Medical exam in Beijing

[Drew21]

Sent I-129F K-1 to Texas Service Center. Received it on may 25 2004.

Texas Service Center Approved I-129F K-1 Jul 26 2004.

NVC received Approved Pettion Aug 5

NVC security check cleared Aug 16, & sent the same day to Guangzhou, China US Embassy.

Arrivedin GUZ customs Aug 19 & then cleared customs & Delivered to US Embassy Sep 14.

Fiancee recieved P3 packet Sep 21 returned P3 packet to GUZ Sep 23.

Interview March 21<3

[tywy_99]

A passport and 4 photos...............

[lele]

My darling just finished her exam at the SOS clinic in Beijing a couple of days ago.

 

You will want to bring everything that tywy told you, as well as all of the forms (completed) from Packet 4. These will all be placed in an envelope.

 

Additionally, the price is CHEAPER in BEIJING if you pay in US$, so if your fiancee wants to save some money, bring some US$ with you.

 

Oh, also, bring a lot of patience. The wait took all day, but the envelope was signed and returned the same day at least (in at 8am and out at 6:50pm)...

[beijingjenny]

Thanks Lele and tywy, I was still confused what he needs to take. Just the P-4 forms and photos (normal Chinese style 2"?) and passport?

 

Could you clarify about the price difference? The listed price is $130 - so how much is it in RMB?

[lele]

Thanks Lele and tywy, I was still confused what he needs to take. Just the P-4 forms and photos (normal Chinese style 2"?) and passport?

 

Could you clarify about the price difference? The listed price is $130 - so how much is it in RMB?

They charge the standard 130 x 8.28 = 1076. However, this is the rate that banks use to trade with other banks. The best *I* have ever been able to get in trading money is 8.2149 to 1. Hence, by using the US$ you can save 11 RMB. It is *not* a very big amount, but when I left her in late January to return to school here, I left her with a few hundred US$ and a few hundred Euros in case if she could purchase a ticket to fly from China to the US cheaper than I could (it turns out my connection in NYC can do it cheaper than the agencies in Beijing or her home city).

 

She said that the doctors at the SOS clinic were very professional and that they were fast.

 

Just be prepared that they will need to do a full-body inspection, but will have a nurse available who is of the appropriate gender if he obtains a female doctor.

 

Yep, your documents sound like they are enough! Good Luck...

[beijingjenny]

Thanks for the info. I'll recommend he choose that one then. Doesn't he also need his certificates though (police/birth at least)?

[lele]

Thanks for the info. I'll recommend he choose that one then. Doesn't he also need his certificates though (police/birth at least)?

Yep!

 

Sorry. I remembered reading in the P4 that it said to bring all of the documents mentioned in the P3, so I assumed that they were lumped together with all of the P4 documents.

 

You do not need to bring your emails, letters, copies of leases, etc. however.

 

Oh, the one thing she found tough was that she needed the receipt from the Bank in Guangzhou.

 

In her city the bank could not issue it. So, she just had a friend get it and EMS it to her. I bet that you could do the same...

 

Good Luck to you two!!! I certainly hope that he can go back to the US with you for your twins to be born.

[beijingjenny]

You have to pay the visa fee before the med check?? That's ridiculous. I hope we can pay it here ... don't know anyone in GZ who can do it.

[lele]

There are branches in BJ that can accept the visa fee. The bank list is no the GZ website and also comes in your P-4 packet.

I am not sure if there are any in BJ which can accept it or not, but even though my precious lives in a city which has more than 5,000,000 people, even the head branch of her bank said that she had to go to GZ or one of the other banks in Guangdong or Fujian to get it done.

 

They told her that it could not be done in her hometown, but she never inquired about either Beijing or Shanghai (both of which have hospitals on the approved list).

 

Be careful about this! The bank in her city said they could wire the money (no fee, 1 day) to the correct bank in Guangzhou, but that when they got back to her after inquiring said that the bank there could not send the document without seeing her passport. So, she would have to copy and fax the copies of her passport first, before they would send it. It was just easier to have the friend do it in the end...

 

Ridiculous, YES! Unexpected? No.

[lele]

Approved Clinics

 

Bank List

 

You can get the medical in BJ and Shanghai, but can't pay the fee bill there???  I do know of some cases where the fee was, indeed, paid at both cities but those posts are far away in the archives.

 

 

The Shanghai Consulate lists these branches on it's site:

 

Shanghai Branches

 

    * 61 East Nanjing Road, Huangpu District

    * 1355 Central Huaihai Road, Xuhui District

    * 1574 West Nanjing Road, Jingan District

    * 710 Dong Fang Road, Pudong Area

    * 1755 North Sichuan Road

    * 518 South Tibet Road

    * 204 Siping Rd Shanghai

    * 2077 West Yanan Road

    * 328 West Yanan Road

    * 20 Tian Yao Qiao Road

    * 28 New Jingqiao Road, Pudong

    * 509 Caobao Road

    * 1F Union Bldg, 100 East Yanan Road

    * 1 Jiangning Road

 

Jiangsu Branches

 

    * 56 Fangta Street, Changsu

    * 72 Boai Road, Changzhou

    * 310 Qingyang South Road, Kunshan

    * 348 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing

    * 115 Hongwu Road, Nanjing

    * 241North Zhongshan Road, Nanjing

    * 553 Zhonghua Road, Nanjing

    * 371 Geguan Road, Nanjing

    * 40-1 South Beijing Road, Nanjing

    * 88 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing

    * 324 North Zhongshan Road, Nanjing

    * 101 South Zhongshan Road, Nanjing

    * 12-4 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing

    * 188 Zhuhui Road, Suzhou

    * 33 Jiuxueqian Suzhou

    * 88 Jinjihu Road, Suzhou

    * 76-8 Renmin South Road, Suzhou

    * 188 Zhuhui Road, Suzhou

    * 251 Changxu Road, Suzhou

    * 5 Zhongsan North Road, Wujiang

    * 112 West Renmin Road, Wuxi

    * 58 North Wenhe Road, Yangzhou

 

Zhejiang Branches

 

    * 17 Guihua Road, Fuyang

    * 38 Haichang Road, Xiashi County, Haining

    * 88 Yanan Road, Hangzhou

    * 373 Tiyuchang Road, Hangzhou

    * 513 Fengqi Road, Hangzhou

    * 17 Tianmushan Road, Hangzhou

    * 52 Pinghai Road, Hangzhou

    * 9 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou

    * 238 Qingchun Road, Hangzhou

    * 20 Wensan Road, Hangzhou

    * 111 Central Zhongshan Road, Jiaxing

    * 168 Baizhang Road, Ningbo

    * 56 Qingchun Road, Baiguan County, Shangyu

    * 6 Laodong Road, Shaoxing

    * Guoxin Bldg, Renmin Road, Wenzhou

    * 173 South Shixin Road, Xiaoshan

 

Anhui Branch

 

    * 560 Meiling Road, Hefei

 

 

 

The BJ embassy site simply links to http://www.ecitic.com/citicib/index.jsp  which is in Chinese. My wife said folks on 001 can tell you which ones are in BJ.

You are right!

 

However, these branches *do not* apply for the fee which Guangzhou is willing to accept. It was very clearly said from them that it must be at a branch that they specify. These banks, when inspected by my darling, stated that their fees are only good at their own respective consulate.

 

If you want to go this route, feel free to. Tell me if it works! If it does, then we just ate 26RMB for payment to EMS. However, I have a feeling it may not.

 

All of the other people who were at the hospital a few days ago with my darling did the same thing, waiting to get it by EMS from Guangzhou or Fuzhou...

 

I hope however, that I am wrong with this one.

[lele]

Here is the list from the Guangzhou consulate: From what I can see, it *must* be purchased in Guangdong, or in Xiamen or Fuzhou in Fujian, with no exceptions.

 

Immigrant Visa Unit

 

Immigrant Visa Unit Intro

 

Immigrant Visas

 

Fiancé(e) Visas

 

Life Act Visas

 

Diversity Visas

 

State Dept. Visa Services

 

Contact Us

 

 

 

Print Version / 中文版

 

Going-Abroad Financial Service Center

Add: 269-271, Huang Pu Da Dao West, Guangzhou 510620

Fax: 020-87587076 Tel: 020-87586720

 

Sub-branch in CITIC Plaza

Add: 233 Tian He North Rd., Guangzhou 510613

Fax: 020-87754463 Tel: 020-87521188

 

Huan Shi Sub-branch

Add: 2 Shui Yin Rd., Guangzhou 510080

Fax: 020-37604926 Tel: 020-37605518

 

Bei Xiu Sub-branch

Add: 179-191, Xiao Bei Rd., Guangzhou 510045

Fax: 020-83556611 Tel: 020-83555963

 

Sub-branch in Beijing Road

Add: 10 Guang Wei Rd., Guangzhou 510030

Fax: 020-83332924 Tel: 020-83340724

 

Dong Shan Sub-branch

Add: 748 Dong Feng East Rd., Guangzhou 510080

Fax: 020-87613576 Tel: 020-87761888

 

Liu Hua Sub-branch

Add: 120 Liu Hua Rd., Guangzhou 510016

Fax: 020-86667770 Tel: 020-86667677

 

Hai Zhu Sub-branch

Add: 134 Jiang Nan Da Dao, Guangzhou 510240

Fax: 020-84493382 Tel: 020-84242947

 

Sub-branch in Ji Chang Rd.

Add: 6 Ling An St., Ji Chang Rd., Guangzhou 510405

Fax: 020-86133540 Tel: 020-86133087

 

Sub-branch in International Building

Add: 339 Huan Shi East Rd., Guangzhou 510098

Fax: 020-83317581 Tel: 020-83319595

 

Sub-branch in Zhu Jiang New City

Add: 398 Hua Sui Rd., Zhu Jiang New City, Guangzhou 510623

Fax: 020-38620212 Tel: 020-38620219

 

Pan Yu Sub-branch

Add: 25-29 Gong Hua East Rd., Pan Yu District, Guangzhou 511400

Fax: 020-34518086 Tel: 020-34518888

 

Fo Shan Sub-branch

Add: 91 Fen Jiang South Rd., Foshan 528000

Fax: 0757-3981101 Tel: 0757-3989999

 

Dong Guan Sub-branch

Add: 40 Huang Cun Lu Duan, Guan Tai Da Dao, Dongguan 511715

Fax: 0769-2819151 Tel: 0769-2421188

 

Garden Sub-branch

Add: 432, Huan Shi East Rd., Guangzhou 510075

Fax: 020-87622130 Tel: 020-87622121-121

 

Development Zone Sub-branch

Add: 3, Zhong Shan Da Dao, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510660

Fax: 020-82578976 Tel: 020-82578953

 

Xihu Road Sub-branch

Add: No. 19, Xihu Road, Guangzhou

Fax: 020-83341548 Tel: 020-83341548

 

Sub-branch in CITIC Building

Add: No.1093, Shennan Central Road, Shenzhen 518031

Fax: 0755-25941940 Tel：0755-25941876

 

Luo Hu Sub-branch

Add: 2/F, Xinglong Building, Nanhu Road, Shenzhen 518005

Fax: 0755-82187387 Tel：0755-82202841 Contact: Yuping Nie

 

Shang Bu Sub-branch

Add: Sanda Building, Hua Fa North Road, Shenzhen 518031

Fax:0755-83243781 Tel：0755-83231401 Contact: Yiqing Luo

 

Bin He Sub-branch

Add: Wireless Administration Building, No.3002, Binghe Ave., Shenzhen 518033

Fax: 0755-83219892 Tel：0755-83219887 Contact: Hong Cai

 

Hong Ling Sub-branch

Add: No.2108, Hong Gui Road, Shenzhen 518001

Fax: 0755-25576113 Tel：0755-25584091 Contact: Wenjing Huang

 

Sun Gang Sub-branch

Add: ZhongMing Plaza, No.12, Sun Gang Road, Shenzhen 518008

Fax: 0755-82485291 Tel：0755-82485293 Contact: Sihong Chen

 

Fu Nan Sub-branch

Add: Investment Building, No.4009, Shen Nan Da Dao, Shenzhen 518009

Fax: 0755-82912249 Tel：0755-82912255 Contact: Danli Huang

 

Ba Gua Ling Sub-branch

Add: ,Pengyi Garden, No,1012, Shang Bu North Road, Shenzhen 518029

Fax: 0755-25849070 Tel：0755-25849560 Contact: Xun Liu

 

Hong Li Sub-branch

Add: Shenkan Building, No.4, Shang Bu Central Road, Shenzhen 518028

Fax: 0755-83755782 Tel：0755-83755162 Contact: Na Li

 

Nan Shan Sub-branch

Add: 2120, Nanxin Rd., Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518052

Fax: 0755-26561741 Tel：0755-26561743 Contact: Li Xie

 

Bao' An Sub-branch

Add: 64, Xinan 3nd , Bao'an District, Shenzhen 518100

Fax: 0755-27759092 Tel：0755-27759593 Contact: Tanmei Zhong

 

Jin Shan Sub-branch

Add: 1/F, Jinshan Building, No. 5033. Shennan Rd., Shenzhen 518008

Fax: 0755-82073316 Tel：0755-82073338 Contact: Xiaorong Xu

 

Hua Lian Sub-Sub-branch

Add: 1/F, Hualian Building, Shennan Rd., Shenzhen 518010

Fax: 0755-83668628 Tel：0755-83668508 Contact: Zhiqiang Liang

 

Bu Ji Sub-branch

Add: 1/F Buji Central Square, Buji Town, Shenzhen 518112

Fax: 0755-28526248 Tel：0755-28526224 Contact: Weiqiang Chen

 

Hou Hai Sub-branch

Add: 1/F, Yuehai Building, Shennan Rd., Shenzhen

Fax: 0755-26405481 Tel：0755-26405481 Contact: Yihui Ling

 

Fu Tian Sub-branch

Add: 1/F, Union Plaza, Caitian Rd., Shenzhen 518026

Fax: 0755-82710824 Tel：0755-82910815 Contact: Haitao Ling

 

Long Gang Sub-branch

Add: No. 808, Shenhui Rd., Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518116

Fax: 0755-84803034 Tel：0755-84803064 Contact: Ang Li

 

Xin Zhou Sub-branch

Add: 1/F, Renmin building, Shennan Rd., Shenzhen 518009

Fax: 0755-83904794 Tel：0755-83905221 Contact: Zhiming Jin

 

Dong Men Sub-branch

Add: Lixin Garden, Renmin North Rd., Luohu District, Shenzhen, 518003

Fax: 0755-25198125 Tel：0755-82197745 Contact: Xiao Li

 

Cui Zhu Sub-branch

Add: 1146, Cuizhu Rd., luohu District, Shenzhen 518020

Fax: 0755-25624103 Tel：0755-25624092 Contact: Jianyu Chen

 

Fuzhou Branch

Business Division, Fuzhou Branch

Add: No. 99, Hudong Road, Fuzhou 350001

Fax: 0591-7613275 Tel：0591-7539196

 

Xia Men Sub-branch

Add: 79 Hu Bin South Road, Xiamen 361004

Fax: 0592-2233515 Tel：0592-2232506

[beijingjenny]

We got no bank list in our P-4. Our instructions just said ambiguously to "pay in cash" - but didn't say where. Could this be diff for CR-1?

 

At any rate, the CITIC bank across the street from us does do non-imm visa fees. We'll go ask about immigrant. If they can do it by wire at least that'd be great since we've got his passport right here and it's just across the street. I just hope they know the right thing to do since it's diff fees for K and CR.

[tywy_99]

We got no bank list in our P-4. Our instructions just said ambiguously to "pay in cash" - but didn't say where. Could this be diff for CR-1?

 

At any rate, the CITIC bank across the street from us does do non-imm visa fees. We'll go ask about immigrant. If they can do it by wire at least that'd be great since we've got his passport right here and it's just across the street. I just hope they know the right thing to do since it's diff fees for K and CR.

You bring up a good point about the fee payment. NIV fees are paid thru the bank at 830 RMB. IV fees are paid to and handled by the NVC but I have no Idea how the fees are handled by DCF. Interesting subject. Let us know what you find out.

 

-good luck

[lele]

We got no bank list in our P-4. Our instructions just said ambiguously to "pay in cash" - but didn't say where. Could this be diff for CR-1?

 

At any rate, the CITIC bank across the street from us does do non-imm visa fees. We'll go ask about immigrant. If they can do it by wire at least that'd be great since we've got his passport right here and it's just across the street. I just hope they know the right thing to do since it's diff fees for K and CR.

It could be.

 

We are going the K1 route.

 

But, it sounds the same as my darling's problem.

 

The bank in her city said that she would be *fine* to do it by wire, but the bank in GZ would not do it without first seeing the passport. So, a copy of the passport was sent to a friend there who did it and EMS'd it back to her.

 

I think that she needed it *before* going to the SOS, but i am not sure about that.

 

Good Luck you two!!!

[beijingjenny]

So other visa applicants don't pay in China? That would explain why this prob hasn't come up a lot. But why not Lele then? Maybe DCF'ers pay differently for some reason? Perhaps I should email GZ about this?

 

The woman at our bank here was clueless and said we'd have to have an account in GZ. But we can bring the list and ask someone else during the week to call a GZ bank.

 

But do we really have to have this receipt before the med check?