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Hi all,

I am applying IR-1/CR-1 for my wife and I have gotten the letter from NVC asking us to pay the $470. I need your guidance to make sure I am not making any mistakes for my next step.

The things I am planning to get next and send to NVC:

1) Police certificates

2) Fill out Form DS-230 Part 1

3) 2 passport sized photographs

4) Original birth certificate for petitioner

5) Original birth certificate for beneficiary

6) Original marriage certificate

7) Copy of passport biographic page for both of us

8) Copy of naturalization certificate

9) Form I-864 and last three years of tax returns

Questions:

Am I missing anything important from the above list?

For the tax returns, can I just send tax transcripts? Does it have to include 2009?

Hi all, I submitted my wife's I-130 and have gotten NOA-2 (I-130 is approved). Upon examining things, I realized her G-325A has gotten some typos in the date for the places she has lived. One location is missing, and another location's date is off by a year (so instead of 2007, it says 2006). What should I do? Should I resubmit the whole application?

In China there is only ONE police cert, it covers the whole country, itican be applied for at the PSB located where citizen's residency (national ID) and needs to be brought to a notary office for translation to English.

A few things:

Update your profile to show China. And what you filed for CR-1/IR-1 http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...rCP&CODE=01

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=59180

Join "A Candle for Love" and use the FAQ and guides there, no other site on the internet has better resources for dealing with interview in Guangzhou. http://candleforlove.com

Another China immigrations board of note: http://www.chinafamilyvisa.com

Thanks for confirming this!

Hi all,

My wife's I-130 just got approved, and I am working on getting her police certificates now.

According to what I read:

"If the applicant lived in a different part of their country of nationality for more than 6 months after and was 16 years or older, THEN the applicant needs a

police certificate from the police authorities of that locality."

Does that mean if my wife has lived in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing, she would need a police certificate from each location? Does she need to travel to those locations again? I have heard conflicting suggestion from other people that she only needs to get it from her "hukou" (registered residence), which will pull in info from all of China.

Has anyone have to deal with getting multiple police certificates before? I have read all the available resources including the reciprocity but nothing says definitively which way I should go with regards to this.

Sorry for asking this again, I am still not able to find info on this after a day of online search.

Hi Arun, I did look at that. It is still very confusing to me as it doesn't state if I need to get a certificate from each locality or just one locality where the residence is registered. I hope someone here who has applied I-130 for a Chinese spouse can provide me with the correct information.

Hi all,

My wife's I-130 just got approved, and I am working on getting her police certificates now.

According to what I researched,

"If the applicant lived in a different part of their country of nationality for more than 6 months after and was 16 years or older, THEN the applicant needs a

police certificate from the police authorities of that locality."

Does that mean if my wife has lived in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing, she would need a police certificate from each location? Does she need to travel to those locations again? I have heard conflicting suggestion from other people that she only needs to get it from her "hukou" (registered residence), which will pull in info from all of China.

Has anyone have to deal with getting multiple police certificates before?

Thank you all, you guys are great!

My wife and I are living in Canada now, so it will be hard for her to go back and get the police certificates. Does she have to travel to all the cities she has lived for more than 6 months to get the police certificates? They are quite far apart and she doesn't have any family members in those cities.

Sorry I should have elaborated, I meant to say for the entire IR-1/CR-1 application (so including I-864, etc.), do I need to get her birth certificate at some point?

Hi all,

For I-130 application, do I ever need to get the birth certificate for the beneficiary? Also, do I need to travel to my wife's (beneficiary) home country (China) to gather police certificates for all the city she has lived in or is there an easier way?

Thank you.

Hi all, I am preparing the materials to prove the bona fide marriage. My wife and I have been married for 4 years. I have been filing joint taxes after we were married. (She lives in Canada and I live in the US)

1) How much materials do we need to send to prove that our marriage is bona fide?

2) What's the usual thing to send given that we don't live together?

3) Do I need to send email logs or chat logs I had with my wife over the years?

Those are done in foreign language -- I can translate them but not sure if they need to be certified? Is this necessary?

4) Also, do I need to send these things spanning the time we were married til now? Or will recent materials suffice?

Thanks!

Hi all,

I am almost done preparing for my wife's I-130. However, she didn't think she ever had an original birth certificate like most of us do. All I have now is a notarial birth certificate (in China, they call it 公证书 gong zheng shu), is that acceptable or will that cause a delay down the road?

Also, do I need to mail a photocopy of in her passport pages?

Thanks all!

I am preparing I-130 for my wife, for the employment section, my wife has been on leave of absence for some time now.

Questions:

1) Is it important for the beneficiary to hold a job?

2) Should I list her job as present job or previous, given that she is on leave of absence?

Thanks.

I forgot to ask, do I need to send in my wife's birth certificate? We don't have her actual birth cert, but a notarial birth certificate.

Hi all, I am getting ready to file for my I-130 after doing research on this site.

I am a US citizen and right now my wife and I reside in Canada as permanent residents. I have prepared the relevant documents to submit with my I-130 application, I would like a second pair of eyes from you to make sure I cover everything:

1) Cover letter

2) I-130 form

3) G-325A for myself (sponsor), and G-325A for my wife (beneficiary)

4) Marriage certificate - original and translation

5) My birth certificate - original and translation

6) My naturalization certificate

7) Photographs - one for sponsor and one for petitioner

8) Proof of marriage

- Canadian bank letter saying we have a joint account

- Lease agreement (Canada)

- Joint US tax return 2007, 2008

- Insurance claim (Canada)

- A letter indicating my wife is my 401k's beneficiary (US)

9) Filing fee

Did I cover it all? Should I include photos of us, phone bills when we were not together, emails, chat logs, etc.?

Thank you all.

Hi all, I have been doing some research on this site, and I read about things like P2, P3 and P4.

I will be doing DCF for my wife in Canada.

Are P2, P3 and P4 the instructions that we will receive from the embassy? Are they available on this site so I can prepare myself ahead of time?

What information will we receive from the consulate for the entire DCF process?

Thank you!

Hi all, I have been doing some research on this site, and I read about things like P2, P3 and P4.

I will be doing DCF for my wife in Canada.

Are P2, P3 and P4 the instructions that we will receive from the embassy? Are they available on this site so I can prepare myself ahead of time?

What information will we receive from the consulate for the entire DCF process?

Thank you!

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Hi, I have not submitted anything yet so I have no timeline to submit now. I am ready to take the first step this week.

Hi,

My wife and I are permanent residents in Canada, and I am a US citizen. I have been reading about the eligibility to file for DCF (and Adam Walsh Act, etc.) and I am really confused.

Some said I have to have resided in Canada for six months to do DCF, others said as long as I have a visa that allows me to stay for more than six months, I can do it. Yet others said I have to be permanent residents for six months. We just landed as permanent residents last month, but a few months prior to that, we have lived here on work permit for more than a year (temporary residents). Does that make us eligible to do DCF or no?

Also, another confusing thing is, do you have to reside for six months up to the point when you file for DCF, or can the resident be in the past?

Hi,

My wife and I are permanent residents in Canada, and I am a US citizen. I have been reading about the eligibility to file for DCF (and Adam Walsh Act, etc.) and I am really confused.

Some said I have to have resided in Canada for six months to do DCF, others said as long as I have a visa that allows me to stay for more than six months, I can do it. Yet others said I have to be permanent residents for six months. We just landed as permanent residents last month, but a few months prior to that, we have lived here on work permit for more than a year (temporary residents). Does that make us eligible to do DCF or no?

Hi all, I have been doing some research on this site, and I read about things like P2, P3 and P4.

I will be doing DCF for my wife in Canada.

Are P2, P3 and P4 the instructions that we will receive from the embassy? Are they available on this site so I can prepare myself ahead of time?

What information will we receive from the consulate for the entire DCF process?

Thank you!

Thank you for your useful info, I am very impressed (as I have not gotten info like this before).

We have only been in Canada as permanent residents for 2+ weeks, so we don't meet the 6-month requirements. Prior to this, we did stay in Canada on temporary residents visa (work visa) for about 2 years up 'til 3 months ago.

Does the residence requirement include only permanent residents?

If you did not have a break between permanent and prior temp residence then perhaps this may satisfy the consulate for DCF filing.

There was a break between temp and permanent residence. Should we consult US Consulate in Canada about this requirement? Does that mean our only option is to file the I-130 within the states? Please advice.

Thank you for your useful info, I am very impressed (as I have not gotten info like this before).

We have only been in Canada as permanent residents for 2+ weeks, so we don't meet the 6-month requirements. Prior to this, we did stay in Canada on temporary residents visa (work visa) for about 2 years up 'til 3 months ago.

Does the residence requirement include only permanent residents?

Hi, all

I am very happy to have found this site. Right now I am preparing to file for I-130 for my wife.

I got my US citizenship this year, right now my wife and I are residing in

Canada as Canadian permanent residents.

My goal is to be with my wife as much as possible and get her to states as soon

as possible so we can settle down and reduce our expenses (such as rent in two

countries)

I am unsure of how to proceed further:

1) Should I do a direct consular filing or file the I-130 within the US?

2) Should I file for a K-3 for her? Is that the fastest way to get her to the US

or there is another way?

3) I read on the Department of State website that "The embassy or consulate

where you, the spouse of an American citizen, will apply for a K-3 visa must be in the

country where your marriage took place." We are both from different countries, and it would

be a lot of hassles for me to apply at the country where we married (my country of origin).

Is K-3 out of the question then?

Please advice. Thanks.