Question: anyone have any idea how long it takes to get an interview at Guangzhou consulate after NVC is finished? For some reason, i thought that was a quicker one, but my wife insists that it is another 3-4 months after NVC.
If she is right....that means my hope for the summer becomes winter....
anyone have any experience or knowledge to share?

listen to your lao po

and it sucks......
CSC is around 150 days

You can check my timeline.
I returned everything as quickly as possible, used James' shourtcuts where I could.
I think my time line is about as quick as it could be done.

Sometimes the processing slows down, or speeds up a little, but the general time from dropping the i-130 in the mail till interview is about 1 year.
Mine will be 13 months.

That's right, listen to your lao po. I am now 5th month into my waiting for NOA2. It would be a dream come true to me if my husband can come to US this Christmas rather than next Chinese New Year.
I've noticed that you are an Oct filer. I hope CSC will get to you soon.

Listening to Laopo is always a good idea but she may not always be the best source of US Immigration information.

NVC complete to immigrant visa interview in Guangzhou runs about five to seven months.

Check these timelines...

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19303

I read about something about P3 & P4 but still have no idea about them.
What documents are included in P3 package and what do we should send back to Guangzhou Embassy?
What is P4? When do we need get medical inspection? Right before Visa Interview? So many questions, thanks a lot for your help.

Lucy

Please click on the word "Guides" at the top of any page and read all related to IR1/CR1 including the NVC flow chart for that information.

Lucy, you will get more answers if you open your own post instead of asking inside someone elses.
More people will see your question.

Since you are an CR/1 - IR/1 filer, there is no "p3" packet really, this is a K visa thing.
The equivalent to a p3 is the paper work you send to NVC for your type of visa.
The p3 packet that NVC sends to the agent (probably the US citizen) has a checklist of things you will need for the interview. 90% of the things on the list are actually needed at the medical exam.. I'll talk about that later.
My main point is when you receive this checklist packet from NVC, make a copy for yourself, then forward it to your spouse in China. Once your spouse receives it, you can call them and go over what all is needed.
A forum like www.Candleforlove.com that is all china visa discussion is a good place to get help for how to gather any document that isn't clear.

Once you send everything to NVC, they will "approve" your case and send it to the Guangzhou consulate in China. This is the only US consulate in china that does immigration visa interviews, so even if your spouse is certain there is a US consulate closer, you will go to Guangzhou for your interview.

From the time NVC mails your approved visa to Guangzhou until the consulate "receives" it is about 3 months.
I realize you could swim it across the ocean faster than that, but in truth it sits in a warehouse until the consulate gets to it, so just plan on 3 months and save yourself some grief.

Once Guangzhou receives your case, it takes about 2 weeks to schedule an interview date, and mail out the p4 packet.
The p4 packet tells you when to come to the consulate for your interview, tells you what paper work you need to bring to the medical exam, and what you need to bring to the interview.
What they do is have the approved medical exam places pre-process your required papers so that when you get to the interview, they know you have all that ready. So about 90% of the stuff that was on the p3 checklist is actually used at the exam.

Then, you get all your exam stuff in a sealed envolope (DON'T OPEN IT), bring the additional proof of relationship documents to the interview.

Pass the interview, and live your lives together in marital bliss!

Best wishes, and good luck

Credzba, that makes lot sense.
I have a urgent question, we are working on I-864, one for wife, and one for daughter, here is my concerns:
1. Part 3, item 8, should we select yes since husband is the only sponsor?
2. Part 3, item 9, should I say NONE since daughter has her own I-130 petition?
We lost our idea, and we will need finish this I-864 form soon base on NVC timeline now. Pls help!!!!

Lucy

Hi, I see your interview is schedule on 6/13, congradulations!
I am the Chinese spouse living in Kunshan, a small city about 100Km from Shanghai, I found your guys are talking about EMS on the Chinese Blog, I try to post there but the administor does not allow me to talk there.
I need some help regarding EMS, do we need pay in advance in China for the EMS getting some numbers and write down the mail address for future P4? But I talked with EMS officer today, there is no service for them to provided pay in advance but pending mail. He says none of any China Post can do this except for some private mail services.
There is nothing mentioned on NVC website for the EMS issue, are you sure NVC is asking for EMS ? Can you explain details how to get EMS ?
Since we can not pay here in advance, the only thing we can do here in China is boutht a EMS labels with tracking numbers there and write down the mail address for the Beneficiary. I feel crazy as my husband just finish his vacation this morning and left Shanghai, it is a little late for me to find the EMS issues. Seems if EMS labels is a must, I need use express ( UPS/DHL/Fedex ) mail to him as our timeline for DS-230 is close, maybe earlier next next week.
Thanks a lot for your help.

Lucy

You can download the P3 and P4 forms now:
http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/fo...and_packets.htm

I recommend waiting for the P3 and P4 sent from the consulate just to make sure you have the latest, but the downloadable versions will at least give you a good idea of what to expect.