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Hello all. We had the interview today and were approved pending the receival of two documents: a police certificate from Shanghai and from Iran. The Iranian certificate is stuck in bureaucracy. The Shanghai police have stopped issuing police certificates for foreign nationals residing in China. It's unfortunate for us. She will start a log of each time she attempts to aquire either and perhaps in a couple of months, if she does not receive both of the documents, they will reconsider her visa. Harold

My fiancee got a blue slip when she had interview in mid of January this year because of her communist membership. She sent letter and resume to Guangzhou consulate per instruction in mid of February. I did sent an email inquiry to the consulate regarding her case in May. However, beside the update due to my inquiry, there are no more update from on CEAC since the next day that she sent the docs to the consulate. Is it normal? It seems like her case is untouched after she submitted the document to consulate, and no one is working on her case. I am so worried now after 5 months of waiting...

We had a disaster in Guangzhou. our visa was denied by Consular Officer. My wife was in the US for 13 yrs, we are married 6. with attorney help we filed 601a and I did previous i130, 864 and DS 260. all approved. Lawyer said no problem, we always get visa, only a couple of relationship questions. we were ambushed by CO, not a nice guy. he was aggressive in questions, zeroing in on entry to US issues. My wife was nervous and intimidated. Slammed -denied without any written or verbal explanation. no name of CO, no supervisor review. She is now stranded in China, me back in US alone. I'm dying w/o her. Warning DO NOT leave US for consular interview. be 110% certain. get second legal opinions. this is clearly my lawyers fault. the interview prep mentioned none of these possibilities. I would give up the green card we don't have to get her back. The GC is not necessary to be comfortable in US, especially if older. there are many incompetent lawyers, many turn over work to ignorant paralegals. I hope and expect to get 601 prepared & approved, but I got to figure out exactly where the wheels came off this time. I read the processing times run 9 months. consider your risks. they will deny very easily, w/o compassion or legal representation. tom

Hello Folks, need some input here. I already see the light at the end of tunnel. Really appreciate it! Background: CR1. My wife had her medical on Jan 6th, 2016. And then she had her interview at Guangzhou, China in Feb 2016. Then more documents were requested. One of the requested documents was Police Report from Kenya because she stayed in Kenya for about 4 years. It took us about 4 months to get the police report in hands, finally. Right now we are ready to submit the requested documents. Question: As her medical document will be expired in about a couple of weeks, should her get the medical renewed before we submit all the requested documents? Thank you!

Hello, I'm not new to this site, and I just can't seem to find information about this: My wife is J-1 Visa 2 year rule bound, and so she can't get her green card until living here in China for 2 years (we arrived July 8th, 2015) When should I start filing at GZ? We would like to get to the states without delay, and since she is a CCP member (rank and file) she will need the extra bit of time to do a background check or whatever the USCIS does with that time. Could I potentially just apply right now and then have the interview next year, and then get the visa whenever the 2 years are up? Thanks Nathan

My wife had her interview in GZ yesterday, and came away with an expected blue slip for Administrative Processing due to CCP membership. Given how much I enjoyed reading other people’s posts with their own timelines and interview experiences, I thought I would do a writeup of our own. Since the process seems to have changed a bit lately with CGI Stanley taking over part of the process, I hope this can be helpful for others who are starting out. As a bit of background about ourselves, my wife and I met in graduate school (in China), have been living together since 2010, and got married in 2011. We are planning to move to the States in the fall after our second anniversary. DCF We DCF’d in Beijing on March 27. DHS were very quick in their response to my initial email, and we were able to get an appointment two weeks from when first I wrote to them. Their email to me included a pdf of documents to bring. We took the required documents and an inch-high stack of photos, which the CO flipped through, taking out dozen of them and returning the rest. The CO accepted a photocopy of the notary copy of our marriage license after comparing the two. Nine working days after our DCF, I received an email from the Embassy with a pdf’d scan of our Notice of Approval of Relative Immigrant Visa Petition. The approval date was April 5, and the letter was dated April 8; quick turnaround! Packet 3[?] Ten days later we received an EMS envelope with two sheets of paper in it. One was a covering letter telling us to read and follow the directions on the next page and listing our Case Number; the other was the Notice For Immigrant Visa Applicants, which instructed us to fill out and submit DS-230 along with a copy of the info page of my wife’s passport, two photographs, and with the Notice For Immigrant Visa Applicants. Be sure to write your case number on the Notice before mailing it back; a friend forgot to do this and had his wife’s application delayed. Packet 4[?] We sent the DS-230 and related materials to GZ via EMS and three days later my wife received an email from CGI Stanley instructing her to log in to the website and make an appointment. The website showed wide availability; we could have made an appointment for the next day, if we’d been ready for it…of course, you have to have your medical completed at least two weeks before the interview date, so we couldn't have scheduled it for the next day. My wife had hers done in Beijing on the last day that the old clinic was in operation. Results were not made available that day, she had to go to the new location to pick them up after either three or five working days (I can’t remember which). Also, she wasn't able to get all the shots she needed on one day and had to return in a few days for those. Guangzhou We both liked Guangzhou more than we do Beijing. Clear air, what a miracle. We went to GZ on Saturday for a Monday interview, figuring it would be much less stressful to get in early. We stayed at the Westin, which is less than two minutes from the Consulate. We had a great stay, and I can’t imagine having stayed anywhere else. (I’ve had enough of hard Chinese beds for several lifetimes.) We relaxed, explored Guangzhou, and ate some great dim sum – I'd highly recommend the Guangzhou Restaurant (ݾƼ, located on the east side of the sports complex south of the Consulate. Interview Day We arrived at the Consulate around 6:50 to find long lines. We stood in the 7:00 appointment line until we realized that immigrant visa applicants were supposed to stand in another line. We went to the back of that line and inched our way to the front, where a CGI Stanley employee checked my wife's passport and appointment paper and put a barcoded sticker on the back cover of her passport. We went in up to the third floor to security, where I left my wife to continue on her own. She went up to the fourth floor where everyone went through a proper metal detector (no shoes) and had their things x-rayed. No bags/purses, cell phones, or bottles allowed. In my wife’s pack today were: Appointment receipt, instruction letter (sent via email and printed), and sheet for paying her fee.DS-230 (listed in the P4 materials, but they didn’t want it)Her passport and my passport and photocopies of both (they didn’t look at my passport)Two visa photos of herself (they didn’t want them)Certified copy of her birth certificateCertified copy of our marriage certificatePolice certificateNote that even though she has lived in the Beijing for the last 4.5 years we didn’t get this done in Beijing. Instead, it was done in her hometown (where her hukou is). They accepted this without complaint…so you may not need (or be able) to get one from each city your spouse has lived in for 6+ months. This (and the birth certificate) look nothing like its counterpart in the States, so don't be freaked out when/if your spouse comes home with nothing but a letter.Medical exam resultsFive things: X-rays (didn’t look at them), the big brown envelope that we can’t open, two books for shot records (they didn’t keep them), and another paper about vaccinations. They only kept the brown envelope.Evidence of SupportI turned in an I-864 with my last two tax returns (didn’t file three years ago b/c I was a student and didn’t make enough money to file – I wrote an explanatory statement). I am employed in China by a Chinese company, so even though I earn more than 125% of the poverty line I took the advice of folks on the forum and (a) included evidence of savings and (b) got a co-sponsor since my employment is in China. Even though I turned in bank records showing $50k+ in savings, they still wanted the cosponsor’s I-864…go figure.Evidence of RelationshipThe CO had the photos from the DCF in Beijing and didn’t want any of the others my wife had brought. (Just as well; the ones she took with her today were picked from the stack the CO in Beijing didn’t want.)Resume (Chinese & English version on separate papers)CPC statements from her and from me.We really appreciated the information on the site about CCP issues. I printed the Word document and my wife read through it before writing her own letter.Evidence of domicile: my expired and current drivers licenses (I renewed while in China), latest AmEx bill with US address on it.Her China Merchant’s Bank credit card (Dual currency card, she used it to pay the filing fee in USD.) Document Intake My wife mentioned that it’s not necessary to have your documents separated into different packets. Instead, it might speed up document intake to have all the forms and other documents listed on the instruction sheet already put together. The document intake folks had her take everything on the list out of the individual folders she had put them in, and they (doc intake) put them together into a stack. They then took all other documents she brought (co-sponsor, domicile, etc) and put them on the bottom of the pile of documents. Like other people, my wife reported that document intake was the slowest part of the process. She was one of the last people through it, but got called for her interview relatively quickly. (She was through security around 7:30 and back at the hotel at 10:50.) The Interview My wife was quite happy with the interview. She said it was relatively short (5-10 minutes), including time for the CO to record her answers in the computer after each question. The CO asked what I do, how we met, how many times my wife has been to the US, when we are planning to go to the States, who our co-sponsor is, and finally asked my wife if she is a Party member. She answered yes, and he asked when and if she has stopped paying the membership fee. She told him she stopped paying several years ago, and then said that everything looked good and that the Administrative Processing would take about a month(!). He gave her a blue sheet of paper, and she was out the door. Final thoughts The whole process was much, much faster than I expected. We started in March assuming that it would take about a year to get through everything, and now here we are three months later with visa close to being in hand. If we had wanted to rush things we could have interviewed several weeks earlier; pretty impressive, I'd say. Throughout the process we have had nothing but positive experiences with Consular, State Department, and DHS staff. I’m planning to write to the embassy and let them know how pleased we were with it all. I’d like to offer my thanks (and a small donation that’s on the way just after I post this) to CFL and everyone on these forums who have answered my questions, given advice, and posted their stories for posterity. All the information on CFL has kept me calm and helped us both to know what to expect during this process. Thank you all. That’s it for us…until we get to the States, that is. We are planning to enter after our second anniversary, so my wife should get permanent, rather than conditional, residence. Thanks for reading, and I’ll update this thread once AP is through so folks can keep tabs on what CCP wait times are like in mid-2013.

At the end of the interview in Guangzhou my wife was "Preliminary approved." However, due to her membership in the "Communist Party of China" we have to fill out a form titled, "Additional Employment and Education History/CCP Information." It asks us to answer 9 questions. Other than that everything went well. She even received a final processing letter. However, I read online that after submitting this form it might take months to get approved if at all. Has anyone else gotten this before? What exactly does this mean? (I couldn't post the picture of the form for some reason.)

Hi all, I only found this website a month or so ago, but it's been so helpful in explaining the whole visa process. I wish I would have found it sooner! I'm hoping to get some advice on our current position. I was teaching in China for 3 years, and we submitted the I-130 in April of 2015 while I was still under contract for a couple of months. Since we had no idea how long this whole thing would take, we figured that I should go back to the US instead of coming back for another year of teaching. If only we had known! My wife had her visa interview for a CR-1 back in August of 2015. She had answered truthfully to the question about being a member of the CPC, so she needed to submit more information regarding her involvement. I helped her draft the answers. It seemed pretty straight forward to me. She had only joined before getting out of college because her parents said it would help her find a job post graduation. It didn't end up doing anything overt. She's a music teacher by trade so maybe being a CPC member looked better on her job application, but their was never any express statement that it was a requirement for her job. She worked at that school for 2 years, then we moved so I could take a new teaching job. At that point she stopped paying her dues, which she said was a simple way to have her membership lapse. I knew that that the CPC membership would be an issue, but I felt her particular case was so superficial that it wouldn't really be a hangup. I was dead wrong. I went back to the US in July and was living with my parents while looking to move. I contacted the local Congressman in November. They got the same reply from the embassy: "administrative processing." After I moved I was in a new congressional district, so in January I reached out to that Congresswoman. Her office was much nicer, but in the end they got the same answer. With February being Spring Festival this year, my wife was pretty miserable and begged me to come back to spend some time with her. Her parents, who she's been living with, have been particularly awful throughout this whole process. They don't understand anything about how the visa application process works and won't listen to my wife when she tries to explain the realities. Her dad still doesn't believe it has anything to do with her CPC membership. I had a job that I could do remotely, so I booked a ticket and came to China just before Spring Festival. I've been here about 3 months on a 120 day visa. We keep expecting there to be a change with her visa status, but there's been no movement at all since she submitted the additional documentation at the beginning of September. I contacted a sentor's office about a month ago, and they're still getting the same stock response. Needless to say my wife and I are pretty miserable and tired of the not knowing. At this point, I'm wondering if talking to a lawyer about a writ of mandamus would be worth the money. Does anyone have any advice for this particular situation? I could recontact the congresswoman's office since it's been more than 90 days since they asked, but I feel like the 3 separate government officials have had no effect. Any advice you all have would be greatly appreciated!

My wife had her interview this month and, unfortunately, was given a 221G blue form. The consulate told her that they don't need any more paperwork and that her application only needs to undergo further administrative processing. The strange part is that the interview did not contain many questions about us, but instead was more concerned with my wife's education and work experience as an engineer. I'm wondering if anyone has had any experiences similar to ours. She isn't part of the CCP, She wasn't missing any paperwork, and their decision to perform administrative processing seemed to be related to her education and work experience.

Our case has been put in administrative processing for near to 3 months because of my CCP membership.During these months, the case was only updated one time by the official, and undated two times after my sending inquries. The embassy really doesnt give any meaningful information except for repeating that further processing is undergoing. I am just a rank-and-file member of CCP,and have never been involved in any political activity. I dont konw why the processing takes such a long time, is it possible that I lived outside China (Japan) for three years for my PhD? Besides living in Japan, I have been to many other coutries, such as Germany, Singapore, South Korea... Does travelling too many countries with holding a PhD make the frustrating administrative processing longer? Hoping to get some advices from friends who are on the same track.

Happy CNY everyone, my wife just finished her interview on Feb 2. She told me that she had a very nice VO. It went very smoothly. However, the VO requested to get Kenya police report as she worked in Kenya for a few years. Background: My wife worked in Kenya for a few years. It was around 2009. She left Kenya in 2013. She first went there as an volunteer to teach Chinese language there. After she finished her volunteer work, she got a job there. She never stayed in Kenya for more than 12 months consequtively. Problem: VO gave us AP after the interview, requesting police report/clearance from Kenya. To make it short, the Kenya police report is very difficult to get under the current situation. Question: The worse sitionatioin would be going to Kenya to get the report. Because it is a very corrupted country and the system is very inefficient, it might be impossible to get it even we go there in person. Is there anyway we could do other than obtaining the police report from Kenya? Do I need to consult with a lawyer now? Thank you!

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I am a foreign national currently living and working in Beijing. I am currently waiting for the further process from NVC. but my immigrant visa interview will be held in Guangzhou. In order to plan my trip to Guangzhou for my visa interview as I cannot travel out of Guangzhou without my passport, I'd appreciate if anybody could share some information on the following: 1. When the application is approved, normally, how long does the process take in Guangzhou before returning the passport and visa to the selected pick-up location/CITIC bank of the same city? 2. Is there express delivery/process so that I can get my passport and visa earlier? 3. Could it be possible that we get the passport back on the same day of the interview and the visa packet should be picked up later from the pick-up location? Please do share your experience. I'd really appreciate. Thanks in advance!

Happy New Year everyone. My wife will have her IR1 visa interview in Feb. and I was wondering about a rumor I heard that it was possible to have same day or next day visa delivery to a Guangzhou Citic bank. Is this true?

My wife has a CR1 interview scheduled early next year and finished medical check today. I haven't looked at the CEAC status site since the case was transferred to Guangzhou, but just checked it and it shows the case is in administrative processing. Is this normal before the interview?

Hi folks, This one has been worrying me for a while now. as I'm leaving in about a day and a half to get to Yifang to be with her for her interview, it's come to the front of my brain (long trip, sometimes!) As the NVC issued the interview letter, the only thing my wife and I have been able to do with CGI stanley is to put in her info for the UID number, and enter her home address for delivery of documents, once she passes the interview. There's no way we can go any further on the site, as her case number is not recognized by CGI Stanley. So we can't go into the "schedule an interview" part of the website or any other place. - we don't need to anyway...but this brings up a big question. And the only answers I've gotten from the CGI Stanley site has been "The NVC has scheduled your interview" and they conveniently avoid answering the real question. Once Yifang passes the interview, how do we check where her passport, visa, POE package, etc is in the process? According to what I have read, folks seem to track that progress on the CGI Stanley site....some kind of tracker there, which I don't seem to have access to. Is there another way to track where all these things are? Anyone have a clue? Warren

Just a quick review of our K1 visa interview in Guangzhou on July 7, 2015. It was pretty straightforward. She gave her documents as requested to the Chinese employee who did ask her if she knew I was divorced. Her interviewing officer was a female American. She asked 1. What is your fianc's name? 2. Where was he born? 3. Where did you meet him? 4. When did he first come to China? 5. Where do you guys plan to live? She also asked if she knew if I was divorced and did she read the abuse brochure. She asked about her job and said nice things about her English. She was friendly the whole time. Then she finished with CCP questions and she/we did get the white paper (with CCP questions) with instructions to send the replies and any documents to an email address, for which you will get an auto-reply. And, she got out of Guangzhou just before the typhoon came up the coast. So, we are in AP re the CCP issue which is fine as we basically need to make it to our wedding celebration in China in October or die. She can travel on her visa to here afterwards where we will get married. Given the average wait for the visa approval and the time to complete AOS we knew we could not be ready to travel out of the country (and back) to make our set in stone wedding party. Weve had 3 updates in 10 days. I promise to post in this thread when we get a substantive update. Oh, the officer did not look at the elaborate photo album or and other evidence she brought! My general tips: Relax and carefully follow the instructions. Esp as explained here at CFL and over at Visa Journey.Try your best to ignore the drama queens posting all over at VJ; check the dates of links that you follow.When you try to schedule at GUZ, dont panic: everybody gets an interview - it can seem that there are no appointments - but you will get oneWhen filing the I-129f, DO include some evidence like pics, tix and a few chats. And, I mean unequivocal samples that show one or both of you in a time or place, proving you traveled to see the other. Easy to forget to get pics of the two of you together - surprised how few I had.The reason for the above is that they can review this in advance and it will get forwarded all the way to GUZ. You won't be a huge question mark when you walk in.

I was preliminaily approved, however they want my husband to send in his 2014 tax return. He has not filed taxes for 3 years as he has been living in China and makes just a teachers salary well below 19,000 USD. He has always been told that he did not have to file taxes from co workers. The officer told me he could write a letter stating he did not have to file taxes but I want to know does he need to send proof of that and what proof does he need to include? We ae using his dad as a co-sponser so that is reason we were not worried because his dad has filed taxes. Now he is not sure if he is going to have to file, get transcript from irs, and wait. Has anyone beenin this same scenerio? Or does anyone have some advice? WE want to get this sent in soon since we are hoping to move back o states in 2 to 3 months. Also how long does it normally take to get visa after sending in needed documents?

Stuck in AP for a few months now, I've sent an email inquiry and gotten back the standard cookie cutter reply. Is there a number I can call and speak to an actual person? The GUZ consulate site has a phone number but mentions they can't answer inquiries about immigrant visas and to use the email form instead.

Case : F2B / Priority : April 2008 / NVC Notice : December 2014/ Documents completed : March 2015/ Interview : July 2015 Thanks for all of your surports!!! Now he's waiting for the visa packet and the passport. How long will take Guangzhou sends out the visa packet ? How long will take them posts the green card after he gets to U.S ?

My spouse got a blue slip in Guangzhou today. No reason for the denial was given, but it was likely due to the CCP issue. We provided a letter explaining the membership to them at the interview, and they didn't request any other documents. The officer said it would be 4-8 weeks before they will contact us by e-mail. It's confusing that some people with CCP get preliminary approval but some get a blue slip. There seems to be no rhyme or reason. Edit: In my moody state I didn't say that obviously the letter said that the direct reason is Section 221(g) of the INA. But what I meant was that no further reason was given other than that, when the officer was asked why.

Hi everyone! New member but I've been following the forums since our process began (Apr 2014). My wife just had her interview on Jul 14 and because 1) we didn't notarize our Chinese marriage license, 2) she thought she was a CCP member (see below), we need to provide a notarized marriage certificate and "evidence of withdrawn application from CCP membership". After the interview she called her mom and had her check with the local CCP officials who pulled up her file and found out that even though she started the CCP membership application back in 2011, she never completed it or paid any registration fees because it was just something everyone was doing and she later got caught up with work and whatnot, so her pending membership expired. Because she never was a member, should we just have the local official write something up along those lines? We asked the notary office with jurisdiction over her hukou about notarizing something like that and they said they won't touch it (felt it was too risky?). Sent an email yesterday to the Guangzhou IV unit who replied with a cookie cutter statement saying to just do what the instructions on the slip we got say. Sent another email asking for clarification but no word yet. Also, the Consulate kept her passport and seemed pretty confident that the process won't take very long. Appreciate any help or advice! Thanks!

We just realized that when sending the passport and photos through CITIC bank, we forgot to include a copy of the email from the consulate with them. Does anyone know if this will cause any issues or if they will still process the visa? Can't believe we missed this and a bit worried now.

I've been in administrative processing for more than 20 months since the K1 visa interview due to my former CCP membership. Don't know what to do :-(

6/25/2015 - the CGI Stanley usatraveldocs information has been copied to a separate thread for those who entering that phase - CGI Stanley - Step by step Fen and her daughter had a 7:45AM appointment 11-19-2014, for CR-1, & CR-2, sent to us from the NVC, not scheduled through CGI Stanley. Guard said it was best to be there 30 minutes early, and we were. Up against window, not at the door for us. I had to wait outside, of course, once she went in. So I had to go back outside the gate and wait. After Fen and daughter went inside: First a girl checked all the papers and said we need to submit another white book and original of her birth. Not sure why, as they have 2 versions already. Then she took her to a white guy who was medium height, build, looks, just your average guy...(He could have built sandwiches at Subway) He spoke Chinese but said he preferred English, so most of the conversation was in English. He seldom looked up while he talked with her because he was flipping through all the documents the girl collected from my wife. She made him look several times. Questions: (Fen was not sure of order) He asked to look at pics, she handed him one of 5-7 books she had. Then forced him to look at another... He asked for what her husband goes by, what name, and she wisely said my middle and last name, skipping the first name. He asked her to spell my name. He said Ok after she spelled out D O U G L A S, so she stopped. He asked if she has ever been in the USA. No He asked where and how we originally met. She said Chineselovelinks.com He said OK, as if he was familiar with it, no problem. He asked how we contacted each other and she said 2-3 times a day, usually on sky (Skype) and sometimes the phone. He asked who called who, and she said I usually call her but sometimes she calls me. He said OK. (I think they don't like it if the USC does all the initial contact of each conversation, or if the Chinese does not know how to get hold of their spouse.) Where and when married, she explained all. He looked at wedding pics, but would not look up for pics of me with her family. He asked a second time if she had ever been in the USA. She says, No, but my husband has been to see me in China 12 times and then forced the guy to see our little short folder with 13 slots, 12 of which are full of travel receipts for me visits to her. She also told him a second time I was there now and showed my passport again. This time he looked up. It was the only 2 reactions she got out of the guy with a smile and an "oh?". (I wonder if my making some trouble made him really wonder if she had been in the USA illegally or not. I raised hell about Mexico to some of the USCIS agents over the phone in the past, and to Senator Cruz and my House Rep.) She got 2 white papers and a green paper. (We got 1 & 2 below sent thru local CITIC Bank 11-21-2014. We sent the email for #3 11-25-2014. Thus my busyness rather than post right away to you good folks.) 1) One white says she is preliminarily approved, which is a very good thing. They buy the relationship and I am not sure how they could not have. It also said to register with CGI Stanley, which I already did a few weeks ago, but of course there is trouble on their website when the NVC/consulate sets the appointment, IMO. I am still not sure Guangzhou can see that we are registered on CGI. I absolutely do not trust that website or anyone there!!! I think CGI is really for those living in China to file for immigration. It does not seem to work so well for us in the states who file through USCIS, IMO. Front & Backside 2) The green paper was for another set of 2012 & 2013 income tax returns, to be sent through CITIC Bank with the CGI cover page, WooPee CGI, wonder how much of my tax money you collected for that? We got that sent in Friday 11-21. She was told the reason was because there are two I-864 forms. She had the 2 original I-864 signed, and one set of 3 years tax returns, + an original & copy of a letter from my HR along with original & copies of my check stubs for all of this year. They kept the originals , He didn't want 2011, but a second set of the others. My gosh, web sites say to pay the $88 fee for AOS once, when a child is attached to the spouse, Yet, I had a govt. website wanting 2 payments so I did it, OK two sets of everything. Front & Back IV document submission is covered here - Submitting Additional Documents CGI Cover Page for submitting Documents through CITIC Bank Case Number is your GZO or GUZ number. Register or log in here to get UID Number: http://ustraveldocs.com/cn/index.html?firstTime=No and/or https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/?language=English&country=China The "New Application" screen looks like this. You will need to enter your information here, including the Case ID before you can continue. http://candleforlove.com/forums/uploads/gallery/album_737/gallery_1846_737_370664.jpg Cover page that must accompany the above originals, and your documents, letters, etc. to CITIC Bank, who forwards to Guangzhou Consulate. Link to submitting additional Info thru CITIC, find your nearest CITIC Bank, & download the above CGI cover sheet: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/cn/cn-iv-documentsubmissioninfo.asp We discovered that not every CITIC Bank, within your city, is available on the CGI Stanley register and select bank location page, where you select your passport/visa pickup CITIC Bank, location. In fact the one for Changzhou is not even the main Changzhou bank. We were directed from our chosen pickup bank to the main bank not far away to ship our additional documents. Also the bank wanted a 2nd copy of the above CGI cover page, one for inside the unsealed envelope and another they affix on the outside of the envelope. So after you fill the cover sheet out make & take an extra copy. Here is full list of banks, you can click on various tabs to get them all: http://bank.ecitic.com/personal/cgjr/chuguo_1_7.shtml 3) The 3rd paper is white & totally for the CCP membership overcome. She has to provide Chinese and English versions of her resume, & etc in step 1, and answer all questions in step 2. All this is to be scanned in PDF and emailed. We sent that in 11-25. after messaging it per what Randy posted below in post #8. This link, to track your status is rather cool: https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx I am encouraged that it was updated 11-26-2014, today, as I edit this post. Here is a passport tracker: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/cn/cn-niv-passporttrack.asp I had a lot of trouble with error messages trying to email the attachments for the above CCP overcome. So the day I emailed the CCP overcome stuff, I wrote an inquiry to Guangzhou Consulate asking if they got the 2 attached PDF files: http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/immigrant-visa-unit-question.html I got an email last night 11-25, saying they got them. Boy Guangzhou works much more smooth than ANYTHING on the USA side, like NVC or USCIS. If I had to do all this over again I would have lived in China and started this immigration stuff. Your Sweetie will come out of this door. Go to the right for other visas & etc. Randy W pics are here: http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/47488-some-pictures-of-the-new-consulate/ We did not send in another white book of her birth. It was not requested by the interviewer or on any of the 3 papers he handed her. (Those CGI guys are another story I have been on the phone with them 2-3 times and sent them 4 messages about trouble with their website, all of which they don't want to believe. Now they want screen shots, so more work to try to help them and users. To be political, where is Halliburton when you need them, at least they know how to get a job done.) Here is the link to register with CGI Stanley. The first issue is that I have nothing but trouble trying to log in. The "captcha" box with the code to write in to show your a real person seldom appears. It took me 2 hours to log in the other day.http://www.ustraveldocs.com/cn/cn-loc-bank.asp Tonight is a rock concert here in Changzhou, and we live one block from the huge sports complex it is held in. These folks really do fill the stadiums like shown on TV. In fact I am told it was on TV live. All the horns honking now as they leave. My wife is getting frisky, so I need to go now. :) So after all this you may need to update or do things here: http://ustraveldocs....ml?firstTime=No and/or https://cgifederal.s...h&country=China To check on Additional or Administrative Processing of application: https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/