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It was difficult for my husband to see the VO Chief . We failed our K1 and CR1 again . These result really caught us so much. We love each other badly .We are very depressed now. We really need to contact the GZ consulate chief to discuss how to overcome or help our families reunite.....our email box is (edited out by warpedbored. Not a good idea to post personal info. You should contact the person by PM instead) I wish you also who are warm to contact to us and tell us more. We are urgent. Thank you for help.
Randy brought up a good point from one of my previous posts. It was in reference to the "Secret Consulate" at Guangzhou.
I was just taking literary license with that phrase. But I wanted to bring it up here because the consulate purposely puts up barriers to petitioners who wish to "discuss" their refusals.
A better turn of the phrase is the "hidden consulate." I am posting this information so that if one of our members is refused, they will know where to go to get an appointment with the IV Chief or the Chief of Consular Affairs. I discovered it by accident and obstinacy.
Every one who has been to the Tian Yu Gardens Hotel will remember where you line up with your SO in front of the building. Instead of going in through the same doors (front doors) as before, look to your right, behind the Police Station. Up the steps, you will see a set of clear glass double doors. Go through the doors and take the elevator to the 5th floor. You will see Guards, Metal detector, etc. Show them your passport, and tell them you are there to see the IV Chief or the Chief of Consular Affairs. You are in, the rest is up to you.
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Congradulations!
I wish you could give me your contact method. I could contact you because I have much questions. thank you.
Ok So I woke up about 4 AM and apparently that was enough sleep. We got up about 5:30 and got ready and headed the 2 minute walk to the front of the consulate and waited in line as a few hundred people milled around.
We had 7:15 appointment so we were told to line up on the left most part of the line.
About 7:45 they started letting people in the consulate entrance and we got in the building by 8:00 am
We took the escalators up to the 4th floor and made sure everything was in order and I sent Juan off with a large rolling suitcase full of our chats logs and our heavy wedding picture album as well aqs her carrying bag with most the organized stuff. We really did a lot of documents from letters from families to all the usual pictures, receipts, documents what not anything we could think to put in there Juan is a school teacher and quite organized. I am a poor slob. I stayed on the 4th floor and went to the coffee shop for a delicious 49 Yuan cup of nestles coofee drink no refills but they did include crackers and some sesame seeds.
Seemed that her interview was one of the last ones of the morning session, as she did not come down the escalator until after 11:00 Am I forget the exact time.
She said all the process was pretty easy, the screener took my updated 2008 tax form and the medical and that was it I think.
She sat and waited a long time, listened to what was going on at the windows and decided to go to the WC and wouldn't you know when she was in there she heard her number called. She hurried out to the window and had tall American man with glasses.
Questions were exactly as expected, When did we first start chatting, how do we communicate, when did we get married how long did we know each other before we married (8 months)
Juan offered to show chat records and CO said sure then realized I had printed maybe 5000 pages shrunk down to 4 pages per page double sided, and asked to see some samples of MSN chat and then Juan took some out of the binders and put them under glass, and CO just kind of fanned the pile and didnt read any just like wow ok no problem here.
Then CO asked to see pictures and Juan put 4 small flexible photo albums I bought at wallymart under glass and CO looked didn't ask any questions just kind of looked and stopped a long time on Juan's child hood picture.
Then Juan was still kind of spreading out all our heavily prepared materials in case and CO basically waved her off saying congratulations you have passed.
She said thanks or whatever and he gave her a sheet that isn't really pink anymore, more orange-y.
She actuallly was a little confused about the passport pictures she wasn't asked to submit any more, but actually in the medical packet there were like 6 pictures so no problem.
They said the visa should be ready on Wednesday at post office.
he did ask where I worked and Juan said Ohio State University but also gave my business card.
The interview was only a few minutes and she chose English because she understood this guy easily ande apparently he understood her easily too.
If you read these forums it is literally no surprises and it proceeds exactly as you would predict, and practicing hundreds of confusing questions seems like a hard choice to make I knew the core questions and materials to prepare and we really did not cram so much that we were worried, we just prepared well and fely nervous but confdident.
I did not frontload my application, my lawyer only put the exact minimum requested, and we were well ready for any document to prove our relationship but did not use 90% of them.
Pictures seem to be the real key to this process in the 5 minutes you have to decide your life here at the windows.
We are struggling right now with the weight of this happy and overwhelming moment, trying to decide how to proceed with POE and when to go. We will discuss and be united forever soon
Anyone want to know anything let me know I should be able to post.
ANyone can succeed at their visa, if you follow the path of those ahead of you and be diligent in your details. There was a guy who was denied because he is a lawyer and should know what is what but forgot to bring his resume comeon give me a break that was just careless.
Thanks to all here and good luck !
Dan
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Congradulations!
Ok So I woke up about 4 AM and apparently that was enough sleep. We got up about 5:30 and got ready and headed the 2 minute walk to the front of the consulate and waited in line as a few hundred people milled around.
We had 7:15 appointment so we were told to line up on the left most part of the line.
About 7:45 they started letting people in the consulate entrance and we got in the building by 8:00 am
We took the escalators up to the 4th floor and made sure everything was in order and I sent Juan off with a large rolling suitcase full of our chats logs and our heavy wedding picture album as well aqs her carrying bag with most the organized stuff. We really did a lot of documents from letters from families to all the usual pictures, receipts, documents what not anything we could think to put in there Juan is a school teacher and quite organized. I am a poor slob. I stayed on the 4th floor and went to the coffee shop for a delicious 49 Yuan cup of nestles coofee drink no refills but they did include crackers and some sesame seeds.
Seemed that her interview was one of the last ones of the morning session, as she did not come down the escalator until after 11:00 Am I forget the exact time.
She said all the process was pretty easy, the screener took my updated 2008 tax form and the medical and that was it I think.
She sat and waited a long time, listened to what was going on at the windows and decided to go to the WC and wouldn't you know when she was in there she heard her number called. She hurried out to the window and had tall American man with glasses.
Questions were exactly as expected, When did we first start chatting, how do we communicate, when did we get married how long did we know each other before we married (8 months)
Juan offered to show chat records and CO said sure then realized I had printed maybe 5000 pages shrunk down to 4 pages per page double sided, and asked to see some samples of MSN chat and then Juan took some out of the binders and put them under glass, and CO just kind of fanned the pile and didnt read any just like wow ok no problem here.
Then CO asked to see pictures and Juan put 4 small flexible photo albums I bought at wallymart under glass and CO looked didn't ask any questions just kind of looked and stopped a long time on Juan's child hood picture.
Then Juan was still kind of spreading out all our heavily prepared materials in case and CO basically waved her off saying congratulations you have passed.
She said thanks or whatever and he gave her a sheet that isn't really pink anymore, more orange-y.
She actuallly was a little confused about the passport pictures she wasn't asked to submit any more, but actually in the medical packet there were like 6 pictures so no problem.
They said the visa should be ready on Wednesday at post office.
he did ask where I worked and Juan said Ohio State University but also gave my business card.
The interview was only a few minutes and she chose English because she understood this guy easily ande apparently he understood her easily too.
If you read these forums it is literally no surprises and it proceeds exactly as you would predict, and practicing hundreds of confusing questions seems like a hard choice to make I knew the core questions and materials to prepare and we really did not cram so much that we were worried, we just prepared well and fely nervous but confdident.
I did not frontload my application, my lawyer only put the exact minimum requested, and we were well ready for any document to prove our relationship but did not use 90% of them.
Pictures seem to be the real key to this process in the 5 minutes you have to decide your life here at the windows.
We are struggling right now with the weight of this happy and overwhelming moment, trying to decide how to proceed with POE and when to go. We will discuss and be united forever soon
Anyone want to know anything let me know I should be able to post.
ANyone can succeed at their visa, if you follow the path of those ahead of you and be diligent in your details. There was a guy who was denied because he is a lawyer and should know what is what but forgot to bring his resume comeon give me a break that was just careless.
Thanks to all here and good luck !
Dan
Appeal of a denied CR-1
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Hi , We miss eachother so much. It is said it wait too long to wait the appeal....so we have questions.
if a new IR-1 petition cancels the opportunity to appeal the denied CR-1?
if anyone knows how long an appeal takes to "process"...and what results others have gotten?
We are painful when wait our forever together and do not know how to do.
thank for help.