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My wife and I recently moved back to the US from China. I am a USC and she is a Chinese national with a CR1 green card. She has been in the US for 6 months. We would like to have her mother come and visit us. Her mother contacted a local visa agency in China to get help with her B2 application. They told her that since her daughter has a CR1 green card and has not been in the US for very long, her chances are low of obtaining a B2 visa and that if she applies now and is rejected, it might hurt her chances of obtaining a B2 visa in the future.. Is this sound advice? Should we try anyways?

In the end, I needed to contact my State's Senator's office. Within three business days I got a response that said they the document I provided was a copy and that they required a notarized copy. I contacted the court and received a notarized copy. Then I sent it to my wife who later mailed it to the consulate. I am happy to report that on 11/07/2022 her visa was issued

I am happy to report that on 11/07/2022 my wife's visa was issued. Thank you to the community for helping me through the process. She will be in America in less than 2 weeks 😀

Latest update... I ended up contacting a Senators office, they were able to ask what the issue was with the divorce paperwork. The Consulate responded that the divorce paperwork I provided was a copy and not the original even though, I provided the document the court gave me. Later I contacted the court and they were able to give me notarized copy of the divorce document that included stamps from the court. After I received the notarized document from the court and given the fact that I am in the US, I contacted the Consulate through the Senator's team (as they respond much quicker and provide more detailed information) to see if I could mail the document directly to them. The consulate informed me that it is better and quicker to mail the document to my wife and go through the CITIC bank mailing process. Once my wife received the document, she mailed it to the Guangzhou Consulate. I am happy to report that on Nov 7th she was issued her US entry visa. It took about 10 days before she could go to a CITIC bank and pick up her passport and US immigrant visa!

My wife went for her interview on Aug. 15th. She received an 221(g) due to bringing a copy of my the (petitioner) divorce paperwork. On June 8th, I the (petitioner) went to the Consulate in Guangzhou, China and they asked to see my original divorce document when I filed the I-130, the document was accepted no problem and returned to me. So when my wife went to her interview she forgot to take the original and brought a copy. So she was given a 221(g). On Aug 16th she mailed the original divorce document to the consulate. Our guess is that they received it on Aug 25th as that was the first time here status updated. On Sept 9th we received an email copy of the 221(g) Dear Applicants, Under the section 221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Consulate General is unable to issue you an immigrant visa (IV) at this time. If you have already submitted your passport to the Consulate General, we will keep your passport with your file pending the issuance of your visa. ** Please note that documents issued in China must be translated and notarized by a local notary public office in China. For documents issued in other countries, applicants must obtain an original or certified copy of the requested documents. My name: Please submit an original notarized/ certified copy of Divorce Certificate Please submit an original or certified copy of the divorce certificate. We cannot accept photocopies. This is really frustrating, as we have already sent them the original divorce document. Not to mention they say, provide Original Notarized in one place but two other places say the Original document is fine. In addition, when my wife went to the interview the VO said she only needed to provide the original document. Which they now already have. The original divorce document was issued by a U.S. county court. Can any offer advice on how to proceed?

I am creating this to show my timeline and help anybody else that is going through the DCF process. CR1 4/27/2022 Requested a DCF from Guangzhou. 5/17/2022 Received notification that DCF request was approved and appointment date to file I-130 6/08/2022 Went to I-130 interview to submit I-130/I-130a 7/19/2022 Received email from Guangzhou embassy with instructions to file DS-260 7/21/2022 Filed DS-260 online