Question about administrative processing and follow up

[DW2025 0]

Hello everyone, 

 

I am a dependent of my parents for an EB-2 visa. We are Chinese citizens but I currently live and work in Canada and am a Canadian Permanent resident.

 

Last year, we went to the Guangzhou, China consulate for the visa interview and received a slip for administrative processing. We were told to submit additional documents, as we did not receive our visa and were refused under 221(g).  After we submitted our additional documents, we recently heard back from the consulate. They have told us to submit our passports, along with new health checkups and police reports, to the CITIC Bank in China.

 

1. I wonder if this means we were successful in our application and will receive our immigration visa? Or will we be required to go for a visa interview again?

 

2. I am curious if at this point, it would be worth it to transfer my case to the Montreal consulate? This way, I could do my health check-up and get all my documents here in Canada rather than having to travel back to China to do everything. Or would this make the whole situation more complicated? 

 

3. Does the address on the DS 260 need to be current? Is this the address where the green card would be mailed if i were to be successful in my visa application? Asking because the address I had indicated is no longer valid. 

 

Thank you everyone!
 

[TBoneTX 46,958]

1.  Asking for your passports and fresh records is a very good sign.  Approval might be imminent.

2.  This might delay things considerably.

3.  Update it, and be sure that the new residents at your old address are aware of the mail, just in case.

[Edward and Jaycel 1,444]

9 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

2.  This might delay things considerably.

 

I couldn't agree more on this point... This would complicate things to a large degree

[DW2025 0]

Thank you both for your help. 
Do you know how long it generally takes to receive the visa after submitting the documents (health records, passport, police records, etc)? 

 

I am wondering because I would need to know how long to take off work to go back to China. 

 

Thanks again!

[TBoneTX 46,958]

12 minutes ago, DW2025 said:

Do you know how long it generally takes to receive the visa after submitting the documents (health records, passport, police records, etc)? 

This completely depends on consular workload, internal processes, and even if their visa-printer is working.

Atop every VJ page is a dropdown tab for "Office Reviews & Info."

You can read reviews by, and find recent posts by, members who've gone through recently.

This should give you an idea.

 

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