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Started the process on 2/24 in Beijing. (See previous posts by yours truly). The missus had her interview on 5/29 in GZ and everything went smooth as could be. We showed up bright and early for the 7:15 appointment, arriving around 6ish. My only complaints about the entire process would be that the "lines" (there were supposed to be 3 for immigration visas) were pretty poorly organized, managed, and policed. It was pretty much chaos until you had your passport/appointment letter reviewed and went upstairs. Once upstairs, the wife was in and out in about 2 hours. She said it would have gone faster, but while waiting for fingerprints it took a really long time. Eventually they learned that, apparently, there was an old "peasant" woman who the staff were simply unable to fingerprint. She'd literally worked so hard all her life that her fingerprints were worn off. After trying a couple of machines, it sounds like the staff figured out the issue and moved her aside and did something else (unclear what) while processing the rest of the folks who did have fingerprints. I killed time in the expensive coffee shop outside of where you exit. Tip for folks doing that - drink as many cups as you can, since it'll average out to reasonable on a per cup basis, since refills are cheap. As an aside, we stayed with the Yangs. He was super nice (only met him) and the apartment we stayed in was fine. Nothing fancy, but honestly, if you've traveled around China beyond 1st tier cities, and especially if you've stayed with the inlaws, you've almost certainly stayed in more humble trappings. The place was relatively clean, the airconditioning worked (YES!) and its damn close to the embassy. Also, with the new system, we were in GZ less than 24 hours. Flew in late on the 28th, and flew out the evening of the 29th, same day as her interview. Passport with visa arrived in Wuhan (her hometown) at CITIC bank about 10 days later. She's schedule to fly stateside on the 29th to finally meet me (I flew back to the US after GZ). One lesson learned - when I flew back stateside, I brought a ton of her stuff with me. Thinking she'd used most of the immigration materials she'd need, I mistakenly brought the Xrays from her medical with me. Dumb mistake, as when the passport arrived in WH, it specifically noted you have to have those in hand when going thru immigration in the US. So I've had to fedex them back, to the tune of $180!!!! Expensive lesson learned. So we're really just about there - she'll be here in a week! Couple of final questions for you "old hands." How long after she arrives does it typically take to get the green card? (Assuming it comes by mail?) She's anxious to start looking for work already! And anyone know how long it usually takes to get a SSN Card from the time of application? Likewise, she's hot to get a driver's license and car, but we're told you need an SSN to apply for a license? And lastly, I think that once upon a time, when you immigrated, they asked you if you wanted to make any changes to your name (i.e. adopt a more western sounding name)? Is that an old wive's tale, or true? And if true, anyone know when they do it and how it works? Thanks so much for all the advice - this forum - and its members, have been a lifesaver. The missus and I have discussed that as soon as she gets her first paycheck, we're definitely making a donation. This board's an amazing resource for so many, and definitely saved us time, trouble, money and heartache. And, undoubtedly, we'll be back. Still have to go from conditional to permanent resident status in a couple of years... and know she'll eventually want to try to have her Mom come join us. Thanks again, Charlie

Does anyone have any information on the Guangzhou interview dates? I have been checking for over 2 weeks and haven't seen one interview date pop up....I know they're moving locations so that might have something to do with it. I just want to know a ETA on this...:S

This is my first post, been following this forum for months now, but I think perhaps our visa case is very unusual. My fiancé and I are both foreigners living in china as study abroad students. We were together 3 years before getting engaged, and are living in china currently. My fiancé is from Pakistan, and We had a baby last year which was born back home in USA. We were still waiting on the K1 when my son was born and my fiancé couldn't be there for his birth. Long story short, my fiancé is from Pakistan and since we stay in china we interviewed here. The interview went fine but he got a blue slip for Chinese police certificate (he already had one from Pakistan which we were informed was the only one he needed) and also work resume. We submitted both documents and they received them on Dec 8. Emailed 3-4 times and always the same "administrative processing" reply. I am unsure how long does it take because the police certificates expire at 6 months and I had to change my tickets back home from winter to summer. How long does this take, is it possible it will take until July to get an answer?

I have read the site a lot recently and have been learning as much as I can. Of course, I want to do everything I can at this point to strengthen our case and I thought of something that I hadn't read much about anywhere. Some states require or prefer pre-marital counseling and many accept online counseling. If me and my fiancee completed the course, would it be wise for her to bring a copy of the completion certificate to the interview or would it be presumptuous? The completed certificate is good for a year. I'm leaning towards including it as it shows some effort and intent to marriage. Any other suggestions out there I'm open to. I feel like we have a little less evidence than I would like as I was living in China and didn't document everything very well until the end of my residence there. We have dated photos, and train passes along with chat records and skype records, but I want to make sure I'm doing everything I can. Thanks in advance

Visa Interview Day-April 1,2013 Document Intake and Visa Interview Same Day: Our Visa Interview Letter said our appointment was for 7:30am on a Monday morning. Only one time was written, so we weren't sure if that meant document intake only or what. While I was waiting (at the overpriced coffee shop) I saw a few people come out and talk to the ladies trying to promote their lawyer or airplane ticket shops--I overheard they were told to come back the same day in the afternoon for their interview. Y wife and several others had the interview the same morning, directly after document intake without leaving the consulate. So I guess both are possible for anyone with a 7:30am time. No more Blue Slip? She passed the interview, but we needed to submit a couple more things (I accidentally checked that I was the first joint-sponsor instead of the petitioner, oops, and I had to submit my joint-sponsor's W2s for the past 3 years) The slip they gave her, however wasn't blue--I guess they changed it. It's a letter written on white paper that explains their new system. They are adding IVs to the already in place NIV website (ustraveldocs.com). New ProcessSubmitting Additional Docs After Interview: Ours said our visa has been approved, but we need to submit the forms I mentioned. It gave instructions to go to the website and choose a CITIC bank to retrieve her passport and documents after her visa has been processed. Apparently you can do this before the visa interview as well, and it replaces the filling out an EMS envelope. It also gave instructions for submitting additional docs, which we needed to do. After printing out the docs that afternoon, we looked on the website (immigrant visa section) and it said to bring them to a CITIC bank to hand over to a courier to take them to the consulate. My wife and I decided to try to drop them off in person since we were already so close to the consulate, but they wouldn't let her in and vaguely said to use the online system. The security guard talking to the IV guy seemed confused about it all, but anyway we left and went to the official CITIC bank listed on the website (it's not just any CITIC bank, and not every city has an office that can do this, according to the website. Our city, Wuhan, didnt have one, so we wanted to make sure to get it done while still In Guangzhou. We went to the bank and they said they don't do this service for immigrant visas. Finally we made our way upstairs to talk to a manager, and he said they've only ever done non-immigrant visa cases. He called CGI Stanley, the company who runs the website and courier service, and they said they should accept immigrant visas. That wasn't good enough for the bank, though, who didnt want to take the docs without word first from the consulate. They tried to call, but the very nice and helpful manager, Mr. Wang, was still waiting for a reply when the bank closed. We filled out the courier sheet as if it were a non-immigrant visa and left our stuff with him. He said he'd check the next day and submit them if the consulate approved, else inform us to come get the stuff again. The next day he called and said they accepted it. Apparently we were the first case to have documents accepted this way, at least from the CITIC bank in Guangzhou. This was even more confusing since the lady at the consulate who explains the "blue(white) sheet" said to just "send" the documents in to the consulate, underlining the address, making it sound like EMS was wanted, which contradicted what the letter itself said. My wife didnt think to ask for clarification at that time--she assumed it was supposed to be EMS without reading the whole letter carefully. Also, she had a friend with a similar "white sheet" (approved visa, needing to submit something else, but not colored blue) who interviewed the previous week. Her letter was different with specific instructions to use EMS, however. So TLDR; they have a new system; "blue sheet" is now a white letter; go to ustraveldocs.com and use one of their CITIC banks to send in forms if needed after the interview.

Everything went according to plan. My reams of paperwork paid off. Questions that were asked. To my wife: Who is your petitioner? Where are you going to live in the US? Who is Co-Sponsor? Where will your cosponsor? Are you going to work in the US? What kind of work? How many marriages have you and your husband had? Are you a member of the CCP? Where have you been with your husband? (Travel) Did you read the pamphlet? What was it about? Question for my stepdaughter: How old are are you? Favorite Subject in school? Where do you go to school? What are your hobbies? Easy interview according to the ladies? Now what do we do next? Is there anything we need to do before heading to the states?

Just wanted to give an update on my application. I DCF'ed on 11/09/2012. Sent back the forms on 12/05/2012. Received the interview letter 01/27/2013. And we are now preparing for the interview. I been working and living with my wife. I am wondering if the officer will asks for evidences that we live together in China or why do we plan to go back to USA? We have bank statements to the same mail address. We have pictures of our trips, wedding dinner, and with friends. However, we have no pictures of us at home. What evidence can we provide to show that we live together And what could I show to prove that we plan to go back to the states to live? I have a letter from an employer that said they would hire me as long as I am back before June, 2013. Or they probably won't ask these questions?

DCF Guangzhou Experience Monday March 11, 2013 Appt time:12:30 Arrived for the line around 11:15, already over 100 people in line, there were 2 or more lines, as mentioned in prior posts, we had to ask which one was immigration, but found the correct one. 12:15 they started checking the appt letter and passports, handing people green/blue/black cards to proceed upstairs to the security check. I followed up to the first check, mainly because I was curious, but ducked out of line before the next one. First check is just basic screen, second check on the next floor is the full check with removal of belt, shoes, etc. Document hand in was relatively easy, the girl at the counter didn’t really ask for the documents because my husband just kept handing her one document after the other. She did however ask my husband questions about the documents such as, oh I see you have a co-signer and the wife, what is her name (he answered), where did you meet your wife, when did you get married, she also had us give our original marriage certificate and my husbands original birth declaration certificate… Documents submitted on the Doc intake day: -Original passport -Photos -Birth documents, baptismal card, affidavit of hospital closure, affidavit from father, national population certificate (notorial copy and original), affidavit of age declaration C This is all due to husbands birth country - medical forms (not the x-ray) - Marriage certificate (both notorial copy and original) - I-864 of petitioner with 3 years tax transcripts and job offer letter, I-864 of co-sponsor and I-864A for spouse of co-sponsor along with 3 years tax transcripts, 3 most recent paystubs, letter from current employer, copy of co-sponsor’s passport (proof of US domicile returned and was not looked at or asked for during both interview days) - Original police clearance for both home country and China Went to the cashier window and paid the $230 (note they DO NOT accept Chinese bank cards, someone had to leave and withdraw cash for this), waited for the number to be called again at the original window to give the payment receipt. She stamped the appointment letter with the return at 7:30am tomorrow stamp. They also stapled an EMS slip to be filled out by us and instruction sheet to be returned tomorrow during our interview along with a pamphlet on domestic abuse and further procedure for visa and AOS Waited some more time to be called for finger printing, seemed to take a while to get all the fingerprints completed. Left around 3:30pm Tuesday March 12, 2013 Appt time: 7:30am Arrived around 6:45am, not many people were there yet, but many more lines today than yesterday. They made 2 lines (green dot, and none) along with other lines for what I could tell were just normal visa appointments. They let the people with the green dots in first, then let in the other appointment lines, and then back to the people (like us) that had their letter stamped without a green dot. A little note, people that arrived later than 7:30 with a green dot were made to wait for other lines to be checked). At about 7:45am we were inside the building waiting in a much longer security line than yesterday. It was quite fast, but again I ducked out before the first check. Everyone entered the hall and took an oath, in Chinese, then sat and waited for their numbers to be called. (The VO wanted my husband to do it again in English, but said he did it in Chinese already) The number was called, walked up to the counter and the VO greeted my husband first with a good morning, do you remember me? My husband said yes, she said, yeah I finger printed you yesterday, I remember you. And from there the conversation took off. She scanned the bar code and waited for the case to come on the computer. He handed our passports, she returned mine without looking. She then asked about the relationship, will he live in this state? Where? The VO was from the same state so they shared some commentary on that. She also seemed to review the documents from the intake yesterday as she asked if my husband came to live with me in November as stated from dates on the police certificate (he clarified with other documents). She asked if we had pictures, my husband handed her a binder with both wedding and relationship pictures, which she loved, and commented on the colors of our wedding, traditional dress, etc. The VO was very friendly and commented that our file was very organized and she’d never seen a file like it before. She then half jokingly said, oh, are you a member of the CCP, my husband said no. She then said CONGRATULATIONS!! took the EMS slip and handed him an APPROVAL LETTER with his case number and Alien number, the copy of EMS form, and instructions on how to pay the $165 online before entering the states, and our original marriage and population cert. 10:40am he walked out with the approval My husband said he enjoyed the talk with the officer so much that when he came out he told me that she didn’t ask any questions…then later said she was quite sneaky with them! He also noted that a lot of people seemed to have received the blue slip and knew of some denials as well. My advice is to stay calm, get your ducks in a row, and you’ll be fine! 2 days later EMS states the package is in the sorting center

This time it took about 3 hours. 0730 arrived 0755 Started to let people in 0805 went up to 5th flooor 0810 wait in line for security check point 0820 pass check point, sit and wait to be called 1030 her number was called 1040 left Question asked: Who is the petitioner?Did you read the pamphlet (something about domestic violence)? What is it about? What does your husband do for a living in the state?Why apply for immigration if both of you are in China? (After she answered that I work in China)What does he do for a living?Can I see the job offer letter?Relationship to co-sponsor on I-864?Have you been to the states?Have you lived in any other countries before?Then she was told to pay the USCIS Immigrant Fee of 165 USD online ASAP to avoid delay on greencard.

Although I'm prepared for our interview, we were notified with less than 2 weeks until our interview. Is this very common? Is it because we are DCF? I was hoping for a bit more prep time or ability to plan work and travel a bit better. Also, just curious, if I was to reschedule, let's say I tell them the week after, would there be a big problem with that? Do you think it'd be too risky that I may have to wait longer? I guess I'm venting a bit because I feel a little hurried....

any thing that my wife should prepare for?? tips or comments?

We had our AOS interview this morning for 2 yr conditionl and I left there with mixed feelings. The very first thing I was asked was "what is your father in laws name?" I drew a complete blank. The times I have been around him I call him "Ba Ba". Then she grilled my wife about CCP. The officer misunderstood her answer but after letting my wife explain I think that part was OK The officer asked my wife how she wants her name to appear on the card. The rest of the questions went pretty well. Then she asked for evidence of our marriage and we gave her about 20 photos, a bank statement showing both our names on the account, and my health insurance statement showing she is on my health insurance. Then the officer asked me who is the beneficiary of my life insurance policy through work and I told her my wife is. She asked me for proof and I didn't have it. Then she asked if my wife is on my rental lease and I told her we haven't added her yet because our lease is up next month and we were planning to add her then. I felt really good at times during the interview and really bad at times. I got a lot of mixed feelings during this interview. The officer told us my step-son's interview is coming soon and that we can bring more documentation to that. Do you think we are sunk? thanks all

We received my wife's interview letter from USCIS to schedule her interview. The letter has a LONG list of what we are to bring to the appointment. Anyone have experience with the AOS interview and the things we are REALLY supposed to bring? Alot of the things they are requesting us to bring, we have already provided to them when we applied for I-485. Also, they want me to go there and they want us to bring supporting evidence of our relationship such as joint assets...etc. The only thing we have like that is our joint bank account because we have only been married a few months. Any help you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated thank you Don

NVM typed wrong number in the system. Wow, that was a really fast way to upset the wife. From now on I will Cut and paste and not type the application number.

Such a simple question, but I couldn't find any answers when I was searching. Our interview is set for July 10th at 12:30. Can we leave that night, or is there any need to stay in town longer? We don't want to stay longer than necessary, and need to buy tickets soon. I can't think of any reason to stay after the interview.

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We have got some help from this forum for our visa so we have to share our case with everybody here too. Hope it will be helpful to some of you. I went to the company in the States for training in Nov,2008. My fiance was an engineer there. Our jobs were similar, our personalities were similar and our interests were identical. We hit if off as friends immediately and spent a lot of time together at work and some time together away from work. Our relationship quickly moved into an area that was beyond the bounds that we could allow. A month later I flew back to China and there was a strong bond of love between us with no hope that it would ever be more than just a friendship. Very hard time for us then. In Feb, 2010 my fiance became free and he retired from his job and flew to China. I tried to get a travel visa but it was rejected because of our relationship. We hired a lawyer as most of you do. She helped us organize the materials and filled out the forms that were sent to USCIS. We received a letter from USCIS on 6/21/2010 that told us they received our case on 6/9/2010. After a long time waiting we got an email back from USCIS that told us "On 10/21/2010 we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)." For another two months we did not hear anything from the NVC so our lawyer checked with NVC and found out that NVC mailed the file out on 11/12/2010.We assumed that the file was on the way to Guangzhou consulate.Finally on 2/23/2011 we received package 3 from the consulate. However, they sent the package to my old address. The lawyer called NVC to have my address changed in the database on 11/18/2010 but it seems that they didn't really change it. We sent the completed package 3 back to the consulate on 2/24/2011. Something went fast here. We received the package 4 from the consulate on 3/8/2011. That was a total surprise. However, they sent us the wrong package so we downloaded the right forms from the consulate website. Package 4 told us that the interview was scheduled on 3/21/2011 and we should go to the consulate on 3/20/2011 to turn in the materials. The time was pretty close but we were happy with this since we didn't have to wait too long. On 3/20/2011 we turned in the materials. Since lots of people have talked about this process I guess I don't need to talk about it here. 3/21/2011 was a big day for us. A young man was my officer and he was probably one of the nicest officers even though he gave me a blue slip. Here are the questions he asked: 1. Who is your petitioner in the States? 2. On this form you said that your visa was rejected before, do you know why? 3. How did you meet? 4. What kind of training? 5. Do you have a resume?(I handed him my resume and he looked at it but he didn't say anything about it.It was just a very short resume which had some information on my education and work experience.) 6. What is he doing now? 7. He retired? How old are you? 8. How old is he? 9. He is much older than you. Why would you want to be with him? 10.He had a marriage before? 11.When did he divorce? 12.When did she die? 13.When did you start your relationship? 14.When did you start your relationship romantically? 15.Do you have emails or photos? 16.Is this the second time you are applying for an immigration visa? 17.Who is Lorraine?(He looked one email and Lorren was mentioned in that email.) 18.You traveled a lot? 19.Who is Laurie Anderson? 20.You don't have emails of you two emailing each other? 21.Are you a CCP member? Then the VO started to write something on a blue slip and told me I needed to send them a resume and a travel log. Seeing me look so down he told me twice:"I am sorry to make you down but I have no problem with your relationship." My fiance was sitting in the coffee shop on the third floor and he was so nervous that he couldn't help shaking while waiting. I was so upset to tell him that I got a blue slip. We were very upset but we still had to work on the resume and the travel log. We worked on them very carefully and sent them to the consulate by email in a couple of days. On 5/26/2011 we received the call-in letter from the consulate but the next day(it was Friday) was a holiday so we turned in the passport on Monday. We thought we would definately get the passport back in a week so we booked a flight to the States on 6/9/2011. No, we didn't get the passport back until today, 6/16/2011. We had to cancel the flight and lost quite a bit of money due to that but we got the visa finally! All this time my fiance has been with me and we travelled a lot in China and had a lot of fun and made quite a few friends here. We feel that we were still pretty lucky. Good luck to you too!

4/16/2014 - This is an OLD discussion of Interview Preparation from 2007, but is still relevant and may contain useful information, if you care to read through it. The 'Kitchen Sink' List is still good - RW Maybe a good time to post parts of the Interview FAQ for those interviews coming up.. Good luck to all. I have not updated this based on the new K1 letter.. so don't hesitate to question anything in this list, we want to keep everything up to date and as accurate as possible... --- KITCHEN SINK LIST: This is a personal recommendation based on interview and overcome, and more than the minimum required information to bring. Don’t confuse this recommend with guidelines stated by GUZ or other federal agencies. The VO is able to ask for anything. This list seeks to have as much as possible available. 1. Chinese beneficiary A. Proof for Interview appointment: - Your P4 appointment letter (must have to gain entry to consulate). - Passport (must have to gain entry to consulate) - Your P4 appointment letter (they are not likely to let you in without this). - Receipt for the paid immigration fee - Copy of the Notice of Action (NOA2 you received) - Original Medical forms and exam results in sealed envelope - Medical x-ray B. Dependents: If there are dependent children immigrating to the US with the Chinese beneficiary: - Passport (or can be on Chinese beneficiary) - Birth certificate - Medical exam - Passport photos, at least four (4). Print name on back. - Police certificate, if over 16 years old - Proof of full custody - Death certificate (if deceased) - Additional forms/documents as required C. "Ex" Spouse (as applicable) - Proof of residency (if divorced) - Death certificate (if deceased) D. P3 paperwork: Items sent back to GUZ: - Copy of the DS-230 (K1 only part I) - Copy of the OF-169 (Checklist from P-3) - Copy of supplemental info sheet Items collected: - Current Passport of Chinese beneficiary - Current birth certificate of Chinese beneficiary with Notarized English Translation; plus a copy - Police Certificate(s) for Chinese beneficiary with Notarized English Translations; plus a copy - Certified copy of Court or prison records for Chinese beneficiary (if applicable) with Notarized English Translations; plus a copy - Certified copy of military records of Chinese beneficiary, if application / available; plus a copy - Passport Photos of Chinese beneficiary. At least four (4). Print name on back. - Martial certificate (single cert or marriage cert) of Chinese beneficiary with Notarized English Translation; plus a copy - Divorce certificates (if any) of Chinese beneficiary with Notarized English Translation; plus a copy E. P4 paperwork: - P4 Appointment letter - OF-171, Information Sheet - Certification of Legal Capacity and Intent to Marry , DO NOT SIGN - Original DS-156, Visa Application, in English and Chinese, fill out in duplicate. - Original DS-156K, Visa Application for dependents, in English and Chinese, fill out in duplicate but DO NOT SIGN - Original DS-157, Supplement Visa Application, in English and Chinese, fill out in duplicate (no signature required) - Original GIV-24, family composition sheet - Original GNI-2, supplemental form for K1 F. Miscellaneous: - Wear your engagement / wedding ring (if available) 2. U.S. Petitioner A. Regarding self - Copies of petitioner’s passport with visas indicating dates of visit(s), including at least one visit within the last 2 years. If able, certify this. - Divorce certificates for petitioner (if any); plus a copy - Letter of Intent to marry in English (notarized and updated by petitioner for interview); plus a copy B. "Ex" spouse and/or Dependents - Proof of residency (if divorced) - Death certificate (if deceased) C. Financial documents: a. Two original, signed, and notarized I-134/I-864 with supporting financial documents including i. 3 years of tax records reflecting (Form 1040 and W2s – guideline is income 125% of the poverty level) ii. letter from employer regarding current employment and wage/salary) iii. if your income is less than 125% of poverty level, bring copies of bank statements/ stock/bonds, etc. b. If using a joint sponsor, two original, signed, and notarized I-134/I-864 with the supporting financial documents. D. Miscellaneous - Video for communication if in doubt 3. Relationship proof: a. Informal pictures of the two of you together from your visits; pictures with family members are better. b. Copies of phone records between the two of you (if available) c. Originals of letters w/postmarked envelopes (if available) d. Copies of emails reflecting communication over a period of time. Review the content of the email. e. Proof of joint ownership, bank accounts, etc. 4. Copy of Any other documents submitted - I-129F application and all submitted paperwork - I-130 application and all submitted paperwork as part of CR1 process - Copies of documents notarized or certified; in case they’ll take the copy instead of original 5. Blank forms - Some have been caught off guard at the medical exam with an expired or incorrectly filled out form and have to go chase one down. -------- Four folder approach: (The description of contents written on the outside in English and Chinese) 1 - 1st folder, Proof for Interview (morning check-in), contained the medical envelope, our passports, and her P4 letter. 2 - 2nd folder, Relationship Evidence, contained our two best pictures(one of just us, the other with family) on the top so could easily be seen by VO, sample emails, MSN chat logs, postmarked letter, and a CD containing all of the chats and emails. 3 - 3rd folder, Financial Documents. 4 - 4th folder, Extra Relationship Evidence, contained itineraries, boarding passes, ticket stubs from traveling China, etc.