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| Guangzhou, China |  Review on September 25, 2020: |
lilybells
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Context: I'm a Chilean citizen living in Shanghai, China as a foreign national. I traveled to Guangzhou for my CR-1 interview.
Review/Experience: My appointment was at 9:15 AM and I arrived at the consulate at about 8:45 AM. They let groups in in waves, so there were about 15 others waiting to be let inside the consulate for immigrant visa interviews. At around 9 am we were let in. There were cubbies to hold your belongings and phone so you CAN take a bag/phone with you. At 9:10ish am I got a number and was told to wait for my document check. I waited about 35 minutes to be called for my document check. At this step, a consular representative (Chinese but English speaking) asked me to open my medical test in front of her. After she checked that she asked me for the following: police certificates (original with translation), birth certificate (original with translation), and marriage certificate (original, which I did not have). She then asked me the following questions:
1. Who is your petitioner and what is their name?
2. Who are your joint sponsors and what are their names?
3. What is your primary sponsor's job?
4. What are your joint sponsors' jobs?
She kept all my documents and my passport and said I said I should wait for the next step (consular interview). I waited another 30-35 minutes to be called up for my actual interview. I was asked the following questions:
1. What is your relationship to your petitioner?
2. How did you and your husband meet?
3. Do you have photographs with your husband you can show me?
4. I see you have joint sponsors, who are they?
5. Do you have copies of your I-864 and your I-864a?
She also asked me a couple personal questions ("out of curiosity") about my background since I have an unusual name and upbringing. But after that, she let me know I am good to go as soon as I send in my original or certified marriage certificate with my passport and gave me a 221-g form.
I was out by 10:45 am, so two hours total from start to finish.
I do want to note that my interview seemed a lot shorter than others that were being conducted in Chinese, which I assume is because it was slightly easier for the consular interviewer (American) to understand and follow what I was saying. I noticed there were translators on deck for interviews conducted in Chinese, so there was some communication triangulation there that made those interviews take longer.
Hope this helps!
(updated on September 25, 2020)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #28607