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Hello everyone and I'm new to the forum.

I've been writing a lady in Guangdong, age 49, for some time now and we've decided it's time to meet in person. I've been all over Europe including the FSU but never been to China. I know and understand everything about the K1.

I would like to know if anyone has been to Guangdong and could get me started in the right direction. I'll probably need much more help with you guys and girls as time goes on for us. I'm sure I'll need a lot of help with getting all the visa work completed if all goes well for us when we meet.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer me.

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Hello everyone and I'm new to the forum.

I've been writing a lady in Guangdong, age 49, for some time now and we've decided it's time to meet in person. I've been all over Europe including the FSU but never been to China. I know and understand everything about the K1.

I would like to know if anyone has been to Guangdong and could get me started in the right direction. I'll probably need much more help with you guys and girls as time goes on for us. I'm sure I'll need a lot of help with getting all the visa work completed if all goes well for us when we meet.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer me.

Welcome to the forum.

Good luck on your trip to Guangdong and southern China. If you know and understand everything about the K1, then you may be in better shape that the rest of us.....:lol: There are quite a few of us that have been to various parts of that large country, including Guangzhou. I have made four trips to China, and would love to see more of China. However, I will likely hold off on that 11-hour flight from Seattle for awhile. B-) One thing that I would recommend is that you enroll in the US Department of State's STEP service. I am sure that other members will post responses.

Safe traveling.

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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gzbabi   2

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Where in Guangdong do you go? My wife is from Guangzhou, which is the Capital from Guangdong. I have been there 100 times over the last few years.

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Many good hotels depends on where and how much you want to spend. Had a great time there, stayed at the Sun Park Hotel, close to my finance's home at the time. Like AB said get in the STEP program and get a Goes card. My wife fly's the China Southern direct from LAX and I flew Asiana Business Class. FYI ;think about a CR1 that way she will come on a green card. IE: get married in China and apply as married, cheaper and avoids AOS, also gives her time to tie up loose ends. Andy you have time to clean and organize the house.

In Arizona its hot hot hot.

http://www.uscis.gov/dateCalculator.html

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Hi, I live in Guangzhou downtown and currently waiting for my K1 visa as well. Let me know if u need any help. Lol

Feb 5, 2012 - Mailed I-129F to TX

Feb 7, 2012 - USCIS Received application

Feb 10, 2012 - NOA1 email/text

Feb 11, 2012 - Touched

Feb 13, 2012 - NOA1 hard copy

<--Waiting forever-->

Aug 17, 2012 - NOA2 (189 days!!)

Aug 27, 2012 - NVC Received the package

Aug 30, 2012 - NVC Shipped the package to the Guangzhou embassy

Sep 07, 2012 - Email GZ embassy for update of status. P3 has sent out!

Sep 10, 2012 - Hasn't receive physical P3, submit P3 to GZ embassy.

Sep 12, 2012 - Receive physical Packet3

Sep 27, 2012 - Received email from Guangzhou embassy stating they sent P4

Oct 29, 2012 - Interview! :D

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so, find Marc Ellis website, call the china number listed there -

you'll get Eunice Wang.

PAY FOR A CONSULT, have her sit down with you and yer lass.

Just a consult, though.

You'll feel better, after.

and tell her Uncle Darnell say hullo la.

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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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Just make sure you document your relationship. And don't send in your porn to immigration :rofl:

"Family time is very precious and you should cherish every moment of it."

01/20/12 - I-130 sent to Chicago Lockbox.

01/26/12 - NOA1 received and processing at Vermont.

06/28/12 - NOA2 announced on status check.

06/29/12 - NVC received case learned on 07/2/12.

06/30/12 - Hard copy NOA2 received.

07/09/12 - NVC Casefile Number and IIN Issued.

07/16/12 - Receive and Sent DS-3032 via email.

07/17/12 - Mailed DS-3032 via mail, AOS bill received via email, paid online, Optin email sent.

07/18/12 - Optin accepted and new case number, AOS marked paid, emailed AOS packet.

07/24/12 - Assigned as Agent, IV Fee bill received via email, paid online.

07/25/12 - IV Fee marked paid, emailed IV packet.

07/31/12 - Emailed GZO Supplemental Packet 3.

08/02/12 - Case completed and commenced final review.

08/03/12 - Shipped all copies of forms/letters/documents to my wife - arriving on 8/9/12.

08/06/12 - Case completed final review.

08/09/12 - Appointment letter received via email interview date set 9/6/12.

08/14/12 - Medical exam done.

08/15/12 - Medical exam results all normal.

09/06/12 - Submitted required documents at the embassy and interview set next day at 0730.

09/07/12 - Visa approved, click here for review http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-dos-cis-reviews.php?entry=10401 .

09/14/12 - Visa received on hand!

10/07/12 - Arrived at NYC! click here for review http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-poe-reviews.php?entry=15293

10/20/12 - Received welcome letter from USCIS.

10/25/12 - Green Card received!

"Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions." - Sun-Tzu

04/27/13 - Submitted DS-160 online for parent-in-laws and sister-in-law.

05/01/13 - Paid DS-160 or MRV Fee Payments on CGI Stanley.

05/03/13 - Made appointment for 05/16/13 on CGI Stanley.

05/16/13 - Arrived at GUZ and impromptu notice on the front it was closed.

05/30/13 - B2 visa interview passed! Read review here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/433263-b2-visa-was-approved-for-parentinlaw/ <p>

"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience." - ADM Hyman G. Rickover

08/08/14 - Mailed I-175 application.

08/11/14 - I-175 arrived at VSC.

08/18/14 - Received NOA1 with date 08/12/14.

08/27/14 - Received biometrics appointment for 09/09/14.

02/27/15 - GC in production from email notification.

03/02/15 - Received NOA2 with approval dated 02/25/15.

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cuttinbone   0

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I apologize for taking so long to respond to all your very informative replies and I thank you for them. My lady was retiring and relocating back to her home city Kunming so now we can begin to make better plans for me to go visit her.

I would appreciate any info from you on her city and how best to fly there from Atlanta if any of you have been there before.

I'm sure I'll have many more questions to ask you about the travel and the best way to do a visa when the time comes.

Once again I thank you.

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Buy your ticket and apply here for a visa. http://www.chinavisanewyork.com/

You are a victim of the airline you choose as far as best way. My guess would be Atlanta to Washington to Shanghai to Kunming. Start searching the airlines for the best deals and time. Plan on 1500$ - 1700$ for flight and about 1000$ - 1500$ per week while you are there. Let her do in China planning and hotel reservations. She will be able to find good cheap hotels.

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Oh wow!! Kunming is an ancient city, terminus of the Old Silk Road.

I was there in February 2012, didn't get to spend much time there. My wife planned a special trip for us, we met in Beijing, flew onto Kunming, then onto Xishuangbanna for a week, then onto Lijiang for another week. We wanted to get out of the city hustle and bustle and the northern COLD, so we toured the smaller cities of Yunnan province and spent some time with the ethnic minorities of the region. A very memorable trip!!!

Good luck on your immigration journey.

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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cuttinbone   0

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Thanks guys for your replies. A&B my lady started sending me pics today of where her home is since she's retired and moved back there. I'm certainly looking forward to my trip over to meet her and get out and see some of the country, but of course she'll have priority over anything. :-)

It blew her away today when I told her I love the 12 Girls Band from China and Traditional Chinese music. I listen to it sometimes when I'm having to spend a day in Autocad to help keep my mind from crashing.

I asked her about hotels and she told me I was to stay with her in her home because I didn't know the language and the customs and she would be worried about me, and we have a lot of things to discuss. I've been to Russia a lot of times and thought they were neat but when she gave me a tour of her home in Skype tonight I almost crashed when I saw how everything was as neat and tidy as it was.

Now all I've got to do is find out how to get to her and set the dates to go over. :-)

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