Guangzhou General Console 's REAL feedback plz

[chinausa 7]

Hi guys,

I've heard many ppl's bad stories with General Console in Guangzhou somewhere else.

I'd like to hear some real feedback from here, visajournel. How bad and tough or nice are those visa officers in Guangzhou?

Are they reasonable? I heard some visa officers made denial or approvals on their own personal interests towards the applicants／interviewees. Is that really true? Hope that's not true.

Thanks

XH

[Darnell 8,478]

IMO - how a VO treats the applicant depends much on red flags and the addressing of red flags..

Here's a red flag discussion list for Guangzhou K-1 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/234971-red-flag-list-for-visa-denial/page__hl__appointment

I know it's not what yer asking, but, IMO - knowing about the red flags can be useful.

[chinausa 7]

Thanks.

btw, what's IMO stand for?

[Darnell 8,478]

IMO = In My Opinion.

IME = In My Experience

[Darnell 8,478]

XH - here's a review that might cover some of yer concerns -

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41443&pid=552526&st=30entry552526

Good Luck !

Edited September 28, 2010 by Darnell

[Eric & Jin 10]

I can only speak about the experience with the Guangzhou Consulate that my wife and I encountered. Prior to my wife's interview we read about many of the same horror stories that you no doubt have and were very nervous about dealing with GUZ - as it turned out though our experience was completely opposite of those horror stories.

The day before my wife's interview I made a trip to the Consulate for the American Citizen's Hour(ACH) where I was able to speak directly with a Visa Officer about the visa process and ask some specific questions about our case. The VO who I spoke with was very polite and conducted himself in a professional manner. He was more than willing to give me some insight into the process and shared his feelings about our case.

My wife encountered much of the same with the VO who conducted her interview - she said that he was very nice and professional. She did remark that the Chinese worker who took her paperwork during the pre-interview phase was somewhat rude and pushy but the VO was not like that at all.

All in all we had a pretty painless experience at GUZ but we also made sure to prepare a solid case in advance and had no red flags with our case.

[roadtosuccess 0]

Was the pre-interview conversation in Chinese or mixed with Chinese and English?

[Eric & Jin 10]

Was the pre-interview conversation in Chinese or mixed with Chinese and English?

My wife said that they spoke to her in Chinese while taking her paperwork before the actual interview - Chinese workers do this. However I wouldn't worry about that too much because there will be plenty of people at the Consulate who speak English, so your husband shouldn't have any difficulties in knowing what is being requested. The only thing that he may have a slight problem with is knowing which line to get in before entering the consulate the morning of his interview - the Chinese guards will give instructions in Chinese as to which line everyone should be in (it is based upon the type of visa being interviewed for). There will probably be a couple of Americans there with their fiancee/spouse though which he can get the information from or he can just show his appointment letter to one of the Chinese guards and they will point to which line he should be in.

[chinausa 7]

Thank for all your input. Really help!!

[pushbrk 12,898]

IME with multiple cases and reading reports for five years, the Consular officers are very professional and certainly reasonable. The sour grapes will always rain down when people experience a result they weren't expecting for which they were not prepared. Being aware of and preparing to deal with red flags is the key to a good experience during the interview.