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Hey everyone, just posting an update. We were documentarily qualified in mid-June, and today (Aug 6th) we got the email for our interview in early September in Guangzhou. So it does appear NVC/Guangzhou Consulate are still open and working. 

On 7/17/2020 at 9:16 AM, lilybells said:

Hey all! Just wanted to let you all know that I added the official Guangzhou Consulate WeChat (which I got from the official consulate website) and spoke to someone on staff this morning. Immigrant visa services have partially reopened (I was specifically asking about CR-1/IR-1, and the person confirmed that interviews for these are beginning again - not sure about other visa types :/). Hopefully this is good news for anyone else wondering!!

I also sent them an email and they confirmed they have partially resumed visa services as of July 6th.  They said the following:

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As of July 6, 2020, U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou resumed limited immigrant visa services.  This includes case processing of spouses and children of U.S. citizens, employment-based health care professionals, children who will imminently become 21 years old, and qualified emergencies.  U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou continues to prioritize adoption visa processing.

That's good news! 

Hi all! First time posting here but have followed along for a while. My wife and I received notice from the NVC in early June that we are "documentarily qualified". So as I understand it, we now wait for the interview date. My only concern is what impact the coronavirus has had on scheduling in China, and at Guangzhou in particular. I've read a few things online that people's interviews were cancelled earlier this year and still have not been rescheduled.

Has anyone done their interview recently? Has anyone who needed to be rescheduled successfully done so? With a lot of the restrictions in China having been lifted I would assume embassy operations should be a bit smoother, but I'm anxious to know how long we might have to wait.

I'm also here on a visitor's visa and am applying for my second extension in hopes I can be here for the interview. I usually do visa runs to Hong Kong but with the border closure, I can't do that. If I don't get an extension I'll have to go back to the US with no idea if or when I can come back due to COVID restrictions, which is something we never planned for. 

Hope to hear about your experiences.