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Not sure if this is the right place to post my question...but here goes.

My wife (Taiwanese national) and I (USC) married in the United States earlier this year. She went back to Taiwan and we started our CR1 process and now at this point we are case complete and have scheduled an interview date in Taiwan in December. The embassy in Taiwan requires her to bring her hukou (household registry) at the time of the interview and we just realized that on her hukou has a line for the name of her spouse. This line is empty as we have not registered our marriage in Taiwan, only in the U.S. So my question is this, does anyone know if this would be a problem during the interview? Would we need to have our marriage registered in Taiwan and have her hukou updated with my name as the spouse prior to the interview? I tried browsing these forums heavily but could not find an answer to this question...any help would be appreciated.

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I've posted an alert in the East Asia regional forum -- someone should be along soon.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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I've posted an alert in the East Asia regional forum -- someone should be along soon.

Thanks for the alert TBone, appreciate it :). But I guess the question might be too rare/specific :( Hopefully someone out there has gone through the same thing in Taiwan. My question really boils down to would the AIT (US Embassy in Taiwan) deny the Visa or reschedule our interview until we have my name on her household registration as further proof we are married.

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It will not be a problem. AIT is on point and pretty casual. If you were planning to live in Taiwan, then you would need to register your marriage there. The process of registering your marriage in Taiwan is easy if you plan on being there before the interview. Simply translate your original wedding certificate and send it to your local(in America) TECO for authentication. Then take original, certified copy, translation, and authentication to your local(in Taiwan) Household Registry office. Get yourself a Chinese name and sign the paperwork. You are registered! Then your wife can take it with her. For your purpose, you are good to go.

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