Has Guangzhou Consulate Receive My Petition From NVC?

[endoftheroad 1]

Oh my freaking gosh! After receiving the email from the consulate I fired back with the request to delay the interview.

I GOT A REPLY WITHIN 24 HOURS! AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST CONSULATES IN THE WORLD!!!

They said:

"We can postpone Ms. XXXXXXXXX's visa application per your request. When she is ready to move forward, please notify us 2 months in advance for interview scheduling. If you intend to postpone further, please contact us at least once each year."

I was floored!

[Darnell 8,478]

Good on ya.

Why to delay? School Term Ending??

[endoftheroad 1]

Good on ya. Why to delay? School Term Ending??

Tieing up loose ends.

[celiothrkn 0]

By the way I believe you can buy a PIN number from them for $7 USD for 12 minutes, and you get to ask a live operator whether GUZ has received your case, whether GUZ can postpone your case, etc.

[pushbrk 12,883]

By the way I believe you can buy a PIN number from them for $7 USD for 12 minutes, and you get to ask a live operator whether GUZ has received your case, whether GUZ can postpone your case, etc.

That will get you a live operator in Shanghai who has information updated weekly. It's best to call the Dept. of State visa information line at

1-202.663.1225, then use menu selections 1-0-0. They have up to date information and are far better trained but do not speak Mandarin.

[seeker2k 0]

Hi, I have the answer you are looking for, but you and other people here will not like it.

I just returned from Guangzhou , went there to find out what happened with my K1. They screwed everything up, royally. Heres the scoop:

I filed K1 I129f on paper complete all documents, letters, cover letter, supplements, photos, even some video clips on CD. Received NOA2 from USCIS on Oct6th, then nothing from GZ.

I called about 6-7 times, each time just got referred to their website e-mail and fax.

Tried website e-mail, replies I got were completely irrelevant, nonsensical and just flat out stupid.

Faxed about 5 times, confirmed with my lawyer about what I was faxing, format etc. all checked out fine. Received a confirmation from my fax machine that the fax was received and printed, but nothing from Guangzhou Consulate, ever.

Finally, since I wanted to spend time with my girl anyways, I decided to go down there and see whats going on and straighten up anything that needs to be straightened out. Heres what happened:

1. Made initial appointment via their website https://evisaforms.state.gov/acs/default.as...Z&appcode=1

Went to this appointment, only to find out the people at these appointments do not care, do not know anything and are in general unable or incapable of any help whatsoever regarding immigration issues.

2. Went to see immigration officer on following Monday, November 16th 2009. You can do this if you are US Citizen or legal resident, the petitioner. Spoke with immigration officer and here is what I found out:

a. They converted my case into electronic format, but excluded ALL my documents. They scanned the main application only and sent it from USCIS to GZ by electronic mail. They did this without my knowledge whatsoever or any sort of notification.

b. The immigration officer was arguing with me that it can not be and that I filed electronically .... seriously. I had a freagin 20 pages of documents submitted including my fiances divorce documents from previous marriage ! about 20 photos, and like I said, even CDs with AVIs from family events.

c. As it turns out, when they did this conversion, they misfiled our petition into a completely different category.

d. they have different people working on these different categories that do not communicate with each other so once misfiled, the proper person(s) never get notified that the petition is there and waiting !

e. my fiances address never was updated (she moved), either by any of the faxes or their e-mails, so they sent the package to the wrong place !!!! They finally sent it to right place after I appeared in person and updated it at the consulate myself, and thankfully she finally got it just 2 days ago.

3. In general, the GZ consulate is rigtht down horrible.

I fear you guys are in the same boat as I am, and I have to tell you all, the only way for you to get all this going again is for the petitioner to appear there in person, because they do not allow people that are not US citizens or legal residents to go see the immigration officers.

Also, their e-mail and fax is an utter waste of time, they don't seem to look at it at all, and I think they just trash and recycle the fax papers without even glancing at them.

Also, I even the immigration officer with whom I spoke was unable to provide me with concrete information about their own requirements !!!! She either didn't know how to obtain a notarial birth certificate, or what it is, that's why I asked people on this site. This is sad really. Their level or either unwillingness to help or incompetence regarding their own requirements, procedures, etc. is amazing.

So my advice is, stop faxing and e-mailing and waiting for a miracle, just get on the plane and go do what you need to do. Please also, document all your fax attempts, print out any e-mail they replied to you, etc. If you don't the immigration officer wont even want to speak with you. They will just dismiss you and tell you to go e-mail.

Its sad, its scary, its wrong, but there it is folks. Its the US Government at work, doing everything in their power in order not to help us or make things right when they make mistakes. BTW, I just returned from Guangzhou Nov 21st 2009, and my girl finally received a package just yesterday. We will see whats next.

I wish you all luck and hope you do better then I have.

[endoftheroad 1]

So my advice is, stop faxing and e-mailing and waiting for a miracle, just get on the plane and go do what you need to do.

Gee, all I need is $1000 and I can "just get on the plane," no problem!!!! BTW, I received email responses from GUZ the same day!

Good luck!