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AGES AGO ----interview----wait4ever-----Visa---June 2007---
07/10/06 ----interview----menyoo-------Visa---01/08/08---
02/06/07 ----interview----GREEN/TRAN---Visa---06/06/07---
02/09/07 ----interview----Etrnaly--------------delayed
02/28/07 ----interview----martindart ----Visa---05/11/07---
03/09/07 ----interview----Sinh & Lien----Visa---05/16/07---
03/28/07 ----interview----Thuy ----------------delayed
04/13/07 ----interview----dethuong--------delayed
07/12/07 ----interview----poppscc-------Visa--08/31/07----
07/19/07 ----interview----Kelvin Ly------Visa--07/20/07----
07/20/07 ----interview----Thai-----------Visa---07/27/07---
07/20/07 ----interview----What's next---Visa---08/08/07---
07/23/07 ----interview----Sweet Love---Visa---07/24/07---
07/30/07 ----interview----V. Dom--------Visa---08/03/07---
08/16/07 ----interview----Kevin & Tuyen-------delayed
08/24/07 ----interview----AustinJohn----Visa---09/05/07---
08/29/07 ----interview----LoveForever--Visa---09/14/07---
08/30/07 ----interview----Cha Gio-------Visa---09/05/07---
09/17/07 ----interview----HQMP---------Visa---10/18/07---
11/06/07 ----interview----Marc+Lam----Visa---11/09/07---
11/26/07 ----interview----Lovemyhuegirl--Visa--01/08/08--
12/05/07 ----interview----SteveLA ------passed-12/19/07--
12/10/07 ----interview----NeverSeen----passed-------------
12/10/07 ----interview----Thanh---------passed-------------
12/14/07 ----interview----hanho---------passed-------------
12/18/07 ----interview----TungLinh ------delayed
01/09/08 ----interview----MR2nice------------passed
01/11/08 ----interview----Eric and An Thuy----passed
01/28/08 ----interview----Guy&Hoa ------delayed




12/13/07 ----- Pack 3 -----tungchau
12/28/07 ----- Pack 3 -----PeterFB
12/28/07 ----- Pack 3 -----Lucas
01/02/08 ----- Pack 3 -----2007K1
01/10/08 ----- Pack 3 -----Vietnam07
01/25/08 ----- Pack 3 -----Minh and Mai

11/30/07 -----Case @ HCMC----Dave_Thao--- RD 2
02/04/08 -----Case @ HCMC----Haonie

00/00/00 ----NVC Received

11/28/07 ------NOA2------ robertwdalton
01/25/08 ------NOA2------ Melrose Plant
02/06/08 ------NOA2------ kosuke85

07/10/07 ------NOA1------ AmericanGentleman
09/05/07 ------NOA1------ AaronandThuy RD 2
10/19/07 ------NOA1------ VKOL
11/11/07 ------NOA1------ moondoggy
12/18/07 ------NOA1------ IchThuy
10/02/07 ------NOA1------ Tyrobe
01/25/08 ------NOA1------ b_weeks

WOW, I am glad we are back online. What else is new everybody?

I heard back from Congressman Rob Bishop's office who was looking into our case. For anyone who doesn't remember, Nha had her interview in May and after submitting additional information requested we received a notice telling us "we need not submit further information" and that "our case requires additional processing within" their office....Here is what the congressman had to say after inquiring with them two times now:



Does anyone know how long to expect this "Administrative Review" to take? It's already been in Administrative Review for 6 months now!

Somone told me that for K1 Visa the petitioner alone must meet minimum income requirements and CANNOT have a co-sponsor. Is this true?

3AD

False!

You, petitioner can have a co-sponsor if your income doesn't meet the poverty guideline.

Well, hi your all
I just being update from a friend that one of their relative who recently had the interview with the consular in hochiminh, and yes seems like they starting to discard all the co-sponsor (not officially but did happen)

Are you kidding me???? If this is true, these guys in HCMC are asking for a lawsuit at their door... Please give us more detail about this issue, is it an "undocumented" practice in HCMC to discard all cases with Co-sponsor??? We need to hear more from people who going through HCMC... That's crazy!

Someone asked how we know our case is in Administrative Review..

Answer: They never told us that. They never answer any of my questions, they just give a semi-relevent form letter response to anything I ask them. After I got my congressman involved they told him that and the Congressman also told me he speculated it is becuse they have doubts about our relationship as a possibly fraudulent relationship solly for the sake f getting her to the U.S.... Honestly, it's absurd. Nobody in their right mind would spend as much time faking a relationship for that reason as we have spent together online and in person. With all the time and effort I have spet and she has spent on our relationship I could be running a fortune 500 company by now! Note to anyone contemplating a sham maririage for money: there are a hell of a lot easier ways to make money than that and you piss me off because you put people like us who are sincere through all this crap and make us miserable. Scammers are probably the only people I would like to choke the life out of more than the consulate at this point! Gawd!

Go West, Northwest, city name: Seattle.

Last year or the year before, a huge ring of marriage fraud was bursted by the FBI and USCIS. Look for guys with last name: NGUYEN, TRAN, LE, PHAM, HUYNH, LY etc. Over 101 couples who married for the sake of getting around $40-$50K to bring a man/woman to America. I hope you find them and choke them to death man...

It's a joke and disgrace what some people would do to get here. I know you mad, but how do they know your marriage is real when 99% of them are fakes, therefore the whole Admin Rev is taking place to filter out the bad seeds.

Can you be more specific, is there a huge age difference between you and her? Were you and her coming from the same town? Same last name? Can you say your case is straight forward, no complications? Neer married, no children, same job, stable incomes, no criminal records etc... No to all? If you say yes to any of these, it is expected to be delayed. But either way, if there is any hope in this, I've never seen any case was denied flat out. All VJ members who was on this board, telling horrible stories about HCMC, their treatments etc.... in the end, all got through and came to the US.

So... hang in then man... i know it sux and easy for me to say, but we've all been through HCMC... WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL....

Ok, here is more information about our case. By the way I also heard about a bunch of people busted in Los Angeles recently (big surprise, based on how many Vietnamse are there,) I think the numbers were just over a hundred people. I also went so far as to report a doctor here in HCMC who was extorting money from visa applicants and yes, if I EVER know of visa fraud I will PROUDLY report it (that is if I don't kill them myself first.)

Let me first say that it would not be worth 40 or 50k to me to fake two years of non-stop REAL relationship.. We have a boatload of evidence that supports our genuinity. When I mailed the I-129F I included everything they were going to ask for, about 2" of emails, several pictures, ticket stubs from 4 trips to see her for about a month each time.. letter from my mother, taxes, divorce decrees for international use, her police report, single status... ETC! It was about 4" thick and costed me about $20 just to send it to them. I was hoping they would instantly see we were not joking around and push us through.. boy was I ever wrong.

Now for the stuff you asked. We have a 12 year age difference. I look younger...but so does she. I am from Utah and white guy, no affiliations with any Vietnamese people whatsoever, her name is not any of those names you mentioned. I have some minor criminal stuff in my past, including using a counterfeit ski pass I bought for twenty bucks.. that might be what caused it because when I confessed in court they did fingerprint me. I've been married two times. The second time was to a Mexican girl who I did file an I-130 for but a month later broke it off with her after I caught her trying to siphon money from my credit card! This could have been the big red flag but at any rate she never got her visa and never even got close to it. Neither of us has children. I own my own business and have been (proudly I might add) fired from maybe 20 jobs in maybe 5 states over the past ten years (they wanted me to actually show up - go figure!) I have moved around a LOT, maybe 15 or 20 times over the past 15 years. Last year when I filed my taxes the governement tried to tell me that I didn't exist. Probably because I had ordered a replacement social security card. My income is moderately stable but it is not up to par either. Luckily I have a great co-sponsor and evidence showing that my family will never let either of us be what you'd call poor. Even though I don't make a lot, I don't spend a lot either and I keep myself alive without help.

Now some of those are indeed negatives or red flags but on the other side.. How many people do you know who visited 5 times now and finally moved to be with her because we couldn't bear to be apart anymore. I wasn't getting anything done at home anyway because I spent all my time missing her, chatting, and writing to her so finally I decided I would be just as well of to move here. When she went to the interview she took a suitcase full of stuff. She messed up when they asked about my Feb 2004 visit and answered as if they had asked about my 2005 visit then didn't correct herself (mistake.) Then she also saw on my divorce decree I had divorced in "AK" and she thought it was for "Arizona," the state I was born in... Two doozies but still she had hundreds of pictures and mountains of emails too. She has a credit card in her name that is on my account, but they don't know that. I have written to them and told them just to come over to our house and see us together personally but of course they haven't done that either.

Well, I appreciate what you wrote. Sometimes it's good just to come on here and vent a little and share in the frustration. I get pretty bored here in old Saigon and nothing much to do so if anyone has any jobs for me that they need done here let me know. Private investigations of your sweeties? Manufacturing connections? Let me know everyone, I really need something to keep myself occupied while we wait and this wait is taking a lot longer than I had hoped.

You could try writing a K- Visa do it yourself guide book.
Keep plugging away... it will happen sooner or later...
Good luck!

After reading your stories on the old forum, I wonder if your case was placed on AR because you gave "too much" evidence. Crazy as it sounds, the consulate might consider too much evidence as signs that you had "outside" help in preparing the petition. Plus your fiancee's mistakes at the interview did not help after you had shown so much evidence of your relationship. Their theory might be that if this petitioner gave this much evidence, why doesn't the beneficiary know more about the petitioner.
When applying for a visa, you don't get extra credit for going overboard with evidence. All you have to do is cross your t's and dot you i's. Doing much more than asked for might be signs that you are trying too hard.

I'm sorry for all your troubles, but think of it this way, if they had any concrete evidence of fraud, they would have sent the petition back to the US. Most likely you will make it through the AR.

Good luck to you.

Question about Vietnamese format names ...

My fiance's name in Vietnamese format is family name first, given name last as in: LE THI TU QUYEN. However, on forms like G-325A and I-129F and other areas I use "American" style formatting as QUYEN TU THI LE (reversed the VN format). So for first name, that's easy (QUYEN) and last name (LE) but middle name is confusing ... do I list as "TU THI"? I'm very afraid of delays if the format of the name is wrong.

Thanks.

3AD

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After reading your stories on the old forum, I wonder if your case was placed on AR because you gave "too much" evidence. Crazy as it sounds, the consulate might consider too much evidence as signs that you had "outside" help in preparing the petition.
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So submitting too much evidence is problematic? Now I'm worried. I submitted about 8 photos, about 8 letters from each of us, screen captures of chat sessions, telephone bills, copies of emails. I'd say I had 50 pages of stuff all together.

Now I'm worried.

Does anyone have any further insight about "too much" evidence?

Thanks,

3AD

It's all speculation on everybody's part as to how much evidence is enough. Each case is different. If you submitted 50 pages at the I-129F level, then that's going overboard. At the interview, that should be ok. But again, I'm just speculating.








You did it correctly. Always write the middle names American style. The consulate is used vietnamese with four names so it might not be a big problem if you get it wrong. Make sure the name on the forms match the names on the passport and birth certificate.
If they ask you to write last name first, it would be "LE, QUYEN TU THI"

I am having the same issue as you are 3AD. My fiancee got deny twice already. I don't know what to do as of this time. I might ask for help from the state's senators. Hope they can give a voice about our problem.
Best of luck 3AD

Duc Uyen,

The next step is to get married in Vietnam and file for a K-3 Spousal Visa.

I think it is true 3AD. I have my dad as a joint sponsor and that ain't work out either
For sure that I will go back to Vietnam and get marry then file K-3. That will take another year and a half for us to be with each other 4ever. It kinda such but you have no other choice.
Take care,
Duc

I asked you this question in the K-1 forum but you didn't answer.
What does the green 221(g) denial letter say? What exactly does it ask for?

I went through HCMC with a co-sponsor and passed.
If you need a co-sponsor now, you will need one with a K-3. You should find out the exat reason for denial and try to correct it. Even if you file K-3, there is no guarantee you will pass. Being married is not a guarantee for any visa.

Scy,

True, there is NO guarantee by getting married will lead to Visa issuance, but it is the next option. I must say, you're right about not to get over the simplest thing... asking Duc_Uyen what were noted on their 221(g) is a good question.

Usually they do not just flat-out deny one's case. Is it a DENY/REJECT/RETURN or DELAY, requesting for more evidence/information? Please be clear on this... Another tool you can use is contacting your Congressman to intervention.

Please, come back with detail reason why they "deny" your case (i hope it's just a DELAY)

Thank you

Hello everyone.

I somehow stumbled onto this site. Seems like a great place for us Visa seekers.

I'm still a real newbie about the whole imigration process, but I have learned a lot since I discovered this site.

It's nice to have company during these "trying times".

Welcome to VisaJourney! I've found this an EXCELLENT resource both for the K-1 process and specific detailed information about the handling in Vietnam.

STL_HCMC

Welcome newbies....it sucks that a little while back the powers that be here decided to erase all the threads for some reason. (maybe a good reason..maybe bad..I don't know.) ...there was ALOT of good stuff that used to on here including SEVERAL posts from an immigration attourney who specialized in VN cases and an actual consulate officer who had been posted at HCMC untill recently...That doesn't even include all the valuable input from all off the members who went through HCMC already. ...Anyhow...I still come back here from time to time to see what is going on and would be more than happy to help out if need be. Good to see chuck and kim still here...probably few other vets around as well to help out. Good luck to everyone.

How come "pxtran" got his interview date and never informed us what happened with the interview?
Haven't seen a post from him for over a month. Did he change his name to "kvtran" and start over?
This is like chicagoman all over again.

I'm not too happy with yellow either. I can't believe his case has been sitting in HCMC since December without pack 3 being issued. Maybe he got cold feet. He hasn't been to VisaJourney since January. If Matt or any of you other NOA2s get to HCMC before I hear from him again, he will be banished from the list.

Hello everyone. Sorry, It's been a while since I posted in the forum because I just got back from VN. I graduated in January and immediately booked tickets to go see my fiancee in Hue since I couldn't bare being apart no longer. The two months that I spent with her was the most fun i've ever had in my life. To update on our status, we never did receive our pack 3. Lien met me in Saigon for my arrival and we both went to the embassy to pick pack3 up. I think that was on Jan. 20th. We took pack3 back to Hue and sent it out on Feb. 10th. Lien called in to check our status again about 2 weeeks ago, and they told her to call back in April to know her medical exam date and interview date. I just got back about a week or so, and she's been crying everyday. I told her not to be so sad so we could have the energy to wait for each other. Anyways, it's nice to be back in the forum.

Oh Good. We missed you! I know how hard that leaving can be. That's rough.

Sorry, I'm no way related to pxtran. I think you've got the wrong person.

I've been pretty quiet on VJ lately.... Just to let you all know. Lan (my fiance) has her interiew in HCMC on March 29. I've already sent her all the documents/materials needed for the interview. I know HCMC is a difficult consulate to deal with but we are pretty damn well prepared! Wish us luck and I will post a followup after the interview.

Awesome, Landy. We all here are pulling for you. Good luck !

Good luck to you both Landy! For the sake of the rest of us waiting in HCMC, please do fill us in on the details after her interview. I wish you both success on the first try.

STL_HCMC

Hi All!!

Checked email at 5 and gave up hope on the CSC this week....decided to check an hour later with high hopes and....YES!!!! NOA2!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a GREAT Friday! And now after a phone call to my vo chua cuoi, I am so excited to go NOW!! Hahahaha

Ahh finally! Was wondering if they were ever going to get to you.

I added Emoticons to the list for you. Still trying to decide if I like that. hmm.

I'm just happy (and relieved) it came under the expected 90-120 days! Now gonna put my amazing mental powers towards getting an early interview date (I'm looking at you HCMC Consulate)!

btw, I like the emoticons on the list, I think you picked the right ones for each of the steps!

Just to clarify this. Threads where not deleted by the admin for any reason. The old site became totally unstable and the only option was to move to a new site. The majority of the threads can still be found at the old site by clicking HERE You just cant post there anymore. Anything that you think is worth bringing across you can either copy and paste the posts into here with a credit to the original poster or post a link to it.

Well folks.... tomorrow (March 29) is our K1 interview at the consulate in HCMC.

Lan and I are all set to go. Wish us luck. We're very well prepared (thanks to VJ) and I can't imagine doing this without the help of this group of people.

I'll post an update as soon as Lan calls me after the interview. I will also have her post her experiences with the consulate first-hand for the benefit of you all.

I wish you both the very best of luck!!!!!
I hope that your dreams will come true!!!!!!

Now this guy is anxious. He's even put himself on Vietnam Time already to get one day closer to the interview! Seriously, good luck.

What an exciting time for you both! Good luck to you both coming out pink! Looking forward to both of your post-interview comments.

STL_HCMC

Thanks for the good wishes everybody!!!! (and i thought the joke about putting me into vietnam time to get a head start was a pretty damn funny joke!)

) ) )

One more thing to think about right now is how envious we all are of you- yes- even me having already passed this part. At what other point will you ever get to be this excited? All of the waiting and preparation is finally over. Not that I ever want to go back to those months of chatting on yahoo, but I really kind of miss that moment of waiting to hear the results of the interview.

In my case the answer was not good right away, but I still remember the excitement of the phone call. I was online with my friends and her friends in Vietnam. It feels like you're on stage and they are about to draw lottery numbers. I hate to say it, but there will never be a time you feel this excited again- except maybe when your children are born. So, I'm really kind of envious.

I completely echo you dalegg. I think the blind friendships that we develop on VisaJourney are a great benefit to all of us. While we may never meet in person, we've shared hard times through the process, helped each other with specific Vietnam related tips, rallied behind those with blue slips and delays and most exciting, we've shared together in the very excitement you reference in your post.

It is odd how we all just stumble upon this site. I can't even remember myself how I found it, but I'm more than happy I did. First you find the K-1 board, and then you are slowly steered to the Vietnam VisaJourney Members page; a wealth of information and page of new friends. I know for my situation - and probably many others just starting out - one could never imagine this process could be done alone without the guidance of another with experience or an immigration lawyer. However, VisaJourney puts those thoughts behind us all and gives us the confidence, knowledge and support to tackle the petition with our own bare hands.

I know the interview process is becoming closer for those like landy, yellow123, bruce_han, kvtran, myself, matt stevens and menyoo. Blue slip or pink slip for any of us, it doesn't matter. We've got a board of support to turn to no matter what color the interviewee is handed.

STL_HCMC

As Ben Franklin had said, We must all hang together or most assuredly, we will all hang seperetly!

Dalegg,

Wow... I did not think about this!!!! Thanks for your insight (from someone who has been down this road before)... I have to say that the VJ community is great. I have never met anybody in person on this board but I know you are all amazing.... In fact... If anybody will be in Saigon on April 21 I want to invite you all to a party we are planning! Please contact me for details ok??

Thanks for all the support from all of you!!!

Landy,

I see nothinig but a pink slip for you tommorrow.

I bet It will be hard to sleep Now, Im so excited myself. Thanks for letting us know how it comes out after her interview.

Landy,

I'm sitting here in the office in HCMC and thought of you and your fiancee. I imagine she is downtown right now immersed in the process.

Just wanted to drop a quick note! Best of luck.

STL_HCMC

Thanks for the kind thoughts!!!
I am sitting at home right now. Lan called me just before she entered the consulate.... apppointment is for 10 am. I will be waiting for her call!!!!

[quote name='Landy' date='Mar 28 2006, 09:52 PM' post='99391']
Thanks for the kind thoughts!!!
I am sitting at home right now. Lan called me just before she entered the consulate.... apppointment is for 10 am. I will be waiting for her call!!!!


Landy,

I know you must be nervous and excited at the same time. I only wish the best for you and your fiancee. I hope she calls you and you can tell from her voice that she passed. Good Luck!!!!!!