CR1 approved today but with " final processing letter", what does that mea ?

[MAMY 0]

My interview went fairly quick and easy today. I applied for CR1 (direct consulate filing) and the whole interview only took 5 min. The visa officer asked me four questions and said " you are approved, but unfortunately your husband filled out the old I-864 form, so we are gonna need him to fill out the new one and send it to us."

He then gave me a white piece of paper saying " final processing letter", and asked me to mail in a new I864 form along with my passport and that final processing letter. He assured me several times that " don't worry your visa was approved".

My husband and I mailed out the requested new form this afternoon. So my question is - has anyone had such " final processing letter" before? Is this something you get when you get approved? How long is it going to take the consulate to process my visa after they receive my new I864?

What do most people get when their case get approved on the spot? Thanks everyone

[Darnell 8,478]

my wife had that, but instead of mailing stuff in,

she used the CITIC Bank Courier stuff,

referenced over at

http://ustraveldocs.com/cn/cn-iv-documentsubmissioninfo.asp

http://ustraveldocs.com/cn/cn-iv-documentsubmissioninfo.asp

http://ustraveldocs.com/cn/cn-iv-documentsubmissioninfo.asp

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for her, it wasn't a final processing letter, but instead, was an approval notice with 221G instructions.

As to 'how long' - well, that depends on the queue, and there are several queues.

for now, monitor what's what at ceac.state.gov using the GUZ casefile #. When it shifts to 'ISSUED' then it's 1/3 of the way there,

as :

1. visa packet still to be generated and

2. visa packet to leave the mailroom and then

3. CITIC BANK Courier has to get it out to your spouse's city.

1-3 is 1 to 3 weeks past 'issued' date on the CEAC website, usually, if no internal glitches at GUZ IV.

[RandyW 149]

Be sure to follow the instructions you're given - they HAVE switched back to mail submission of documents, instead of the CITIC courier. These instructions can change from month-to-month.

The fact that he asked for your passport indicates that they're wanting to put a visa in it and won't keep it long (at least in their time frame).

[MAMY 0]

Thanks for the answers guys. So how long does process like this normally take? I mean, this is not one of the things that will take the consulate two months to get done, is it?

[MAMY 0]

Just to clarify- when I said I mailed in the new I864 form, I meant I gave it to CITIC bank.