China_Love85

My fiancee has revealed to me that she was once a member of the Chinese Communist Youth League in middle school and high school, but stopped paying the dues in university (more than 11 years ago) and from what we understand about the membership is that they cancel it after 6 months of not paying dues. She contacted them recently and they say they have no record of her in their system. I know that those who were members of the party cannot get a K1 or immigrant visa unless they quit 5 or more years ago or had non-serious membership. She satisfies both conditions. From what I already read, it sounds as though they may need: 1. Letter from her describing her membership and role in the party and that it was non-serious and that she does not subscribe to core policies of the party and that she has at no time said or written any anti-US sentiment, 2. Letter from me that I am aware of her membership and nature there of, and 3. a letter from her employer stating that they do not have a record of her as a member (apparently employers can check this). The information I found about it was quite dated and my fiancee does not think that they will ask about it and thinks I am worrying too much, so she is not sure if she wants to go through the hassle. I told her that it is better to "have it and not need it than to need it and not have it." Based on what I read, not having it does not lead to a straight up denial, but could add a lot of extra wait time and leg work to get the documents. Does anybody have any experience with this? What advice should I give her?

Thanks everyone for all the input. I am helping her design a good resume and work plan for coming to the US. Luckily there are several jobs that are specifically looking for staff that is fluent in Mandarin in our local area, so we will include that on her work plan and attach copies of the classified ads and their URL's. I did know it would take a while to get EAD after marriage, but good to mention it just in case. Thanks again. 

I am completing an I-134 for my Chinese fiancee 's K-1 visa. I live in China so all of my income on my tax return is zeroed out by the Foreign earned income exclusion. In addition, my contract of employment will be finished in January, which is why we are both moving to the US- her with the K1 visa. My father is completing I-134 as a co-sponsor as well. I understand that we each should list her as a dependent on the form, but my question is should we both check the box "partially dependent on me for support" or "fully dependent on me for support." Her and I both plan to get jobs after arriving in the States and any lapse in her employment I will be supporting her. My father is only signing because my income is technically not high enough due to the foreign earned income exclusion. So, essentially we are not anticipating that he would have to issue any support per say except in the event that I somehow became unable to support her. How best should I approach this when filling out the form? In addition, what should he or  I add to my explanation in section 7 about question 38, "Do you intend to make specific contributions?" I assume the box is "yes" and the notation will include that it is part of a K1 visa application, but what else should be included in his and my form to explain this situation (e.g. his support is only necessary if for some reason, I was unable to support her).

Thanks ConOfficer. From your response it sounds like you are a or were an immigration officer?

I am a US citizen living and working in China. I currently live with my Chinese fiancee in Shanghai and am hoping to move back to the US and take her with me and get married in the US. I am just starting the I-129F process from here in China to get her a K-1 visa. During the Spring Festival break, I went back to visit home and her application for a tourist visa was denied. We were hoping that she could not come back and meet my family, check out where we'd live etc. I would love to give her the opportunity to do these things before we get married and she likes the idea of a Western wedding outdoors in nature. My home state is in the Pacific Northwest and has a lot of beautiful scenery that would offer a lot of wonderful natural scenery with which to get married. My only concern is that when we get to the visa interview, the consular officer may be suspicious of why I do not marry her in China as I live here and have been living here for about 2 years now. Given all the reasons stated above and the fact that from everything I have read, the K-1 visa can be one of the easier and most efficient ones to get, does anyone with experience or knowledge feel that we have ample justification for a consular officer for getting married in the US instead of in China? Has anybody encountered this situation before and how did it work out? Any advice? Thanks for your time!