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| Guangzhou, China |  Review on June 28, 2008: |
Xu & Rick
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Candidates called for 7:15 AM. Several lines on the sidewalk outside the consulate. Consulate personnel kept the area free of bystanders. I waited in line with Xu. There were a couple hundred people in line, apparently for many different visa categories, students, family reunification, etc. I only saw one or two westerners that whole morning. I had expected to see more Caucasian sponsors with their beneficiaries. Consulate personnel called out instructions with megaphones, very difficult to hear because of traffic noise. K-1 lines were to the left. Processing proceeded quickly and promptly. Xu got an admission card after they checked her passport and appointment letter. We went to the fourth floor where she was admitted and stood for a few minutes in another line before proceeding to the fifth floor without me. At about 10:15 she was back down on the fourth floor with her pink slip. Although the internet scoop was that 80% are approved the first time, she had the feeling from observation and talking to others that it was more like 20%.
1. Interviewer was tall, young Caucasian. Xu was apprehensive because he appeared to be in a bad mood because he had had to call out the number of the previous interviewee four times before she went to the window.
2. Interviewer smiles, asks if Xu speaks English. Not yet, but my fiancée speaks Chinese.
3. Did you ever go to America before? No.
4. Did you ever go to other countries? Yes, Spain France, Italy and Austria with my fiancée.
5. Where is your fiancée now? Here in Guangzhou, helping me.
6. Has he met your parents? Yes.
7. Does he have children? Yes.
8. How old are they? (answers)
9. What is his job? (answers)
10. What was your job? (answers)
11. Where is your ex-husband now? (answers)
12. Where is your child now? (answers)
13. May I see your photos? (shows photos)
14. May I see your fiancée's tax forms? (shows forms)
15. Pizhunle (you're approved), you can go to America! (gives her pink slip)
16. Xu smiles broadly, "Thank you!"
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #3064