Case delivery in Guangzhou...

[Beermann]

I've read many posts here that when the files are sent from NVC to GUZ that they are held up in Customs for like a month or so...maybe I read that wrong... But my case was sent from NVC on the 6th and it arrived in Guangzhou today, the 9th. And it says that it is at the DHL facility, assumably ready to go out for delivery. Maybe what I read was that it will sit at the DHL facility for a month before delivered... Can somebody please clarify this for me? Thank you!

[tenfootalbino]

That is exactly what it means. I had the same problem i thought it was sent to the consulate, but in fact it was sitting in DHL for a month until it was sent.

[Homeprincess]

We are in the same boat(or flight?)

 

Please allow me to share some of my boring work I am engaged in this afternoon(I think only nuts will do this).

 

Below is all the cases in the reference category of I-730, from August 4,2005 to Sep.9, 2005. My conclusion is: Since August,4, only 8 out of 23 or 35 pct of cases(I-730) from NVC have cleared the customs, most of which are either below 4 lbs or unidentified with their weight. I will check the month of July for a "history review" later on if I still remain this feverish.

 

So, prepare a month or so for the package to go through GUZ customs.

 

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7556931336

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7557942873

7558874120

7558996760

7559882606

7559950215

7560270244

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[danmuss]

We are in the same boat(or flight?)

 

Please allow me to share some of my boring work I am engaged in this afternoon(I think only nuts will do this).

 

Below is all the cases in the reference category of I-730, from August 4,2005 to Sep.9, 2005. My conclusion is: Since August,4, only 8 out of 23 or 35 pct of cases(I-730) from NVC have cleared the customs, most of which are either below 4 lbs or unidentified with their weight. I will check the month of July for a "history review" later on if I still remain this feverish.

 

So, prepare a month or so for the package to go through GUZ customs.

 

7554374321

7554657994

7554708125

7555089732

7556023834

7556479464

7556931336

7557030353

7557246885

7557694045

7557942044

7557942873

7558874120

7558996760

7559882606

7559950215

7560270244

7560435201

7560902624

7561502944

7561927774

7562500271

7562500573

152624[/snapback]

Yes it seems that one of the numbers you have is mind by what I have figured out and I do not know why they hold it for a month or more, can someone tell us why from your past experience?

 

Thanks,

Dan M

[ckhang]

I checked with DHL's website and 1 package was delivered to GUZ on 9/6/2005 for the 8/25/2005 shipment package from NVC. I was told by NVC live person that my package was mailed on 8/25. I hope this package is mine. So frustrating when you do not know whose pacakage it is.

[Randy W]

  I've read many posts here that when the files are sent from NVC to GUZ that they are held up in Customs for like a month or so...maybe I read that wrong... But my case was sent from NVC on the 6th and it arrived in Guangzhou today, the 9th. And it says that it is at the DHL facility, assumably ready to go out for delivery. Maybe what I read was that it will sit at the DHL facility for a month before delivered...   Can somebody please clarify this for me? Thank you!

152601[/snapback]

 

 

Check out what someone heard from DHL a few years back:

 

NVC to GUC customs delay

[Guest Gene]

  I've read many posts here that when the files are sent from NVC to GUZ that they are held up in Customs for like a month or so...maybe I read that wrong... But my case was sent from NVC on the 6th and it arrived in Guangzhou today, the 9th. And it says that it is at the DHL facility, assumably ready to go out for delivery. Maybe what I read was that it will sit at the DHL facility for a month before delivered...   Can somebody please clarify this for me? Thank you!

152601[/snapback]

Supposedly it goes through customs from the DHL facility. The one month "clearance" started about a year and a half ago and it is thought that the consulate has DHL hold them because they were so swamped. Maybe it will change back to what it was with a "New More Efficient Consulate"

 

The smaller, quicker packages are usually Diplomatic Pouches not containing Visa files Visa file packages are the 20-30 pound ones

[goneflying2000]

Also it is not shipped the day that the NVC says it is. The date that they give you is the date thet it was sent to the shipping dept and it is usually 1 or 2 days after that before it is picked up by DHL.

[LeeFisher3]

The interesting thing about the documents awaiting customs clearance is that these documents travel under a Diplomatic Seal and customs is only a formality. The only thing required for them to clear customs is for the consulate to sign for them, otherwise they are awaiting customs clearance.

 

It is just a nice way for the consulate to say they haven't received them and misdirect the reason for this delay on China's customs service instead of telling us they have not picked them up from customs for whatever reason.

[cosmiclobster]

Your visa petitions sit in limbo for a while after being delivered to a place close to the consulate (used to be the White Swan Hotel - don't know if they will change this with the move of part of the consulate).

GZ picks up a van full of petitions at one time, about once a month. There were pictures of several large boxes of petitions being unloaded from a van to the consulate posted by Moon Carol Cafe several months back. When there are enough boxes to fill the van, they will be delivered to the consulate and the DHL tracking numbers will finally show that they have passed customs clearance and have been delivered. They should show as being entered in the GZ computer and the DOS computer within a week or two of the date of the DHL "delivery".

Hope this helps!