poe

[awatson 1]

hey need to aska question, i am going to china in dec for my fiancees interview and because of work and time constraints i am afraid they may not have the visa to her by the time i have to leave, so my question is how hard would it be for her to enter here without me? keep in mind her english is limited and is there one poe that would be better than another? i do not want to have to fly back to china if i do not have to , but do not mind meeting her at the airport here and flying back to atlanta with her from her poe, any dvice would be helpful. thanks in advanc.

alan watson

[garfield529 47]

IF you have the EMS label set to deliver at the local PO Box in GUZ or to one of the local housing establishments,(There is a lot of advice on places to stay over at the "CFL" webforum, typically the visa should be in hand within a couple days assuming no issues. It is still not advisable to purchase her ticket until the visa is in hand. As far as your POE, any international airport is used to handling non-English speaking travelers so she shouldn't worry. One easy tip is for her to identify someone in a nearby seat who is probably on their way back to the US from visiting family and is bilingual and then ask them if they will handcarry her to the immigration line. We entered at the terminal at O'hare and got stuck in processing for over an hour because NVC had not updated my address change so her papers didn't match the system and they held her while they tracked down the information. The main thing she needs to be careful about is bringing a lot of medicinal or food products because if she is spot checked she will lose most of it. I say this because there is certainly a mother or friend who will tell her that she NEEDS to take certain items that are impossible to find in the US.

[awatson 1]

IF you have the EMS label set to deliver at the local PO Box in GUZ or to one of the local housing establishments,(There is a lot of advice on places to stay over at the "CFL" webforum, typically the visa should be in hand within a couple days assuming no issues. It is still not advisable to purchase her ticket until the visa is in hand. As far as your POE, any international airport is used to handling non-English speaking travelers so she shouldn't worry. One easy tip is for her to identify someone in a nearby seat who is probably on their way back to the US from visiting family and is bilingual and then ask them if they will handcarry her to the immigration line. We entered at the terminal at O'hare and got stuck in processing for over an hour because NVC had not updated my address change so her papers didn't match the system and they held her while they tracked down the information. The main thing she needs to be careful about is bringing a lot of medicinal or food products because if she is spot checked she will lose most of it. I say this because there is certainly a mother or friend who will tell her that she NEEDS to take certain items that are impossible to find in the US.

thanks knew about not buying the ticket and i was wondering about the time it may take to get the visa if all goes well the interview is on a wednesday and i am hoping to have it if approved by friday afternoon any way.