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| Guangzhou, China |  Review on March 2, 2011: |
jonp31
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Our time in Guangzhou went very well and we came away with the coveted pink slip. My fiancee turned in documents on Monday Feb 28th before her interview on the 1st. She said many of the officers in there (not the Americans but other nationals collecting documents) were extremely rude. That was not only her own assessment but that of some of the other new friends she met who were interviewing with her. She was worried that she may have turned in the wrong docs or not enough because the lady who was taking them made her pretty flustered. They ended up taking the forms (DS, GNI-2) and the official "letter of intent and capacity to marry", the I-134s (mine and co-sponsor's) and tax records from previous 3 years. They also took a letter from my employer but my fiancee thinks they didn't ask for it but it stuck to one of the other pages and went along with. I attached a letter from my co-sponsor to his I-134 so that went in there too. They probably wouldn't have taken it if they knew it was there but I wanted them to see it so I had her "sneak it in" (it was mostly to address the issue of domicile since I've been in China for nearly the last 4 years). They also took a copy of her passport bio page and some records from the health exam. There may have been some other things they took but I don't remember exactly. She said they had a list of what they wanted them to turn in and they were supposed to just do according to that list, but others handed in a stack of papers (particularly for the financials) and the official picked and chose what he/she wanted and handed back the rest.
Next morning was the interview. I had given her my passport and folded an EOR letter in it and told her to give that to the VO at the beginning, so she did and he briefly glanced at the letter (not sure how much he actually read). Then the questions he gave (in no particular order since my fiancee couldn't remember exactly and neither can I now relating second-hand):
She greeted him first with "Good Morning!"
Do you speak English? Yes.
When did you meet? September 2008
How did you meet? At a roommate's birthday party.
Where does your fiance work? --- University
How long has he been in China? (She was a little nervous and answered "more than 2 years" when it's actually been nearly 4. She knew that but misspoke on the spot. To my surprise, he didn't say anything further and it didn't seem to affect anything. Then again, 4 IS more than 2 years 
Do you live together? No.
When did he propose?
Where will you live in the States? Phoenix
Why there? He has some family there.
Will you live with them? Yes until we find housing.
I think those are the questions she was asked. She couldn't remember everything but she said it went pretty quick and those were probably all of the questions. Then he started typing for a while into his computer, then stopped and said "Oh, sorry, I have to ask you just one more question ... are you a party member?" "No." And I think the "Congratulations, you passed" came shortly after that.
The first people called up for interviews were elderly and those with children and she said quite a few of them got blues but a higher percentage of middle to younger age interviewees and those without kids got pink. But keep in mind those were not all for K-1 or marriage visas. Anyway, we had a good time in Guangzhou, and a suggestion to those traveling there in the future -- do check out the whole-sale markets for really cheap clothes and accessories and pretty much anything. Granted, it's mostly stuff for the ladies, but we were able to get quite a few gifts there for family at prices we wouldn't have been able to find elsewhere.
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