Dropped off wife's i-130 in Guangzhou 12/3/13

[dakelei 3]

Kind of a crazy scene there at the Consulate. My wife and I were not fully aware of the "no bags" policy and we were almost late trying to find a place to check our bags and phones. When we did make it to the door my wife wasn't allowed in. This was probably my fault somehow because even though I said 2 people were coming I did not put her actual name on any form. She was finally permitted in after I got upstairs and told the folks there my wife was outside waiting. One fellow American behind me was enraged and made quite a scene when he was told he couldn't bring his bags in. Not sure how that worked out. The entire operation is set up for Chinese people as I'm assuming very few Americans have much reason to visit the place. Pretty much all the personnel outside are Chinese and quite a few speak little or no English. Even inside I interacted only very briefly with a fellow American and it was just to say hi and she wasn't particularly friendly. Even the woman who took my wife's I-130 and talked with us was Chinese as far as I could tell. Her English was flawless but I'm still pretty sure she isn't American. (And for whatever reason she didn't want to tell us her name, which I found bizarre.) After rushing around like crazy people to get our bags checked and still get to the door on time when I got upstairs I was told someone had screwed up and scheduled 2 I-130 appointments at the same time and I would therefore have to wait.

Anyway, I was very surprised to get an email today, only 6 days after submitting the i-130, informing my wife about what she needs to do to complete the next "phase" of her application process. Never expected to hear from them so quickly. She needs to fill out the DS-260 now and submit that at the nearest Citic bank. It's nice that we don't have to go back to Guangzhou to do that. The 6 hour bus ride is a total drag.

I hope everything else goes as quickly as this did but that may be wishful thinking.

[Darnell 8,479]

Hey ! That means the petition, the I-130, was approved.

Congratulations ! Burn some joss, as the GUZ IV FairyGodMother has blessed you.

take a look at getting an account set up for your wife over at ustraveldocs.com/cn as well.

When you

1. submit the DS-260 electronically and

2. have the CITIC paid receipt,

IMO, it's best, for DCF filers, to email the IV Unit using the webform email thingie, giving over the receipt #s on both things, and asking to be scheduled for an interview.

[dakelei 3]

Interesting. I'm amazed the petition was approved that fast. Didn't see that coming at all. My wife needs to go to her hometown to get her police check and birth certificate before we proceed but that shouldn't take very long.