Cyn&Alex

I'm afraid geena has a good point.
Anything is possible when it comes to embassies. As a general rule, if you have certain doubts about how they do something, establish good communication with them (by email if possible so you can have written confirmations) and simply ask them. They are the only ones that can tell you with certainty: yes, no, maybe or no way Jose.
Some (most) embassies give more importance to those emails where they can read, right away, that they have a pending case; so, on the email subject, be sure to put that you need help with a K1 and add your new case number from the NVC something like: K1 Help - BNS#54654654654654654

Hi Mogambi,
Thanks for your insights.
My fiancee is willing to go for the long train ride to get her birth certificate at this time, but she prefers I come to China to go along with her.
I understand where she is coming from, a young lady traveling thousands of miles by herself, staying overnight in a strange city by herself and so on is not without risks. I have heard of kidnappings in some remote areas of China.
Regarding why my fiancee doesn't seem willing to invest any time on her end, first of all, she has just gone through a very difficult, very painful time regarding her family situation. She probably needed time to heal emotionally.
Second of all, for any woman to leave the only home she has ever known, the only Country she has ever lived in or visited, and to leave the only family she has ever had, to come to a strange new Country to be with a man she has only met once in person, is a huge step to take.
I have met both her parents and the rest of her family. They love her dearly. I am sure they are worried about her and have been trying to make sure she is not moving to a new Country to marry a psycopath.
Everyone around her probably has been putting doubts, concerns and fears into her mind.
This is not a Chinese doll I bought at a store that I am waiting to get through customs. This is a sensitive, delicate human being with a family and many people who love her.
Big decisions such as moving to another Country to marry someone you have only known for two years is not an easy thing for some Chinese women.
How does she know I won't get tired of her in two or three years and tell her I want a new Chinese wife?
How does she know I am the type of person I claim to be?
How does she know I am not just a really good actor?
It is not all about what the petitioner has to spend and go through, there is the woman also. She matters and her concerns, self-doubts, worries and fears need to be taken into consideration also.
Thanks again,
notmuch88tosay

Watch your timeline after you plug in your info. Only way to get an idea. It fluctuates at all of the processing centers. Early this year VSC was booming and CSC was slow. Seems like they take turns. Just estimate about 6 months for right now and watch the trends.

Ha, it figures. I should have waited another couple weeks. I could have bought a tank of gas.

A short update: The calls have tapered off to just once or twice a week now. What I did was had my family get more involved with some things. My Dad took her out to teach her how to drive, while I was at work. My mom took her to some museums and site seeing a couple weekends, while my son had wrestling tournament's. My sister took her out clothes shopping a few evening while I took the kids to practice's. We also just started her a LLC here, so that she can bill the company she and her brother own back in Greece, for consulting work. We're starting renovations on the house the first week of April to convert the study into an office for her, adding a bigger walk in closet in our bedroom, re-decorating the guest bedroom so that it's more convenient for when her family comes to visit and changing all of the carpets in the house and new tile in the bathroom's and kitchen. This way she can put her own personal stamp on the house. So now, when she talks to her family, she tells of all the things she's been doing and the changes she is making to the house here. So with all this stuff going on that she wants to share with them, it dominates the direction of the phone calls, rather than the theme of missing. I think that these few things have helped to ease their worries/ concerns about her "new life" in America.