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Robertt S:
fivetrout,

It really depends on what method you use to complete the process and which service center receives your I-130 to process. If you use snail mail, it can take awhile, but China applicants can opt in to the electronic processing and avoid a lot of the delays of snail mail. I used the electronic processing myself and another member here used it also. It took 6.5 months for my wife's interview( successful) and I believe the other member's was just shy of 7 months for an interview ( also successful) If your petition is processed by the Texas Service Center you will be looking at about a 9.6 month wait for the NOA2( that is their current processing time listed at the USCIS site) If your petition goes to the Vermont Service Center you are looking at about a 6.9 month wait for the NOA2. After you receive the NOA2 your petition is forwarded to the National Visa Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire(NVC) Your case will be assigned a new case number there and IF you have all your ducks in a row and use the electronic processing you can be in and out of NVC in 3-4 weeks. After NVC approves the I-130 they will close your case there and forward it to the Dept.of State who will then send you and your wife an appointment letter for the interview. After your wife receives the invitation letter she can set up medical appointments for her and her son at the approved medical facilities. Their interview will normally be scheduled between 20-45 days after the case is forwarded to the State Dept. So you are looking at about 8.5- 9.5 months if your petition goes to Vermont and 10.5-11.5 months if your petition goes to Texas. Keep in mind though that the processing times at the service centers is always changing so the time may be shorter or longer. When I sent my petition in California processed it and it only took about 3 months for the NOA2, but processing times have increased for everyone now due to the  http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

When they decided to do this they did not hire additional workers to handle the avalanche of applications and the service centers are bogged down with these applications on top of their normal exhausting load workload. So just use the extra time you have gathering evidence and the documents you will need for the process.   Regards, Robert :)

P.S.  The other member and myself both were CR-1 visas, fiancee visas are a different story and K-3 visas are usually converted at the NVC over to CR-1 or IR-1 depending on how long the couple has been married.
 

David K:
Chris, I don't want to sound a negative note on what is obviously bringing you happiness,
but earlier on, David E and a number of others reported on some of the (non obvious) hazards
that can arise when one 'acquires' a chinese 'son in law'

Suggest you browse through the 'little emperor' topic
http://www.chnromance.com/index.php/topic,3594.msg61466.html#msg61466 -
there are links to related threads - 'just in case'

The Chinese notion of family and familial expectations differs from the Western one
much more than you  might imagine. There are women here in NZ that will do anything
- anything - to advance their one and only child - including marrying a westerner simply
so the son can acquire a western education that he would not have gotten otherwise :-)

So caveat emptor as they say

On another note, I am pleased that things have worked out for David E - I made
some pretty blunt recommendations earlier on, but I am sure David repackaged
them  diplomatically to achieve the desired result with the minimum of domestic disruption -
"A soft answer turneth away wrath" I seem to remember quoting...

And on yet another note, my eldest daughter married last weekend, and is taking up a job
in WA. Which means I have one reason to make a trip across the ditch;
IF Willy wants to meet up with David E, that would be another reason - so count me in.
And yes, I qualify in the appropriate age bracket  :-

Best
David K

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