K-1 visa Police reports (for those who have a Chinese beneficiary)

[Q&R 1]

This is for those who have filed a K-1 visa for a beneficiary who is from China...a question about the police reports that is needed for the visa interview.

As all who live, have lived, or have been to China may know, getting proper documents from your local government or police stations is almost an impossible feat (unless you have connections and/or money of course). Since my fiancee has neither of those, we are worried about getting these police reports from the police stations. My question is, what reports are these? Is there something that USCIS supplies for us that is good in all countries? Or do we have to just get a basic form signed and stamped by the police station?

What information does the report need to have on there that is acceptable for the interview?

Also, my fiancee lives in the city, but her Hu Kou is from her small hometown and she has no residence in the city. Would I need to get a police report from from the area where she lives in the city too, even though they have no evidence of her living there? I only ask this because I put on the initial K-1 visa application form that her address is in this city.

PLEASE HELP!! WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!

Thank you in advance

[Pitaya 2,577]

This is for those who have filed a K-1 visa for a beneficiary who is from China...a question about the police reports that is needed for the visa interview.

As all who live, have lived, or have been to China may know, getting proper documents from your local government or police stations is almost an impossible feat (unless you have connections and/or money of course). Since my fiancee has neither of those, we are worried about getting these police reports from the police stations. My question is, what reports are these? Is there something that USCIS supplies for us that is good in all countries? Or do we have to just get a basic form signed and stamped by the police station?

What information does the report need to have on there that is acceptable for the interview?

Also, my fiancee lives in the city, but her Hu Kou is from her small hometown and she has no residence in the city. Would I need to get a police report from from the area where she lives in the city too, even though they have no evidence of her living there? I only ask this because I put on the initial K-1 visa application form that her address is in this city.

PLEASE HELP!! WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!

Thank you in advance

Welcome to the forum.

Here is the Packet 3 instruction sheet from the Guangzhou consulate. That sheet may help you with your inquiry:

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/guangzhou/47024/IV/K1%20Instruction%20GSS%202013.pdf

The US consulate in Guangzhou does all of the K-1 visas in China. It is my impression that they are in the middle of changing their processes, you likely should contact the GUZ IV unit for specifics:

http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/immigrant_visas.html

Here are the various forms and packets links from Guangzhou consulate:

http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/forms_and_packets.htm

Take the opportunity to visit the China regional forum. There you will find a great pinned thread about Chinese Marriage Visa Terms and Definitions:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/94-china/

There are quite a few of us at the regional forum that have successfully processed through the Guangzhou consulate, check out some recent threads.

Good luck.

[Darnell 8,478]

pcc, birth certificate, certificate of single status,

must be gotten from her hukuo city.

USUALLY if it's a small city or farming community,

then

She can go to the larger city in that district, handle that there,

but still must to get the white books that Guangzhou IV will need.

If she can't travel because of work commitments , then anyone else listed in her hukuo book can get these things on her behalf, showing THEIR hukuo book.

[Q&R 1]

Welcome to the forum.

Here is the Packet 3 instruction sheet from the Guangzhou consulate. That sheet may help you with your inquiry:

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/guangzhou/47024/IV/K1%20Instruction%20GSS%202013.pdf

The US consulate in Guangzhou does all of the K-1 visas in China. It is my impression that they are in the middle of changing their processes, you likely should contact the GUZ IV unit for specifics:

http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/immigrant_visas.html

Here are the various forms and packets links from Guangzhou consulate:

http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/forms_and_packets.htm

Take the opportunity to visit the China regional forum. There you will find a great pinned thread about Chinese Marriage Visa Terms and Definitions:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/94-china/

There are quite a few of us at the regional forum that have successfully processed through the Guangzhou consulate, check out some recent threads.

Good luck.

Thanks so much for these links! This def helps a lot. Though, I feel every time I do more research into what we need for the interview, i feel I need 100 more things. I can never get a grasp of what is needed bc sites and people all say different things. Right when I feel I know what I need, then I learn I need so many more things and I just can't wrap my brain around it.

But this def helps, thanks so much.

8 months in 4 days...and still waiting

[Q&R 1]

pcc, birth certificate, certificate of single status,

must be gotten from her hukuo city.

USUALLY if it's a small city or farming community,

then

She can go to the larger city in that district, handle that there,

but still must to get the white books that Guangzhou IV will need.

If she can't travel because of work commitments , then anyone else listed in her hukuo book can get these things on her behalf, showing THEIR hukuo book.

Single status? Is there no end to what we need? And what is a pcc? Is that the police certs? I am guessing just the one from her hu kou town is enough?

And, you are the first person to mention this 'white book' and I read more through the GZ embassy sites that were given to me above and they talk about them even more. I have no idea what these are, and I don't even know where to begin to look for them.

[Pitaya 2,577]

To learn more about Chinese Marriage and Visa Terms, review the pinned thread from the China regional forum that I mentioned before:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/393969-chinese-marriage-visa-terms-and-definitions/

[Darnell 8,478]

And, you are the first person to mention this 'white book' and I read more through the GZ embassy sites that were given to me above and they talk about them even more. I have no idea what these are, and I don't even know where to begin to look for them.

That's ok- there will be more of us, talking about white books (plural) as time goes on.

Or you could try the advanced search tool here, study what was written before, about white books.

[Pitaya 2,577]

Thanks so much for these links! This def helps a lot. Though, I feel every time I do more research into what we need for the interview, i feel I need 100 more things. I can never get a grasp of what is needed bc sites and people all say different things. Right when I feel I know what I need, then I learn I need so many more things and I just can't wrap my brain around it.

But this def helps, thanks so much.

8 months in 4 days...and still waiting

The sites and folks may say different things. However, the GUIDES and info on this site are posted by folks that have already done their immigration journey through Guangzhou (in this case). We can talk the talk, because we have walked the walk. Sure, there is a pretty steep learning curve associated with the links, advice, and info you have already been given. You can do it, there are numerous folks that have successfully done it before. Just take it a piece at a time. If not, it can seem overwhelming.

Good luck and good reading.

[bigdog 376]

The sites and folks may say different things. However, the GUIDES and info on this site are posted by folks that have already done their immigration journey through Guangzhou (in this case). We can talk the talk, because we have walked the walk. Sure, there is a pretty steep learning curve associated with the links, advice, and info you have already been given. You can do it, there are numerous folks that have successfully done it before. Just take it a piece at a time. If not, it can seem overwhelming.

Good luck and good reading.