Hi all,
My question concern the "letter of intent to marry(Beneficiary)" requirement for K-1. My finaces is in Vietnam and she don't know english, so do I have her write the letter in Vietnamese and sign it or do I use the english letter that is provided in the 'guide' on this site which is in english and just fill in her name and have her sign it?

I am thinking that she need to write it in vietnamese and sign it, and i will take it back to the USA and have my sister translate it to english. I will then send in both letters, the one in vietnamese and the translated one when submitting the K-1 application. I also will send in my "letter of intent to marry (Petitioner)" using the sample "guide" on this site.

Thanks,
Tri.

Hi Tri,

My fiance knows English so we wrote the letter together. I drated it, she gave me input, and then I revised it until we both got what she wanted. Then she signed it.

I suggest that you have her write it in Vietnamese, then you can translate it for her there (provided that you can), then have her copy it as part of her letter then have her sign it. You can also email it to your sister and have her translate it while you were there then send it back to you for her to copy it. If you don't do it that way, you would have to have some one else who is certified for translation to translate it then certify the translation. You would have to pay for that translation. It gets more involved.

Perhaps other members here can also give you some other ideas.

Tony

My fiance does not know English but I typed his up in English and we went over it together and I translated everything verbally then he signed it and then he had his Dad and Sister sign it as witnesses. We got approved. Good luck!

anh_tri70,

Perhaps your fiancee's draft in Vietnamese could be translated into English in Vietnam at one of the places that also does certified translation for the birth certificate and police certificates. I'm not 100% sure on what kinds of documents they will translate, but it is worth looking into. (1) It would be certified and (2) I don't think the cost would be substantial in Vietnam.

Link: Where Are Vietnamese Fiancee's Getting Papers Translated?

Best of luck to you both!

STL_HCMC

Regarding the Statement of Intent to marry and translation, here is what I did:

1. I prepared the Statement of Intent to marry for Loan in English, then she printed it out, signed and had the statement NOTARIZED at the US Consulate. Be sure to remember that both of your and her statements must be public notarized. In the US, of course, you can have the letter notarized at your bank for free but for her, she must pay $50 at the Consulate to have it notarized. You can write the statement as simple as this one:

To the United States Government:

I, --- , a citizen of the United States of America, do hereby state that I am legally able and willing to marry ---, a citizen of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam, within 90 days of her arrival in the United States.

I acknowledge that I am able to enter into such a marriage under the laws of the United States of America, and that I do so of my own free will because of love for ---

Respectfully,

2. Concerning translation, I did the transaltion myself, then placed the following statement at the end of every document and had my brother signed the statement. This is perfectly okay since you can have anyone other than yourself translate any documents. I never had any problems with the Consulate regarding this aspect.

I, --- , hereby certify under penalty of perjury that I am fluent in both Vietnamese and English languages. The foregoing translation is true and correct to the best of my ability. Signed

Hope this piece of information helps

anh_tri70,

The letter of intent to marry statements for our I-129F petition approved through the Nebraska Service Center didn't contain any notarization. We followed the example letter of intent provided in the guides here on VisaJourney in drafting both of ours.

Taken from the I-129F:
"Provide original statements from you and your fiancé(e) whom you plan to marry within 90 days of his or her admission, and copies of any evidence you wishto submit to establish your mutual intent"

Perhaps my fiancee and I missed the necessity of notarization and slipped through the cracks.

How about the rest of you? Were your letters of intent notarized?

STL_HCMC

Letter of Intent does not require notary!!!
You write up one in English, replace your name with her name (2 copies). You sign yours, she signs hers. Or you can sign them both if she gives you her "Power of Attorney" document already which I did have to sign/stand-in for her in all immigrantion related matter, regarding her K-1 Visa.

Got approved in 45 days.

It's that simple!!!

So, what the heck did the Consulate do with my $50? I want it back plus interest

$50USD in Saigon, that won't buy you much these days...

1. Dinner with some friends and Tiger Beer.
2. Massage session
3. 20 bootleg DVD's
4. Faked designer bags (2-3 bags)
5. Bonus to the Vietnamese staff who digged deep in your file and found all the deniable reasons
6. Maybe... pay for new AC system in the waiting room out in the "Hall of HELL" where they have the interview booths

The list can go on of the possibilty what would they do with your money.

For refund, please contact:

1800 Pennsylvania Ave,
Washington DC
Attn: BUSH Jr.

Interest? What interest?

Chuckandkim, that's so funny. They even gave Loan the receipt stated that Loan had paid 50 USD fee for notarized service! They probably laughed behind backs at our stupidity. One correction though, it is 1600, not 1800 Pennsylvania

Kevin&Loan,

Can you give me any hints on exactly where to go inside the US Consulate to obtain notarization?

Since I'm living/working in HCMC, I need to have my I-134 notarized here at the US Consulate, but I'm not to sure on where to go to have it done. I've read of 2 different sections of the consulate?

In addition, does the supporting evidence (i.e. taxes, bank letter, etc.) have to be present in front of the notary?

Thanks!

STL_HCMC

First, I used a service to help me fill out our papers. In our original package he included the I-134. They inputed all my info, and I printed it out. I took it to the notary, and they notarized it without any evidence. They are just notarizing the signature, not the information.

Second, We also included the Intent to marry in our original package, and we only had one paper that was signed by me. Here is exactly how my letter was written by the service I used:

Fiancee Petition of (petitioner full name)

In Behalf of (Beneficiary full name)

Being duly sworn, I (Petitioners full name) declare:
I am the petitioner named above and I am a citizen of the United States.

I met my fiancee when visiting Vietnam.

It is my intention to marry my fiancee within 90 days of her arrival in the United States.

As proof that my fiancee and I have met each other in person, I am attaching photographs of us taken together.

(Petitioners Signature) Date
(Petitioners Full Name)

Then get it notarized

I am assuming that this covers both of us, as I am signing for both of us????

It's called A.C.S.
American Citizen Services
It's got Air Condition!
& "Free" water and small paper cups
They used to have pens to fill out paperwork (on the back wall) but you can guess what happen to those?
Take a # and sit down!
SMILE, be nice and personable. (Of course, don't forget your passport and don't be intimadated be those security guards in front (entrance) of the Consulate near the metal detector, they're actually friendly, they get paid to be serious)

True story, I went to get a paper notorized the same morning as my wife's interview and they forgot to charge me ( for some reasonn, I just don't feel guilty?), payment is at a seperate window, I walked out of ACS section and then made my way to the (non) air condition area. Again, the VISA area is so special becuase you'll never ever see so many Vietnamese people just sitting there in stone silence, then you'll hear someone burst out crying at window 15, 5 minutes later you'll hear someone say "Thankya Thankya Thankya" in window 5.
Interesting area no doubt!

STL_HCMC --- Loan went to the Consulate to get the letter notarized. I have never been inside the Consulate but Patricks had already answer your question.

Patricks --- I beleive your story and Loan told me the very same deal on her interview date.

mike1972e --- it would get 2 seperate letters if I were you

Mike,

Need both, read my note... one for each of your. Both must be signed by the petitioner and benny! UNLESS, she gives you her "power of attorney" then you're good go sign all her documents which immigration related... for K-1 process.

This is getting to be a little confusing. From everything that I know, we are suppose to each write a letter for the I-129, which we did back in February. Then I am supposed to write one more letter that is to be turned in with the paperwork for the interview (I wrote it and it is in the packet of paers).

What else has to be done?

I sent in A letter for myself But I did not get one from Van. But when I go back to HCMC Next month I made up one for her and a new one for myself. Just a updated Date on Mine.

Matt,

From what I know, I think your A-OK!

STL_HCMC



patricks,
Thanks for the info. I guess I'll give the ACS a ring on the telephone and see if there is any type of appointment needed for notarization. Perhaps those scary looking security guards can point me in the right direction!

Kevin&Loan,
Thanks for your reply!

STL_HCMC