Kyle M.

Not an issue

Go Cards! I grew up on the east side - Sullivan, MO. Now my wife and I live in KC, however, I've never converted my allegiance to the Royals.

Good man....very wise decision! How is your wife adjusting to Missouri life?

Our apartment is in KC, and my wife has visited the States three different times, visiting each time for about a month. Currently, we're still in China, but gearing up to move to the States (March 2010). She likes Missouri a lot, but prefers city life rather than rural. I'm not surprised as she comes from a city of 8 million. She likes KC barbecue and I've gotten her into baseball - she's also a Cards fan. Last time we were in the States during the summer, we saw an I-70 series game. Jingjing and I were the only Cards fans in the whole section.

My wife is looking forward to moving. She's planning on going to school; she has high aspirations - she wants to become a RN. She already has nursing experience in China, but unfortunately, it won't transfer. Obviously, we're sad to leave her family and many friends behind, but because of the Internet - the world is a much smaller place. Jingjing's English is exceptional and she's already made several friends during her previous three visits. I think her biggest concern is finding native Chinese food, which in KCMO is harder to come by than larger cities. We don't really have a China town, per se, it's more like a China building. All-in-all, I think we'll be fine.

You're looking

Your wife is very beautiful and you are a lucky man. I am not a lech, just an observer.

Hahahaha....and that is why I will never post personal pics....

BTW....Kyle, where in Missouri do you live? I am in St. Louis.

Go Cards! I grew up on the east side - Sullivan, MO. Now my wife and I live in KC, however, I've never converted my allegiance to the Royals.

I'm sorry that it has taken me this long to get a reply from her. This is what she told me. Every company (if it is legitimate) has CCP representation known as, 党支部. This is who your wife will need to go to get this letter. Our friend said that she went in to her CCP reps office and explained her situation and they were able to provide the letter specified on her blue sheet.

Wow, that sounds to easy!!! I have been reading that it is a major deal when going into a CCP office. I've heard they try to keep you as a member and it's a major interrogation about why your quitting. Qian is not working for any company right now so that proves to be a problem (for talking to a CCP representative), unless you are saying that she could just walk into a company and ask for the CCP representative, is that what you are saying???

Did your friend say how long it took to get the letter and how did she receive it, by mail or did she pickup, etc. Thanks.

She didn't say anything about a lot of questions, but I assume that there were a few. No, she did not say how long it took. I'm not saying that you should just walk into any company and ask for this letter。 A company‘s 党支部specifically works with people of that company. I've heard that some smaller companies actually share an office with another company. This is all that I know on the subject - and will probably be all the help I can offer. Anything more than this would be speculation on my part; my wife was not a CCP member so we were able to avoid this headache. Hope this helps

I'm sorry that it has taken me this long to get a reply from her. This is what she told me. Every company (if it is legitimate) has CCP representation known as, 党支部. This is who your wife will need to go to get this letter. Our friend said that she went in to her CCP reps office and explained her situation and they were able to provide the letter specified on her blue sheet.

Currently they are in America and we are in China - so it'll take some time to get that information for you. I've contacted them, and am waiting for a reply.

What did your blue slip say? Did they request any additional documents or action on your part? If not, it seems like all you can do is wait for the additional processing to complete (background check).

Your notarized/translated documents will all be done by the same office. My wife had her police report, our marriage license, and her birth certificate all done at the our city's notary office which is authorized to do notarizations for foreign consulates. If your wife does a search for "your city (found in her hukou), notary, foreign" in Chinese, for example we did this search "武汉公证涉外"

Our city, Wuhan: 武汉

Notary: 公证 gong1zheng4

Foreign: 涉外 she4wai4

The name of the office is probably (your city) gong1zheng4chu4 - （your city)公证处

All of these will be in a white book. You will probably need photos for all of these, but the requirements are different in different places. I'm sure once you find the proper office's website, you'll find what they require.

Make sure you go to the above office in her city (or city listed in her hukou). Do not go to an alternative notary service, as there are many of them out there. Unfortunately not all services are created equal in the eyes of the Chinese government - thus, not all are qualified for foreign affairs. You're looking for at least a city level notary.

I'm a fan of http://www.vayama.com, and have always received pretty decent fares.

We had a good friend who also married an American. She went for her interview earlier this year and was blue slipped. It's my understanding that being a party member is pretty much an automatic blue slip. That being said, the over-come process seems to be easy - it just takes time for additional processing.

For our friend she needed to write an explanation letter giving her past status in the CCP, and get a letter indicating that she's no longer a member.

A similar issue happened to us. My wife called them and provided the EMS tracking number. They were able to sort it out. Contact information for EMS can be found on their site http://www.ems.com.cn