RandyW

Up at the top, where it says
click on "China". But you're there already. Your topic has been moved.

My feeling has always been simply - they can punch their own damn holes.
Seriously, any binding YOU attempt is liable to interfere with the binding that they do. And disassembling may just nullify the white book.

Calling cards are VERY cheap, but make sure it will support calls from China to the U.S., if they need to call you.
http://www.callingcards.com/shopping/rate_table1.asp?Origin=USA&Destination=China

Chinese Notarial Documents - see DOS China Reciprocity Schedule


NOTE:Try http://travel.state..../fees_3272.html or go to http://travel.state.gov/ and search for "Reciprocity by Country" (they seem to change this periodically)

Most of the documents needed can be obtained from one of China's Notarial Offices (Gong Zheng Chu). All Chinese documentation to be used abroad is processed through the notary offices and issued in the form of notarial certificates. Notarial offices are located in all major Chinese cities and in rural county seats

The documents required are the GongZhengShu 公证书

Sample application for documents (your province or hukou may vary): - these links don't seem to work

http://www.bnpo.gov....72115331419.doc

http://www.bnpo.gov....ide/detail1.asp
A discussion of the huji (or hukou 户口) system can be found at Hukou System. Chinese residents should go to their hukou for all notarial documents (birth, divorce, and/or single certificate, and police records). For the police record, one obtained at the hukou will cover all of China.

A notarial document will be in the standard white notarial booklet, have an official red seal, an English translation, and an attestation to the true translation.

Chinese Notarial Documents - see DOS China Reciprocity Schedule


NOTE:Try http://travel.state..../fees_3272.html or go to http://travel.state.gov/ and search for "Reciprocity by Country" (they seem to change this periodically)

Most of the documents needed can be obtained from one of China's Notarial Offices (Gong Zheng Chu). All Chinese documentation to be used abroad is processed through the notary offices and issued in the form of notarial certificates. Notarial offices are located in all major Chinese cities and in rural county seats

The documents required are the GongZhengShu 公证书

Sample application for documents (your province or hukou may vary): - these links don't seem to work

http://www.bnpo.gov....72115331419.doc

http://www.bnpo.gov....ide/detail1.asp
A discussion of the huji (or hukou 户口) system can be found at Hukou System. Chinese residents should go to their hukou for all notarial documents (birth, divorce, and/or single certificate, and police records). For the police record, one obtained at the hukou will cover all of China.

A notarial document will be in the standard white notarial booklet, have an official red seal, an English translation, and an attestation to the true translation.

Yes - they post updates to their Facebook page - this is the latest one from a day or two ago
. . . and also on their web page at http://travel.state....as/english.html

Yes - they post updates to their Facebook page - this is the latest one from a day or two ago
. . . and also on their web page at http://travel.state....as/english.html

Your wife is no longer eligible, by law, for the K-3, since the I-130 had already been approved.
There is some speculation that the I-130 processing must be sped up so that it can be "bundled with" the I-129F (and the I-129F "obsoleted"), but you are already beyond that stage.

Your wife is no longer eligible, by law, for the K-3, since the I-130 had already been approved.
There is some speculation that the I-130 processing must be sped up so that it can be "bundled with" the I-129F (and the I-129F "obsoleted"), but you are already beyond that stage.

Agree with Darnell - it is the white book, obtained from one of China's Notarial Offices (Gong Zheng Chu), which is required. All Chinese documentation to be used abroad is processed through the notary offices and issued in the form of notarial certificates. Notarial offices are located in all major Chinese cities and in rural county seats
The documents required are the GongZhengShu 公证书

One member has postulated that in order to meet the 5 month time frame for your I-129F, the USCIS will also process the I-130 at the same time.
Remember that under the Immigrations Laws (INA) which govern the issuance of K-3 visas, once the USCIS approves an I-130, the K-3 is no longer available.

Your CURRENT annual salary, along with the letter of employment CAN be used to satisfy the concern that your fiance not become a public charge. The I-134 is only ONE piece of evidence that the VO must consider. The I-134 should show your current annual salary of $25,000. I would include a cover sheet which would state simply the time period for the $11,400 (and that you were a student), the current 12 month salary of $25,000, and your job offer and the time period it covers, along with a copy of the job offer itself.
Getting a co-sponsor is a good idea if you can find one, but may not be necessary.

These are just a couple of examples
Birth Certificate Unobtainable
Trouble obtaining birth certificate in ChinaBoth were resolved, apparently by supplying the information required by the hukou.
As far as I am aware, the U.S. consulate has NOT changed any requirements regarding the birth certificates - the requirements are made by the Chinese authorities. That is to say, once you have the white book format birth certificate issued by the Gong Zheng Chu to local Chinese standards, you have every reason to believe it WILL be accepted by the consulate, regardless.

The quickest way would have been to have filed DCF (Direct Consular Filing) with the USCIS offices in Beijing or Guangzhou (depending on jurisdiction).
That may still be the quickest way - to withdraw your existing I-130 petition and re-file with the overseas USCIS office - and may even been cheaper than going the K-3/AOS route (which usually is no longer available once the I-130 is approved).

The quickest way would have been to have filed DCF (Direct Consular Filing) with the USCIS offices in Beijing or Guangzhou (depending on jurisdiction).
That may still be the quickest way - to withdraw your existing I-130 petition and re-file with the overseas USCIS office - and may even been cheaper than going the K-3/AOS route (which usually is no longer available once the I-130 is approved).

From the Dept. of State

Yay! They're (the visa units) FINALLY owning up to the move (I don't think his was there yesterday
http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/consular.html

Yay! They're (the visa units) FINALLY owning up to the move (I don't think his was there yesterday
http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/consular.html