enlijoe

Before you and everyone else goes and blames the attorney I did it all my self. Double checked and triple checked everything and know I sent in everything to USCIS. I got an RFE for missing G-325a's. I know I sent them as they were in both the packet I give to my fiancee and the packet I have. When she was with me we verified that each packet was the same and had everything in it yet USCIS says I did not send it.

USCIS can and will loose things. Do not worry you attorney will sort it out and get them what they lost. I was all upset about this myself and it actually only delayed me by 30 days and in the end for the total process it does not seam to effected my final date by much from what I predicted.

Good luck

From what I have seen they cash your check ASAP. When I sent in my I-129f the checked was cashed the day after they received the package.

Police can be jerks to many people and you do not need to be of any different nationality either. I'm just a basic wight person that has been a USC my entire life and I will still get harassed by police. Sometimes for no reason. I've been stopped by a cop because he claims I cam to a rolling stop at a stop sign. The thing is this stop sign he claims I didn't stop for is on private property and therefor he can't do anything about it and he knew that. he just wanted to give me a hard time.

I of course was a real jerk back to him for it and there was still nothing her could do about it. He told me to go about my business and be quick about it too. What a jerk.

the moral of the story is yes cops be in a-holes and harass you. But as long as they only harass you there is not much you can do.

Sent them and email. Go onto the web site for the consulate and go to contact us. You will find a link to drop them a line.

I just recently sent a message to them (Please note I was not expecting an answer very fast as I figured I would have an answer to question via other means before the got back to me), But low and behold the very next day I got my response to my question.

I just said I'm checking on my case status to see if you have received it yet.

What I got back was yes we got it. And we sent out the P3. I get the answer in less then 24hrs.

Give it a try can't hurt.

Btw: I'm at the Guangzhou consulate.

Mind changing (note, moments after baggage claim, which seems to be a constant) only makes it harder for others in the future to get b2 visas...you and your fiancee wanted the vo to believe and trust you....now what? Recently, I found out that one of my employees did the same thing....lied to get a tourist visa for her foreign fiancee...they married 2 days after he arrived...I fired her two days later. I don't have much patience (none) for those who cheat our system and fully expect to be rewarded for doing so (she foolishly invited me to the wedding, where the story came out...she and her new husband were actually laughing about how 'dumb' the VO and our border officials were....the laughter stopped on Monday, when she showed up at the office, with her stuff from her desk all boxed up...I even asked somebody to put a nice bow on the box.

Bottom line: a B2 visa is supposed to be an object of trust, given to the trustworthy. When that trust is violated, it ruins the opportunities for others.

I like this. I work for a very large company myself and I know if I tried something like that I could easily get fired too. There are some major clauses in our contract about Ethics and fraud. Specially because I'm in Health Insurance they are very strict about this kid of stuff and it says in the employee handbook you can be terminated for any kind of fraud.

I have gotten through to them a few times. Yes it is going to take a while. You will get a busy signal so redial will help a bunch. Once you get through you will be on hold for a while so make sure you have a half hr to kill before you try.

Self-Employed is what you use. Unless this is not your "Day Job" then use that.

The affidavit of support doesn't require health insurance coverage, and it doesn't cover medical expenses it is purely proof that the beneficiary can afford to support the beneficiary and prevent them from becoming a public charge. If the beneficiary needs medical treatment when arriving to the US the CO will want proof that the petitioner has insurance coverage, can add the beneficiary and it will cover pre-existing conditions, or has the financial ability to cover said medical treatment. Without knowing if the petitioner has insurance and can add the beneficiary after marriage there is no way to say with certainty if he will have medical insurance.

My fiance was just diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, and I'm afraid his visa will be denied. My world is quickly coming to a halt. I just needed to share.

With the new changes to health insurance there is not longer a pre-existing clause in any insurance. If the OP has insurance they can add then beneficiary to there insurance plan regardless of any existing condition the day they get married. A marriage is called a life event and therefor when it happens the insurance plan can be changed. You should even be able to apply for better coverage then you had before, if desired, because the marriage is a "life event".

The medical exam part of the visa process is for contagious diseases so this should not effect the application unless the OP does not have health insurance at this time.

The new "Affordable Health Care Act" will not be available because it is a means based befit and the affidavit of support says the partition's income must be taken into account and therefor if they would NOT qualify for this because then the application would be denied because they OP would be under 125% of the poverty line.

I do work for a health insurance co and OP if you are in one of the states we cover (IL, OK, NM, MT, TX) I can get you a number to contact where we can give you some information with the insurance aspect of this.

I wish to double check some things since I know some of the information on the site is a little outdated with the new DS-160 form being used now. I'm asking this so that I may help my fiancee fill out these form ahead of time.

My question is to those that have recently gone through the K-1 visa process were you required to fill out any of the following forms either before going to the consulate or at the consulate on the day of the interview. DS-156K, DS-156, DS-230.

Thanks much for you help.

And just so you know this form is not about the requirements to sponsor someone this is for the background check. They want to know where you have lived for the last 5 years to help conduct the background check. If you lived out of the country then you will need to list that too. I ask if you are a USC because if not then there could be other issues as to if you can even sponsor someone because to maintain your LPR status you need to live in the US for so much time and if you are out of the country for too long you can loose your LPR status.

Are you a USC?

They are going to do a background check on you and the person applying for the K-1. Not sure where you get the 5 year requirement for one address. For the G-325a you are going to need to show where you have lived for the last 5 years. You could have had 6 addresses in 5 years or 1 it does not matter. If you were living with your parents then you use there address as that was where you were living.

Here is my post with the names of the posters corrected:

Please note that the info from ExExpat is newer then the info from Merrytooth . I have looked into this quite a bit and they have not posted the newer information on the website yet. I have double checked and what is on the link from Merrytooth is outdated now.

Help me out here. What info/link did I post on this thread?

I'm sorry my bad, I looked at the wrong post when writing my response for the name of the poster. The post that had outdated information was done by Merrytooth not you.

Also from what I know there is nothing to send in from the P3. You need to take the stuff to the interview and take care of filling out the online app and going to the medical interview. There are a lot of things that she is going to need to do in China so she will need to head back home soon to get all of this done so she can be back with you sooner perminatally.

Please note that the info from Merrytooth s newer then the info from A&B. I have looked into this quite a bit and they have not posted the newer information on the website yet. I have double checked and what is on the link from A&B is outdated now.

Enlijoe,

I had a few of the red flags you mentioned in your first post. My wife had never been to the US. We met online. I submitted our petition after the first meeting. I'm divorced three times previously. Our age difference is nine years. (not significant, imo) I'm 48, she's 39.

We had no problems at any point in the process. I used the RFE I got to do additional front loading. We had chat logs from every day on MSN. I printed one days chat log per week...for every week we'd been talking. We also included QQ logs and emails that were exchanged. That's in addition to all the trip information and the pictures. We had pictures with her family from the trip I made to Guangxi. At the time of my petition, I had made one trip to see her. When we got the RFE, I'd made two trips....and so I sent evidence of that trip with my RFE response.

I will say this to warn you. At the interview...there were several questions in both English and in Mandarin about me being divorced three times. That seemed to be the biggest issue for the CO. I would assume it will come up in the interview. They weren't pleasant questions. The CO asked specifically, "Why do you trust someone that's been married three times"....several times. Be prepared.

Good luck!

Thanks for the great information. We have been going over interview questions. The topic of the divorces we have spent a fair amount of time on. Explaining to her about then. She does not care about it much. She knows I was married three times before but as far as what happened she is like "Thats in the past let focus on our future."

Great,Thank you..that is one thing that i did not have evidence of and that is the chat logs from QQ..

It was real easy. From your contact window right click on your contact and select "Message History" then "View Local Messages" from the menu. Then right click on the contact icon tab on the left and select "Export Message History". When the window comes up click on the "Save as Type" drop down and select how you would like it saved. The rest you should be able to figure out. I exported to mht then opened that file with internet explorer and copied everything there into a word doc so I could edit and format better as it is quite large.

Gl

Do you know how to make copies of the QQ Logs?My wife and I have been trying to learn how to do that out.

I have not tried yet but will be doing it when I get home from work and will let you know what I figure out.

alas, GUZ IV won't take anything on the casefile , for further intake, between the time that the casefile arrives to GUZ IV and interview day. it isn't done. She could bring a pile with her, but the time is limited on interview day for a consul to review this stuff - might get lucky with an evolution of relationship letter plus some photos reviewed during the 5 minutes that she's standing in front of a vice-consul.

did you include photocopies of your certified divorce decrees with the I-129F? if no, expect an RFE, and then send off your pile with that RFE submittal into USCIS.

IMO, though - these 3 prior divorces won't matter that much, at your age. I was the same. I can't say what I submitted matches what you submitted to the USCIS, I front-loaded based on a 5.5 year marriage with my wife and had a pile of evidence to send in, and even got a NOID at USCIS cause I missed something there. Me. Darnell. Missed Something !! grrrrr.

I do have to say this for sure. You do rock. Thanks for all the information I'm starting to feel a little better now. I did send in most of the needed information already with the I-129F. There are just a few things that I wish I knew about before. I think it would be nice to have the WIKI updated with a little more detail about supporting evidence to send along. And to also adjust the note about front loading is not always necessary but in some countries it is 100% necessary.

Well now I have a plan and that does help quite a bit. For others knowledge and for any possible suggestions here it is:

1) Brief letter to consulate explaining what i'm giving them below and why.

2) Life plan for when she gets here, how we will get her settled and handle the culture shock.

3) Quick 1/2 page about past divorces and why they can be sure I will never get back together with any of my ex's

4) 1-2 page letter from me on our relationship progression and the reasons why I love her also cover how we talk with neither of us knowing each others language very well.

5) 1-2 page letter from her on our relationship progression and the reasons why she loves me

6) Be with her in China for the interview date.

7) While in China get together with her parents and get some pics of all us.

8) Get more pics of her and I with my parents and my daughter.

9) Recept for the Rosetta Stone software I purchased to lean Chinese.

10) More email messages between us

11) copy of qq chats showing her talking in chinese and myself in English visa text with messages about how long the video chat session was open.

12) proof of her taking English classes.

I think that should cover any of the issues they may have when combined with what I sent them already of:

1) Boarding passes for me going to China and for the trip we to together to Guangzhou to get my passport and visa replaced.

2) Boarding passes for her tip to the US to visit me for 1 month

3) Pictures of us together in China and the US

4) All three divorce decrees.

5) Letter of intent to marry from both.

6) Copy of cell phone contract for US based cellphone for her.

7) email message from between us

8) Copy of bracelet recept for gift to her.

9) Description of how we met and what we did while I was in China

10) I-134 with three years tax returns, W-2's, 3 check stubs, letter from work about my employment, statement from bank with average balance, current balance, length of time account has been open and owners of account, Total rewards statement from my employer showing how much I have made and the value of the benefits they supply me.

I think that should cover everything. If anyone has any comments or suggestions please speak up.

The red flag list hasn't changed for Guangzhou - let me dig a bit and post it.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/234971-red-flag-list-for-visa-denial/?p=3601415

Since yer gonna wait a bit for the rest of the stuff at USCIS,

suggest you practice writing letters of attestation covering yer stuff and an evolution of relationship letter.

IF YOU GET AN RFE during the USCIS phase, submit yer pile along with the RFE submittal

Go Get Em, and Good Luck !

Thanks a lot your scaring the piss out of me. OMG do I have to work to do now. What is the best way to get information to the Consulate once I have passed the NOA-2 phase? Should I give it to her to give to them on interview day or should I express mail to consulate asap?

They Denied our K-1,So we got Married and are at the N.V.C. Phase right now.I put everything I had into the I-130,for Evidence and intend to add more at the N.V.C ,since I have filed.

I have hired a attorney and my wife hire a attorney in China as well....we will be well Prepared this time

As for the Embassy,They did not look at any Evidence she took to the Interview and they had already made a Decision BEFORE SHE ARRIVED THERE! Trips to visit her ,i think is a Key to sucess and to have ALL the Evidence in front of the Interveiwer Before the Interview.

Best of Luck to both of us,the Officers there do seem to always be in Bad Moods..but don't ever give up,we didn't and we have been trying to be together for over 2 years and March 7 we will be married for 1 year ...and we are apart now!

Sorry to hear about your trouble. This is also why I'm asking this of the members because I wish to avoid this happening to us.

Any chance you can get to Guangzhou to be with her on interview day?

The red flag list hasn't changed for Guangzhou - let me dig a bit and post it.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/234971-red-flag-list-for-visa-denial/?p=3601415

Since yer gonna wait a bit for the rest of the stuff at USCIS,

suggest you practice writing letters of attestation covering yer stuff and an evolution of relationship letter.

IF YOU GET AN RFE during the USCIS phase, submit yer pile along with the RFE submittal

Go Get Em, and Good Luck !

How many trips have you made to China to visit her? Do you have pictures of you with her family?

Follow Darnell's advice if you get an RFE submit a lot more information.

If possible I would go there for the interview. If the CO is on the edge about approval it might just relieve a little of his doubt if she shows up with your passport on top with the Evolution of relationship letter in it.

When Yuan went for her interview the CO saw the passport and asked where I was. She said "he is drinking the overpriced coffee in the cafe downstairs please be quick so he does not spend a lot of money there". This was at the "old" consulate. you will not even get past the outside security building to get on the grounds of the new one.

The CO chuckled and asked her 5 simple questions.

She had 1 divorce, engaged after my first visit. But It I visited her once during the process to meet her family, and I was there for the interview. We had our Skype call log, lots of pictures he did not look at any of the evidence that we brought to the interview. I agree they have their minds pretty much made up before the interview.

I'm past the USCIS stage now. Here is the some history for those who have asked.

I went to China to meet her after talking via email for about 5 months. I stayed there for about 10 days. We were unable to visit with her parents because my passport got stolen but I was able to visit with many other family members. We wanted for me to meet with her parents but did not have enough time after getting passport and visa replaced.

She can to visit me in the US for about 29 days. She has meet both my parents and my daughter. Was unable to visit with my brothers and sisters because of time and availability with them living about 900 miles from where I live. My parents flew in from Milwaukee to where I live in Dallas just to meet her and stayed about 10 days.

She can speak a little English but note all that well. She is able to read and write it better though.

I did front load my I-129f with some stuff but could have put more in there. I sent in about 9 pictures of us together and about 6 email messages. Copy of boarding passes from her trip and mine and also the ones from while I was in China when we flew to get my new passport and visa. Also include cell phone contract for US cell phone I purchased for her while she is in the US.

We got engaged when she was here in the US and I also filed the I-129F while she was here.

I would love to go to China to be with her for the interview, yes I know I can’t go to it with her, but that would be about another $1,500 and I'm struggling to get the almost $3,000 together that is needed between now and when she gets her AOS. Yes I make way over the minimum but funds are a bit tight right now with the cost of us seeing one another over the last 8 months being about $4,000.

I was thinking about writing a letter to the consulate and sending it to them explaining about my three marriages. First was a train wreck we fought all the time and I was very young, second wife left me because she decided that she wanted to have kids after she knew I could not. Third we found out that just because we were good friends does not mean you are going to be good lovers .

We are both not young. I’m 44 and she is 36. She has never been married. She is very independent and has 1 child and owns a house in China. She never had a passport before she came here and applied for the B-2 visa and was given a full year multi-entry. The POE gave her a 6 month approval for her stay even though she only need 1 month. To get the visa I gave her a letter of invitation, letter to consulate stating that we know she can’t marry while here and that we are planning on getting a K-1 visa, and the I-134.

We have known each other for about a year and a half now. I’m trying to learn Chinese but is slow. She was taking English classes.

After what seamed forever waiting for the NOA-2, yes I know I have no right to complain as many have waited much longer than me, we are starting to prepare for the visa interview now. There is much to do and I have been scouring the net for any and all information I can find about what to expect and what we need to do for the interview at the Guanzhou consulate.

Some of what I found scares me a bit but I have been unable to verify how old this data is or if it still is even true about the Guanzhou consulate. From what I have found the Guanzhou consulate is one of the hardest consulates to get an approved visa through. They are specially hard on K-1 visa applicants when one or more the following conditions are true: Chinese applicant is unable to speak good English, large age difference, engagement with only one or on first visit together, Applicant has never been to the US, or the petitioner or applicant has 3 or more divorces.

I found this information on a China based website for a company that helps with immigration from China to us and this scares me very much because my fiancée English is not very good as she is still learning and my Chinese is even worse and I do have three divorces.

You may ask if we do not speak each other’s language very well how we talk. We muddle through in English and use google translate a lot. Our letters are all in English as she can read and write English fairly well it just slow and difficult or her. On qq or via text I type in English while she does it in Chinese and we both run through translators. We do talk voice on qq a little but it is not very much.

We do have quite a bit of other evidence but I fear they may reject us just because of these two items. I’m posting in the hope I can hear from others as to their experiences with the Guanzhou consulate and or get some advice as to how to overcome these issues.

One thing to think about when reading legal verbiage. The intent of the statement. In this case we are talking about original vs copied. The intent here is so there if there are items that giving the USCS could not be recreated or could be lost and not replaced. Sending in an original boarding pass as evidence would be bad because it can not be recreated. Sending in a original letter is not bad if lost because it can be recreated.

I believe that the copy verbiage was added to address this issue and therefor would not apply to things like the letter of intent.

I have a question about the AP. I read all the instruction and everything about it and from what I read it is only for emergency or am I reading something wrong?