MarineClimateLover Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 My wife had a very simple interview where most of the things that she brought were not even looked at. Questions were: 1. How is your English?2. Would you rather we use Mandarin?3. How long have you and your husband been together?4. Where did you and him meet? And then a "congrats you're visa is approved". My wife and I split to Hong Kong for a few days to celebrate and yesterday on the train back to Beijing her mother called her and said the envelope with her passport and stuff had arrived and that they'd be shipping it up to us to Beijing today. All in all a very anti-climatic ending to a process that was very nerve-wracking. Like someone here says, "everyone gets the visa. It's just a matter of how long it takes." I'd say that's about right. Follow the directions on the forms and you'll be just great. All told, from the day I petitioned via DCF in Beijing last September 15th, or so until the visa was approved in Guangzhou on January 18 was just about 4 months to the day. Much faster than I had anticipated. So that wraps up the immigration journey for my wife and I. This has been and continues to be a great forum for people like me who just a few months ago were pretty clueless about how to go about getting my wife a green card. Thanks everyone who helped out along the way! Link to comment
dan_ling Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congrats, and do not open the envelope as your wife will need to present it at POE. When I first read the title of this topic I thought it might have been a different Passing. Link to comment
MarineClimateLover Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congrats, and do not open the envelope as your wife will need to present it at POE. When I first read the title of this topic I thought it might have been a different Passing. I'm glad to report that she's still among the living! Thanks. 1 Link to comment
seafood10 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congrats, and do not open the envelope as your wife will need to present it at POE. When I first read the title of this topic I thought it might have been a different Passing. what is poe? what is in the envelope and what happen if you open it? Link to comment
Randy W Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Congrats, and do not open the envelope as your wife will need to present it at POE. When I first read the title of this topic I thought it might have been a different Passing. what is poe? what is in the envelope and what happen if you open it? he means the case envelope, of course, NOT the package with the passport and visa. It contains your entire immigrations folder to be passed back to the USCIS at the Port of Entry. If the envelope were opened, you would theoretically have to go back to the Consulate to have it re-sealed. POE means Port of Entry - this is Immigrations and Customs where your entry into the U.S. from abroad is processed. Congratulations! http://i28.tinypic.com/2mruqv6.jpg Congratulations !! http://i1.tinypic.com/3ygwmdz.gif Edited January 24, 2013 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment
tsap seui Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Great news. Glad to see everything worked out well. tsap seui Link to comment
Zhou Zhou Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Congratulations, now you can take a breath. Link to comment
seafood10 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Congrats, and do not open the envelope as your wife will need to present it at POE. When I first read the title of this topic I thought it might have been a different Passing. what is poe? what is in the envelope and what happen if you open it? he means the case envelope, of course, NOT the package with the passport and visa. It contains your entire immigrations folder to be passed back to the USCIS at the Port of Entry. If the envelope were opened, you would theoretically have to go back to the Consulate to have it re-sealed. POE means Port of Entry - this is Immigrations and Customs where your entry into the U.S. from abroad is processed. Congratulations! http://i28.tinypic.com/2mruqv6.jpg Congratulations !!http://i1.tinypic.com/3ygwmdz.gif so when someone pass, they will send a package that contains the passport and visa and also a seal envelope which contains all the immigration papers? Edited January 24, 2013 by seafood10 (see edit history) Link to comment
dnoblett Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 so when someone pass, they will send a package that contains the passport and visa and also a seal envelope which contains all the immigration papers?Correct, will be one large envelope which contains passport with visa stamp affixed, and a smaller brown envelope sealed which usually has a corner cut off so that you can spy into it to confirm it contains paperwork. Do not open the brown envelope. Link to comment
MarineClimateLover Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 The conclusion of the entire process was reached today with the arrival of the immigration packet from the consulate with her passport which has a nice shiny immigrant visa in it. Link to comment
tsap seui Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 That's what I like to hear.....SUCCESS Link to comment
Mick Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Such great news! Congrats and best wishes for a great future together. Four months is really fast. Link to comment
Tom2009 Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 4 months is fast! Congrats to you both! Link to comment
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