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Hello, Congrats, I will still be around in Guangzhou that time. Will let you know. I have my interview on the 15. Joe

Hey TaijiMONKEY, I might even run into you. Where are you staying? Joe

Hello All, Thanks, now it time to find a good cheap ticket. I had one but now I need to change the date and my crazy travel agent wants 700 on a ticket that cost only 1087. God, he told me to change the date was only 200 reticketing fee + 100 air difference now it is like 700. Well let me fly in to HKG first then figure out what next. Any cheap ticket site will help. Thanks again. Joe

Hello All, Finally got a interview date of 12/15/08. I will be in Guangzhou around 12/8/08 on. If anyone is there and want to meet up send me a personal message and we probably can do that. Let hope for a PINK then I can be home for Christmas. Joe

Yes, people sometime will lie just to get the money. Sad. Joe

I am curious how much is his fees? Joe

Hi, we met her in Nov of 2007 and i went to guangzhou in January of 2008 and we got engaged, and I applied Feb, 8 2008. She is crying every day, and i have not had a good sleep since i came back last week. The Guangzhou consulate is shamless. Ramin. Why don't you overcome with a CR-1? Seems that is the best way to get on track and prove your relationship. Hi, I don't want to marry and leave my wife back in China and our families don't like the idea of leave her behind in China. If we marry, I have to quite my Job and move to China, then I will live in China until I get the visa for her. I applied for a new K-1 last week again, and we decided If she dose not get second interview now, we will wait another 9 months which they may give us white paper, there are not any rules in Consulate. I will be worry about it at that time, i don't want to be negative from now. I believe in Bahai faith, and can not just marry and leave her behind, If I marry her, i want to be with her. Ramin. I didn't know you could apply another K-1 while one K-1 was just denied. K1 applied again will be approved after the denial one returning back from GUZ to USCIS. But I am not sure apply again that soon. Hope you good luck. I was be denied on JUN for K1, but I am still waiting for USCIS's reviewing now. They told me to wait for 180 days!! OMG!!! But someone said K1 cant appeal, because it has been past due. I am the beneficiary, I can understand your fiancee's mood. Life is always with some difficulty, though I am so much sad on some time. But we have to face the truth. Good Luck! Hello Strawberry, I cannot they can just say forget it because of your age. This is really sad I wonder what is the % of denial do GUZ give then. Joe

Gary, Maybe you can post a timeline in your signature and we can see how your timing is like. Joe

Actually it does have something to do with shipping. It seems like he wants to ship some vultures out of China.

Hello Rob, I thought if they use the same system if it is updated then DOS would know right away but I have no clue. Joe

Hellon Ling, This is why I don't like DOS. They can mess things up. They told me that my P2 is still with NVC when I already got my P3 on hand. Don't take what they say too seriously. It happens a lot. Joe

Hello Steve, Congrats. A step closer to the PINK Joe

Steve, GUZ tells me background check, DOS tells me P3 sent out on 9/18 still waiting for P3 return. This is hard to deal with. I was hoping we get interview dates by now. Many of the time line shows 2 months between P3 sent to GUZ and Interview. Now it is already about a month. Looks like it going to miss the 2 month time frame. hehe Joe I wouldn't worry about what the DOS says. I am sure GUZ received your P3. DOS never acknowledged receiving my P3 either. It seems they just need to finish the background check, then you'll receive the P4 ASAP. I can't imagine they'll take too much longer. Steve Hello Steve, Did they say when they send out P4? Joe

This is what I got when I email GUZ when I ask why it took so long for them before they even receive the P3 return: This time period of receiving forms includes the time required for security screening of the boxes, and then sorting and processing time required by the Immigrant Visa Unit. I wonder what do they mean by processing time required by the IV unit. So does that mean when processing is done P4 is ready? Joe

Steve, GUZ tells me background check, DOS tells me P3 sent out on 9/18 still waiting for P3 return. This is hard to deal with. I was hoping we get interview dates by now. Many of the time line shows 2 months between P3 sent to GUZ and Interview. Now it is already about a month. Looks like it going to miss the 2 month time frame. hehe Joe

I called GUZ and they told me that they are doing a background check for the K1 and interview is not schedule yet. Any idea what does this mean as time wise? Thanks. Joe

This goes contrary to what the consulate says about interview language in family immigrations cases. http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=308420 most people are allowed to choose the language for the interview. sometimes the vo will force the interview in english as one of their tactics to give them an excuse to deny the visa.get the cr-1 process started and in the meantime try and find out what the consulate's reasons were for the denial. good luck. Have anyone try to ask for the interview in Chinese and got deny? Have anyone refused to do the interview in English? It would be nice to know what the VO can do if you refuse the interview in English. Joe

Congrat, another step closer to that pink. Did you call DOS or did you get P4? Thanks Joe

This goes contrary to what the consulate says about interview language in family immigrations cases. http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=308420 It might be worth it to bring this into the interview if one SO is force to speak English. My SO understand but cannot speak well so I think if she is force into doing the interview in English we could be in trouble too. I am really sorry to hear this Jimi. I wish all the best to this long process hopefully CR1 goes quicker then the K3 wait. Joe

Hello All, Do any of you know how to get a hong kong visa for my chinese citizen SO from China? I want to get her to be able to come visit HK with me when I bring her back from China any idea how I can do this? Thanks Joe

Hello Darnell, How do you calculate when the interview date is? I am curious. Joe

If your package went out on Jul 10 here is the link to the package that might contain your forms. It shows that the package has been deliver to GUZ on 9/8/08. http://www.cn.dhl.com/publish/cn/zh/eshipp...;type=fasttrack Joe

WOW, that is good at least the case get to move forward and not return. DOS is sometime a problem. Joe

ditto what randy says. I think you can call GUZ to request and see what the status is correct? It cost like 54 RMB? Maybe Richard could do that. When my P3 was sent DOS still tell me it is sitting in custom or admin processing. Joe

Hello Gomdad, Can you give us more info on the interview? Why did they denial it? We need to know which question was misunderstood. I thought the interview can be done in Chinese? Please advise anyone. Joe