abcdefg Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Hello candelforlove community. My husband (who is Spanish) just completed the DS-260 online and I (an American) am getting all the required documents together. We both live and work and Guiyang and were wondering how the process works after the interview. He signed up to receive his passport with the visa at the Guiyang CITIC bank. So that means, after his interview in Guangzhou, he will have no passport, thus no way to return to Guiyang. How do these types to of situations work? Do we stay in Guangzhou until he receives his passport? Link to comment
dnoblett Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Similar topic, similar situation. http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/48761-approved-but/ Link to comment
Randy W Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) Similar topic, similar situation. http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/48761-approved-but/ The question here is about the passport, not the police certificate. Other applicants have been able to hold on to their passports AFTER they were approved at the interview. They were then able to to return to their home town and MAIL the passport to the consulate, and await its return with the visa. http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/48549-bringing-passport-back-on-same-day-from-guz-after-visa-approved/ Edited October 15, 2016 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment
abcdefg Posted October 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Thank you for the reply! There's not much about this situation out there in the forums, so I'm guessing it doesn't happen much. Now I feel a little better about what may happen and will wait and see! Link to comment
MartinaM Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Just an update on my situation in case anyone else is in a similar situation. I had my interview last Thursday and my visa was approved (yay!). The VO said that I could keep my passport and send it back after completing my flight. I chose not to do this as I want my visa issued as soon as possible, so left my passport with the consulate. Before going to Guangzhou I went to the local PSB and asked for a notorized copy of my passport. It took about an hour and cost 60RMB. I also went to my university and got my Foreign Experts Certificate (it is a photo ID). When I got to immigration at Guangzhou airport I handed in my FEC, he looked at it for a minute, checked the stamp, and let me through. No problem! I had the notorized copy of my passport as a back up but I guess the FEC was enough to travel on. 2 Link to comment
abcdefg Posted November 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Congratulations on your visa approval! It's good to know that it is an option to send the passport back to Guangzhou after flying. We plan to return to America next summer, so there is no rush to get the visa as soon as possible. Link to comment
MartinaM Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 Thank you! Best of luck to you on the remainder of your visa process. Link to comment
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