US Immigration from China

Hello, I m in between filing N-400( under 3 year rule)online or mail filing.
Those who filed N-400 ( under 3 year rule), which way seemed better?

if possible please share your timeline from I-751 to N-400.

thank you.

Hi all,

Spouse recently got issued 2-yr conditional greencard, yay!

Anyone recently had issues applying for global entry with 2-yr conditional greencard?

Referenced thread from some time ago, but not sure if things have changed. Thanks!

My wife's grown daughter, her husband and their daughter want to come to America for a visit on a travel visa. They filed 3 application and submitted them on the ceac website. The fees have not been paid yet. Before they pay, they want me to check the paperwork out since it was in English, and they had to translate everything. I can't get access through ceac to the paperwork to verify the data. Is there a way for me to retrieve a copy of the paperwork to see if there are errors so they can correct them prior to the interview in Guangzhou?

Hello everyone, I am currently filling out the I-130 form for my spouse, and I have a few questions regarding some of the questions on the form.

1. Is there any benefit for submitting physically or online? I am thinking of submitting online but wanted to see if there were any strong opinions on one way or another.

2. For listing the previous physical addresses, since I was still a student for some of those years, I would live at home during the summer. Do I need to list each of those summers individually? (Always same address)

3. For the question on "Intended address that you and your spouse will live at" - again, since I am a student, I do not know where I will be living at in 1-2 years time. Can I put my parent's address instead? Since that will be permanent.

4. My husband and I stayed together for about a month at the end of his study abroad in America around 4.5 years ago, can I use that time for "when we last lived together?" Or is that time period too short. In addition, he wasn't on my lease, so I wasn't sure about the legality of it as well.

5. For the question, "was the beneficiary ever in the US," this counts trips for visiting correct?

6. It asks for the beneficiary's I-94 arrival-departure record number. This is just the I-94 number for his most recent visit correct? I was able to find the number on the I-94 website but just wanted to double check.

7. My partner is currently abroad in China in Beijing. Even though Beijing has a consulate office, he and I have seen most of the applications go to Guangzhou. Is this also where he will have to go (and the address we put for the application)?

8. Do I have a USCIS online account number if this is my first time filing?

9. If I file online, for uploading the 2x2 picture, is it okay to upload the electronic version of the front, and then a physical version of the signed back? Or are they looking for a picture of the 2x2 picture of the front and the back (signed)?

10. My partner's passport was just recently renewed. Should I include his old passport number anywhere? I wasn't sure because I didn't want them to try to compare his previous visits with his new passport number and see a mismatch.

11. On a similar note, my passport will expire in 2 years. Since I dont know how long this process will take, are there any precautions I need to take in regards to the passport number potentially changing throughout this process?

Thanks for all the help, and sorry for all the questions. I appreciate any help I can get.

My spouse had her interview in Guangzhou China. The original I-864 that we submitted to NVC listed only assets with no US based income as we were both working in China at the time, making RMB. Our assets showed roughly $260K, mostly cash and mostly all in USD.

At my spouses interview, this I-864 was immediately denied since the interviewer wanted to see US income. Since we thought this would happen, we had a back up I-864 to provide with a joint sponsor with retirement income, well above the guideline - Which was proved by their benefits papers from the government. The interviewer also denied the joint sponsor s I-864 because the tax return showed a negative number for total income.

luckily, we had a third I-864(just mine, no joint sponsor) that showed Chinese real estate in my spouse s name - all totaling assets over 500k and this was ultimately accepted. (Joint sponsor s wasn t taken)

hard to believe all of this, I know. But I thought I would share my story to help out a bit. Thanks guys.