GUEST01947 | HSV068, Hi Guys and Gals, been a member of Nanning and China Forum for a few years, it is still going, but posts are slow these days, so thought I would have a look around and found here. Bit of background
Initially emails to my now Chinese wife for a few months, she was having free time off work for 2 weeks and requested I come to meet her.
Had never left OZ before, so a big adventure was to begin, she met me at Nanning (wuxi) airport with her girlfriend, and had organised another friend to drive us to our hotel, some had mininal english, some none, but it was a very relaxed meeting, very friendly.
My wife is a country girl, both parents are deceased, and we went to Shangsi, Guangxi Province to meet her sisters and brother, after having a family dinner they would not allow me to pay anything for.
After reading hundreds of disaster stories, I feel mine is fairly special.
Her family have been so supportive of us, even now, welcoming me as
I am, certainly make me feel like family.
6 months later, we had organised for Jin to visit OZ, tourist visa, showed her from Mornington Peninsula to Alice Springs, own vehicle transport, some motels, some camping, she loved that trip, must have taken a million photos (chinese way), we had discussed marriage and she agreed, so Oct 11 was Mday.
Jin returned to Nanning and searched for an apartment for us to live,
I left OZ early Dec, and she had made a great choice, which was our home for the next 30 odd months, when we returned to Australia in May 2014.
We are waiting on the second part of her 820/801 visa, permenant residence.
Just to sum up, if I can be of help to anyone who is somewhat involved with any of the processes we have walked, be happy to help.
Very happy and certainly no regrets, guess I chose wisely,
Cheers Roger
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