US Immigration from China

I am bringing my step-daughter over on an IR-2. We completed all documents and had an interview scheduled. Two weeks before the interview we realized her passport had expired. She submitted for a new passport, but it didn't arrive in time for the interview so she didn't go. In hind sight she should have gone with her expired passport and dealt with the follow up because it has been a nightmare since we missed the appointment. I've called every number I can find, I've tried multiple times a week on USTraveldocs for an appointment, I've talked to people that tell me all I can do is keep trying for an appointment. If anyone has a suggest on getting an appointment for a new interview after missing our original interview date please let me know. I'm honestly not even sure what to do anymore.

Thanks!

Jon

I hope my timeline can provide some perspective, in case you are anxiously waiting. Everything will eventually work out. Remember SELF-CARE. Best of luck to all of you!

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I was just wondering if there was a naturalization ceremony in Sacramento, CA in April 2024? If so, what was the exact date? I am just curious. That's all.

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Hello forum experts,

I have a rather technical question and seek for some confirmation for my thoughts below. I've contacted the U.S. consulate in Guangzhou as well as Berlin, but not sure if they really gonna respond to my question.

I am a German citizen living in Guangdong/China based on a family-reunion residence permit. I have 2 children, ages 8 and 10 born in China and holding the Chinese passport, as well as the German passport (due to my German citizenship as their father).

We plan to travel to the US by the end of July for about 4-5 weeks to meet old friends of mine and also to show my children part of the country.

A couple of days ago I submitted for my children (on behalf of their Chinese citizenship and passport) the DS-160 application with the Guangzhou U.S. consulate, received the CEAC confirmation and will pay and book an appointment in the upcoming days. However, I didn't realize the long waiting time for the interview appointment in Guangzhou, which is 113 days - most likely to happen in September. By that time we would have already returned back to China.
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Our travel plan would include Germany as the first stop, from there, we would travel to the US and finally return back to China. Once we returned back to China in late August, I would continue to apply for their B1/B2 visa for their Chinese passports at the given interview appointment as initially intended.

So my actual, rather technical question is, if it is possible for my children for our planned summer trip to the US to use their German passports with a prior clearance using ESTA to apply for a US entry while I've already triggered the process to apply for a B1/B2 visa for their Chinese passports? I do not want to bring up some kind of confusion after all.

So, is the above way working and legit without further issues or a negative impact on their future B1/B2 visa approval?

Any hints and thoughts are greatly appreciated! Thanks for spending your time on my issue