Hello Everyone,

My fiancee is working for her government in Vietnam. She works at the Banknote Printing Factory for her government. It was already approved by the USCIS, so I am not sure if they are ok with this or if it mught present us with a problem. I hope this is not a problem in getting her Visa. Does anyone know an answer to this?

If it is a problem, can she quit her job now, and how would we give this information to the consulate? Should she send something before her interview, or at the interview, or is it too late?

As a government employee, did she have to joing THE party?

I just talked to Huong to make sure, because I remember talking about this before, and she has never joined THE party. So does she need to get some kind of prrf stating this?

I believe this information is contained in her family's household register, which she must submit to the Consulate in one of the packets.

Oh by the way Mike, if she has a good job, you know they are going to ask the question

"you have a good job, why do you want to leave?" This may have been brought up in another topic before, but think about how you answer.
I don't know what right answer is to that- "because I love that man of mine"? "Because I think I can get a better job in the U.S." is probably not a good answer.

She can give the straight forward answer that is love her fiance and she wants to spend the rest of her life with him.

If I remember correctly, the initial consulate paperwork specifically states: "Do not quit your job, and do not make travel arrangements" because you've only been approved for an interview and an actual visa hasn't been granted, "please do not make future plans to move to America. " Therefore, my wife didn't quit her job at that time.

Good Luck Mike, I think if you dot your i's and cross your t's, you'll be fine!

I think they make that statement because the timeframe for the visa is unknown and they do not want the Ladies out on a limb if things go wrong.

I think it makes a hell of a lot of sense to quit the job and prepare for the move. My fiancé had a extremely good job and was making extremely good money for Vn, but the reality is it makes more sense to her to relax enjoy the last few - or many- months with her family etc. She speaks good English but wants to take classes to increase her skill level and also some other classes that interest her.

Put it this way one of her interests is possibly massage therapy or acupuncture and my last trip we found a medical school in HCMC that gave 30 day classes in Massage therapy for $50USA so where can you bet that. She is also planning on taking cooking classes and Word and Excel classes at the recommendation of her sister so I can not fathom the price being any different.

If they quit their job you are supporting them and I think this looks good as far as a real relationship

Even if they have an outstanding job where they make 350-450USD/month is their time really well spent working and if they make the typical 50-100USD then it is really a no brainier.

The Ladies have a very good level of self esteem so the biggest challenge I had was convincing her it would not impose on me finically and also that it was best for Us as a couple and for her to spend the time taking Classes etc. Once she spent a few months thinking about this and accepting it she really was happy and now my trip next week will be my first trip where we will have 100% of the time toghere with no worries of work!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds good, one can learn a skill before arriving to America.

After my wife was granted a visa, she gave her 2 week notice and requested a letter of recommendation and departed her work in good standing after 4 years on the job. (Mind you, her boss thought she was telling a lie initially until my wife showed her the actual visa, then her boss became very very nice to her?????) Then my wife spent 6 weeks preparing to come to America: She took a auto driving class in VN, some quick cooking classes, general shopping and saying goodbye to everyone.

patricks

Hey thanks for that last post I never thought about the letter of reference I will ask her to get one from her old company maybe it will come in handy some day even at the interview

thanks again

Should my fiance have her interview this Summer and gets the visa no problems, she will not quit her job right away. She will likely wait two months before leaving so that she can get her life in order, say her goodbyes, that sort of thing. No rush. Once the visa is in her passport she can relax.

That must sound kinf of nuts to everybody, but to us it works. Everyone is different.

We are the same way Matt. I'm contracted here through December 2006, so we aren't in any rush to jump on the next plane once the visa is approved. Although, the relaxing feeling of having a successful approval will be a welcome feeling!

STL_HCMC