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    Consulate of Guangzhou asks for original marriage certificate
    10:02 am today

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    Hi all,

    My wife took the interview last week at Consulate of Guangzhou, using I-824 follow to join. The VO was about to say case is approved, but she noticed the the marriage certificated my wife brought seems to be a copy and she eventually gave my wife a 221g, to submit the original marriage certificate.

    My wife and I get married in Washington State, U.S. I checked with King County Recorder's office and it seems like we can only get certified copies of marriage certificates. My wife brought the certified copy at the interview time, but the VO insist that she needed the original, specifically the one with the original signatures.

    But we cannot obtain that. The one with original signature is kept at State.

    We're kind of stuck here and wondering if there is anyway for us to proceed. Right now the only way to communicate with the consulate is through a web form inquiry and we can only input 280 characters and that's not enough to explain the situation.

    We tried to submit an explanation letter through CITIC Bank and haven't heard back.



     
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    Consulate of Guangzhou asks for original marriage certificate
    10:00 am today

    waresident

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    Hi all,

    My wife took the interview last week at Consulate of Guangzhou, using I-824 follow to join. The VO was about to say case is approved, but she noticed the the marriage certificated my wife brought seems to be a copy and she eventually gave my wife a 221g, to submit the original marriage certificate.

    My wife and I get married in Washington State, U.S. I checked with King County Recorder's office and it seems like we can only get certified copies of marriage certificates. My wife brought the certified copy at the interview time, but the VO insist that she needed the original, specifically the one with the original signatures.

    But we cannot obtain that. The one with original signature is kept at State.

    We're kind of stuck here and wondering if there is anyway for us to proceed. Right now the only way to communicate with the consulate is through a web form inquiry and we can only input 280 characters and that's not enough to explain the situation.

    We tried to submit an explanation letter through CITIC Bank and haven't heard back.



     
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    Interview coming up and missing one document
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    I have an N400 citizenship interview coming up in a week under section 319B. I do not have my husband's naturalization original document because it was lost. I have every single other document and a million others proving his affiliation in the military and everything else under the sun you can imagine about our marriage, our kids, our taxes...etc.

    I am still freaking out that they would want this one doc above all else. I have already applied for an N565 replacement of doc but that will take a few weeks, or months to come in.

    Can anyone suggest what to do?



     
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    wife relocated to join me in Germany,
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    I applied for direct consular filing in Frankfurt Germany, because I work in Germany, but this was not approved. So next I applied for an I-130. At the time of application her address was in her home country. On the I-130 I selected the Frankfurt Embassy and opted for consular processing. While we have been waiting for I-130 approval, she has relocated to Germany and obtained a SOFA card and lives with me in Germany now. We'd like to do her interviews in Frankfurt, Germany since we both live there now. What would be the best moves for us as next steps? Should I update someone on her address change to Germany? Should I do this by directly emailing the Frankfurt Consulate and asking them to transfer the case to themselves or something like that?



     
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    Hey guys! I had an important question! I want to know that I am under AP for more than 7 months now, can I visit USA under my existing B1/B2



     
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