My fiancée just called HCM consulate and met a nice Vietnamese lady who told her our interview date is 7/23/2008. We are so happy!

In the mean time, I want to share my experience in obtaining packet 3 at HCMC. I hope it will help people who do not want to wait long for Packet 3.

Notice in my time line that we have Package 3 sent even before we received it. This was possible because we obtained our Package 3 through an immigrant service in Ho Chi Minh City. These services possess all the forms contained in Packet 3 and they also help your fiancé(e) fill out the forms. They are not lawyers and we can selectively pick a specific service, so the cost is cheap (it costs my fiancée only 250,000 VND ~ $15). The guy who helped my fiancée told her that she could submit Package 3 as soon as she has HCM case number assigned.

Good luck to everyone on your visa journey.

congratulations to your interview date :-)

Congratulations and best of luck!

congrats. i am still waiting on my interview date, but i think it should be pretty soon. contacted the consulate today so i hope i can receive a reply pretty quickly.


rodney

Congratulations and best of luck to you both!

Good luck on the interview.

Regarding the paperwork services/agencies in HCMC, my wife went by one today. I guess it's across from the consulate or thereabout, up in some tall building. Anyway, the told her they offered different packets and documents but will only take US dollars. She told me something like $350.00 for one kind of packet; she wasn't too clear on which. Anyway, at least we know there are places for emergency documents if there's some kind of snafu.

Good Luck!