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The relevant section of the immigrant visa instruction pdf from the ustraveldocs.com would seem to be: "□ VISA APPLICATION FEE: Each applicant must pay the relevant application fee prior to interviewing. Immigrant visa applicants who have already paid their fees through the National Visa Center will not have to pay any additional fees at the interview. You will be required to pay the visa fee at the time of visa interview if the application fee has not been paid. Payment is accepted in both U.S. dollars and RMB. For more information regarding visa fees, please visit http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1263.html#perm. " So it should be ok to pay at the interview. However it is extremely worrying that there is no information about this on the Guangzhou website or in any of the information they have sent me. If you were to pay through a Citic bank how would you even do it? How would you know your application got credited with being paid?

I'm planning on going alone and not staying in Guangzhou for the night, so it looks like it could be a problem for me. I could check everything at the airport, but not being able to bring my cellphone will be a huge pain in the ass. At the shanghai consulate you can check your cellphone, seems ridiculous to not be able to do so at Guangzhou.

Thanks for all the help everyone. One more quick question, It says on the Guangzhou website that there is no place to check bags or cellphones. Not being able to check cell phones is insane. Is there anywhere near the embassy to check stuff?

I've been married to my Chinese wife for 5 years and we have a one year old daughter. I am getting ready to start the DCF process for an IR1 visa. I have a couple questions regarding filling the I-130, mostly because I am hoping to avoid a trip to the notary office. First, looking through the forums it seems like most people submit a notarized and translated version of their spouses Chinese birth certificate. However on the Guangzhou consulate website it says that they need a birth certificate OR a passport. If my wife already has a passport is it neccessary to also bring the birth certificate? Is there a time limit on notarized documents? We succesfully applied for a tourist visa several years ago and still have the translated and notarzed copy of our marriage certificate. Do we need to get it redone? Besides the marriage certificate and the birth certificate is there any other documents we need to get translated and notarized? You don't need the criminal record check until later in the process right? Am I right that it is ok if I translate all the other documents that don't need to be notarized? Thanks for the help.