I-130 DCF in China approved in 1 week

[China_Transfer 0]

Well, my wife and I went to the Guangzhou Consulate last week and took care of our sons's U.S. passport and citizenship papers, as well as took care of filing my wife's I-130 petition.

I was a bit worried about filing directly at the Consulate, so I made my packet similar to the way mentioned on this website. Fortunately the person I gave the packet to only needed about 15 pages of the 100+ I had put together. I asked him how long it would take to process her petition, and he said it might take 3 weeks or longer. I was quite surprised when I got a letter in the mail earlier this week with my wife's 20 page packet of information needed for her visa application.

My question is whether or not this is normally how fast this goes, or does this seem to be a lot faster? My wife happens to still have 4-5 months left on a 2 year home stay requirement from when she studied abroad in America. I may be worrying too much, but I was kind of banking on this process taking a bit longer so her restriction would clear right around the time of her interview. However, if things continue to progress this quickly then I am afraid her interview may come before her restriction is lifted, resulting in a stop in the process and having to do it all over again.

Don't get me wrong. I am thrilled that things are getting done, but I am a little worried if things are going to happen "too fast."

[Darnell 8,479]

It is not normal, this 'one week' approval.

It IS Normal when USCIS office in Guangzhou has their sh|t together, but they've not had it together for about 22 months now.

I think something got refactored, and now the '1 week approvals' might actually be forthcoming again. Yay.

as to yer time issues - you have some time , so do not send in the ds-230 until there's 27 days left on that 2 year HRR thingie. (if you want to get on the wire, at the edge) .

Good Luck !

[China_Transfer 0]

Well that was a quick response Thank you for the information, and I will try and do that with the forms you mentioned. I'm just itching a bit to get back to the states, so I can enjoy all of the things I have gone without since coming to China a year ago (i.e. dishwashers, clothes dryers, real pizzas...I think you get the idea )

Thanks again and have a nice afternoon.

[Ryan H 3,821]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to DCF forum.

[tissue88 0]

I got mine in a month, and already thought it's fast.

FYI, I submitted mine to the Beijing USCIS the end of March this year, and am waiting for my interview the end of June. If everything goes well, I should be able to get my visa early July.

Edited June 15, 2012 by tissue88