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Wow..some couple got their K1 approved in just over a month! Does anyone know why this happens? Just luck? I kinda don't want mine approved so fast, I need time to have the home arranged and things in place before she comes, but it wouldn't be terrible if that happened. Maybe he will get hung up at NVC or the embassy...but it is still very cool to see that. And we jumped almost ten spots on Igor's List in one day...but we also had not moved for several days. I think I will just have to chill and not think about this so much!

Congratulations!!!

Congrats! I thought CSC was really slowing down, but they approved 14 K1s on Friday...or maybe they were just sitting on them until Friday

I will try not to get my hopes up as a September filer and just plan on a nice Christmas gift..I hope.

If you get the forms from following the web navigation links, yer getting the current versions .

If you found them on google, you have a chance of finding the older versions - recently 'those pages' were still published, but absolutely NOT LINKED from any web page navigation.

Good Luck !

Thank you so much!

Hi guys,

Maybe I am jumping the gun here because I filed on September 3 for K1, but I am going to see my fiancee in early November and wanted to get ahead if possible. What I want to do is download the current P3 forms from the consulate website and work with her to get them ready and take them in November. Does anyone know if the current forms posted on the website are still good and not being replaced soon? I thought I saw a post recently about the forms being old or maybe having mistakes. Thanks for any help you can provide.

It's a tough decision for EVERYONE . It's like all medicine. Do the benefits outweigh the side effects?

Another point is that everyone is concerned that this is the MAJOR flu pandemic that has been waiting to strike. The same fear was arisen in 1976 with that swine flu strain and the possible connection to the 1918 flu. A vaccine was rushed to the population without sufficient time for proper testing and the result was no pandemic...but Guillain-Barre syndrome in several hundred people. There is no proof so far that this unique strain has higher mortality rates...except for those at the onset in Mexico...bullet missed?? So, at this point, the risks may be much less than the potential side effects..

Some parents are also cautious of vaccinations in general due to unsubstantiated claims and anecdotal evidence that there is a link between vaccination and autism. However, just because something is the topic on Oprah does not mean it is validated science or truth. Due to the nature of this year's H1N1 flu, vaccination would help to attenuate the spread of the virus and hopefully limit the exposure to those younger and older individuals who are at greatest risk. We are overdue for a strong strain of influenza and the reactions of most Americans has demonstrated that when it does strike we will be woefully unprepared. Fortunately, there are over 6 billion of us in the "herd"...so it won't thin too much

I don't know where everyone's wives or fiancees live, but mine is in Chongqing. They have really cleaned the streets and put out the decorations! They claim 11 million potted plants in Chongqing have been posted around the city. Thanks for the information about coverage of the national day, it will be an interesting perspective to watch.

http://english.cqnews.net/cqnews/200909/t2...929_3638276.htm

http://english.cqnews.net/cqnews/200909/t2...928_3637432.htm

it's called putting things into perspective

No, it's called shoving your repuglican junk into this forum after boasting about degrading Chinese women all over VJ. Get lost. If you can't accept folks being different from you then maybe try rushlimpbaugh.com or seanhaveamentalillness.com. You are way off topic so please leave us alone. I want to know how to get National Day coverage on the web, not your (especially your) political diatribe.

Oooo...oooo.....I can't wait until November when we get to celebrate OUR national holiday...symbolizing the initial phase of the mass eradication of multiple groups of endogenous peoples inhabiting OUR "amber waves of grain." Mmm....turkey..

Does anyone have any plans to return to China soon? If so, I REALLY recommend flying on Asian Airlines. The flights are typically cheaper (especially the red eyes) and the food is much better and the attendants are easier on the eyes.

Any September filers for China?? Let's stick together and resource this journey...okay, that sounds corny, but you know what I mean..

I was reading the post today that VSC has been really pushing through some approvals in less than two months. That is great for those applying to that center. My question has to do with what I have noticed very often with applicants from the Philippines. Why do their approval times seem so much faster than for China? I notice this for all stages...or am I just biased? Just a curious question.....

I hope you already cleared things up with the answer of HelloWorld.

Just be patient. You will get there.

Thanks for the replies, I had my assumptions of numbers due to only one consulate processing everyone, but it even seems that they get through the NVC stage faster as well. I will be patient...no reason to get upset, the time can be well spent making sure all arrangements are ready for her arrival and that the paperwork is perfect and ready to go for the embassy. Thanks guys!

I was reading the post today that VSC has been really pushing through some approvals in less than two months. That is great for those applying to that center. My question has to do with what I have noticed very often with applicants from the Philippines. Why do their approval times seem so much faster than for China? I notice this for all stages...or am I just biased? Just a curious question.....

just reading the checklist on what is required for NOA2, I was wondering if they will need my fiancee's birth certificate at any point during the process?

You NOA2 is the approval of your visa application stateside. Once it is approved, it will be to your respective embassy for further processing. This is the point at which your fiancee's birth certificate will become important. She will take it to the interview at the embassy along with all the other paperwork that she will have received.

Read the guides, they are very detailed and will give you all the information that you need.

Hi to everyone,

I just received the email alerting that our 130 was approved... YEAH!!!!

It sounds like we will have to go to Guangzhou for the interview and final part of the process. It seems like Guangzhou has a slightly different process and can be a little difficult at times. Now to the stupid question, can we request our VISA be processed at a different Embassy in China?

Thanks,

Tom &vJialian

The more experienced guys will chime in here I am sure, but my understanding is that Guangzhou is the only embassy processing fiancee and spouse visas. I have heard that other embassies will do this, but they are special cases, and you would know if you are connected enough to be a "special" case. We are all in the Guz boat...sink or swim...you will survive.

The post office?

What I meant to post is this:

Most of the documents needed can be obtained from one of China's Notarial Offices (Gong Zheng Chu). All Chinese documentation to be used abroad is processed through the notary offices and issued in the form of notarial certificates. Notarial offices are located in all major Chinese cities and in rural county seats

The documents required are the GongZhengShu 公证书

Sample application for documents (your province or hukou may vary):

http://www.bnpo.gov.cn/upload/file/200872115331419.doc

http://www.bnpo.gov.cn/guide/detail1.asp

A discussion of the huji (or hukou 户口) system can be found at Hukou System. Chinese residents should go to their hukou for all notarial documents (birth, divorce, and/or single certificate, and police records). For the police record, one obtained at the hukou will cover all of China.

A notarial document will be in the standard white notarial booklet, have an official red seal, an English translation, and an attestation to the true translation.

Note that police records and single certificates are valid for one year from the date of notarization. Others are valid indefinitely.

Marriage certification for I-130 or K-3 must be in the same format.

If ANY document is unobtainable, you should submit a statement of WHY it is unobtainable, and what effort you made to obtain it.

Much more here:

http://www.chinafamilyvisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69

Excellent! Thank you for the reply..I owe you guys a beer on this lovely Labor Day weekend. By the time this process is finished, I will probably owe a lot of beers to my new friends on VJ! haha...

Hello Everyone,

Just planing ahead..but does anyone know of a certified translator or service in Chongqing. My fiancee is from Beibei district and works in the city center near Jiefangbei. She will need to have her documents translated and we thought it would be good to at least find the service when the time arrives. Thanks for help in advance.

Hello Tom and welcome aboard!

Welcome! It is good to have someone in the same timeline boat with me. Message me if you need any help or have questions. There are a lot of great people on here who have gone all the way, but still stay around and answer questions for us 'newbies.'

Hi,

On the G-325A, just below the box for the applicant's signature, it says "If your native alphabet is in other than Roman letters, write your name in your native alphabet below."

My fiance is Chinese and she will also complete the G-325A. Does she need to write her name in Chinese in that box, or is the pinyin letters (Roman letters) considered acceptable?

Thanks,

Tom

She needs to sign her name in Chinese in that box. For the signature line, I had my fiancee sign her name in Pinyin and also Chinese. When she signs the G-325A, be sure to also get an original signature on a "letter of intent" for marriage as that is one of the other required documents. Again, I had my fiancee sign with both Pinyin and Chinese. Anyone else have thoughts on this? Good Luck!

Your SO does not have to fly immediately after interview, most likely a more sensible plan would be, you plan regular RT to Guz for the interview. Once SO gets pink they return home and prepares to leave for US in 4-6 weeks roughly.

If SO lives a long way away from GUZ and they are packing for going to America, thats a ton of luggage to be hauling around when you really do not have the big fat VISA in hand.

Me and my SO plan is pretty much, I go to GUZ with her, I fly home, she flys back home (Chongqing). I return in 2 months empty handed (no luggage) except for a few changes of clothes. We fly back to America together so I can go through POE with her and also she gets to bring along 2 extra bags of stuff on my ticket.

I know we all want to be together as fast as possible, but take some time and think it through, what happens as another poster above stated if they get pink, but you get the black hole 2 week wait on VISA? what about blue slip for additional documentation? Or worse yet the dreaded white.

You have waited a long time, another month or 2 to make preparations without flying by the seat of the pants (no pun intended) will make a lot less stress on your SO, and they are going to have a ton of that anyway with interview, saying goodbye to family and friends, entering a vastly different culture etc etc.

Summation of this longer then intended post: Don't rush

Thanks for the perspective. I agree that it may be best to not expect her to return to the US with me. At the same time, I don't have the flexibility to make trips as often. Maybe I will have to choose between being at the interview and being with her on the "long haul" flight to the US. We have time....patience.... By the way, my girl is also from Chongqing, so if you want to message me offline her information it maybe helpful for the girls to have contacts. I was hoping to find one or two girls she could have contact with in case help is needed.

Eh, I'll just make sure to take lots when I go back to China. =D I wonder what I can convince him with.

Just tell him he doesn't have to love getting his picture taken..just love you. Relationships are about compromise and sacrifice for each other. I had the opposite problem, my fiancee doesn't mind having her picture taken, but we were so in awe when we where together that we just forgot to take many pics. I just sent our K1 in the mail today and sent every pic that we had together.....10. Ugh..how did we not take more! haha Good Luck!

I have read several users mention that there are travel agents who will help you get cheap flights back home? I am referring to the agents at the consulate. Are these flights for your fiancee, or both? Are guys (I assume most of us are guys for China) just buying one way flights for the interview and then waiting on the return flight...or do users hedge their visa-bet and buy their fiancee's ticket in advance. I am far from this point, but I am really curious. Thanks!

Also, look on YouTube for various fiancee visa search terms and you can find some simple videos people have made showing their assembly methods. It would be great if there was much more of this online to guide everyone along.

If your girl is in any of the major cities, they know about it...trust me. There are lots of advertisements running in Chongqing and Shanghai that I have seen. Candle for Love has a discount through a supplier: http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11002

The prices are exceptional and it does work. It is hard to beat these prices..and what better way to surprise your sweetheart than flowers....of course you will probably be told it is a "waste of money."

If you are still concerned about extracting this information, just do a google search for SkypeChatExporter. It is a simple program that outputs your Skype logs into a much more user friendly format. Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with this software, just in a similar boat.

Good Luck!

This is not adding to the answers, but if you are just getting started in the process send me a message and we can trade emails. I am also getting started and could use some "friends" in the same boat.