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Amazingly enough, email has been the one method of contact that has yielded the most (although very limited) information. As we have seen time and time again here, with an AP, I don't think anyone has ever gotten more information other than it is in AP, or AP is done, you will get letter soon. I would recommend emailing once a month.
Thanks! I really hope so. I even contacted Eunice (Marc Ellis's assistant) and she said 6 month is a long time for AP. It is outside of the normal time frame.
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You can really only email GUZ but they are likely to simply say it is still in AP. What was the AP for? 6 months is not uncommon depending on the issue.
My husband had an interview on July 11th for a missing Singapore police certificate. We submitted it on Aug 21st and our case has been in AP since then. At first, they said it was not recieved. I guess they finally viewed it after a month and it was finally posted. Since then, our case has been in AP. I really don't know what is causing the hold up either. My only guess is due to my husband's criminal background. He commited a misdemeanor when he was 18. He got into a street fight and was sentenced to probation w/no jail time. Also, he has a relatively common name so I am assuming its taking a while to do a background search.
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Call Your Senator's office they can do a inquiry about your case.
I tried that. They told the senator the same thing. I tried every possible way you can think of.. but not much luck...
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The only option is to call DOS Visa services, they can access the case database that is used be the consulate.
(202) 663-1225
Tried that too! Didn't receive much more information....
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They used to have an American citizen's hour where you could come and ask questions. I think they canceled it partly because too many people were using it just to show up on the record as having been there. They have a huge case load and it was taking up too much of their time.
Unfortunately, I found out about this after I got here... Since I still have till the end of the day, I thought I think I will just make one more trip up there to see if I can get lucky and run into an officer.
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Just out of curiosity, anyone still waiting for their visa to arrive?
- We still are... waiting for AP to be over after the blue slip on July 12th.
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Hi,
Has anyone appeared at the Guangzhou US Consulate in person and inquired about your spouse's immigration case? If so, how did u do so? I made an appointment for American Citizen Services but when I got there, the Chinese officer at the window turned me away in less than a minute. They said they only do passport services which are totally separate from the immigration unit. I asked to see an immigration officer but they said there is no such thing and I would have to send all inquiries by email. I read it on VJ that sometimes, American Citizens are able to obtain some useful information when they appear in person at the Consulate. I would appreciate it if someone can tell me where should I go and who should I speak with. We been waiting for this AP for 6 month.
Thank you very much!
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Hi,
Yes! Beachey is right! I did post on visa journey and did not do an update here.
So what happened was my husband received a blue slip for not having the correct Singapore police certificate (certificate of clearance aka COC). The reason we did not have this is because Singapore stopped issuing COC to none Singapore citizens in October of 2010. Instead, they offer a statue of declaration for none Singapore citizens. At that time, I did contact the Guangzhou embassy and they replied via email saying the statue of declaration would be acceptable. So my husband obtained that, we turned it into the NVC and the NVC was fine with it. When it came to the interview, apparently Guangzhou now has a new regulation and the VO said he absolutely needs the COC. Therefore, he received a blue slip. I then contacted the NVC and spoke to a supervisor. He directed me to the Visa Services Center in Washington DC and I spoke to a supervisor regarding this issue. In the meantime, I contacted the Singapore embassy in China as well as the US embassy in Singapore. They both said the COC would be acceptable!!! So it¡¯s fine with everywhere else except Guangzhou!
So a few days later, the Visa Services Center in DC got back to me and told me that the Singapore police does issue a COC for none Singapore citizens if we do an appeal. So I contacted the Singapore police and after a couple of days emailing them (they refused at first), we finally received some information on how to do the appeal and that they would only issue the COC if we received an OFFICIAL LETTER from the requesting agency saying the Statue of Declaration is UNACEPTABLE! I then contacted Guangzhou embassy and it took them two and a half weeks to send out that letter. My husband just received the letter from Guangzhou two days ago so he will be submitting the application as well as the appeal to the Singapore police soon. However, Singapore police requires a set of finger prints from China police so he had to go get those done. After he got those done, I scanned fingerprints and e-mailed Singapore police and they said the finger prints were acceptable BUT, it needs to be translated to English. So tomorrow, he will look for a translator and have them translate the finger print set. I¡¯m not sure how are they doing to do this because it is just a piece of paper with boxes that has his finger prints in it and its labeled ¡°left hand, right hand.¡± So this is where we are at now¡.
As far as the time frame goes, Singapore will require 3 weeks to process the appeal and the application. They will mail the COC directly to Guangzhou so I am assuming that will take another 3-4 weeks for Guangzhou to process that? So we are looking at September visa¡ Aye, what a headache!
This won't help you at this late date, but for anyone else - check the Visa reciprocity tables for information about any needed certificates from a particular country - http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_3272.html
The page for Singapore discusses this information
http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_5455.html?cid=9732
For all applicants, a form letter from the requesting/processing office (NVC, KCC, Embassy, employer etc.) is required to obtain a Certificate of Clearance (COC). Such letter should specify the need for the clearance and state explicitly that "a statutory declaration of no criminal conviction by the applicant is not acceptable as evidence that he/she does not have criminal convictions". The COC will be sent directly to the requesting/processing office.. . .
All applicants must complete the Certificate of Clearance application form available at http://www.spf.gov.sg/faqs/doc/coc_appform.pdf in full and submit it with the necessary supporting documents:
Yea... But what threw me off was that I contacted Guangzhou embassy in December and received an email saying the statue of declaration would be sufficient!!! I knew they wanted the COC but since the embassy said the statue of declaration was acceptable, I thought it was fine¡ I even read some of other posts on Visa Journey and some embassies (ex. Manila) were fine with the statue of declaration. If I knew this would have been a problem, I would have solved it before the interview¡
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Hi Xiaozhu,
I have a question regarding the interview. My husband is having his interview on July 12th with the11th being the document drop off day.
The appointment letter states to bring "any potential evidence proving the applicant(s) relationship to each other (as applicable) as well as the petitioner" to the interview. So I assumed that we can drop off all our evidence of relationship documents (phone records, chat records, email, letters, receipts of hotel stays and vacations etc... ) during the document drop off day so that the VO can look at it prior the interview.
However, I was just asking someone and they had told me that the embassy has a new policy and that they no longer accept any EORs during the document intake day. For electronic processing, I was told that they will only take in all the necessary documents (original DS 230, I-864, taxes etc...) during the document intake day and all EOR docs will be looked at during interview day.
Is this true? If so, when should we submit them? In the beginning of the interview or when they ask for it? I have 4 lbs worth of EORs and the interview is around 15 minutes. I am worried that what if the VO doesn't even look through everything and just denies my husband?
Any suggestions?
HI, just read your post. Hope your husband already received visa!!
Got blue for missing papers... But I think we will figure things out. Thanks!
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just 20 rmb for post office to deliver the passport . that's all . no worry.
Sorry for the late reply.. Thanks!
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I am Chinses and so is he.
That changes everything for my opinion on the case... and I am generally alone on this. So just do your best. Good luck.
Thanks David! The interview was short but there was problems with the paper work.
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Did we ever hear back from her as to how it went on the 11th? I don't think so... am curious...
If memory recalls, they got blue for a Singapore Police certificate so the lack of frontloading didn't seem to be an issue.
Hi,
Yes! Beachey is right! I did post on visa journey and did not do an update here.
So what happened was my husband received a blue slip for not having the correct Singapore police certificate (certificate of clearance aka COC). The reason we did not have this is because Singapore stopped issuing COC to none Singapore citizens in October of 2010. Instead, they offer a statue of declaration for none Singapore citizens. At that time, I did contact the Guangzhou embassy and they replied via email saying the statue of declaration would be acceptable. So my husband obtained that, we turned it into the NVC and the NVC was fine with it. When it came to the interview, apparently Guangzhou now has a new regulation and the VO said he absolutely needs the COC. Therefore, he received a blue slip. I then contacted the NVC and spoke to a supervisor. He directed me to the Visa Services Center in Washington DC and I spoke to a supervisor regarding this issue. In the meantime, I contacted the Singapore embassy in China as well as the US embassy in Singapore. They both said the COC would be acceptable!!! So it¡¯s fine with everywhere else except Guangzhou!
So a few days later, the Visa Services Center in DC got back to me and told me that the Singapore police does issue a COC for none Singapore citizens if we do an appeal. So I contacted the Singapore police and after a couple of days emailing them (they refused at first), we finally received some information on how to do the appeal and that they would only issue the COC if we received an OFFICIAL LETTER from the requesting agency saying the Statue of Declaration is UNACEPTABLE! I then contacted Guangzhou embassy and it took them two and a half weeks to send out that letter. My husband just received the letter from Guangzhou two days ago so he will be submitting the application as well as the appeal to the Singapore police soon. However, Singapore police requires a set of finger prints from China police so he had to go get those done. After he got those done, I scanned fingerprints and e-mailed Singapore police and they said the finger prints were acceptable BUT, it needs to be translated to English. So tomorrow, he will look for a translator and have them translate the finger print set. I¡¯m not sure how are they doing to do this because it is just a piece of paper with boxes that has his finger prints in it and its labeled ¡°left hand, right hand.¡± So this is where we are at now¡.
As far as the time frame goes, Singapore will require 3 weeks to process the appeal and the application. They will mail the COC directly to Guangzhou so I am assuming that will take another 3-4 weeks for Guangzhou to process that? So we are looking at September visa¡ Aye, what a headache!
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Anna,
As far as I know, the only fee you'll be paying is between 20 yuan and 80 yuan for the consulate to mail the visa.
Unless you are living in China and filed the I-130 to the DHS office in Beijing or Guangzhou ("DCF"), there should be no fee paid to consulate, petition fee paid with I-130 in the states or DHS office overseas only covers Petition processing by USCIS, you pay additional fees to NVC if stateside processing, or to Guangzhou if processing overseas as in "DCF"
Thanks for the reply guys! Sorry I am laggy on my status...I will let everyone know what is going on!
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My wife had her interview this morning and it could not have went any better. She was nearly the last one to be interviewed and my bladder nearly exploded because I refused to leave my post at the coffee shop outside until she was finished, but beyond that it was a great experience.
A big thank you to everyone at CFL. I'm relatively quiet but I've been a daily lurker for about two years and I'm grateful for all the knowledge we've picked up from this website.
Here is a rundown of our Guangzhou experience. Hopefully something here could prove useful to someone in the future. We applied for a CR-1 with DCF in Beijing the the process took 4 months and 8 days from submitting the application to passing the interview. Our application was "front loaded" with everything we had at the time - mostly communication evidence and pictures.
Day 1: Our plane arrived in GUZ about Noon. We had reservations with Yang and he told us which airport shuttle bus to take to his place but didn't know where at the airport we should go to actually catch that bus. The busses stop just outside the doors to the arrivals area and the signs say they come around every 20 minutes or so. The bus to Yangs was Bus #6, but for some reason that bus isn't listed on the sign that shows the location of the bus stops. The bus stops are numbered with 2-3 busses stopping in each area. We found bus #6 to CITIC Plaza (I think?) in the #4 area. The bus cost 20RMB/person to be paid to the conductor after the bus is on the road, had good air conditioning, very comfy seats, and took maybe an hour.
The bus has two stops and Yangs place is near the second stop. Mr Yang met us at the bus stop and took us to the apartment where we would be staying. After arriving he glanced over our photos, I-864, and Notary Certificates. He only spent about a minute looking over our things, but maybe the hundreds of hours spent preparing paid off and no additional review or suggestions were necessary. He does not speak any English and seemed to be in a hurry and left after that. We have not seen or heard from him since that time, likely because this is a busy time for him because of some events going on in Guangzhou.
After Mr Yang left he sent over someone he called his sister to collect the money. She also brought toilet paper and towels with her because the apartment came with neither and we asked Mr Yang if it would be possible to get some. The apartment has a medium sized refrigerator, couch, desk with reliable internet access, a single bed, cable tv, coffee table, and a water dispenser all in a big living room. The bedroom has a full-ish sized bed (it's actually a nice frame with a box spring and thick foam mattress pad on it) of average comfort level, wardrobe closet, and a bed side stand with a lamp with a red lamp shade that makes the room look like one of those Chinese "massage" joints when lit. The kitchen had a sink, two gas burners, cupboards, and a washing machine. The kitchen also had a pan, a mix and max selection of cups and bowls, and a few utensils, but they were of varying colors and smells so we opted to buy disposable. The bathroom is pretty standard with western style toilet, sink, mirror, and shower. The water gets nice and hot after a minute or so, but the shower sprays in the center of the bathroom so you need to remove the toilet paper and anything else you don't want wet before showering, and the shower head is positioned about 5 feet high on the wall so hair washing has to be a manual thing for anyone tall. There was an air conditioner in the living room and bedroom that worked very well.
The area outside the apartment windows was very nice with lots of trees and flowers, but the wet environment made for a mosquito haven even in mid April. I had about twenty bites after the first night to my wife's one, but on day two we bought mosquito repelling and it has not been much of an issue since. Across the street and to the left of the apartment complex is a big shopping mall. The highlight of the mall for me was a supermarket called JUSCO. I have lived in China for about two years and that supermarket seemed to carry a lot of "western" things that I have not seen regularly available in other places. The food they make in their deli was also reasonably good, and very cheap compared to other food in the area. There is also a KFC, Pizza Hut, and Starbucks in the same mall along with various Chinese restaurants.
The consulate is located less than two minutes from where we are staying. Leaving the building, we need to take a left and walk for maybe 10 seconds, another left and walk for less than a minute, then the complex with the consulate is located in an area set back in from the street on the left. There was nothing outside whatsoever that I seen to indicate that the US Consulate is located in that building. There were several travel agency signs and an advertisement for a same day results DNA testing service (lol) outside that kind of gave the hint that were in the right place, and we asked someone on the street who confirmed the consulate was indeed located in that complex.
Day 2: Yang's sister met us outside the apartment building at 8:30am and accompanied us by taxi (13RMB) to United Family Healthcare for my wife's medical exam. After helping my wife fill out the registration form, she gave us her card with the apartment complex's address on it so we could find our way back and she went on her way. We did not have any contact with them after that time until after the interview when we called about extending our stay. I expected a very complex procedure after looking at the medical forms I printed, the medical exam was a surprisingly simple process. After registering my wife had to put on a gown and sat in a centrally located waiting area. Around the large room are different smaller rooms for the different stages of the medical exam. Up first was a blood test, followed by a chest x-ray, followed by someone listening momentarily to her heart and lungs and having her drop trou for a crude gender verification (judging by the giggles, whispers and actions of the adolescent boys who came out of that room, the procedure is the same for everyone). She spent no more than one minute in any of the three rooms and the medical forms we printed were not collected or used, but the process still took nearly two hours due to wait times between the different phases.
After the medical portion of the exam finished near 11:00, the folks at United told us that vaccines would be administered at another location (the other place listed on the paperwork for acceptable exam locations in Guangzhou, I can't remember the name) and that they would shuttle everyone there by bus at 12:30pm. At 12:30pm, we met everyone back inside but unfortunately only the person going to get the shots were allowed to go, so friends and family had to wait in the United office for the ~3 hours it took to complete that process and everyone to return. By the sounds of it they usually bus people there but that day United roped in enough Taxi's to take people (and they paid for them) to and back. The medical at United cost 800RMB and the vaccinations, which included Td, MMR, Varicella (chickenpox), and Influenza cost 493.1RMB. The Td, MMR, and Varicella all require followup vaccinations. After the vaccines and a little paperwork she was given a sealed envelope and an x-ray in a rolled up envelope in a nice little tote bag. Taxi back to the apartment cost 16RMB and the driver didn't know where to go until my wife told him the Chinese name for the big IKEA located near the complex.
Day 3: Having read that getting there too early is of no use we arrived for document intake at around Noon for the 12:30 scheduled time. There were maybe 200-300 people outside at that time and there were two signs indicating where people should stand, one line for immigration and one for non immigrant visas. The lines were kind of Chinese style "lines" in the sense that it was basically a mob of people in the same general vicinity rather than a real line. It was 12:40pm before they started to let people inside and after my wife went in the building I went back to the apartment to wait. The immigrant lines were let in first and more guards came out to start to let in the non-immigrant folks when the immigrant line was about half way finished. To gain access to the building, she needed to show her passport and appointment letter and was given a small card. Inside she went to the 4th floor via escalator (there is an elevator located down the hall to the left of the 'up' escalator if needed) and went through an informal security stop where her card was taken away. After that pit stop she went up another escalator to the 5th floor and went through a formal security checkpoint. Cell phones and electronic devices are not allowed past this point. Upon entering the main room she surrendered her appointment letter and was given a number and took a seat in the waiting area. There were more people there than there were seats available, so while arriving early won't get you seen sooner, it might assure yourself a seat. There were a total of 15 windows open, in order from left to right there was one payment window, two fingerprint windows, ten document intake windows, and two more payment windows. Numbers were called manually in the form of "Number xxx to window xx" through microphones like bank tellers behind glass use. Some were called out in Mandarin and some in Cantonese, presumably based on the supplied birthplace/residence/etc. of the applicant. LED signs were present above all of the windows but were not used at this time. The financial and document intake staff were all visibly Asian and spoke perfect Chinese. One fingerprint agent was visibly Caucasian, and one appeared Asian but based on his spoken Chinese was likely not native Chinese.
The document intake agent at the window was friendly. She looked at my wife's passport and requested the contents of the sealed medical exam envelope, all of her notarized booklets, my I-864 and tax returns for the past three years, my joint sponsors I-864, three years of tax returns, and accepted his W-2, pay stubs, and employment letter. She refused a copy of his birth certificate, my birth certificate, and my domicile evidence that I had attached with the other financial documents. Having considered that the document acceptance worker may be unsure what my purpose my domicile information served I had prepared my wife with that to say in the event that it was not accepted initially, but after the explanation the agent just said that if the VO wants it they will ask for it at the interview. She was asked here if this was the first marriage for both of us (second for her, first for me) and if she is a CCP member (no). After handing over the documents she was given an invoice and went to pay. This is the only mildly unpleasant experience she had involving the consular office. The cashier was mildly snooty, seemed inconvenienced to have to accept payment in RMB instead of USD (Tip: Embassies and consulates "accept" payment in local currency but offer a lower exchange rate than banks. It may be peanuts to some, but had we paid her interview fee in USD we would have saved more than $10. The delivery fee still must be paid in RMB however.), was unwilling to verbally state how much the amount owed was in RMB when my wife was unable to clearly read the LED cash register sign located behind the scratched glass window, and got upset that my wife counted her change to make sure she was given the correct amount. For fingerprinting my wife was called to the window with the Caucasian woman, who she described as having blonde hair and who looked to be around 30 years old. She was very friendly, and spoke decent Mandarin. Somewhere in the last couple steps of the process she was given her appointment letter back with a stamp on it instructing her to return at 7:30am the following day for her interview.
Day 4: We arrived outside the consulate complex at about 6:50am and there seemed to be less people present than there had been the day before. This time there were neat orderly lines and a guy shouting in a megaphone to make sure they stayed that way. We were right about in the middle of the line by the time people were let in, which was a few minutes after 7:30. Getting inside was the same process as the previous day with her having to show her passport and appointment letter and going through the various security points. I did not have to show anything to gain access to the building but knew I could not go past the 4th floor and did not attempt to. On the previous day they were given a stern warning not to bring mobile phones with them despite them having an area designed to store them (they don't have space for 300) so my wife obliged and I kept her phone but it seemed like most others didn't listen.
After separating at the checkpoint on the 4th floor I went out in search of the coffee shop I had read about on CFL. After exiting the 'up' escalator on the 4th floor and making a right the checkpoint is there on the right, but if you keep going down the hall the coffee shop is just ahead also on the right. It was dark and unattended until about 8:00am but it's kind of in the open and not walled in so I sat there waiting before it opened up (sit on the side opposite of where you'll enter for the best view of people coming out after their interviews). The menu has maybe 8-10 beverages listed - three kinds of coffee, milk tea, wanglaoji canned tea, Heineken beer, bottled water, canned coconut juice, and dole orange juice. Prices for all choices ranged from 49RMB-60RMB, and additional bottles/cans/cups of the same thing were 5-10RMB each. Along with my beverage, I was given a small pack of "tomato crackers" and a bag of sunflower seeds. There was no food available on the menu. The staff of the coffee shop also seem to work at the travel and ticket booking agencies situated around the coffee shop and a website on the wall of the coffee shop directs to a Chinese travel agent. They tried to give everyone coming out of the consulate a brochure and ask if they needed to book a flight to the USA but didn't hound anybody about it too much. The coffee shop had about 16 tables, each with 4 chairs of a tolerable comfort level for the wait. Anyone not a paying customer is given the boot out of the seating area and is forced to stand in a designated waiting area.
The waiting room for interviewees was the same room used for document intake the day prior, the only noticeable difference was that this time the LED signboards above each interview window were being used to show who was serving which number. Again today there were not enough seats for everyone and some had to stand inside for well over an hour before enough opened up for everyone. Interviews ranged in length from 3-30 minutes and she thinks everyone who was there with family having more than one person interview together were interviewed first. All of the VO's today appeared to be Caucasian and 8 of the 10 were male. Some VO's sat alone while others had a translator with them. The translators backed away from the interview window when not needed. Most people there were nervous and little groups of people sitting together tried to comfort each other.
My wife was interviewed near the end of the group that day and her VO was a woman who looked to be in her mid 30's and according to my wife looked like Marcia Cross in Desperate Housewives. She seen that most of the unsuccessful interviewees were very apprehensive and passive and most offered no indication that they spoke a word of English unless asked directly, so she tried to take the opposite approach. When called she walked up to the window with a big smile and offered a "good morning" before spoken to. The VO reacted very positively and responded with a smile and a "Good morning! How are you?" before getting down to business. Originally my wife also planned to only demonstrate her English when called on it, but after seeing the struggles of others who took that approach she opted to try to use English from start to finish despite her admittedly average level of English, and she seemingly got through the whole interview in only English flawlessly.
The actual interview breaks down as follows:
[Greeting]
VO asked for my wife's passport
VO asked for my name
VO asked how we met (Skype)
Wife offered chat evidence (this was all already submitted to Beijing with initial petition), VO declined
VO asked when I first came to China (two years ago. wife offered pictures, VO accepted and scanned through a few)
VO asked if she had ever applied for a US visa before (no)
VO asked if I can speak Chinese
Wife answered no and mocked my inability to speak much Chinese despite two years here, VO laughed
Wife offered my domicile evidence as I have lived in China for the last two years and am still here, VO declined
VO asked how my wife knows her joint sponsor (my father)
Wife offered letter from my father about how he's very happy for us, excited to meet her, etc. VO accepted and kept letter
VO asked my wife to name everyone in a screenshot of us talking with my family on Skype (my sister, father, and nephew)
VO asked my wife if she was CCP (no)
VO told my wife congratulations and gave her the peach/pinkish/orange paper
Wife went to post office area to fill out form for picking up her passport later. The line there took about 30 minutes and the fee was 20RMB.
She estimated that her interview took 3-5 minutes but she wasn't out until 11:00am. Domicile seems to be stressed for DCF applicants but the VO declined to even look at my domicile information (maybe because I listed my address as my US address?). The VO also did not request any relationship evidence, though we did front load, and my wife offered a few things which were accepted.
Overall the experience was as close to painless as we could have hoped for. The interview process went perfect and the Yang's, while our contact with them was minimal, were helpful and the apartment a much more comfortable experience than a hotel room and in a perfect location. The only downside at all was running into some dumb luck with the timing of the interview coinciding with the start of the Canton Fair which considerably raises the price of all accommodation (and maybe everything else) in the city.
This was typed up over the course of several hours and very much not proofread, so apologies for the grammatical errors and incomplete thoughts posted in some parts!
Hi, I have a quick question. You mentioned that you needed to pay some fees? I was wondering what additional fees are there? Are you talking about the visa fee? If I already paid the visa fee and the security fee with the I130, do we need to pay anymore fees inside the embassy?
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Hi Everyone,
I have a quick question. If I already paid the visa fee and the security fee with the I130, do we need to pay anymore fees inside the embassy?
Thanks,
Anna
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Not to add to your worries???, but you may want to really make sure your sponsorship numbers are enough. Also, they may be suspicious about a friend providing sponsorship and essentially swearing under perjury that they will support your husband if he leaves you...? However if they do have issues I think you have a chance to go back and try to get more solid sponsorship. The student financial issue is a regular problem...
Co-sponsors are a regular occurrence, especially among DCF's - they DO NOT agree to support the intending immigrant under ANY circumstances. They agree that the US Government MAY sue to recover any means tested benefits provided the intending immigrant.
Why would you talk like this?
Wait... I don't understand... What do you mean?
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and how you communicate ??? if she speaks no English , you better speak Chinese . then, they may ask how you learn it ???
pls bring photos to the interview . officer will ask .
also 3 yrs tax return is asked during document collection even though NVC is ok with the most recent year and employment letter.
I am Chinses and so is he. We actually went to elementary school together so we have a long relationships history. However, I am worried about the sponseringship aspect becuase I am a full time student earning a doctare degree and I do not work. I do have some savings though... My co-sponser is a really good friend and he makes barely enough above the poverty guidline. Would this be a problem?
Not to add to your worries, but you may want to really make sure your sponsorship numbers are enough. Also, they may be suspicious about a friend providing sponsorship and essentially swearing under perjury that they will support your husband if he leaves you...? However if they do have issues I think you have a chance to go back and try to get more solid sponsorship. The student financial issue is a regular problem...
Yea.. this is what worries me too! My co-sponsor does make enough but only 1K above the poverty line. For the past three years, he made 7-8K above the poverty line but its just this year that his salary was low. He was out of job for a couple of month which is why he is cutting close. But for next year, his estimated income will be more than enough again... Do you think this would be a problem? I really cannot find anyone else as a co-sponsor. I also have approximately 20K worth of savings in the bank so I don't know if they would also consider this.
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I am pretty worried that we didn't frontload the I130. did not frontload the I130. All the evidence that the VO have are just the ones that was sent in with I130, which is not a lot. I was under the impression that we were allowed to drop off relationship evidence during the document drop off day but I guess not. I really hope the VO will look at the 4lbs of evidence that my husband is bringing now. I heard that most of the VO already made their decision prior the interview and I hope he does not have a denial in mind. So lets say he did have a denial in mind, do you think the evidence that we are bringing in now can influence his decision? I am so worried right now.
Everyone gets worried as interview day approaches, because as Tsap always says, it isn't about preparation, or process, it is just luck.
While I think he might be a bit jaded, I'd agree at least it is fate, and no amount of worrying will change anything at this point.
The only thing that might cause you trouble is the finances, and that is pretty easy to solve with a richer co-sponsor.
Relax as best you can, in the end all will be good.
Thanks for the comfort! Co-sponsorship is where I had the most trouble. I really have no one else. My mom does not work and my aunts and uncles for sure will not sponsor him. If we get stuck on this, I really don't know what to do... I have about 20K worth of savings in the bank but it is not enough to fulfill their requirements. I did still report them and I am hoping that they would take it into consideration.
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I am pretty worried that we didn't frontload the I130. did not frontload the I130. All the evidence that the VO have are just the ones that was sent in with I130, which is not a lot. I was under the impression that we were allowed to drop off relationship evidence during the document drop off day but I guess not. I really hope the VO will look at the 4lbs of evidence that my husband is bringing now. I heard that most of the VO already made their decision prior the interview and I hope he does not have a denial in mind. So lets say he did have a denial in mind, do you think the evidence that we are bringing in now can influence his decision? I am so worried right now.
Right now, my best advice is to step away from the computer, relax and try to focus on something else.
You have been married close to two years. Do you trust your husband? Heck, he did a great job getting the documentation from UPS. So relax, chances are you will be fine. From what you have written about your relationship, there is nothing that doesn't seem bona-fide.
At this point, the decision is largely out of your hands. Hope for the best and if that doesn't happen you work together as a couple to fix whatever issue Guangzhou brings up.
But most of all, take a deep breath. I suspect your husband is as nervous about this as you are. What can you do to make sure your husband is at his best for the interview? Focus on that.
Yea... I am just hoping for the best! We still have a lot of preparation to do and he will be dropping off his documents in less than 10 hrs... We have a lot of bona-fide evidence but I just hope they are not nitpicking on other things...
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agree with that.
You may try to submit EOR letter during document collection time ( 1st day ). They may or may not want to take it . They pick and choose which documents they want to take on that day.
I have a question... So if they pick which documents to take, should I have my husband take apart the package that the lawyers prepared?
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For the most part CR-1/IR-1 spouse visas have a lower incedent of denial than K-1, do the committed nature of being married prior to petition submission.
Joint account statements / call history / photos is more than I sent in when we filed for or K-1 five years ago, in our case it was (Email Log a few sample emails, Chat Log, Skype Log, some pictures together, as well as a picture of me with my wife's family) I studied the process and simply did all the paperwork my self, never used a lawyer, and figured the only time to use a lawyer is if something got fouled up.
You say a year ago, I hope you filed your IRS return as a joint return using an ITIN for your husband.
Also in Guangzhou it is about 5 minutes of face time.
I filed as single 2009 because I did not support him and we were married in late 2009. For 2010, I did not file taxes. I am currently a full time student persuing a doctorate degree so I do not work. For my cosponser, he makes just 1000 above the poverty line and I have a feeling that this might be a problem. What do you think?
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So as of now, I just express mailed my husband 4 lbs worth of evidence including call records, emails, letters, receipts of hotels stays, plane rides and vacations, pictures... I was hoping to drop off all this during the document intake day but I just found out that the embassy will not accept any of it until the actual interview day! I just hope the VO will have a chance to even look at it during the 15 minutes of face time. Any suggestions?
First, you may be fine with the evidence submitted so relax, you can't go back in the past and change what you submitted with the I-130.
What I think you should do is make sure your husban d has all the info well organized so he can quickly access it to address any questions the VO might have. So what you need to do is think about what might lead the VO to believe that your relationship is not bona-fide.
How much time have you been together? Have that info ready to show to the VO.
Also make sure your pictures are well organized so that you can show the timeline and story of your relationship. That might be enough.
I am going to make a guess that you are orginally from China? This probalby helps. If not, how good is your husband's English? Is the VO going to question how you communicate? How does your husband answer. Would a stranger find your relationship unusual?
Any Red flags? Are you older than your husband (especially more than a year or two)? Does he already have other relatives in the US, especially if you have a work/personal relationship with them.
And chances are, if you don't have enough evidence you may get a blue slip where you then need to submit the evidence you could have submitted with the I-130. A direct white slip would be unusual unless your case has significant red flags.
I am pretty worried that we didn't frontload the I130. did not frontload the I130. All the evidence that the VO have are just the ones that was sent in with I130, which is not a lot. I was under the impression that we were allowed to drop off relationship evidence during the document drop off day but I guess not. I really hope the VO will look at the 4lbs of evidence that my husband is bringing now. I heard that most of the VO already made their decision prior the interview and I hope he does not have a denial in mind. So lets say he did have a denial in mind, do you think the evidence that we are bringing in now can influence his decision? I am so worried right now.
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and how you communicate ??? if she speaks no English , you better speak Chinese . then, they may ask how you learn it ???
pls bring photos to the interview . officer will ask .
also 3 yrs tax return is asked during document collection even though NVC is ok with the most recent year and employment letter.
I am Chinses and so is he. We actually went to elementary school together so we have a long relationships history. However, I am worried about the sponseringship aspect becuase I am a full time student earning a doctare degree and I do not work. I do have some savings though... My co-sponser is a really good friend and he makes barely enough above the poverty guidline. Would this be a problem?
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You say a year ago, I hope you filed your IRS return as a joint return using an ITIN for your husband.
IMO, this is irrelevant to the case.
IMO, The top five issues for your case would be:
1. How you meet
2. How many trips and face time you have in person
3. The marital/child/age situation on both sides
4. Is he a CCP member?
5. What city is he from?
Your past filing is past. Don't concern yourself with that. Look ahead.
I will write an EOR letter which will address everything. We are actually elementary classmates and we had a brief relationship when we were 15. We kept in touch all these years and remained best friends since then. He is not a CCP member and this is both of our first marriage. We are the same age and we are from the same city. I think we look pretty good there. Although we have a lot of communication records, I am just worried that the embassy do not have much evidence right now.
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Oh no... the issue is he is Chinese and his name in China is fairly common. He doesn't have a SSN yet. I'm the USC.