US Immigration from China

China

Original File Date 2/8/19

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My wife has had a B2 visa since 2017; we traveled to the US twice. Now, we are in the US, and want to file for an AOS. She filled out the DS-160 online at the time that she got her B2, and it seems she didn't save the PDF. We had a printed copy of it, which, of all the documents we gathered and triple checked, she left behind in China. I'm not able to log into the State Department page because she doesn't remember the answer to her security question. And of course, all of this is my fault...

In filling out the I-485, she watched a video in Mandarin, in which the creator warned that if the answers on your DS-160 and I-485 don't match up - "even if one letter is off" - it will make "big problems" and you will be rejected. She's now panicking because we can't access the DS-160, and she doesn't remember how she phoneticized our Chinese address, or whether she put the English or Chinese name of our business, whether she put her parents' names as two or one word, etc.

Is this true? It seems a bit heavy-handed to me, so I'm disinclined to believe it.

I'm filling out the I-130 for my spouse (me: US citizen, her: Chinese national). We moved back to the US a few months ago, and I took a job in late July; I'm currently employed and am above the threshold to support her and my daughter.

In filling out the I-130, it asks for employment history for 5 years. I wasn't employed legally in China as I was on a family reunion (Q1) visa there, and in China, family/spouse visas don't allow you to work. We had a business in China, which I worked at, but it was in my wife's name due to their business legal structure. I'm not sure whether I should put down that I spent 5 years unemployed since that was my legal status and I didn't pay any taxes in China or the US, or I should put that I was involved in the business.

My wife will be putting down that she was the owner of the business on her I-485.

My wife and I have everything ready to submit our online I-130 but I am struggling to really be sure what address to list as my current mailing address. All of my US based mail comes to my mother's house in the USA so certainly I can list that and she will receive it. However, it won't be much use to me if there is something I need to do with the mail since I haven't been there in nearly 2 years. If it will only be communication (which my mother can pass along to me) and I won't need to physically have said documents then that's fine. Otherwise, should I list my physical address in China?

Thanks for the advice on this. We want to get it right and also relocate to the US as quickly as possible.

Hi,

Referenced to guides:

• https://www.visajourney.com/guides/k1-fiance-visa-flowchart/
• https://www.visajourney.com/guides/social-security-number/
• old post: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/518434-j1-social-security-number-now-entering-on-k1-visa/

If K1 Fiance did not have SSN, it is recommended to apply for SSN about after 2 weeks upon arrival in US.

Since K1 Fiance already has an existing Social Security Number/Card from past J1 visa, Fiance does not have to submit any other application regarding to SSN? The Social security card has the note "Valid for Work Only with DHS Authorization".

Also, want to re-verify: After receiving card for AOS and/or EAD, do we update SSA that Fiance has EAD/AOS? And then SSA will send new social security card WITHOUT the note "Valid for work only....."???

During the wait for the updated social security card, is the AOS/EAD green card enough to meet the requirement of the old social security card's note "Valid for Work only...."???

Thanks,