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Hi, thank you in advance.

I was hoping someone could explain to me whether or not I had to fill this form out. First off, my mother is my husband's sponsor and she has not moved, but my husband and I have moved to a new house. The instructions only say for the sponsor, but I'm not sure if I should cover my bases by filling it out too (since I am the spouse). Any advice?

Hello, Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

I have some questions regarding the I-864 and establishing domicile:

1) I don't think I have enough information to show domicile. I have only bank statements ($1-200 in the account) and do get mail periodically at my permanent residence back in the US. My question is, what other types of evidence can be used? I do not have a job lined up, nor do I have any property. I didn't vote this year in the elections either. I've been in China as an English teacher the last year and a half, with the exception of going home to visit twice for a month at a time.

2) My mother is going to be my co-sponsor. I do believe she is to fill out the I-864A, correct? Would she be the primary sponsor (since she has the stable job in the US), or am I?

3) My mother filed me under her taxes last year, since I didn't do it and wasn't in the US at the time too. This year she may have to do the same. Will this be a problem since I didn't file my own taxes? On page 8, #25, it says I must provide a "federal individual income tax return". The word "individual" confused me since I'm filed under her.

I think there will be many more questions regarding this form, but for now I hope you can help direct me to the right place or offer some advice. I took a look at the forums and didn't find anything similar. If there is, I must have missed it. thanks.

hello,

I need your advice on what to put on my I-130 in regards to my occupation. Last year, I worked at Science and Technology Normal University for 5 months on a "F" visa. This year I worked at Ray's Language Institution for 2 months also on a "F" visa. I understand that I was supposed to file my income tax last year and this year. I did not do that, and I wonder if the US government will want me to give them proof that I worked in China? I don't think one is supposed to work full time on an "F" visa so I don't know what to do.

Because I was on an "F" visa at that time, I don't think I was allowed to get paid. I know I will need to file my income tax return for the I-864 form and I don't know what to put on my I-130 form. Should I just say I was a teaching assistant, English Teacher, or visiting scholar? Will the US gov. still ask me for the tax forms from these schools? I never recieved them so I don't know what to do. I will be turning my I-130 into Beijing in 2 days. Can you please help? Time is of the essence. I only found out today. Thank you so much

thank you, I have tried this option too. I'm feeling rather disillusioned with everything right now.

I-130 Spouse - cannot contact US consulate in Beijing

Hi, I have been trying since Oct 9th every working day (excluding their holidays)at the US consulate in Beijing to try and contact them through email, leaving messages, and just calling them every hour to make an appointment to file my I-130. Since then, I've been lucky once but the lady who picked the phone up last week said I could not make an appt. till this week since their offices were moving. Well, they still wont' pick up their phones and I'm not sure how to make an appointment with them if they will not do their part in helping? This is the phone number and email I've been trying:

010-8529-6740 . I reside in China so I use this number.

DHSBeijing-CIS@dhs.gov

Can someone please give me any advice or experiences you've had with them? thanks.

Have you tried the FAX option?

(010) 8529-6779

I-130 Spouse - cannot contact US consulate in Beijing

Hi, I have been trying since Oct 9th every working day (excluding their holidays)at the US consulate in Beijing to try and contact them through email, leaving messages, and just calling them every hour to make an appointment to file my I-130. Since then, I've been lucky once but the lady who picked the phone up last week said I could not make an appt. till this week since their offices were moving. Well, they still wont' pick up their phones and I'm not sure how to make an appointment with them if they will not do their part in helping? This is the phone number and email I've been trying:

010-8529-6740 . I reside in China so I use this number.

DHSBeijing-CIS@dhs.gov

Can someone please give me any advice or experiences you've had with them? thanks.

Hi, I've also read that I-130 packets cannot be mailed in. I am in the same boat you are and have called probably more than fifty times. I've been trying since Oct 9th, every working day (excluding their many holidays) to leave messages, send emails and just plain old call every hour when I have the chance. I was lucky last week when someone picked up my call, but she told me i would have to call back this week since they were moving. They should have moved two weeks ago and they are behind schedule with that so that is a reason why they probably haven't returned any messages. I'm just as frustrated as you are. I just want to file this packet if they would just pick up their phone and give me an appointment. Up till now, I haven't found any other way to contact them. I've just resigned myself to the fact that I'll have to keep trying till they do pick up their phone and do their job by being helpful. I've heard from others on a website for Chinese who want to immigrate out of their country (Candleforlove.com) that the Beijing US consulate office is pretty disorganized, and it scares me since we have to rely on them for help. Please update me if you succeed in getting through. I shall do the same, thanks.

thank you pushbrk, i went on the site, registered but cannot post anything yet(not sure why and waiting on the reason) but I'm curious what your experience was. Did you file in Beijing? If you did, how did you find your experience? thanks.

Hi, I've gone ahead and read the US Consulate, Beijing website regarding the residence restriction that requires a 6 month stay. It only says I need a residence permit, which I have. I'm just curious whether anyone has actually done a DCF at the Beijing consulate and if they could relay their experience to me? thanks.

I doubt there's any member here who has but it's pretty straight forward. The case will end up in Guangzhou for the interview. For more China specific support try http://www.candleforlove.com

Hi, I have some specific questions I hope can be answered and I have not heard back from the Beijing office yet:

1) My soon-to-be husband's name is Wang Zi Yi from China. On the form, I'm not sure if the "Yi" is considered his middle name or not. Or should I list Zi Yi as his first name? He has never had to fill out his name in English before so he does not know either.

2) If I am doing a DCF, should I list my current address in China since I have a residence permit here, or should I list my home in the US? I think it's the former, but I just wanted to make sure.

3) When listing Wang Zi Yi's current address, he is living with me at the University, is it okay to use this address or is there some sort of policy that says he must register with an office somewhere to live at a certain place?

4) #16 asks if my relative ever took part in immigration proceedings. What does this mean? I applied for an I-129F for him but we decided to withdraw it even before the interview process. Does that count as taking part in an immigration proceeding?

5) #22 asks to fill out if my relative is in the US and will apply for adjustment of status. I really have no idea what this means. He has never been to the US, so I'm wondering if the I-130 form is used for other reasons too? I don't believe he is qualified to fill that section out right? I'm sorry for being so ignorant on these matters. Some of the questions really confuse me and I am really nervous, trying to give as precise an answer as I can.

Thank you in advance.

i wanted to thank everyone for their input, i appreciate any advice i get. There is no way I could survive in China and my fiancee wants to come to the US with me. his mother has friends and family here. She is understandably upset, and only focused on the negative issues. I really hope she will accept this. I do understand it is his decision to deal with his mother, but even he is helpless right now. He is frustrated she won't see reason, but he's not going to stay with her for the rest of his life because he has told me before she doesn't give him room to breathe - she tries to contol everything he does. He is a good son, so it's just a trying time for him now. thank you guys again!

Hi, I've gone ahead and read the US Consulate, Beijing website regarding the residence restriction that requires a 6 month stay. It only says I need a residence permit, which I have. I'm just curious whether anyone has actually done a DCF at the Beijing consulate and if they could relay their experience to me? thanks.

Hi there hope you can help me through a really difficult time. Mentally and physically I'm stressed out. I'm an American and I fell in love with someone from China. Last year we had agreed that he would come to the US on an I-129 visa and we would get married there. Now his mother is making a big fuss and wants us to marry in China. We agreed but she is making more demands. Her last request was that we stay an extra two years. Originally, we thought to appease her, but now she says she doesn't want us to marry this year at all. She is trying to keep him in China. She has told us that she will commit suicide if he leaves for America. Her family has a past history of this and she has attempted suicide (before I came into the picture). I can understand her fear of losing her son because she has only him. She doesn't want to listen to our assurances that either we will come visit her or she will come to the US eventually. All she can think of is keeping him here. Now, she's threatening to write a letter to the Chinese courts to refuse him a visa to America. I don't think she has any valid reasons that the court would listen, but again, i am worried because she seems like she will do anything to keep him here. I understand bits and pieces of the Chinese culture because I am Chinese American, but I find it difficult to accept because she is of the old tradition and thinks whatever she says and does is law. She is making things difficult for me and I know she's still scheming to try and split my fiancee and myself up. I'm really hurt and frustrated by her actions. She is very extreme. I don't want her son to feel so bad, but he and I have agreed that with or without her approval, we will get married in China. She will definitely be upset, but she is not giving us any leeway and has not tried to look at the big picture so we have not been able to compromise. Any advice? Can she actually inluence the decision of the Chinese or American govt? My fiancee has no criminal record so I'm not sure what she would say. thanks for your help.

Hi I would like to cancel my I-129F petition so that I can marry in China and file an I-130 petition. I have some questions:

1) if I want to get married in China right away and apply for the I-130 marriage visa, can i go ahead and do that (while I'm canceling the first visa) without it affecting the marriage visa?

2) if i want to cancel my I-129 fiancee application, how do i do it? (the answer on the US gov't. website they gave was vague, it said I needed to send a notarized original document to the US, but I need more specific info. on that)? Do I write a statement saying I want to cancel this petition on a regular piece of paper? Also, which address do I send it to (the 32 Rochester Ave address?)

3) For an American citizen to marry in China, do I have to reside here at least six months before I can do so? The gov't. website here says I I only need to have a residence permit, but an office in Guangzhou said I had to live here for six months without any breaks in between.

Many of these questions I have looked on the govt. websites for but have not found anything useful, this is actually my first post here. I hope you can help me. Thank you.