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Gus:
OK... Just got our NVC Guangzhou appointment date for 13 September! Wow, what do I need to know now, what should Lihong expect (aside from the vague NVC website info/FAQ's) pages that I have read and re-read a thousand times. Any advice for our travel to USA? Words of wisdom from you experienced husbands? Any thoughts from your beautiful brides that I can share with Lihong? Please chime in with LOTS of comments, I need all the encouragement and wisdom you ladies and gents can muster.

Thanks, thanks, thanks in advance and for all the helpful advice (and all the jokes and humor).

Another step closer.

Gus

JohnB:

Gus.. I do not know if anything has changed since my Jing's interview Dec2011 (your "..any advise
for our travel to the USA", I take that as you will be in Guangzhou also. Enjoy the moment!) Jing's
interview went well, but she returned home & received her visa about 8 weeks later. I do not know if
anything has changed since then.
On her arrival to the states, Jing suffered home sickness. This does happen! You had better have the
time to be with her for this! A few days after Jing's arrival, I took her to a Chinese association in
Spokane, Wa. That was good for her.. a few hundred Chinese on a Sunday morning get- together. This
worked well for awhile, but it went to shit within a couple of weeks. A few hard core Christian zealots
had a problem with Confucians. The local Chinese restaurants were a put off.. not Chinese enough. Turns
out that our favorite go- to restaurant was Japanese for their Sashimi.
Anyway, I wish you and Lihong all the best!

Gus:
Good morning John,

Thanks for the great words of advice. Sadly business will not allow me to accompany Lihong to Guangzhou. According to USCIS website it usually takes between 3-10 days for the actual visa to arrive, so that is good to know (although very frustrating) that it could be up to 8 weeks, before we can travel together from Liuzhou to CT.

I have been looking for Chinese support groups/activities in my local area to help ease Lihong into life in the USA. I am glad it can be useful, sorry to hear it can also be pushy and over bearing by some. We are only 2 hours from NYC China town, so I thought that might be a good trip. I also hear that a neighboring town has an excellent Chinese/Asian market, so that may also be helpful.

This board has been a wonderful resource for me. Do the wives have a similar board, where they can chat, ask questions/advice, complain about Western husbands and getting used to life in a different country?

Thanks for the reply, and I look forward to others chiming in when they have the time.


Be well,

Gus

kenny:
Only 2 hours from China Town would be a good thing to travel to once in a while. We have talked about going on a trip there but syill havent gotten it done.

My wife enjoys going to asian market but it is about an hour and a half away so we dont get there often. The one thing Linda has enjoyed is getting her driver license and having a little independence. That took a while too! Like John said spend as much time with her as you can to help get settled in.

Gus:
Kenny,

Thanks for the excellent info. Our local Asian market is only 25-30 minutes away. We also have a very small Asian market in town, so who knows. China town, yes we actually land at JFK, and I was wondering if we should take a trip and visit Chinatown before we head to CT, or if I should wait until loneliness sets in, and then go to visit Chinatown.

Drivers license... oh oh LOL. Another woman driver (sorry if that is too sexist, I couldn't resist)

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