My husband and I have been married two years and have a kid in China. He is an American citizen and I am a Chinese citizen. I just want know anybody had this expirence before. We want go back US so bad but we do not have a lot of money right now. Any idea? Thank you!

There seems no easy route sine 9-11. I am married to a Chinese woman too and it shard enough to just get a visitors visa for her and we have the same issue with money. She did not marry a rich and connected laowai :( one thing I seemed to find out was the citizen spouse, typically the. Man,would have to go back to the states and establish himself with a steady job and residence for at least a year or more while the wife wife waits back here to see what to do next. I knew a of a couple guys who were still in the stats after 2 years and the Chinese wife is back here waiting to hear what to do next. One guy. Seems like American guys are penalized by there own country for marrying a Chinese citizen. I hope there are some promising replies to your problem and best of luck. Sorry.

An American friend of mine took his wife and kids back to the States last year,,was a lot of documents to fill in and hoops to jump, but from what he said wasn't too difficult. Same story for an Aussie friend of mine.

If you guys are married and have lived together for more than 2 years with a kid,,you will have a high chance of getting a immigrant visa. You just have to apply and make sure you show as much proof of your relationship, plus the embassies required docs.

I have had the same experience myself with an EU country.

If you guys don't have much money then better get to the US fast for free public school education

Thanks guys. Some of our friends told us maybe should move to another country first then apply for the visa. My husband gets cray living here. He doesn't want go back by himself, that is the problem. Thank you anyway.

You will get an immigration visa alright, since you have married for two years and have a kid together, just don't set your heart on getting it fast; apply from another country won't speed up the process either. So you should just prepare your documents, imagine there must be lots and lots, and send application in and wait patiently while prepare your mind to the following facts you will be facing when you reach US:

1, Under current brutal economic environment, jobs are very hard to find. Some of my acquaintances haven't had a stable job for the last two years, regardless of their MBA or CFA status. Of course low wage jobs are not too hard to get if you don't mind working in grocery stores, hotels, fast food restaurants, etc.

2, Daycare for kids under age 5 will cost you around us$1000 a month depending on what area you live in (80% of the grandmas and grandpas will not babysit their grandchildren day after day), this amount is roughly what your paycheck amounts to if you work a low wage job. Yuantongsi is right about public school education, it just that there is always a BUT, you have to pay the costs of some school activities like field trips, school festivities, after school programs, and so on. By the way, Kindergartens are only funded half day, so if you choose to put your kindergartener there all day, you have to pay for it, it's about $5000, and if you can't pick up your child from school at 3:40PM, you pay for after school care, about $20/day.

3, There is no affordable medical coverage if you don't have a job. Without insurance, a simple doctor's office visit for 15 minutes will cost you at least $200. So if you have a young child, you must take medical spending into serious consideration.

4, US is a very suburban country, if you come from a noisy, crowded city (like any chinese city) in China, it will take you a long while to adjust to the quiet life in the States (I presumptuously assume you are not going to New York city), and the typical loose connections between people, even between friends will make that adjustment even harder.

I am not trying to curb your enthusiasm on living in a totally different place, just want to let you understand some of the situations you may encounter when you get there, plan/understand it ahead will make your transition/adjustment a bit easier.

Wish you a speedy success, and good luck!