US Immigration from China

Hi there,

Hoping someone can shed some light on our situation here. My wife (Chinese) and I (US citizen) - married 5 years, living in China.

My wife and I first received notice of her IR-1 interview back in July 2020, however, due to covid travel restrictions (not being able to fly back to China easily to visit family - due to ticket costs and China no longer issuing tourist visas), we decided to postpone it until this year.

We ve updated the IV unit each year to keep the case valid. When we contacted them a few months ago to schedule the interview, we were sent the Immigrant Visa Instructions letter and were directed to schedule the interview ourselves.

We re planning to schedule the interview in Guangzhou sometime next month, but when checking all the forms submitted I noticed her DS-260 says it will expire on 10/31 - is this something that needs to be re-opened and re-submitted before the interview? A few items in the form have changed: our mailing/permanent address in the US, as well as her travel history - she s visited the US with me a few times since starting the visa process.

Also, the Police Certificate expired. We now have a new valid and notarized one - should we upload this or simply bring it to the interview?

Thanks so much.

Hello! My I-751 case was updated from ready to be scheduled for an interview to fingerprints taken today (October 17, 2022, Pacific Standard Time around 6PM).

Does this mean I would need to wait for another 6-12 months for an interview?

(I filed my I-751 on December 16, 2020. My case had been ready for an interview since December 15, 2021. I did not get any update after December 15, 2021 until today).

Thank you!

All, has anyone encountered the need to a sputum test for suspected TB? I know this is common in the Philippines. We recently encountered it for my MIL when she went for her physical for her IR5. They took the samples and results are due any day (they say 8 weeks even though the test only takes 6 weeks). From what we have heard it seems like this has been happing quite a bit with the physicals in guangzhou lately.

Mostly we are looking to try to figure out how long it will take for them to reschedule her interview once she has been cleared (assuming the test comes back negative [no TB]). I m hoping it will only take a couple of weeks to get the new interview since she would hopefully just still be using the original physical. And I m guessing the actual interview date would be about 1 month out once we get it. So maybe late Nov or early Dec.

But does anyone have any recent experience with this through guangzhou?

Become eligible to submit Form I-751 on October 30.

In the Visa Journey Guide to Removal Conditions, in the list of examples of documents showing a bona fide relationship, there are a number of examples that my wife and I do not have.

My question to the forum is: in this case, should I explain the lack of these examples in the cover letter, or just don t mention them at all, and demonstrate the examples/evidence that we do have?

For example, we DON T have a deed, a lease, a car title, insurance, a 401k, or evidence of children together.

We have reasons for the lack of these, but I m not sure if I should mention them or not. For example, that we live by ourselves in one of my parents' three homes.

We DO have utility bills, credit card bills, credit cards, bank accounts, stock accounts, federal and state tax return transcripts, documentation of vacation, pictures, Christmas cards. I'm hoping that's enough.

My spouse is pregnant with my future child. Should we submit evidence of that?

To whom it may concern,

I apologize in advance if this question has already been asked in this forum. I did check several pages of the forum and did not see my question.

I'm the US Citizen. My wife came from China on a K1 visa in Sep. 2019, then we got married and applied for AOS in Oct. 2019. She had her interview and got her 2-year Green Card in Jan. 2021. Her current Green Card expires in late Jan. 2023, so we're preparing to file her I-751 later this month (Oct. 2022).

When we submitted her AOS application in Oct. 2021, we included all sorts of evidence proving that I made the minimum income required in the Affidavit of Support.

I don't see anything related to proving income this time around with the Form I-751 and Removal of Conditions application.

I just wanted to make sure that I'm correct in my understanding that evidence of income is not required at this step?

(As a side note, I do plan to submit tax transcripts and bank account statements with our Form I-751, but those are for the purpose of showing that we're married, not for the purpose of providing income, right?)

Also, there are a number of documents which we've been required to submit in the past, and it's also my understanding that this time around none of the following are required:

• Birth Certificates (both mine and hers)
• Passport photos (hers)
• Copy of my passport
• Marriage Certificate
• Police Report showing no criminal background
• Evidence of vaccinations

Could someone please confirm that my understanding is also correct on this?

Thanks!