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Looking for file for DCF in Guangzhou Need help

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HRitchie91   0

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Hi I was wondering if anyone with any experience or advice to help me out as I have lots of things I don't quite understand about the DCF process.

My current situation is that my wife I met in the US while she was a student had a petition that her parents started about 3 years ago for her. Eventually we got married last year and I decided to file a CR1 in November 2012 for her because I was told waiting for her parent's petition the wait can be up towards 7-8 years. Afterwards I moved to China to live in Shanghai with her to wait until she gets her green card.

It has been a little over 6 months since I got my petition acceptance letter and there has not been any followup letters or contact of any kind. I have been living in Shanghai with her since mid December and I am currently considering initiating a DCF to speed up the process as I have no idea how much longer the CR1 will take and I want to hopefully be back in the US by the end of the year. I have checked in with the local police precincts everytime I enter shanghai to report where I live so they will be able to provide official documents that I have been living in her house the entire time I was in shanghai.

Will I have to contact USCIS to tell them to cancel the other 2 petitions as they might conflict with the DCF or do I just leave the other two as is?

Has anyone had any experience with the Guangzhou consulate that can give me any pointers?

Anyone who can give me advice on my situation will be greatly appreciated.

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stevie b   141

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if you 130 got sent to the nyc office, you are probably a month away from approval.. so pulling it and going dcf would delay you as far as I can see

you can delay your petition if that is what you want to do at the nvc stage for up to a year

have you already wrapped up your aos and domicile needs? that is going to come up quite quickly


8/16/2012 I-129F NOA1
11/8/2012 Married
1/3/2013 I-129F cancelled
1/29/2013 withdrawal notice received
2/5/2013 I-130 NOA1 with error on wife's name
Case status not available
2/5/2013 Unable to generate service request

3/13/2013 transferred to local office
3/26/2013 Service request generated
4/12/2013 Infopass, file in workflow March 28
4/19/2013 Case status available - APPROVED!

Detour to the NVC via NRC

For information on my detour and the steps I took to free my petition, check
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6/7/2013 NVC logs file as received

6/11/2013 Case number and IIN assigned

6/12/2013 DS-3032 emailed

6/13/21013 AOS paid

6/14/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention superuser (stupid me)

6/23/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention supervisor

6/24/2013 DS-3032 accepted

6/25/2013 IV bill generated and paid

07/06/2013 IV & AOS sent; 07/11/2013 NVC logs received

07/30/2013 IV Accepted; AOS Checklist

08/01/2013 AOS Checklist received

08/02/2013 AOS resent; 08/07/2013 NVC logs received

08/28/2013 Case Complete

09/10/2013 Interview date assigned

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08/14/2013 Medical; 08/19/2013 Medical Ready

08/07/2013 Police cert ordered (Fiji delivers straight to the embassy)

10/02/2013 Interview

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HRitchie91   0

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Sorry but I needed to clarify some terms that I am unfamiliar with as I am new to this website.

What is nvc stage?

What is aos?

What specifically is domicile needs? Sorry

Will the approval really be that soon? I have gotten nothing so far from the USCIS other than an acceptance letter cashing my check in. They have not asked for any further documentation or information. I do not even have a case number.

So, if I do initiate the DCF it can be delayed up to a year? From what I have heard a normal DCF is usually 3 months but can depend on the consulate.

My wife was still in the US under her student visa when I went ahead and filed for the CR1 but we moved to China right before it expired to prevent any complications due to overstay. If I wait for the CR1 will my wife be fine if she went to Guangzhou for her interview since she is no longer in the US?

 
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