US Immigration from China

My wife has been here a little more than a year now and her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter are getting ready for their interview at the American Consulate in Guangzhou. They are asking me for preparation questions so that they can practice before the interview. I've looked almost everywhere and haven't found any. Anybody have a clue where to look or what they might ask?

Dear friends,

I got a complicated and challenging situation. I received RFE about the birth certificate having an inconsistent parent name with the Parent information provided in the Form.

On my birth certificate, it was my first stepfather's name. My birth father just left me when I was born, so there wasn't enough time to get a birth certificate from him. Then my mom and my first stepfather divorced and my mom started to be with my current father when I was 10. He raised me and supported my schooling, but they never had a formal marriage certificate. At the time, I didn't realize that, so I naturally put my current father (second stepfather)'s name in the form. Now what I should do to respond to the RFE?

I have messaged USCIS, not sure whether they will give any specific instructions. Should I just get a translated version of my birth certificate and the divorce certificate of my mom and my first stepfather?

Btw, where can you get a certified translation service?

Your help would be much appreciated!

Sincerely,

A lady with a complicated family background

My wife is considering filing an N400 in October this year. For the I-485 AOS we hired a VIP top-tier immigration attorney in case if any issues came up. The attorney knew pretty much all the IOs and staff at our field office and brought along a massive stack of court decisions as a defense in case if any issues cropped up (e.g. Communist Party Membership). The interview was only about 7-8 minutes long and she did a lot of the talking, corrected the IO, clarified answers, basically guided the process etc. Definitely worth the money.

To make the process smoother we were thinking of hiring her again for my wife's N400 (money is no issue) - is this allowed?

Hi all,

The U.S.C.I.S. received my I-751 on December 16, 2020. In November 2021, my case was transferred to Lee s Summit, MO to speed things up.

It is July 23, 2023. I m still waiting for an interview to be scheduled.

LOL. I feel I am never going to get an interview date and my status will be in limbo forever.

Just a note about using cards to file more than one petition at a time. When a bank, Capital One for example sees two charges for the same amount from the same "merchant" it triggers an alert requiring a response from the cardholder in a timely manner. Without the timely response, the charge is declined, resulting in the file being returned to sender. The same CAN happen for large single charges when purchasing from a NEW merchant. In this case the merchant is Dept. of Homeland Security.