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Filing an IR-1 Visa overseas?

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furrypenguin Newbie

furrypenguin   0

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Hi all, My wife and I live in Shenzhen,China. I go to school and my wife teaches.However my wife is from the Philippines. Now I have read a lot about filing overseas and it seems to be quite a difficult and I must be a resident of at least 6 months but I am on a student visa. Is the best thing that I can do just to go back to the US and file the visa and wait on it to get done there? I don't like the idea of leaving my wife alone in our apartment for 6 months to a year but I don't really see any other way to do it? The consulate closest to us will not accept our application. The closest is Hong Kong which is 1 hour and the other is Guangzhou which is 3. Should I just grin and bear it and go back home and wait for my wife?

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sjr09   155

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Philippines
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Hi all, My wife and I live in Shenzhen,China. I go to school and my wife teaches.However my wife is from the Philippines. Now I have read a lot about filing overseas and it seems to be quite a difficult and I must be a resident of at least 6 months but I am on a student visa. Is the best thing that I can do just to go back to the US and file the visa and wait on it to get done there? I don't like the idea of leaving my wife alone in our apartment for 6 months to a year but I don't really see any other way to do it? The consulate closest to us will not accept our application. The closest is Hong Kong which is 1 hour and the other is Guangzhou which is 3. Should I just grin and bear it and go back home and wait for my wife?

You may find better answers if you ask in DCF Forum

Direct Consular Filing (DCF) General Discussion

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'PAU' both wife and daughter in the U.S. 08/25/2009

Daughter's' CRBA Manila Embassy 08/07/2008 dual citizenship

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Darnell Grand Master

Darnell   8,479

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whoa.

some things to consider:

1. must have usa postal address to receive postal mail - usually a relative or parents suffice.

2. if you've been in china for longer than 6 months, even as a student visa holder - can file DCF'd I-130 (review the DCF guide in the GUIDES section here) and then expect 2 to 4 months of processing time before the interview at GUZ IV.

and a question.

WHY WON'T GUANGZHOU accept yer application?

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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