mail in VN

[Rodney n. 0]

anyone else having problems with mail inside viet nam?it took my fiancee over 3 weeks to receive her packet 3. now i am wondering if it will take just as long to get back to HCMC and delay getting packet # 4. she lives in Long Xuyen, in An Giang. its about 5 hours away from HCMC, but still shouldnt take that long i wouldnt think.

rodney

[PeterFB 0]

Rodney

It took 13 days for Thi to get her Packet 3....... She lives in HCMC about 4 miles from the Consulate......... If she can afford the time and cost of hand delivering her Packet 3 to HCMC Consulate, I would do it.......Since Thi lived in HCMC it wasn't a problem for her to but even if she didn't, she would have. To us it was that important because it would delay the process to mail it. The Consulate doesn't do anything until they get the Packet 3 in their hands.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

Wedding 2008-4-26

Edited May 17, 2008 by PeterFB

[Melrose Plant 1]

If time is important to you, have her make the all-day run. Mail in VN is very dodgy. Mai had it DHL'ed from Hanoi at great expense.

[Dau_Que 0]

My wife and I used to joke about the VN postal system like this to comfort each other about the "waiting time" for the mails to reach her............"Honey, I think the turtle that carries our mail(s) forgot to wear his bike helmet and as result being stopped by "cong an" (cops). You think we should pay the traffic ticket or worse, bail the turtle outta jail so we can receive our mail(s)?"

Edited May 17, 2008 by PhongLovesHa

[Rodney n. 0]

i think your right.lol it usually takes Van about a month or longer to recieve my mail or anything i send. gonna send the rest of my documents for her interview on monday and i hope it goes better. any thoughts on which carrier is best?, usps, ups,Dhl, or fed ex. i will do express shipping and they said i could get it there in about a week for $50 through the post office.

rodney

[Tyrobe 1]

Even though our case is already completed at NVC, my wife still hasn't received the Choice of Agent packet that they're supposed to send to her in VN. If we wait for the correspondences to arrive at my wife's address instead of emailing NVC directly, our case would go nowhere.

In any case, I'm hoping the interviewing letter will get to her this time around.

Edited May 17, 2008 by Tyrobe