change embassy in NVC stage

[Lydia110 0]

Hi, everyone. My husband(U.S. citizen) and I (Chinese citizen) are in NVC stage. AOS and IV package have been sent a month ago(10th October，2014) and we are waiting for case complete.

I used to reside in France as a student and moved back to my home country China on 4th November,2014.We called NVC and asked for a embassy change. We did what the agent said( sent an email to NVC with embassy change request and my Chinese passport scan etc.).

My question is 1) how long it would take for NVC to review our request? Will we be notified when it's under review?

2)And how long does it take for the embassy to be changed?

The agent assures us that when the case is complete it would be sent to the new embassy (embassy in China),but she said there is no time frame for processing the request. I'm worried that

3)what if the case is completed and sent to France before they get to our change embassy email request? What can we do to avoid this situation?

Seperation is hard, and this process is taking too long. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks a lot!

[Darnell 8,478]

i suggest you call back and talk with a Supervisor, not the first person that answers the phone,

as

usually the Agent just wants to get you off the phone...

[Darnell 8,478]

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also - be prepared fr a 2 to 4 month wait for the casefile to arrive at the IV Unit in Guangzhou,

as

per treaty,

Consular Documents are held in a China Customs warehouse for some time.

Then another 2 months before the interview itself...

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If there was any way to get back to France, interview in Paris, I say do it.

[Lydia110 0]

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also - be prepared fr a 2 to 4 month wait for the casefile to arrive at the IV Unit in Guangzhou,

as

per treaty,

Consular Documents are held in a China Customs warehouse for some time.

Then another 2 months before the interview itself...

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If there was any way to get back to France, interview in Paris, I say do it.

Thank you very much for the reply. My residency in France has expired. Only way to get back is apply for a tourist visa. The whole point of the interview in France is that I was a resident there, going back as a tourist and attend the interview is ok ? Thanks!!

[Frips 166]

Hi...did they change your embassy?