How long does it take to get passport back?

[t-rae 1]

(Fiance is Irish, living in Beijing)

Hi all! After my fiance's interview, he was asked to submit a document. It turns out that we were unable to provide that document (a police check from Belgium. he was never registered there, so we couldn't get it).

After several terrible "live chat" experiences with typical Chinese "customer service" people, he received an email asking him to send in just his passport. This was the form email about submitting documents, and the only document listed on the part where it says to send in more documents was the passport itself.

He expedited it there about 2 weeks ago. How long does it normally take to receive the visa (or passport with denial) after sending in additional documents?

[Pitaya 2,577]

Please provide more background information. He expedited what? where? ​K1 visas are generally processed at the Guangzhou consulate (GUZ), yet your timeline says Beijing?

Several years ago, it took about one week for my then-fiancee to receive her passport containing the K1 visa at her home in northern China from the old US GUZ consulate. Times and processes have changed, suggest that you review some recent GUZ K1 visa timelines for more recent processing times. YMMV.

BTW, as mentioned on the GUZ website, email is their preferred method of contact. You were lucky to get any 'live chat' contact at all.

Good luck on your immigration journey.

Edited December 18, 2015 by Pitaya