Parents Communist Party membership dealbreaker for visa?

[David and Carrie 0]

My wife became a citizen in Oct 2012 and immediately filed I-130's for her parents. They recently had their interview in Guangzhou, China and were asked about their membership in the Communist Party. I did not realize they were still members, and paying dues since they both retired many years ago. I helped her write a letter of explanation, and she has the opinion that they cannot deny the visa now that she is a US citizen. I know in the past Party membership was a show stopper, but she is convinced this has changed. We are currently waiting for a response to the letter, but have no timetable. Does anyone have any recent experience with this?

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

*** Post moved from general "bringing family" topic in other forum to China section as question country specific ***

A visa is never guaranteed until it's in hand.

[Pitaya 2,577]

There is another great forum that has a lot of good information about CCP membership and US immigration:

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45691-ccp-statement-question/

Consider checking it out.

Good luck.