danieltrevi

Is this the same as the number that they hand-wrote on the visa on entry? Both my wife and new daughter have this written on the visa, and it is the same number.

We were married in Maryland 8 days after she arrived. We did this because my father is very ill, so that he could see her. When we went to the Social Security office in Texas for a temporary number, we were told that because we were married the "fiancee" visa no longer applied, and that we could not get a temporary SSN, for her or her daughter.

I know we need to apply for AOS, but that might take quite a while. What to do next?

I should have written, "you can't get the Gong Zheng Shu without the father's identity." Yes, his name is on the birth certificate, but not his national ID number.

She called the Gong Zheng Chu in Haikou and in Jiangxi Nanfeng, and they both said the same thing. She needs the father's national ID number. But the father is long gone. He did business briefly in Haikou, but then moved to Shenzhen.

The backstory, for what it is worth: My fiancee had a previous miscarriage, and a tubal pregnancy. She had only one Fallopian tube and had been told that her cervix was weak. She did not think she could get pregnant. When she became pregnant, initially the father said he filled out a marriage license in Shenzhen (which she never saw). She was already four or five months pregnant when she realized he had been lying to her. She realized that this was probably her last chance at motherhood...

I don't know how they managed to get the hukou without Dad's number, but they did, in Jiangxi, with her brother's help.

Anyway, her daughter, my future step-daughter, is a great kid, and we will work this out. Thank you so much for your interest and advice. I know we will work this out soon.

Father's name is filled out, but his Identity Card Number is blank. I am not sure why this is such a huge problem.

The other question I had, if I asked the consulate these questions directly, would I in any way make her situation worse?

Thank you.

I posted a thread below, my fiancee was a single mother when her daughter was born. She has the medical birth certificate but she does not have the notarial birth certificate. The consulate approved our K1 visa, but they asked for a notarial birth certificate for her daughter. Because the medical birth certificate lacks the father's ID number (it has his name), and she doesn't know his ID number or where he is, the notarial certificate may be impossible to obtain.
My question is, if I explain this to the consulate using their email inquiry form, is there any chance that I will make matters worse? We are already approved, and they still have their passports. Can I assume that the consular officers will respond to a question in good faith, that the worst that could happen is that they will say "No" and that I won't jeopardize her visa?

My fiancee and her 14-year-old daughter had their interview in Guangzhou on Wednesday, and were approved, but the interviewer asked for the "notarial birth certificate" for her daughter. Unfortunately, my fiancee was not married at the time of her daughter's birth, and she is not even sure if the father gave her his correct name. She has no way of getting his national ID number. She contacted the notarial office in Haikou, and was told that without the father's ID number that they could not issue a "notarial birth certificate."

This is the text of the email I would like to send to the consulate. I would like comments or suggestions. I would submit the copy of her daughter's Chu Sheng Yi Xue Zheng Ming and explain that the Chu Sheng Gong Zheng Shu is not available.

My fiancee, L. M., and her daughter, L. Y., had their interview on Wednesday, 23 November. Their K1 visa was approved but they asked for her notarial birth certificate. This will be very difficult, if not impossible, for her to obtain, because M. was unmarried at the time of Y's birth. Y's father never gave M. his national ID number, and he was not present for her birth. M. has no idea where he is right now. Finding him would be difficult if not impossible.

Thank you very much, everyone. Great information..

But, G & L Scottt, one correction. I have never been to Guangzhou, but I have been to Shenzhen and Zhuhai, and taken the ferry terminal at the airport. You don't go through HK customs. There are ferries from HKIA (Hong Kong Internatl Airport) to both Nansha and Lianhuashan ports in Guangzhou.

I think I will take the boat, at least going there.

Thank you very much, everyone. Great information..

But, G & L Scottt, one correction. I have never been to Guangzhou, but I have been to Shenzhen and Zhuhai, and taken the ferry terminal at the airport. You don't go through HK customs. There are ferries from HKIA (Hong Kong Internatl Airport) to both Nansha and Lianhuashan ports in Guangzhou.

I think I will take the boat, at least going there.

Yeah but you catch the train in Shenzhen, right? How do you get from the airport to the train?

The bus from the airport takes you right to downtown. I think you have to go through HK customs to board the bus.

The ferry leaves from HK airport directly, so you go through customs in Guangzhou. Ferry takes about 1.5 hours. The problem with that is the ferry terminal is far from downtown.

My fiancee and her daughter will have their interview in early November. The CGI site has not opened up a slot yet, but I am checking it daily. I know I am not allowed to go to the interview with them, but it has been so long, and I need to see them. So we will make a little vacation out of it.

A flight from Houston to Hong Kong is at least $200 cheaper than to Guangzhou, and about 2 hours shorter duration.

Has anyone taken the ferry from HK to Guangzhou? Or would you recommend the bus or train?

I thought that my fiancee was going to need the affidavit of support before her interview, but I just read that for K1 visas, this is filed AFTER she comes to the US, when she is applying for adjustment of status. Is this correct?

Thanks. But because I am approved now, is there any point to creating an account? From now on the interactions are with the State department, right?

I submitted I129F, and online it had a receive date of 14 April 2016. I also filled out the e-mail notification form. I did not get any notification of approval, but when I saw that TSC and CSC were processing applications from 14 and 15 April, I went online, and discovered that the I129F was approved on 29 June. So far I have not received anything in the mail.

So, my NOA2 is 29 June 2016, correct? I guess it is time to start gathering stuff for the interview, right?

####### = Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

I see I was censored with that one. It is a name of a movie that just came out on DVD.

I think it is important, culturally, like the words "FUBAR" and "SNAFU".

I received the notice of receipt of the I129F petition for my fiancee from California today, even though I mailed the packet to Dallas. Does this mean that the case was transferred to CA?