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Just wanted to post a quick update in case anyone comes across this and is having similar problems or questions re: the 221(g). 
 
we were able to obtain the birth certificate and submit it about a month after receiving the 221(g) form (denied via 221(g) mid-November - birth certificate, passport and tax returns submitted mid-December). Just this week (February 6) we saw that her visa has been printed and issued! We’re waiting for her passport to be returned to us from Guangzhou and are now making arrangements to move to the US in early April. 
 
thanks to everyone in this thread for the advice and support. It’s been a real mission but it finally feels like it’s paid off. 

Just wanted to post a quick update in case anyone comes across this and is having similar problems or questions re: the 221(g). 
 
we were able to obtain the birth certificate and submit it about a month after receiving the 221(g) form (denied via 221(g) mid-November - birth certificate, passport and tax returns submitted mid-December). Just this week (February 6) we saw that her visa has been printed and issued! We’re waiting for her passport to be returned to us from Guangzhou and are now making arrangements to move to the US in early April. 
 
thanks to everyone in this thread for the advice and support. It’s been a real mission but it finally feels like it’s paid off. 

Just wanted to post a quick update in case anyone comes across this and is having similar problems or questions re: the 221(g). 
 
we were able to obtain the birth certificate and submit it about a month after receiving the 221(g) form (denied via 221(g) mid-November - birth certificate, passport and tax returns submitted mid-December). Just this week (February 6) we saw that her visa has been printed and issued! We’re waiting for her passport to be returned to us from Guangzhou and are now making arrangements to move to the US in early April. 
 
thanks to everyone in this thread for the advice and support. It’s been a real mission but it finally feels like it’s paid off. 

Just wanted to post a quick update in case anyone comes across this and is having similar problems or questions re: the 221(g). 
 
we were able to obtain the birth certificate and submit it about a month after receiving the 221(g) form (denied via 221(g) mid-November - birth certificate, passport and tax returns submitted mid-December). Just this week (February 6) we saw that her visa has been printed and issued! We’re waiting for her passport to be returned to us from Guangzhou and are now making arrangements to move to the US in early April. 
 
thanks to everyone in this thread for the advice and support. It’s been a real mission but it finally feels like it’s paid off. 

Just wanted to post a quick update in case anyone comes across this and is having similar problems or questions re: the 221(g). 
 
we were able to obtain the birth certificate and submit it about a month after receiving the 221(g) form (denied via 221(g) mid-November - birth certificate, passport and tax returns submitted mid-December). Just this week (February 6) we saw that her visa has been printed and issued! We’re waiting for her passport to be returned to us from Guangzhou and are now making arrangements to move to the US in early April. 
 
thanks to everyone in this thread for the advice and support. It’s been a real mission but it finally feels like it’s paid off. 

In the past, we'd tried contacting multiple government offices (including the Notarial Office) to try to get the 出生公证书 generated - no one was willing to help, they would just refer us to another office to which we'd call and then get referred somewhere else. This went on for almost a year and we'd made no progress. Our attorney at the time said we might have some luck submitting a Letter of Explanation to see if the USCIS would accept it, and to our surprise they did. We were "documentarily qualified" and were able to get an interview date. 
 
This was a couple years ago and the area my wife is from has developed quite a bit since then. In the past (according to in-laws & family there) you might've had to use guanxi / connections, along with extra "compensation", to simply get people to do their jobs. Lots has changed since. Right after her interview refusal, my wife was able to contact the Notarial Office through their official app/mini program - they said it's no problem for them to generate a 出生公证书 for us. We've since sent off her ID card and hukou information to them and are now waiting. 
 
Thank you all again for the advice and help. 

In the past, we'd tried contacting multiple government offices (including the Notarial Office) to try to get the 出生公证书 generated - no one was willing to help, they would just refer us to another office to which we'd call and then get referred somewhere else. This went on for almost a year and we'd made no progress. Our attorney at the time said we might have some luck submitting a Letter of Explanation to see if the USCIS would accept it, and to our surprise they did. We were "documentarily qualified" and were able to get an interview date. 
 
This was a couple years ago and the area my wife is from has developed quite a bit since then. In the past (according to in-laws & family there) you might've had to use guanxi / connections, along with extra "compensation", to simply get people to do their jobs. Lots has changed since. Right after her interview refusal, my wife was able to contact the Notarial Office through their official app/mini program - they said it's no problem for them to generate a 出生公证书 for us. We've since sent off her ID card and hukou information to them and are now waiting. 
 
Thank you all again for the advice and help. 

In the past, we'd tried contacting multiple government offices (including the Notarial Office) to try to get the 出生公证书 generated - no one was willing to help, they would just refer us to another office to which we'd call and then get referred somewhere else. This went on for almost a year and we'd made no progress. Our attorney at the time said we might have some luck submitting a Letter of Explanation to see if the USCIS would accept it, and to our surprise they did. We were "documentarily qualified" and were able to get an interview date. 
 
This was a couple years ago and the area my wife is from has developed quite a bit since then. In the past (according to in-laws & family there) you might've had to use guanxi / connections, along with extra "compensation", to simply get people to do their jobs. Lots has changed since. Right after her interview refusal, my wife was able to contact the Notarial Office through their official app/mini program - they said it's no problem for them to generate a 出生公证书 for us. We've since sent off her ID card and hukou information to them and are now waiting. 
 
Thank you all again for the advice and help. 

In the past, we'd tried contacting multiple government offices (including the Notarial Office) to try to get the 出生公证书 generated - no one was willing to help, they would just refer us to another office to which we'd call and then get referred somewhere else. This went on for almost a year and we'd made no progress. Our attorney at the time said we might have some luck submitting a Letter of Explanation to see if the USCIS would accept it, and to our surprise they did. We were "documentarily qualified" and were able to get an interview date. 
 
This was a couple years ago and the area my wife is from has developed quite a bit since then. In the past (according to in-laws & family there) you might've had to use guanxi / connections, along with extra "compensation", to simply get people to do their jobs. Lots has changed since. Right after her interview refusal, my wife was able to contact the Notarial Office through their official app/mini program - they said it's no problem for them to generate a 出生公证书 for us. We've since sent off her ID card and hukou information to them and are now waiting. 
 
Thank you all again for the advice and help. 

In the past, we'd tried contacting multiple government offices (including the Notarial Office) to try to get the 出生公证书 generated - no one was willing to help, they would just refer us to another office to which we'd call and then get referred somewhere else. This went on for almost a year and we'd made no progress. Our attorney at the time said we might have some luck submitting a Letter of Explanation to see if the USCIS would accept it, and to our surprise they did. We were "documentarily qualified" and were able to get an interview date. 
 
This was a couple years ago and the area my wife is from has developed quite a bit since then. In the past (according to in-laws & family there) you might've had to use guanxi / connections, along with extra "compensation", to simply get people to do their jobs. Lots has changed since. Right after her interview refusal, my wife was able to contact the Notarial Office through their official app/mini program - they said it's no problem for them to generate a 出生公证书 for us. We've since sent off her ID card and hukou information to them and are now waiting. 
 
Thank you all again for the advice and help.