US Immigration from China

We are in the process of getting an IR-5 for my mother-in-law. When I sponsored my spouse (2017) there was a process to request that NVC use the electronic submission system (case number converted to a GZO rather than the initial GUZ default case number) rather than being handled as a paper based submission. At the time this resulted in a much faster processing time (documentarily qualified within about 1 week, rather than several months with the paper system).

I realize things have changed quite a bit since then but I don't seem to be able to find a clear answer. Does anyone know if there is still a similar process for China, or all all cases at NVC now handled electronically and they all end up in the same queue? Our new (IR-5) case just got to NVC so I'm trying to figure this out before we start submitting documents.

@Crazy Cat, Do you recall this? Do you know if it (or something similar) still exists? Or did this go away when NVC went electronic for most/all cases?

What would be the best way for me to delay the visa interview from being scheduled? We want to get it transferred to a different country (different from her home country of China), but we don't have permission from any country's embassy yet.

Our I-130 was approved and we were asked to submit a bunch of stuff to the the NVC as the next step. Should we just not submit the documents until we have a residence permit in another country so we can get it transferred there? Or is there a better way to delay it after we submit everything to the NVC? We are probably 2-3 months away from a residence permit in Albania if all goes well.

There is no way for me to enter China with the current covid19 rules so we are trying to avoid being apart for the 3 or 4 quarantines she will have to do there. We tried asking a few embassies if we could interview as a non-resident and they all said various forms of no.

Hello everyone,

You guys are amazing and now we are in need of your advice once more. We are in the midst of of our removing the condition of my partner s green card. Basically, we have submitted our completed our removing condition application and now we are just waiting.

The problem is that my partner s passport for her home country has expired and she needs to renew her passport for her native country. How can we renew her passport for her native country? (Her native country is China)

Thanks in advance!

My husband is a US citizen. Last Nov, he filed I-130 for CR1&CR2 visas for me and my daughter (his step-daughter) . Three days after the submissions, my father in law in the US got a receipt from USCIS and it states our cases were assigned to National Benefits Center. It has been 3 months. We haven't heard of anything new. I also checked "Case Status Online" in the USCIS web, nothing has been changed since then. I would like to know where my case is currently at because I heard the service center often get changed. I tried to ask Emma online, but she never tells me. Any idea how to check the location of your case? Appreciate your help!

Hey guys!

I filled ROC package in December, 2021 and got assigned to LIN! and they misspelled my last name on the I-797, notice of action, I recevied! The biometric form had the same mistake. I had my fingers taken though. I tried to ask the guy at the local office who took my fingers to change the error. He said it is systematic and I have to go through USCIS to change. I am 1000 % percent the mistake is by their side since I have kept a copy of my apllication. I filed a typo error report. It has been two months! Nothing has made change about my name on my I-797! so frustrated! I am worried my 10 year green card will come with wrong last name..... Any one in my situation? Please leave a comment if so! Thanks!