GUZ interview soon, please help!

[momonster 0]

Hi Folks,

My Fiance's interview is rapidly approaching in GUZ. Sorry these questions are so long!

Hope you China/GUZ experts or any other members can help with any one of these questions.

DOCUMENTS:

1. NOTARY BOOKS:We already have "notary books/gongzhengshu" for birth certificate, non-married status and police(no crime)from place of HuKo(perm residence). This police certificate says that covers his record to date. However, my fiance has been a student in Beijing for the last two years. He obtained another "police certificate of no crime" from the schools "Baoweichu," which I believe is the university's police station. I am wondering if this necessary? Is it sufficient or does it need to come from Beijing's real police station? Also do I need to get this also notarized?

2.I-134 EVIDENCE: I am currently on a Graduate student's stipend so I fall behind the income requirement by a small amount. The amount in my bank account satisfies (just barely) covers the 3X difference rule. So in theory, I am enough. I did not plan to actively offer a Co-sponsor unless the officer asks. If he does, I have one prepared. DO CO-SPONSOR'S TAX TRANSCRIPTS NEED TO BE ORIGINAL? OR ARE COPIES SUFFICENT?

My co-sponsor satisfies the financial requirements above and beyond. However, I recently realized that my Co-sponsor has reported a dependent on her past tax returns that she is legally not supposed to. I know this is a problem for the IRS, but I don't if this affects her ability to be a co-sponsor. Does the consulate communicate to the IRS ? I don't want to cause more trouble for the Co-sponsor than necessary.

3. PETITIONER's ADDRESS:

My lease ended right when I came to visit my Fiance in China beginning of this summer and I did not plan to look for a new apartment until I went back this fall. I am also finishing my degree this fall and relocating. I changed my mailing address to my parents house while I am away, so I put that as the "house of residence" on the DS immigration forms. Will this be a problem? Do I seem vagabond?

3.PASSPORT NAME PROBLEM

My fiance's passport has her GIVEN and FAMILY name reversed on his passport compared to his visa application(where we filled his given name and family name as per logic) Because he is an rarer ethnic minority, his name is written FirstnameLastname instead of LastnameFirstname on his ID card and thus when creating a passport we were informed they always put the real first name as FAMILY and the real last name as GIVEN. This is they way they write Ethnic minority name passports in China. Do you think this will cause major problems at the interview/visa/POE later or are they used to this kind of confusion. I suppose in many cultures so people only have one long name or no inherited surname.

4.GUANGZHOU:

I am currently in China visiting him but I am due to come back right before his interview. How important is that I accompany him to GUZ to show support? Does this help? Finally any reccomendations for budget hotels near the counsulate? How good is this Yang's place?

[Ryan H 3,812]

1. NOTARY BOOKS:We already have "notary books/gongzhengshu" for birth certificate, non-married status and police(no crime)from place of HuKo(perm residence). This police certificate says that covers his record to date. However, my fiance has been a student in Beijing for the last two years. He obtained another "police certificate of no crime" from the schools "Baoweichu," which I believe is the university's police station. I am wondering if this necessary? Is it sufficient or does it need to come from Beijing's real police station? Also do I need to get this also notarized?

They (the Consulate) only wants the certificate from the notary office from where the Hukou is.

2.I-134 EVIDENCE: I am currently on a Graduate student's stipend so I fall behind the income requirement by a small amount. The amount in my bank account satisfies (just barely) covers the 3X difference rule. So in theory, I am enough. I did not plan to actively offer a Co-sponsor unless the officer asks. If he does, I have one prepared. DO CO-SPONSOR'S TAX TRANSCRIPTS NEED TO BE ORIGINAL? OR ARE COPIES SUFFICENT?

My co-sponsor satisfies the financial requirements above and beyond. However, I recently realized that my Co-sponsor has reported a dependent on her past tax returns that she is legally not supposed to. I know this is a problem for the IRS, but I don't if this affects her ability to be a co-sponsor. Does the consulate communicate to the IRS ? I don't want to cause more trouble for the Co-sponsor than necessary.

Copies are sufficient. Don't know the answer to the second part of your question.

3. PETITIONER's ADDRESS:

My lease ended right when I came to visit my Fiance in China beginning of this summer and I did not plan to look for a new apartment until I went back this fall. I am also finishing my degree this fall and relocating. I changed my mailing address to my parents house while I am away, so I put that as the "house of residence" on the DS immigration forms. Will this be a problem? Do I seem vagabond?

Will not be a problem.

3.PASSPORT NAME PROBLEM

My fiance's passport has her GIVEN and FAMILY name reversed on his passport compared to his visa application(where we filled his given name and family name as per logic) Because he is an rarer ethnic minority, his name is written FirstnameLastname instead of LastnameFirstname on his ID card and thus when creating a passport we were informed they always put the real first name as FAMILY and the real last name as GIVEN. This is they way they write Ethnic minority name passports in China. Do you think this will cause major problems at the interview/visa/POE later or are they used to this kind of confusion. I suppose in many cultures so people only have one long name or no inherited surname.

Family name is always first and given name is always second in Chinese passports. The Consulate knows and understands this.

4.GUANGZHOU:

I am currently in China visiting him but I am due to come back right before his interview. How important is that I accompany him to GUZ to show support? Does this help?

Stay if you can, but if you can't, it's not a deal breaker.

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Looks like you got it. Good Luck.