Time frame for interview in China

[tigerfortune 0]

Hi, here is the situation. My uncle did the paperwork so he could bring his older brother over to the US. My uncle is a US citizen. He received the letter from the NVC in January 2006 saying all the paperwork will be forwarded to the consulate in China. It has been 6 months and my uncle in China still has not received or heard anything from the consulate/embassy in China. Is the long waiting period normal? Can anyone that has experience shed some light into the situation. How much longer will it take before my uncle in china gets his interview date?

Thank You!

[Dollyllama 0]

Hi, here is the situation. My uncle did the paperwork so he could bring his older brother over to the US. My uncle is a US citizen. He received the letter from the NVC in January 2006 saying all the paperwork will be forwarded to the consulate in China. It has been 6 months and my uncle in China still has not received or heard anything from the consulate/embassy in China. Is the long waiting period normal? Can anyone that has experience shed some light into the situation. How much longer will it take before my uncle in china gets his interview date?

Thank You!

Can you contact the consulate in China? 6 months seems a long wait.

[tigerfortune 0]

Hi, here is the situation. My uncle did the paperwork so he could bring his older brother over to the US. My uncle is a US citizen. He received the letter from the NVC in January 2006 saying all the paperwork will be forwarded to the consulate in China. It has been 6 months and my uncle in China still has not received or heard anything from the consulate/embassy in China. Is the long waiting period normal? Can anyone that has experience shed some light into the situation. How much longer will it take before my uncle in china gets his interview date?

Thank You!

Can you contact the consulate in China? 6 months seems a long wait.

I have asked my uncle here and he told me there is no phone number and the number online is just a machine. My uncle in China can't get a hold of a live person there either.

Thanks!

[Qiao - 108 days 0]

Hi, here is the situation. My uncle did the paperwork so he could bring his older brother over to the US. My uncle is a US citizen. He received the letter from the NVC in January 2006 saying all the paperwork will be forwarded to the consulate in China. It has been 6 months and my uncle in China still has not received or heard anything from the consulate/embassy in China. Is the long waiting period normal? Can anyone that has experience shed some light into the situation. How much longer will it take before my uncle in china gets his interview date?

Thank You!

6 months does seem like a long time, but I have heard that Guangzhou is really slow. Have you checked timeslines for other people that have applied for the same type of visa?

[carufel 0]

Go to the GuangZhou web site. Read their 'contact us' info.

I think you may fax them re: your uncle's case.

Also, they will show you how to call them (pre-paid phone PIN # ) whether inside China or not.

Ensure you have WAC number in all communication.

As was stated earlier - China may be slow for this family related visa.

There is a way to contact them if you follow their instructions.

Hope this helps

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Contacting Guangzhou

The U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou Immigrant Visa Section wishes

to answer your questions and process your cases in the most timely

manner possible. To help accomplish this goal, the Immigrant Visa

Section asks that inquiries about the following items be directed to

the U.S. Visa Information Center.

1. Questions about whether a visa petition has arrived at the

Consulate

2. Questions about whether a case is ready to be scheduled for an

interview

3. Questions about interview appointment wait times

4. Questions about when an interview is currently scheduled

The U.S. Visa Information Center will be able to provide immediate

answers to some of your questions while allowing the Immigrant Visa

section to devote more resources to the processing of pending cases,

benefiting both petitioners and applicants alike. The U.S. Visa

Information Center currently can assist callers in Mandarin,

Cantonese, Taishanese, and English.

Please call the U.S. Visa Information Center at 4008-872-333 within

China or 86-21-3881-4611 from other countries, from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.

(China Time) Monday - Friday and 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Saturday. Be

prepared to provide the primary applicant name in pin yin and case

number. There is a charge to access the Visa Information Center.

Prices are 54 RMB for 12 minutes or 36 RMB for 8 minutes. The Visa

Information Center charge may be paid at any CITIC Bank office or on

the Internet at

https://www.usavisainformation.com.cn/eng/index.aspx. Once the

charge is paid, you will be given a PIN number that must be given to

the Visa Information Center when you call to verify the payment.

Additionally, the most commonly asked general questions are answered

on our website here.

Important Information for Immigrant Visa Petitioners and Applicants

When you call the Visa Information Center, please make a record of:

1. The date and time of your call.

2. The name of the customer service representative with whom you

speak.

3. The identifying information you gave about yourself.

In the rare case that the Visa Information Center cannot answer your

question or you feel there is a problem with their service, please

email us the above information along with your complaint using our

web form. We can then retrieve your call from their database and

listen to a recording of the actual call. We can use this to rectify

any problems and to train Visa Information Center staff to better

serve you.

How to Contact Us

Email

Please use this form to contact IV Unit by email. Emails are

answered in the order received. You should expect a response in five

to seven days.

Fax

Our fax number is (8620) 3884-4412. Faxes are answered in the order

received. They are treated with the same priority as mail.

Mail

Our address is

United States Consulate Guangzhou

1 Shamian South Street

Guangzhou, 510133 PRC

Mail is answered in the order received and opened.

In Person

U.S. citizen petitioners who would like general information on the

Immigrant Visa process in Guangzhou may attend an information

session hosted by a consular officer on Fridays at 14:30. We

recommend that you arrive at the consulate around 14:00 in order to

go through the security check, because the session will begin

promptly at 14: 30. The aim of these sessions is to address

frequently-asked questions and provide you with a better

understanding of the process. Additional materials for cases that

have already been interviewed will not be accepted at this time.

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