Our case is on its way to GUZ - how bad is communication?

[Mr. Don]

Hi all. I emailed the NVC last night asking if our case (K1) had been sent to GUZ yet and the wrote me back and said it's on it way to GUZ. They also said that any future questions now need to go to GUZ. I know the next thing is that my fiancee will get P3 but is there any way to know when GUZ gets our case? What is the best way to contact GUZ if I have a question about our status what do you guys recommend?

 

Thank all

 

Don

[Randy W]

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what do you guys recommend?

 

 

CFL's recommended snack -while-waiting food :

 

http://www.fritolay.com/assets/images/blue/cheetos-baked-crunchy.gif

 

(There's a story there . . .)

[dnoblett]

After NVC, you can call DOS Visa services for Guangzhou Status.

 

Contacting Visa Services - Information is available to the public by telephone at the Visa Services, Public Inquiries Division at (202) 663-1225. The telephone number provides the caller with a selection of pre-recorded information and the ability to talk to a visa specialist during business hours. Persons desiring information about a specific visa applicant are advised that immigration law provides specific prohibitions about providing case specific information to third parties.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/about/how/how_1463.html

 

Depending on what way it was sent to Guangzhou it can be there within a week, or if they sent it by courier it can take a while. After that and it can take a bit for the consulate to send out the P3 packet.

 

It seems over the past couple years NVC has been using an electronic method to transmit cases to consulate, to avoid the 3 month customs delays that happen when using a courier to ship cases over.

 

In our case 5 years ago it went by courier, and I simply waited out the 3 months, then contacted DOS visa services, I then knew P3 was mailed before my wife received, she then mailed back the OF-169 and DS-230 part 1 before receiving the actual P3 in the mail.

[Mr. Don]

Thanks you guys. Dan, they send K1 electronically too?

[dnoblett]

Thanks you guys. Dan, they send K1 electronically too?

It has been indicated in other threads, I have been seeing fairly quick transfers from NVC to getting a P3, so this seems to be the case for Electronic case transfers.

[Mr. Don]

Thanks for the information. I will give it a week or so and then see if I can find out anything

[Mr. Don]

So I am going to call next week to find out if our case is at Guangzhou and if they have mailed out P3 yet. If they have, according to their website, we can go ahead and send in OF-169, DS-230 part 1, and a copy of the bio part of her passport. Anything else we need to send in with P3? We are wanting to send this in as soon as we know GUZ has mailed P3. Don't want to wait for P3 to arrive to her before we send the forms in.

 

Thanks all