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LaurenAmber   0

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Hello my name's Lauren. I just joined because my husband and I are about to start our K3 process and we're beyond scared.

We had a very fast relationship so our families don't even know the real details. We've been too scared to tell anyone, yet our marriage works just fine so no one thinks anything's weird. We both admit that we were in a "i'm not getting any younger" state of mind when we found each other. We both wanted to get married and found someone who fit our life wants/needs/values/ and ideals.

Within 2 months of first contact I came to China on Sept 4th. We were planning on possibly getting married October 1st. Then his grandfather urged us to hurry, feeling that his health was failing. He said even if we couldn't have a ceremony he just wanted to know that his eldest grandson got married and to meet his wife. We agreed and were married only 5 days after my arrival on Sept 9th. This shocked even us at the time and when we would argue we would say "We got married too fast!" The landlady at our apartment was extremely racist against me (almost to the point of abuse). In that situation my husband stepped up, stood up for me and did everything he could to protect me from her. WIth that it was like a lightbulb switched and we were both extremely happy with our marriage.

The landlady situation got worse so we finally moved out and back home with his parents. Away from that stress our marriage has becomes something really really spectacular despite the seemingly strange circumstances. My husband is now proud to introduce me to anyone who will listen to him for 5 seconds. He used to be apprehensive about using words like "wife" and "laopo"(chinese for wife), but now he uses them so much ive almsot forgotten my real name haha.

My husband was really hoping I would like life in China, but was still open minded about living in America. Well as much as I love China, it's been beyond hard for me. And in my area in America there's actually a lot of Chinese people, traditional Chinese foods and culture, that would make him feel comfortable. So recently we made the solid decision for him to come to the US. We've always talked about both China and US as destinations but now it's official.

Now we're about to begin our K3 and we're scared to death. We're using a company that was recommended to us by a friend who recently got to bring his Korean wife home. We have a lot of fears, but i'm so glad i found this forum. I hope that we can as a lot of questions here and get advice on what to do.

BTW I wanted to offer one advise for couples being upset about not seeing each other...

Webcams!!

Granted they won't help your case in proving the validity of your relationship, but when Guoliang and I were dating they were completely vital to us. Even if you can't hold your love, being able to SEE them is so amazing. We would do cute things like draw pictures for each other or invite friends nad family over to meet our s/o on the cam.

Just giving a piece of advise fo rall the amazing help that this site and forum offers. Thanks!

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kiwiana Proficient

kiwiana   2

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Welcome to VJ Lauren! All the best on your journey! :thumbs:

ROC

06/01/2011 - Mailed ROC package to CSC

06/02/2011 - Package arrived and signed for at CSC

06/02/2011 - NOA receipt date

06/06/2011 - Check cashed

06/07/2011 - NOA arrived in the mail

06/15/2011 - Biometrics appointment letter arrived in the mail

07/11/2011 - Biometrics appointment

02/02/2012 - Phoned USCIS and put in a service request

02/08/2012 - Email from USCIS confirming my request

02/11/2012 - Letter from USCIS - says i should receive news within 30 days

03/14/2012 - Phoned USCIS again. 30 days has passed. no news. Took details again.

03/15/2012 -Received letter from USCIS - have to go to interview April 24th

04/24/2012 - Interview and ROC approved!!

05/07/2012 - Received email, card production ordered

05/11/2012 - Green card arrived

N-400

06/22/2012 - Mailed N-400 package to Phoenix/AZ Lockbox

06/26/2012 - NOA date

06/28/2012 - Check cashed

06/29/2012 - NOA arrived in the mail

07/02/2012 - Biometrics appointment letter arrived in mail

07/19/2012 - Biometrics appointment

07/30/2012 - Received text +email. Application placed in line for interview

07/30/2012 - Received text +email in evening - interview letter sent

08/03/2012 - Received interview letter

09/19/2012 - Interview - passed interview/test!!

10/24/2012 - Oath Ceremony!

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Brad and Vika   129

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You give some good advice here. Although we don't have webcams, we communicate every day (text, email, phone). It is vital to remaining "connected". Welcome, and good luck to you!

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Travelers - not tourists

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Welcome to VJ. Good luck on your journey :thumbs:

OurTimeline

11/18/2007--------I-129F Petition mailed to CSC

11/29/2007--------NOA1

04/02/2008 --------NOA2 Approved (On my B-Day)

05/08/2008---------Forwarded to ISL

05/12/2008---------Consulate Received

05/22/2008---------Packet 3.5 Received by my Fiance

06/06/2008---------Packet 3.5 Returned to Embassy

06/19/2008---------Recieved Packet 4

06/25/2008---------Medical

07/08/2008---------Interview

03/06/2009---------Visa in Hand

03/23/2009---------POE Chicago

03/24/2009---------Marriage

08/05/2009---------GC in Mail

09/13/2009---------First Job in US

Naturalization

01/28/15------------mailed packet to USIS

02/06/15-------------NOA

02/27/15-------------Biometrics Appt.

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Welcome and thanks for sharing your wonderful story. Best of luck on your journey home :)

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07-22-2006 Met in Florida

09-02-2006 Been together ever since

12-09-2007 My visa expired, trip back home

01-16-2008 Dave visited me in Ukraine

04-22-2008 I-129F mailed out to Vermont

05-20-2008 I-129F returned

05-22-2008 Second attempt at filing I-129F

05-23-2008 Received by Mr. Novak

05-29-2008 NOA1 (6 days)

06-09-2008 Touched (Yay, violated for the 1st time)

07-02-2008 Touched again!!!

07-03-2008 Touched again!!!

08-29-2008 Dave's 2nd trip to Ukraine!

09-25-2008 NOA2 (126 days)

09-26-2008 Touched

09-??-2008 NVC Received

09-30-2008 NVC Left

10-02-2008 Noa2 hardcopy in the mail

10-03-2008 Embassy Received

11-05-2008 Medical

11-07-2008 Interview

11-14-2008 Visa Received

11-17-2008 Flight to Orlando :)

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envy_me   18

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welcome to the jungle..

:oops: i mean VJ.. :lol:

hoping for your smooth journey! :dance:

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"i don't know much about love but i know that i love him.."

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LaurenAmber   0

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Thank you all so much for your warm welcome. I'm sitting here actually getting a bit upset because i'm leaving China soon and if we can't have the Chinese embassy take some mercy on us and allow my husband to come home from christmas, i really feel like i will lose it. It's good ot know I have people to talk to. This is probably going to test the furthest limits of my strength

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Hey

Welcome! So are you doing direct consular filing or are you filing in the United States?

Good luck! Lots of people, myself included, will be separated from their spouses for Christmas. We feel your pain

USCIS
August 12, 2008 - petition sent
August 16, 2008 - NOA-1
February 10, 2009 - NOA-2
178 DAYS FROM NOA-1

NVC
February 13, 2009 - NVC case number assigned
March 12, 2009 - Case Complete
25 DAY TRIP THROUGH NVC

Medical
May 4, 2009

Interview
May, 26, 2009

POE - June 20, 2009 Toronto - Atlanta, GA

Removal of Conditions
Filed - April 14, 2011
Biometrics - June 2, 2011 (early)
Approval - November 9, 2011
209 DAY TRIP TO REMOVE CONDITIONS

Citizenship

April 29, 2013 - NOA1 for petition received

September 10, 2013 Interview - decision could not be made.

April 15, 2014 APPROVED. Wait for oath ceremony

Waited...

September 29, 2015 - sent letter to senator.

October 16, 2015 - US Citizen

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LaurenAmber   0

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Hey

Welcome! So are you doing direct consular filing or are you filing in the United States?

Good luck! Lots of people, myself included, will be separated from their spouses for Christmas. We feel your pain

Wait what's DCR?? We just settled on moving ot the US so my research is minimal. How is it different? We were just going to file in the US and his parents were going to pay for us to use Apex Visa Services (They seem to be the most reputable, and came recommended from a friend)

I really feel like i'm just going to break during the holidays. I've never been an extremely emotional person til i started dealing with the K3 LOL

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Hey

Welcome! So are you doing direct consular filing or are you filing in the United States?

Good luck! Lots of people, myself included, will be separated from their spouses for Christmas. We feel your pain

Wait what's DCR?? We just settled on moving ot the US so my research is minimal. How is it different? We were just going to file in the US and his parents were going to pay for us to use Apex Visa Services (They seem to be the most reputable, and came recommended from a friend)

I really feel like i'm just going to break during the holidays. I've never been an extremely emotional person til i started dealing with the K3 LOL

Direct Consular Filing (DCF) is when a US Citizen files a I-130 for a foreign spouse at the local US Consulate. It is typically faster than filing with US Citizen and Immigration.

I believe the requirement for DCF is that you must have some sort of permanent residence in China for 6 months. Staying in China on a tourism visa, for example, will not qualify you for DCF. There should be more information in the "Guides" section up top.

Good luck!

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