Frustrated, waiting

[WAFB1971 0]

My fiancee had her interview on November 8, 2012 and was told it was approved so they took her passport and told her the visa would be mailed to her. After waiting over 10 days the Consulate in Guangzhou calls her on Nov. 19 to tell her they forgot to have her sign a form. So they sent the form to her the same day using EMS with her original waybill (COD of course), but it does not arrive until Nov. 23. She signs the form and sends it right back the same day via EMS along with a new EMS waybill to ship her visa with. The Consulate received the form on Nov. 26 and we wait for the visa to arrive. On Dec. 6 the Consulate calls her again to tell her they lost her waybill and need to send her another one to fill out before they can send her visa. Fortunately she already had an extra one from when she paid the visa fee at the bank. So she sends the new one to them via EMS and it arrives the next day at the Consulate. Now three full days later I call the DoS to check the status and the Consulate has still not even mailed the visa, even though it is ready. Now I am not sure if I should continue to email the Consulate to find out why they have not mailed her visa yet, make sure they received the new EMS waybill, or just see if my fiancee can take the trip to Guangzhou now and just pick it up in person instead of waiting for the Consulate to screw it up again. Everything was going so quickly and smoothly with the whole process until after her interview too.

[Sam and Fen 41]

It is very common for mail to sit in the mail room for a while before it is opened and delivered to the correct person.

You just have to be patient even tough it is frustrating.

Try emailing the consulate.

[DanishBill 15]

I vote for emailing the consulate - they always gave me quick replies.

[leishi 11]

I vote for emailing the consulate - they always gave me quick replies.

same here, when it was during p3-p4 period of my now wife's k-1 visa process, every email I have sent to the embassy, it is usually replied the next business day.

[Operator 1,926]

Ditto, send GUZ IV and email and ask them to please expedite.

[Pitaya 2,577]

Ditto, send GUZ IV and email and ask them to please expedite.

OP:

Welcome to the forum.

Agree with previous posters.

There have been numerous postings that the mail room at the GUZ consulate can be a "black hole." As a matter of fact, the known slowness of the GUZ mail room likely helped spawn Uncle Darnell's famous "K-1 P3 shortcut."

Email the GUZ IV unit.

Happy trails on your immigration journey.

Edited December 13, 2012 by A&B

[Darnell 8,478]

Uncle Darnell Say - Email The IV Unit at the Consulate

Do it when they are open, as it seems to have a rather fast turn around.

[WAFB1971 0]

Thanks everyone. I emailed the Consulate the morning of the 13th (China time) but never received a reply; however, my fiancee's visa was trackable via EMS the following afternoon and was delivered on the 17th. My fiancee is on her way to the airport now and is scheduled to arrive here late night on the 18th.

I have been using this website since very early in the process and have found it very helpful. Until the problems waiting for her visa after the interview everything else went very quick and smooth thanks to all the information I found on this site. Thanks to all those that take the time to help, and I am sure I am not done using this site for the information I need as I know there is still much more to the process yet to come.

[Darnell 8,478]

i vote -

Getting into EMS Courier's hands was so much easier than answering / replying to yer email.

[TBoneTX 43,433]

Congratulations on her pending arrival!