CASE: Consular Processing (Immigrant Visa)
CLIENT: US Citizen Petitioner Daughter; Chinese Beneficiary Mother in China
LOCATION: Petitioner: Cleveland, OH; Beneficiary: China
IV APPROVED: October 30, 2017
Our client retained us to bring her mother over from China. She was born and raised in China, but was naturalized in the United States. She retained our office in December 2014, and our office prepared and filed the I-130 petition for her mother on December 5, 2014. This I-130 Petition was approved by the USCIS on April 7, 2015. Once the I-130 petition was approved, we then started the immigrant visa processing phase of trying to get her mother over to the United States.
On May 11, 2016, we filed the immigrant visa packets to the National Visa Center who in turn forwarded our client’s materials to the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China. An interview notice was set for our client’s mother at the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China, and we prepared her for her interview. She did her interview in July 2016, but her case was remained pending until October 2017. On October 30, 2017, she did appear at her second immigrant visa interview. Eventually, on October 30, 2017, the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou, China approved and issued her immigrant visa.
With the approved immigrant visa, our client’s mother can come to the United States immediately, and she will get her green card within two months of entry.