RandyW

The I-130 petition paid for by the American applicant COVERS the cost of the green card. The beneficiary isn't charged.
 
We are debating basic arithmetic and who pays for what.
 
In my own K2 case - the beneficiary decided he didn't WANT the green card. No one had to pay for anything, although I did cover the court costs of fighting his removal.

We were not asked to show any documents, they only asked her one question at the exit immigration desk ("where are you going?"). I don't think I've ever heard of anyone running into issues.
 
But yes, better be safe than sorry especially with the latest exit control tightening and take what @RandyW suggests. She'll need all those documents in the US anyways. 
 
 

It's no problem. We're here to help. It's up to you to sort everything out. It seems to me that you've got a LOT to be thinking about.

Reconsider, though, if maybe it WAS a mental health facility that he was held in. That seems to better fit the circumstances. Check with a lawyer to see what that would mean, but my guess is that it would mean that he wasn't arrested and there is no pending case.
 
I'm simply saying that might better fit what you have described - use your own judgment there.

Honestly?  He should apprise his supervisor of the situation, then tell the gold-digger to take a long walk off a short pier.  I would give her neither a red cent nor the time of day.

Even if the birth certificate list a man who is not her father?
Submitting documents with errors can bite her in the butt. 

Sounds like a good reason to not use Capitol One. I can't imagine that that is an issue with credit cards in general. Perhaps with a NEW card, but not one that you've used fairly actively.
 
Anyway, it of course wouldn't hurt to simply use two different cards.

My Q2 visa was issued in I believe 2015 so this information is a little old but it is a Q2 10 - Year Multi-entry.  You will need a letter of invitation from a relative of your wife's living in China. I would apply for the Q2 but Ryan's experience doesn't particularly surprise me. I also lived in China for two years and at the time was applying with my US citizens daughter .  My wife remains a Chinese citizen green card holder. Given you have never been to China, that might be a factor.

So apply for the Q2 and see what they do?  

The June 2023 Visa Bulletin shows a priority date of 08APR07 for Category (F4) Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens, CHINA-mainland born.

That indicdates roughly a 16 year wait.
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-june-2023.html

This judgement was awarded as "spousal support". The I-864 was simply used as a guidleine to determine the amount of spousal support. The I-864 itself does not award ANYTHING to the immigrant.
 
When faced with these issues, get yourself a VERY competent attorney.

The I-864 is regarding your ABILITY to support ONE household (including the immigrant) at 125% of the poverty level.

As long as you have maintained that level of income, you are continuing to satisfy the I-864.
 
Anything BEYOND that ( such as supporting a SECOND household which the immigrant may now be residing in) is outside the scope of the I-864.

DO NOT assume that the I-864 requires ANY payment from you. It does not. Discuss the matter with a competent attorney. Yes, you can be sued. That is all the I-864 says.

ALSO - reference the US Dept. of State reciprocity schedule for Taiwan. The Exceptions and Comments that I quoted above came from that under "Birth, Death, Burial Certificates". 
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Taiwan.html

The South American countries should have equivalent policies that those lawyers MAY be able to tell you about.

The hukou record IS China's official record of his birth. From this hukou record, the notarial certificate of birth is produced at a notarial office in China. This IS an official Chinese certificate of birth.
 
DO NOT attempt to fabricate your own interpretation of a "birth certificate". It WILL be rejected.
 
Medical certificates of Birth - those issued at the time of birth were not issued before 1994. The Notarial Certificate of Birth, issued from information contaioned in the hukou book, serves this purpose.
 
The notation on the notarial birth certificate is 出生公证书, or chu sheng gong zheng shu, which is what you need to ask for at the Gong Zheng Chu, or 公证处֤֤֤.
 

Mike (pushbrk) is correct - the whole idea of what to send in is muddied - transcripts are NOT necessary. Especially in a case like this, where the original poster may consider DELAYING his filing and is apparently wondering whether "2022 is still "missing" .... is it OK with NVC?".
No, it's NOT okay. As of April 15, you should include a  "Complete copy of Tax Return including W2 and 1099 forms" if 2022 tax return transcripts are not available.

I know who Mike is.  Mike is always right.  No one is claiming otherwise. I have learned a great deal from him.

Mike (pushbrk) is correct - the whole idea of what to send in is muddied - transcripts are NOT necessary. Especially in a case like this, where the original poster may consider DELAYING his filing and is apparently wondering whether "2022 is still "missing" .... is it OK with NVC?".
No, it's NOT okay. As of April 15, you should include a  "Complete copy of Tax Return including W2 and 1099 forms" if 2022 tax return transcripts are not available.

You should have copies of your returns. You can submit those.

Transcripts are NOT required unless you are specifically requested to submit those.

They are interested in your INCOME, which is indicated on the tax return. 

This may be the only actual English-language announcement that they've posted so far. I haven't seen it on the consulate web sites, except in Chinese -

China to ease visa, entry policies
Foreigners with valid visas issued before March 28, 2020 will be allowed to enter China, as the country is adjusting its visa and entry policies to facilitate travel across the border.
Visa-free policies will be resumed for entry to the southern island province of Hainan and cruise tour groups at Shanghai ports, said the National Immigration Administration.
Visa-free entry to the southern province of Guangdong will be restored for tour groups of foreigners from Hong Kong and Macao, and a similar mechanism will be reinstated for tour groups from ASEAN countries to enter Guilin in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The policies will come into force on Wednesday, according to immigration authorities. 

Okay, thank you all for the responses. It seems not a very hopeful outlook. All the official information just says if you cannot meet the requirement you may use a co-sponsor so still hoping for the best outcome. 
 
I think my best bet is just to get a job even though physically I’m really incapable of working. But I’m going try to do it even if it kills me because the alternative of my fiancé not coming would kill me anyways. 🤣
 
Thanks all. 

Yes - my guess is that the key to doing what they want to do will be being able to show that Cambodia recognizes the 1990 date of their marriage, and NOT just that a common law ceremony took place back then, unless that can be shown to have been recognized by Cambodian law.

From his web site ( https://lawandborder.com/china-police-certificates/  ) The update on the page is dated March 3, 2022
 
1. Client Questionnaire: Each person seeking a police certificate should fill the below Client Questionnaire. We will treat your information confidentially.
Client Questionnaire 2. Pay the Research Fee: The research fee is USD 150 (RMB 1050) for each police certificate you want a quote for. You can pay here by RMB bank transfer, USD credit card, or USD eCheck (ACH).
3. Submit Your Documents: Please provide to us scans of the documents listed here.
Your quote will include:
A list of the steps we will take in your case. The strategy we propose for dealing with any potential difficulty. A prediction of whether the police certificate will be issued or will be unobtainable (in which case we will need to gather and prepare evidence that the certificate is unobtainable). The legal fees we will charge. Our firm’s legal fees typically range from USD 450 to 800 per police certificate application. (The fee may be more if, for example, we need to visit more than 2 government agencies.) If the certificate is unobtainable, we typically charge an additional USD 1200 to gather evidence and prepare a declaration to be submitted to foreign immigration authorities that the certificate is unobtainable. Our quote will include a discount if you are applying for multiple certificates or if multiple family members are applying at the same time. Estimated processing time: Processing times vary by city but are typically 7-10 weeks. After the police certificate is issued, we will send it to you via international courier, such as FedEx.  
I have to hope you weren't scammed by a different website.
 
His most recent response on his website is dated Dec. 15, 2022

They don't OBTAIN any document - they GENERATE the 出生公证书, or chu sheng gong zheng shu from the information in the hukou book.
The Notarial Certificate of Birth is simply a statement of the notarial official's understanding of the circumstances of your wife's birth.
You HAVE the hukou - that is all that is needed. You can also present her ID and passport.

In the past, we'd tried contacting multiple government offices (including the Notarial Office) to try to get the 出生公证书 generated - no one was willing to help, they would just refer us to another office to which we'd call and then get referred somewhere else. This went on for almost a year and we'd made no progress. Our attorney at the time said we might have some luck submitting a Letter of Explanation to see if the USCIS would accept it, and to our surprise they did. We were "documentarily qualified" and were able to get an interview date. 
 
This was a couple years ago and the area my wife is from has developed quite a bit since then. In the past (according to in-laws & family there) you might've had to use guanxi / connections, along with extra "compensation", to simply get people to do their jobs. Lots has changed since. Right after her interview refusal, my wife was able to contact the Notarial Office through their official app/mini program - they said it's no problem for them to generate a 出生公证书 for us. We've since sent off her ID card and hukou information to them and are now waiting. 
 
Thank you all again for the advice and help. 

Your wife is a fully documented Chinese citizen, and should not have any trouble getting a "white book" 出生公证书. The certificate will reflect whatever the hukou records say about her "parents'.
 

Chinese records are kept in the hukou books. Each hukou has a city where it is registered. They will have a copy of the same information at that location.
 
As far as I know, the consulate is still requiring the "white books" Notarial Ceritifcate of Birth even for those who more recently (since around 1994 or so) were issued Medical certificates of Birth.

Again, the "white books" are generated on the spot by the notarial official from existing records.
 
But pretty much EVERY Chinese citizen applying for a foreign visa needs to go through the same thing. It is surprising that no one was able to help you with this - but it doesn't help when someone tries to tell THEM what information is supposed to be on a "birth certificate". Chinese records and official documents are what they are.