posters have already mentioned...and I would add that it's also great that you give yourselves time to better know each other!

Good luck!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

i met liu online at the end of july 2010.

i went to see her and her daughter sept 14 to sept 24.

i am returning January 3, 2011 to January 14 2011.

will return in mid april.

we have all of chats and emails. plane boarding passes, etc.

we will file in late january.

i figure interview by July 2011?

if that is the case, we would have known each other a year by the time of the interview.

that seems like a good amount of time to me?

what do you guys and gals think?

todd

evidence of realtionship is more important than for how long. I know for a fact MANY couples meet once for a few minutes, subsequently file a K-1 and do not see each other again until the fiancee arrives to get married. That may not fly as well in some consulates as others, but there IS NO specified length of relationship that determines if you get a visa or not.

Edited November 23, 2010 by Gary and Alla

[bobbyA 20]

How long you've been acquainted is not much of an issue. GUZ sees lots of cases where people became engaged on the first relatively short visit after a brief online courtship. That you've been there twice is good. Sounds like you're on the right track.

pushrk,

I have not filed yet, but I'm trying to understand what causes a k-1 denial if short courtships and 1-visits are OK, but recent divorces may be red flag in China.

My fiancée's divorce was finalized in August, and mine will get a court hearing in December, and I am planning on filing the day or day after I get my divorce decree.

I've know my fiancée for 3 years. I came to know her when she was in the US on a J-1 visa for 11 months, then she went back to China. I got to know her during her first month in the US, and we have been in touched since.

I visited her in China last Summer, and will be visiting her again early next year.

I believe we have a good story and enough evidence (photos, visa, passport stamps, air tickets, credit card statements, phone call logs, etc) to show that we have a "bona fide relationship", but I'm still concerned that our recent divorces may cause us trouble. I'm planning on writing an EOR to go with my initial filing to "front load" the application.

What do you think?

[pushbrk 12,969]

pushrk,

I have not filed yet, but I'm trying to understand what causes a k-1 denial if short courtships and 1-visits are OK, but recent divorces may be red flag in China.

My fiancée's divorce was finalized in August, and mine will get a court hearing in December, and I am planning on filing the day or day after I get my divorce decree.

I've know my fiancée for 3 years. I came to know her when she was in the US on a J-1 visa for 11 months, then she went back to China. I got to know her during her first month in the US, and we have been in touched since.

I visited her in China last Summer, and will be visiting her again early next year.

I believe we have a good story and enough evidence (photos, visa, passport stamps, air tickets, credit card statements, phone call logs, etc) to show that we have a "bona fide relationship", but I'm still concerned that our recent divorces may cause us trouble. I'm planning on writing an EOR to go with my initial filing to "front load" the application.

What do you think?

Sounds good. Realize though that all the above story can work both ways because you met in the USA when you both were still married. The "moral" issue is not the concern. It can look like an arrangement instead of a relationship and you have to be prepared to deal with that. What is her province in China?

[bobbyA 20]

Sounds good. Realize though that all the above story can work both ways because you met in the USA when you both were still married. The "moral" issue is not the concern. It can look like an arrangement instead of a relationship and you have to be prepared to deal with that. What is her province in China?

Thanks for your prompt reply.

She's in Anhui province. Hope that's not a red flag.

Can you please elaborate on "an arrangement instead of a relationship"? What sort of questions might the consulate ask to flush out "an arrangement"?

Thanks!

[Dakine 26]

Multiple visits and good pictures and records of such are a BIGGY. Take pictures with you, her friends and family and different days and locations.