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I am contemplating getting married to a Chinese lady but there are a lot of obstacles right now. Does anyone know what the wait times were for an interview at the Guangzhou embassy were (before Covid) and what the situation might be now?

 

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14 minutes ago, RamonGomez said:

Roughly 12-18 months pre-covid from I-130 submission to interview date if you filed in the US.  My stepdaughter arrived in the US Jan 2020 about 16 months after we filed her I-130.

 

I believe you can still do DCF in China, however, which would be much faster.

Going to show my ignorance of the process but what is DCF?

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DCF (Direct Consular Filing) is no longer available. It was previously only available to those (petitioners) who lived in China.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-a-uscis-office/international-offices/china-uscis-guangzhou-field-office

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玉林，桂 resident
Feb 23, 2005 ........ Mailed I-129F to TSC . . . . . . . . .March 8th ............. P1 from CSC
April 11 ................. P2 from CSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 25 ................ NVC sends packet to GUZ
June 22 ................ P3 received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov 22 ................. PASSED Interview
Dec 2 ................... Made it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec 16 .................. Married
May 23, 2006 ..... TDL, EAD, AP received. . . . . . . . . June 16, 2006 ........ AOS interview - wait for FBI bkgrnd check
Apr 19, 2007 .... EAD # 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct 7, 2008 ......... 10-year green card
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - K2 (son) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 2 ..................... AOS/EAD filed . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec 17 ................... 21st birthday
Jan 4, 2007 .......... transferred to CSC . . . . . . . . . . . Feb 6, 2007 ............ transferred to MSC
Feb 23 .................... EAD card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Apr 16 .................... AOS denied (over 21)
Jul 26 .................... Master Calendar hearing . . . . . . Nov 15 ...................... Removal hearing
Jan 29, 2008 ........ Voluntary departure

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Interview appointment dates are on the consular website, along with other stats.  As of now, I think the earliest appointments for these type of visas are next summer.  Our November appointment was cancelled with 2 weeks notice and reschedule to mid March, but that was a month ago.

 
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