Letter from Guangzhou

[DHQ]

Hey everyone! First post, but have been lurking for a while. This site has been a fantastic resource for my wife and I, and I'm hoping to get some help with a problem we've run into.

 

Back in January, my wife and I filed a DCF for a CR-1 visa in Beijing. A week and a half ago, we received an email from the Guangzhou embassy informing us that our application for a CR-1 visa had been approved and had been passed on to Guangzhou for the next stage. In the email, it told us to fill out the DS-260, get photos, etc. The email also said the following:

 

" Please follow the instructions to submit the items listed below along with this letter to the Consulate."

 

So far, we haven't received a letter from the embassy. We're wondering if the instructions mean to print the email and submit it, or if we should wait for an actual letter from the embassy and submit that. It should only take 3-5 days for the letter to arrive by EMS (I'm assuming they would use EMS), but it's been about 10 days and still nothing. We've sent an email to the consulate, and haven't heard anything back.

 

Any suggestions? Do we need to wait for a letter, or can we just print out the email?

[Randy W]

Hey everyone! First post, but have been lurking for a while. This site has been a fantastic resource for my wife and I, and I'm hoping to get some help with a problem we've run into.

 

Back in January, my wife and I filed a DCF for a CR-1 visa in Beijing. A week and a half ago, we received an email from the Guangzhou embassy informing us that our application for a CR-1 visa had been approved and had been passed on to Guangzhou for the next stage. In the email, it told us to fill out the DS-260, get photos, etc. The email also said the following:

 

" Please follow the instructions to submit the items listed below along with this letter to the Consulate."

 

So far, we haven't received a letter from the embassy. We're wondering if the instructions mean to print the email and submit it, or if we should wait for an actual letter from the embassy and submit that. It should only take 3-5 days for the letter to arrive by EMS (I'm assuming they would use EMS), but it's been about 10 days and still nothing. We've sent an email to the consulate, and haven't heard anything back.

 

Any suggestions? Do we need to wait for a letter, or can we just print out the email?

 

You will need to familiarize yourself with the USTravelDocs web site - this is a good place to start - http://www.ustraveldocs.com/cn/cn-iv-preparedocuments.asp

 

especially this section - Immigrant Visa Instructions

 

Consulate link for IV Instructions - http://www.ustraveldocs.com/cn/IV_Visa_Instructions.pdf

 

The Document Drop-off locations are listed here - http://www.ustraveld...mentdropoff.asp

 

online email form for consulate questions at http://guangzhou.use...t-question.html

 

Document submission cover letter - IV Pre-interview Document Submission Cover Letter - BE SURE TO INCLUDE THIS COVER LETTER with all documents submitted

 

Yes - DO NOT wait for an actual mailed package. The email you got is sufficient.

Edited March 29, 2014 by Randy W
update link for IV Instructions (see edit history)

[DHQ]

Thanks for the quick response Randy!

 

I had looked at those sites before, but I'm still confused. All of the required documents are completed and ready to submit to Guangzhou. The email from the consulate stated we needed to include "this letter" when we submit the documents. I don't know whether we can print out the email we received, or if I need to wait for a physical letter to arrive and use that. If it is the second option, I'm concerned that the letter may have gotten lost in the mail, as it shouldn't take a week and a half for it to get here. I've tried to find posts that mention whether Guangzhou sends a physical letter or just an email, but haven't been able to find anything.

[Randy W]

Thanks for the quick response Randy!

 

I had looked at those sites before, but I'm still confused. All of the required documents are completed and ready to submit to Guangzhou. The email from the consulate stated we needed to include "this letter" when we submit the documents. I don't know whether we can print out the email we received, or if I need to wait for a physical letter to arrive and use that. If it is the second option, I'm concerned that the letter may have gotten lost in the mail, as it shouldn't take a week and a half for it to get here. I've tried to find posts that mention whether Guangzhou sends a physical letter or just an email, but haven't been able to find anything.

 

I don't see any reason why you would wait for a letter. Do you have a case ID, beginning with either GUZ or GZO?

[DHQ]

 

Thanks for the quick response Randy!

 

I had looked at those sites before, but I'm still confused. All of the required documents are completed and ready to submit to Guangzhou. The email from the consulate stated we needed to include "this letter" when we submit the documents. I don't know whether we can print out the email we received, or if I need to wait for a physical letter to arrive and use that. If it is the second option, I'm concerned that the letter may have gotten lost in the mail, as it shouldn't take a week and a half for it to get here. I've tried to find posts that mention whether Guangzhou sends a physical letter or just an email, but haven't been able to find anything.

 

I don't see any reason why you would wait for a letter. Do you have a case ID, beginning with either GUZ or GZO?

 

 

We have a case number beginning with GUZ. I was hoping we wouldn't need to wait for a letter either, but I'm just worried about our application being slowed down / rejected for not including a letter they sent. The more I think about it, though, it seems like they should be ok with a printed copy of the email.

[JCJ]

Hi there,

 

Quick question about documents that need to be prepared for the interview.

 

The above PDF states that we need to provide:

 

"PROOF OF INVESTMENT FUNDS:

EB5 (C5, I5, T5, R5) applicants should bring proof that their investment funds have been transferred to an escrow

account or made available to the U.S. investment project. "

Please could you explain what this means?

Thanks!

[Randy W]

 

Hi there,

 

Quick question about documents that need to be prepared for the interview.

 

The above PDF states that we need to provide:

 

"PROOF OF INVESTMENT FUNDS:

EB5 (C5, I5, T5, R5) applicants should bring proof that their investment funds have been transferred to an escrow

account or made available to the U.S. investment project. "

Please could you explain what this means?

Thanks!

 

 

 

Since you asked . . .

EB-5 Immigrant Investor

 

All EB-5 investors must invest in a new commercial enterprise, which is a commercial enterprise:

• Established after Nov. 29, 1990, or
• Established on or before Nov. 29, 1990, that is:

  1. Purchased and the existing business is restructured or reorganized in such a way that a new commercial enterprise results, or

  2. Expanded through the investment so that a 40-percent increase in the net worth or number of employees occurs

. . .

 

Required minimum investments are:

• General. The minimum qualifying investment in the United States is $1 million.
• Targeted Employment Area (High Unemployment or Rural Area). The minimum qualifying investment either within a high-unemployment area or rural area in the United States is $500,000.

 

but I'm going to guess that you didn't petition for an EB-5 visa, and it DOESN'T apply to you.

[JCJ]

Thanks Randy