Finally my wife got the IR-1 visa from Guangzhou

[steveltx 0]

Hi all,

I have received a few private messages and I figured that I should post this thread

to tell you what happened with our painful and long visa journey.

If you follow up my post, you will see that I posted my first post in the year of 2008.

Our visa journey kept dragging on and on for almost 4 years.

Finally, my wife got the IR-1 visa from Guangzhou. She will be here in US to join me in 2 weeks.

Long story short. Her K-1 visa was denied in Sep. 2008. We then got married after that and filed CR-1

in 2009 and it's denied again by Guangzhou in Sep, 2009. Same reason "Not a bona-fide" relationship.

I want to emphasize that our case was a simple case, there was NO smoking gun such as "criminal record,

overstay, or mispresentation", etc. Nothing like that all. It's a very simple case and we had tons of

communication evidence that include phone records, emails, etc. I travelled to China 9 times for the

last 4 years. It seems Guangzhou didn't put that into consideration at all. They just don't care.

For both K-1 and CR-1 interviews, my wife wanted to show the CO the evidence but the CO refused to even

take a quick look. They didn't want to see them. Period. The CO was rude, my wife tried to show the CO the evidence but

she walked away. It's just so insulting.

So the CR-1 case was denied in Sep. 2009 and the case was supposed to be sent back to USCIS. It took Guangzhou 9 months

just sending the case back to USCIS. Again, there was no excuse here that it took them so long just

sending the case back.

USCIS received the case back in June 2010. Again, the case sat in USCIS for one long year. During this time, we asked helps

from our Texas Senator John Cornyn. Senator sent many inquiries to USCIS and no helps at all. It's another long painful

waiting for a year.

Finally we received the famous NOIR in June 2011.

With the helps of our attorney Marc Ellis and his assistance Eunice, we submitted all the evidence again to USCIS.

Marc Ellis did an excellent job defending our case. The case was reaffirmed in Oct 2011 and sent back to Guangzhou.

The second interview was scheduled in December, 2011 for the reaffirmed petition. I flew to Guangzhou again to be with my wife.

Guess what, this is NOT done yet. Again, my wife got the blue sheet. The CO made a serious mistake asking for my wife's

social security card. How will she get the social security card? She never been in US and doesn't have the social security

number. They are crazy. Just plane crazy.

With the helps again from my attorney Marc Ellis and his assistant Eunice, Guangzhou finally realized they made a mistake and

issued my wife the visa.

This 4 years of visa journey of ours has been long and painful. At one point, we were even considering quitting but we decided to

fight to the end.

Now, it's all over and my wife will fly to US to join me here in 2 weeks.

For those people who is going through the similar visa problem, I believe there are many of them. Please hang in there and

don't give up. Your SO will get the visa.

Steve

[Divs 35]

Hi all,

I have received a few private messages and I figured that I should post this thread

to tell you what happened with our painful and long visa journey.

If you follow up my post, you will see that I posted my first post in the year of 2008.

Our visa journey kept dragging on and on for almost 4 years.

Finally, my wife got the IR-1 visa from Guangzhou. She will be here in US to join me in 2 weeks.

Long story short. Her K-1 visa was denied in Sep. 2008. We then got married after that and filed CR-1

in 2009 and it's denied again by Guangzhou in Sep, 2009. Same reason "Not a bona-fide" relationship.

I want to emphasize that our case was a simple case, there was NO smoking gun such as "criminal record,

overstay, or mispresentation", etc. Nothing like that all. It's a very simple case and we had tons of

communication evidence that include phone records, emails, etc. I travelled to China 9 times for the

last 4 years. It seems Guangzhou didn't put that into consideration at all. They just don't care.

For both K-1 and CR-1 interviews, my wife wanted to show the CO the evidence but the CO refused to even

take a quick look. They didn't want to see them. Period. The CO was rude, my wife tried to show the CO the evidence but

she walked away. It's just so insulting.

So the CR-1 case was denied in Sep. 2009 and the case was supposed to be sent back to USCIS. It took Guangzhou 9 months

just sending the case back to USCIS. Again, there was no excuse here that it took them so long just

sending the case back.

USCIS received the case back in June 2010. Again, the case sat in USCIS for one long year. During this time, we asked helps

from our Texas Senator John Cornyn. Senator sent many inquiries to USCIS and no helps at all. It's another long painful

waiting for a year.

Finally we received the famous NOIR in June 2011.

With the helps of our attorney Marc Ellis and his assistance Eunice, we submitted all the evidence again to USCIS.

Marc Ellis did an excellent job defending our case. The case was reaffirmed in Oct 2011 and sent back to Guangzhou.

The second interview was scheduled in December, 2011 for the reaffirmed petition. I flew to Guangzhou again to be with my wife.

Guess what, this is NOT done yet. Again, my wife got the blue sheet. The CO made a serious mistake asking for my wife's

social security card. How will she get the social security card? She never been in US and doesn't have the social security

number. They are crazy. Just plane crazy.

With the helps again from my attorney Marc Ellis and his assistant Eunice, Guangzhou finally realized they made a mistake and

issued my wife the visa.

This 4 years of visa journey of ours has been long and painful. At one point, we were even considering quitting but we decided to

fight to the end.

Now, it's all over and my wife will fly to US to join me here in 2 weeks.

For those people who is going through the similar visa problem, I believe there are many of them. Please hang in there and

don't give up. Your SO will get the visa.

Steve

Steve, while on the one hand my heart goes out to you, on the other hand I'm so happy that it's finally over for you and your wife. Congratulations and God bless! It's time to celebrate!!!

[X Factor 1,112]

Wow a great example of endurance. ConGraTuLaTions

[bigdog 376]

Wow way to go, I thought my 10 months was a pain. Congratulations for hanging in there and its good to here a successful attorney story also.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Congratulations!

Many would have given up, I am glad you fought.

[Darnell 8,478]

Hey Steve - Mondo Congratulations !!

You and GoGo, my personal heroes !!

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Wow a great example of endurance. ConGraTuLaTions

Congratulations.

[DanishBill 15]

I guess you used to be..or are, a long distance runner. What a painful road the two of you have been down. But now it's time to celebrate and clean up that man cave! Congrats and best of luck to you both.

[itsmeleila 6]

congratulations!!! what a patient couple...i'll go nuts if it was me...