Bruce3

Hey everyone, we filed June 2016 and are still waiting for our green card. We got a notification on March 5th, 2018 saying our case got transferred to our local office. Anyone else in the same boat we are?

On ‎9‎/‎25‎/‎2017 at 3:29 PM, nightingalejules said:

Yes, this is such a frustrating process. And there are several states that won't allow a driver's licence without proof of status. However, if you get an Infopass appointment and get an I-551 stamp in your wife's unexpired passport, that stamp serves as a green card. (I-551 is also the official name for the green card) Once you have that, go back to the DMV and she should be able to get a driver's license that is at least good until the stamp expires. If the person at the DMV won't accept the stamp, feel free to escalate to his/her supervisor, since the stamp is, in the eyes of federal law, exactly equivalent to a green card.

You can get an infopass here. (depending on where you live you may need to go to this site just after midnight to find available appointment times)

I'm sorry, I got tied up with work and forgot to reply.

We went to the Mississippi DMV and they said that since we didn't have a green card, we needed an I-94 paper document and that the I-551 wasn't good enough. When I asked US Customs, they said, "Legal Permanent Residents do not have the I-94 number.
Present her I-551 card to obtain a driver’s license."

So now I'm in a bind. If you look at the Mississippi DMV system, it looks like the old MS DOS interface and I have a feeling our state's laws regarding how immigrants get driver's licenses were last updated when that got installed in who knows when. 

And Mississippi law trumps federal law in the eyes of the supervisor. One time, our Chinese notarized marriage license translation (which was accepted by the US Department of State and US Department of Homeland Security) was said that it didn't meet the requirements for the Mississippi DMV, so I had to get a Mississippi Notary stamp for $40 and she "translated" our marriage license using the original translation by means of copy and paste.

Long-time reader, first time poster. I'm glad we're not the only ones going through this long wait but we're still waiting on approval or denial. We filed and our application date is set as 6/28/2016 with no plans for applying for citizenship.

What makes it particularly hard is that my wife has been denied a driver's license because in Mississippi, she needs to have a green card in order to get a driver's license (at least that's what the lady at the office told us). Has anyone else had any problems with this?

So,

when you were researching Direct Consular Filing of the I-130 into the USCIS Office in Guangzhou,

what were your research results, and why you not file there?

I ask, because you are thinking the K-3 is a viable option for you.

It is not.

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You could, instead, submit a new I-130 set into Guangzhou (yes, another fee) on Monday, and maybe match your timeline to get out of China. Maybe..

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keywords: DCF China missed-it, clueless, not reading properly, no shift of focus

Well, the first thing I did was look up ways to bring my wife to the US, I looked at all the ways possible and so I came across the US embassy in Guangzhou's page for filing I-130 and when I called USCIS to ask them questions about how to apply and all that, the lady on the phone said that I had to apply through the Chicago lockbox.

And here's a helpful hint for you to help you adjust to life in America. Let me tell you something your mother may not have told you. When you post, "keywords: DCF China missed-it, clueless, not reading properly, no shift of focus" that's considered rude. I know that you probably were in a bad mood that day or something, and that's fine and everything, but don't insult people because no one ever wants to be insulted.

But thank you for your tip about trying to send a new I-130 to Guangzhou, I'll give them a call today and see what I can do.

Hello,

Thank you both for the reply!

Yeah, luckily we got in contact with the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau and they said that it shouldn't be a problem to get the little guy an exit permit. They just said that we need the mom's Shenzhen residence card, my passport, birth certificate, baby's passport, and my baby and I's temporary stay report form and we were good to go. Those sure are some nice guys over there.

It sucks that we didn't do DCF because if I had known that we could, we would have. The lady told on the help line told us that we needed to mail in the i-130/i-129f to the Chicago dropbox. Oh well, it's my fault for not double checking.

Seeing that it was free for me to file for a K3 visa， does anyone know if it's possible to do this. Could I file for a K3 visa through Guangzhou (the nearest USCIS office to me) even though I filed an application through the Nebraska Service Center already? I know it's a dumb question, but hey it's worth a shot.

Hello Everybody,

Long time listener, first-time caller. I'm a US citizen married to a Chinese national and we're both currently living in China. We're expecting our first child at the end of April (he will have US citizenship) and I found a job back in the US that I need to be at by June 23rd. We've filed the I-130 for my wife in early January and filed for her K3 visa in mid-March and I'm just worried about my wife and son not being able to come with me to the US when I have to go back for work.

My question is, what are the quickest ways available for my wife to come to the US? The thing is, she won't need to work, drive, etc. I'm just looking for a way for her to physically be with me in the US. We don't need a permanent visa or anything like that because I'm not even sure I'm going to live in America for the rest of my life but the longer, the better. We filed for her permanent residence just because the lady on the USCIS help line told us too.

I'm thinking about trying to get her a student visa and signing her up for an English program here in the states but I'm not sure that the US government will give her a student visa if they know that she's married to an American and is in the process of applying for a green card. Another thing that may be a problem is that she's been a housewife now for about 9 months and I'm her means of support. We have no problem surpassing the poverty guidelines for the affidavit of support.

Any and all advice is welcome!