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Offline Rhonald

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« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2012, 10:55:57 am »
Which is what I was planning to ask about next:  what is the timeline like following the interview?  If things go well, theoretically, could she come home with me?

Neil I see you got married last year in February and I am not too sure when you submitted your documents. An April interview time means that it looks like you are ahead of the average timeline for Hong Kong. That is good news for you. Much depends on when your wife did her medical, as it is critical to see if you have another 2 months to wait for her visa. The medical is good for 1 year and if she passes the interview with a few months before her medical expires, then I can see springtime for her visa. However, if her medical expires, then she will have to wait for a letter from the consulate asking for a new medical.

It took us a bout 2 months before she received her passport back with her visa in it. And from others who needed their spouses to redo the medical, asking for the letter when at the consulate for the interview, or asking if possible to just do the redo ahead of time, has always been answered with a retort - "just wait for the letter"!

If your wife still has time left before her medical lapses, then I am not too sure of the timing or if you can pick up the visa. From what I gather, the policy now is that they mail the passport. I think that only Hong Kong residents have the expedited service of being allowed to pick up the passport with visa issued at the consulate, while mainland China waits for the post.
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« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2012, 11:12:56 am »
Since she needs her passport to go to Hong Kong, I would assume she needs it to return home.  That would mean she either has to send it to them from China or have a visa installed while she waits.  Fingers crossed for the latter.

Thanks Rhonald.


Oh, and yes, if we had waited the 19 months, we would have to wait until next January (2013).  I don't know the exact date her medical expires, but I think we'll be in good shape for that. 
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« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2012, 12:34:58 am »
Can anyone recommend an affordable hotel in Hong Kong?  I noticed the Four Seasons Hotel is close to the consulate, but the price is more per day than I pay for a month's rent here.  Yikes.
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« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2012, 04:15:00 am »
Neil, I always book hotels through www.chinahotels.org, look on their web site, John.

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« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2012, 09:41:23 am »
Thanks John.  That's a great site. 
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