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China US Marriage Visa Approvals by Month (K1 Visas Way Down, CR1 Visas Up)

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We've had tons of questions on whether the Guangzhou US Consulate in the China has been approving marriage based US Visas (and if so at what rate).  To answer that, we dug into the official US State Department data and plotted visa approvals for K1, CR1 and IR1 visas over the last 2 years. Here is what we found:

 

  • K1 Visa processing is WAY down.  In fact it was at near zero for 12 months.  In April we saw a bump back up at about 50% pre-Covid levels.
  • IR1 Visa processing is back to pre-Covid rates.  There was a huge surge in processing late last year to likely clear the backlog.  Is this why no K1s were worked (all hands on IR1s)?
  • CR1 Visa processing (couples married less than 2 years) has the same story as IR1s.

 

 

What do you think of the data (below)?  Do you think the US consulate in Guangzhou is artificially slowing don K1 Visa processing to prioritize other work or for other reasons?

 

Marriage Visa Approvals at Guangzhou US Embassy by Month

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