How can we expedite our passport approval at Guangzhou Consulate?

Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after your interview with a consular officer. You will be advised of this possibility during your interview. Most administrative processing is resolved within 30-60 days of your visa interview. When additional administrative processing is required, the length of processing time will vary based on the circumstances of each case. Before inquiring about your visa status, you or your representative must wait at least 60-120 days from the date of your interview or the submission of supplemental documents, whichever is later.

By passport I assume you mean visa? You can contact a senator or representative, but that is probably a waste of time. There is not really much you can do. Go down there and try to speak to a supervisor.

You can contact a U.S. Senator&#39s office, which will be able to make inquiries on your behalf.

Not much you can do in this situation. There is no way to expedite your document.

Unfortunately the answer is probably no. The U.S. Department of State is in control of the visa process at the consulate and I have never found any way other than having a Congressman send an inquiry, that would speed up the process.

You may wish to have a U.S. congressional office (U.S. senator or representative) assist you and make a formal inquiry to the U.S. consulate. Sometimes this helps when there is an unexplained delay or lack of information from the embassy/consulate.

Because the Guangzhou consulate is the only office in all of China - with over a billion people - that can process immigrant visa applications, it is one of the slowest consulate offices for processing times. I would urge you to be patient as there is only so much an attorney can do to request expediting of the process.

If your case is in administrative processing there is no way to know how long this will take.

Maybe it is worthwhile to have your attorney look into whether the kind of "hardship" you mentioned meets the standard for expedited processing. Or maybe the regional center could write to the consulate for an update.

This can be normal and there is not really anything you can do except to follow up with the consulate. You would be best served by letting your lawyer follow as they think appropriate.

Unfortunately, each embassy operates on their own time table. There is no true expedition process. It appears your attorney is doing the right thing by keeping the pressure on.

Yes, there are ways to expedite the visa processing, but that is best done through an experienced immigration attorney. There will probably never be an explanation provided to you as to the delay, but retaining experienced attorneys is essential for this process.

There is no formal way to expedite the matter, except to make a written request by letter. The standard for expediting is very high and very rarely granted. You must have a financial, medical, or other humanitarian emergency of an extreme degree. Your best bet is just to wait a little longer.