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"Honey, you sure you don't want to change?" My husband yelled as he was jumping out of the shower.  "You look gorgeous in that cheongsam!"
 
"I am 100% sure!" 
 
My husband was baffled. Why would I wear jeans at a such solemn event? on this very day I became an American?
 
little did he know,  I wore it to honour my aunt, who was killed by the Chinese communists over a pair of blue jeans.
 
My dad escaped the Chinese civil war and arrived in Hong Kong, left behind two other  siblings who remained in communist controlled China. Dad worked few odd jobs so that every time we visited our relatives, we would be able to bring necessities, be flour, rice, clothes, radio or even salt and sugar.
 
I still remember my dad's loud cry when upon returning to China, he learned my aunt had committed suicide, over the very pair of jeans he brought her from Hong Kong.
 
Only when I grew up, I heard the story from my cousin that auntie Mui lost her life to the heydays of cultural revolution, when every single wrong doing could land you in jail and every little mistake earned you a good beating.  Jeans in all the madness became a gesture of contradicting  supreme leader Mao and a symbol of supporting American Imperialism.
 
So her very friend and comrade stripped her and did the unthinkable and unspeakable in public.  My aunt couldn't take the humiliation and took her own life the same afternoon.
 
As years go by, all my families escaped communist China and landed in Hong Kong, Aunt Mui was gone, but she was never forgotten. 
 
And that is why I wore jeans, a indisputable symbol of Americanism at my oath ceremony, and if aunt Mui is above there somewhere watching over me, she knew I did it for her honour.
 
 
 
 
 
 

"Honey, you sure you don't want to change?" My husband yelled as he was jumping out of the shower.  "You look gorgeous in that cheongsam!"
 
"I am 100% sure!" 
 
My husband was baffled. Why would I wear jeans at a such solemn event? on this very day I became an American?
 
little did he know,  I wore it to honour my aunt, who was killed by the Chinese communists over a pair of blue jeans.
 
My dad escaped the Chinese civil war and arrived in Hong Kong, left behind two other  siblings who remained in communist controlled China. Dad worked few odd jobs so that every time we visited our relatives, we would be able to bring necessities, be flour, rice, clothes, radio or even salt and sugar.
 
I still remember my dad's loud cry when upon returning to China, he learned my aunt had committed suicide, over the very pair of jeans he brought her from Hong Kong.
 
Only when I grew up, I heard the story from my cousin that auntie Mui lost her life to the heydays of cultural revolution, when every single wrong doing could land you in jail and every little mistake earned you a good beating.  Jeans in all the madness became a gesture of contradicting  supreme leader Mao and a symbol of supporting American Imperialism.
 
So her very friend and comrade stripped her and did the unthinkable and unspeakable in public.  My aunt couldn't take the humiliation and took her own life the same afternoon.
 
As years go by, all my families escaped communist China and landed in Hong Kong, Aunt Mui was gone, but she was never forgotten. 
 
And that is why I wore jeans, a indisputable symbol of Americanism at my oath ceremony, and if aunt Mui is above there somewhere watching over me, she knew I did it for her honour.
 
 
 
 
 
 

You can leave the US with your unexpired passport. so it's all good.
 
It takes 10 business days for Immigration Department to issue your new Hong Kong passport, and they do not expedite applications unless it's life and death. so count your days and CNY holidays and see if you have enough time to renew your passport.
 
You can definitely renew your passport via post, I just realized you have to pick up your passport in person in Hong Kong, that makes zero sense. How could you travel home from abroad without a passport?
 
If you are a US permanent resident, you can apply for a Travel Document,(re-entry permit) in lieu of your SAR passport, and when you return HK, you can use your HK Permanent Resident ID at e-channel to enter HK.
 
BNO status doesn't expire, so even if your UK passport had expired a long time ago, you can still renew it. and of course you can use your BNO to board plane. (
 
I noticed you are in Montana, how on earth did a Hong Kong girl end up in Montana? I must be love, huh?
I've been to Helena and it is absolutely gorgeous! Sky is really blue and grass is really green. what a luxury for us Hong Kongers!
 
 
 
 
 

I would recommend you renewing your passport in Hong Kong.
 
Chinese foreign posts do not issue SAR passports. All they do is to accept your application and send them back to Hong Kong, and they charge an extra fee.
 
Save yourself a trip, money and delay！ 
You can lodge your renewal application directly with Immigration Department. Send your passport back to Hong Kong, pay the fee and they will send it back to your address in the US.
 
Are you also a British National? you can renew your UK passport here in the US.
 
 

I would recommend you renewing your passport in Hong Kong.
 
Chinese foreign posts do not issue SAR passports. All they do is to accept your application and send them back to Hong Kong, and they charge an extra fee.
 
Save yourself a trip, money and delay！ 
You can lodge your renewal application directly with Immigration Department. Send your passport back to Hong Kong, pay the fee and they will send it back to your address in the US.
 
Are you also a British National? you can renew your UK passport here in the US.
 
 

VJ NEVER failed to entertain.

you will be fine.

She cannot come every six months and maintain her residency. 
 
A green card is for somebody who has intention to live in the US. 
 
Her travel abroad should be temporary, not permanent. 
 

I am also wondering, if she doesn’t want to live in the US, why does she need a green card anyway?

She cannot come every six months and maintain her residency. 
 
A green card is for somebody who has intention to live in the US. 
 
Her travel abroad should be temporary, not permanent. 
 

I am equally as shocked to hear how many people here just happen to have a friend and that friend just so happens to have a very complicated immigration question . As if their friends are not capable of using the internet and ask a question. 

I am equally as shocked to hear how many people here just happen to have a friend and that friend just so happens to have a very complicated immigration question . As if their friends are not capable of using the internet and ask a question. 

I am equally as shocked to hear how many people here just happen to have a friend and that friend just so happens to have a very complicated immigration question . As if their friends are not capable of using the internet and ask a question. 

I am equally as shocked to hear how many people here just happen to have a friend and that friend just so happens to have a very complicated immigration question . As if their friends are not capable of using the internet and ask a question. 

I am equally as shocked to hear how many people here just happen to have a friend and that friend just so happens to have a very complicated immigration question . As if their friends are not capable of using the internet and ask a question. 

I am equally as shocked to hear how many people here just happen to have a friend and that friend just so happens to have a very complicated immigration question . As if their friends are not capable of using the internet and ask a question. 

I am equally as shocked to hear how many people here just happen to have a friend and that friend just so happens to have a very complicated immigration question . As if their friends are not capable of using the internet and ask a question. 

there are visas available for nannies but you do not qualify.
 
Unfortunately, you cannot bring your father here as your personal helper.
 
I would suggest speaking with your school and see if they could help to hire a personal helper.

there are visas available for nannies but you do not qualify.
 
Unfortunately, you cannot bring your father here as your personal helper.
 
I would suggest speaking with your school and see if they could help to hire a personal helper.

Most likely NO.
 
manage your expectation. Your congressman will not be able to influence the outcome of your waiver.
 
 

I doubt you are barely making ends meet working for a company that sends you and your spouse abroad.
 
Why don't you get a personal loan or a credit card that has a 0% introductory APR?
 
perhaps you could also borrow some money from your families or friends.
 
Regardless, it takes 5-6 months for them to approve your wife's AP. so most likely she won't be able to travel to Thailand this year.
 
 

I doubt you are barely making ends meet working for a company that sends you and your spouse abroad.
 
Why don't you get a personal loan or a credit card that has a 0% introductory APR?
 
perhaps you could also borrow some money from your families or friends.
 
Regardless, it takes 5-6 months for them to approve your wife's AP. so most likely she won't be able to travel to Thailand this year.
 
 

I doubt you are barely making ends meet working for a company that sends you and your spouse abroad.
 
Why don't you get a personal loan or a credit card that has a 0% introductory APR?
 
perhaps you could also borrow some money from your families or friends.
 
Regardless, it takes 5-6 months for them to approve your wife's AP. so most likely she won't be able to travel to Thailand this year.
 
 

I doubt you are barely making ends meet working for a company that sends you and your spouse abroad.
 
Why don't you get a personal loan or a credit card that has a 0% introductory APR?
 
perhaps you could also borrow some money from your families or friends.
 
Regardless, it takes 5-6 months for them to approve your wife's AP. so most likely she won't be able to travel to Thailand this year.
 
 

If that was the case why did you come here then? She's not dying. I don't see a humanitarian reason. If she needs you there maybe you should have stayed there until you were ready to come over. 
 
Sorry to be harsh. But you booked a trip without a travel permit and now you're trying to get there with a white lie. I actually had to use emergency parole because my dad WAS DYING.