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What were some interview questions that you were asked?  Thanks for anything you can provide! 

How long after your interview notice was sent did you have your interview?

About how long after you received the interview schedule notice, was the interview? 

Had N-400 bio metrics on December 23, 2019.   It seems like interviews are about 4 months after bio metrics date.  Am I off?

Make sure you tell your attorney that they need to pay attention to what they are doing.  They submitted early, and I am sure they asked you for some money to do that simple submission!

Thank you for the input.  

I was thinking F4.  Do you know of better alternatives?

Thank you for the input.  I see it is a very long wait.  Can the wait time be done while they are in the USA?

Hello,

My wife is a soon to be naturalized citizen (fingers - crossed).  Once naturalized, we would like to bring her brother and his wife here. 

Any experiences that an be shared before we embark on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

You can certainly prepare the I-134 and get the tax records from the co-sponsor. I met the income requirements, but had a co-sponsor as a back up. When my wife went to the interview in GZ last year, there was a woman at the window who took all of the documents she prepared. After reviewing them she told my wife that they don't need the co-sponsors financial forms, and to proceed into the Embassy. Apparently she was a local who had been hired to intake the documents and was peeved by the amount of paperwork she had to sift through.

So, yes you can get it but they may not look that carefully. By the time of the interview they pretty much know everything you have submitted to them. It is a quick 5 minute interview with 2+ hours of waiting.

In my opinion that is enough time, assuming she passes the interview. Make sure you prepare some celebration amenities for when she passes the interview! Good luck!

If the interview goes well, and the consular official takes the passport, you should get it in about 5-7 business days. You need to select a place for the passport and documents to be shipped too. I would suggest the Citic bank across the street from the embassy (next to the 7/11).

So if the interview is on a Monday, and you like taking educated chances, you could consider booking your flight for the following Wednesday.

You should go to the main police station in the district where your wife's hukou is registered. If she is registered in ChongQing, then she need to go to the police station there. It may take a bit of jumping around, but you will find it. It then needs to be notarized and translated.

OP, any update yet?

You can always send a photocopy of your passport, Soc. Security card. For your wife, she needs much more.

The action will start when they transfer your case to Guangzhou, and assign her a GUZ########### number. It won't be long after then when your fiancee will receive her Packet 3 from the embassy. She should start getting her documents together now (background check, birth certificate, etc. all notarized and translated).

I would just send a couple pictures, and any receipts that would support you have met int he last two years (matching plane, train, bus tickets, etc). I do not think someone will take the time to play a video of you two, but if you can take some stills from the video and print them that would be great.

In regards to the amount of time it takes, it could a while to hear back. We filed in September 2014, had zero RFE's, and were able to schedule the interview by early May 2015. The interview was in June and we entered July 1st. I did not wait for the embassy to send us Packet 4 (an e-mail that says you can schedule your interview now), I just went ahead and did it after we received Packet 3 in the mail. This saved weeks of time.

Make sure your fiancee has her background check and birth certificate ready. Get extra copies. I believe the background check can be no older than six months old. They need to be translated and notarized.

Once you apply for the K-1, she shouldn't get any other US visa in the interim. Just wait. You may want to plan on going to GUZ with her to help her along with the medical, be there for her, etc.

I would just right a letter. You can also send GUZ an e-mail directly via their consulates website.

OP stated they have not filed nor does she intent to help him with it.

True...

My wife had her interview last June 2015. At the time they said one to two weeks. Then there was the hacking scandal and all the US embassies across the world halted issuing immigrant visa's until they resolved the tech issue. It ended up taking 4 weeks. I racked up a bunch of points at the hotel, got foot massages, sweat about 5 lbs of of toxins out in the Guangzhou heat, walked an enormous amount, and swam in the hotel pool. Now we are in the USA, I am working and thinking about life their compared to here. Don't rush out, I sometimes wish we were still their.

No need to pay anyone. If paying someone gives you peace of mind then go ahead, but you just need what is listed on the Packet. All of these forms can be found on the US Guangzhou embassies website: http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/forms_and_packets.htm

It is really very simple. Have everything and go in.

You can always write a letter to withdraw your I-864 to UCIS.

Please let us know the result. We filed last September, had the Bio-metrics in late September, received a Potential Interview Waiver form in November, and haven't heard a thing since. Status still states "fingerprint fee was received" dated Sept 2015.

Yes. I used to have a work permit before, but I entered on a Z visa and my employer took care of everything.

Thanks for the input.