Questions about Guangzhou Consulate K1 Visa Interview

[Carcharodont 2]

Hi everyone,

So my fiancée has her interview in an hour with the consulate in Guangzhou and I had a couple questions since our original petition was mailed in July 2016.

1.  The last photo evidence that was included with the original petition was dated around June 20, 2016, but our interview is 6/26/2018.  Will this affect us at all, or because they were less than two years old at the time of submission they are still valid? 

For the record, we have additional photos less than 2 years old and a photocopy of my passport showing my visit on 12/2016, but I don't know if the consular officer will review evidence brought to the interview and that's been a lingering fear of mine (even though we frontloaded with hundreds of pages of evidence).  I told her to have photos of the visit and my passport photocopy at the front ready to show instantly.

2.  I'm hoping our visa doesn't get denied, especially on the grounds of "haven't visited in past two years" which would be a false statement by the consular officer, but if it does what is the best course of action?

I'm on pins and needles here and could use reassurances.  This process has taken much longer than we expected through no fault of our own, and we want nothing more than to be back together.  Thanks everyone.

[Carcharodont 2]

So update:

 

We are ineligible for a k1 visa due to additional administrative processing needed.  It isn't an outright refusal, but they said processing could take a few weeks to a couple months.  Who can I contact to expedite this because this is ridiculous?   Our medical has a limited validity period and we don't want to have a third medical with a third culture test.  We fulfilled all the requirements,  and the only thing either of us can think of is the emphasis on her graduate degree in general biology.   

[Operator 1,927]

On 6/26/2018 at 12:05 AM, Carcharodont said:

So update:

 

We are ineligible for a k1 visa due to additional administrative processing needed.  It isn't an outright refusal, but they said processing could take a few weeks to a couple months.  Who can I contact to expedite this because this is ridiculous?   Our medical has a limited validity period and we don't want to have a third medical with a third culture test.  We fulfilled all the requirements,  and the only thing either of us can think of is the emphasis on her graduate degree in general biology.   

It's been several years since we were in this spot but as I remember most everyone has some AP prior to the visa being approved/issued.  Hard to ask for an expedite when her interview was just this week.  Was she given any paperwork after the interview?  Make sure you get a look at it.

 

I remember once the printer that GUZ used to print visas went down and people were jumping off buildings.  Take a breath.