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chuckandkim Proficient

chuckandkim   0

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they are too "long winded" and don't get to the point.

That's how Vietnamese talks!!!! Confusing sometimes: (5 mins interview)

CO: Don't you know your US fiancé have two wives?

VN: Yes, I don't know he has two wives. He told me his wives are dead long time ago when He married me. But he still lives with his mother-in-law to save money and receiving welfare assistance. OOPS, cross the last part!

CO: You have your Vietnamese birth certificate translated to English, don't you?

VN: No, I have my English and Vietnamese birth certificate but they are not in the envelop which I carry with me in my purse and the taxi was waiting outside my house to bring me to this interview. Do you want my pictures and phone bills?

CO: (handing blue/green slip) Go home and bring me your English birth certificate and we'll see what we can do.

VN: No, me want pink slip now. You want to see my fiancé? He's in the next room. (crying)

CO: Good day.

Lesson: Yes is YES, No is NO in English. Unlike Vietnamese, Yes = VANG/DA following a NEGATIVE.

Good luck with the correction. Vietnamese women are taught and trained to be proper with their words and responses to authority figures (Father/Mother/Older siblings/Husband/Uncles/Aunts) by saying: VANG/DA before they respond to a question/request. Thinking: Yes - VANG/DA is not uncommon to them. Just need to tell your honey: YES is YES, and NO is NO in English! I hope we may avoid a lot of confusion and unnecessary delay in the future.

"You always get what you've always gotten if you always do what you always did."

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ding Community Regular

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Thailand
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they are too "long winded" and don't get to the point.

That's how Vietnamese talks!!!! Confusing sometimes: (5 mins interview)

CO: Don't you know your US fiancé have two wives?

VN: Yes, I don't know he has two wives. He told me his wives are dead long time ago when He married me. But he still lives with his mother-in-law to save money and receiving welfare assistance. OOPS, cross the last part!

CO: You have your Vietnamese birth certificate translated to English, don't you?

VN: No, I have my English and Vietnamese birth certificate but they are not in the envelop which I carry with me in my purse and the taxi was waiting outside my house to bring me to this interview. Do you want my pictures and phone bills?

CO: (handing blue/green slip) Go home and bring me your English birth certificate and we'll see what we can do.

VN: No, me want pink slip now. You want to see my fiancé? He's in the next room. (crying)

CO: Good day.

Lesson: Yes is YES, No is NO in English. Unlike Vietnamese, Yes = VANG/DA following a NEGATIVE.

Good luck with the correction. Vietnamese women are taught and trained to be proper with their words and responses to authority figures (Father/Mother/Older siblings/Husband/Uncles/Aunts) by saying: VANG/DA before they respond to a question/request. Thinking: Yes - VANG/DA is not uncommon to them. Just need to tell your honey: YES is YES, and NO is NO in English! I hope we may avoid a lot of confusion and unnecessary delay in the future.

LOL, that must be a SE Asian thing. My buddy and I see that sometimes and have a laugh. Hard for polite Thais to be direct too. I bet CO is a hard job in many ways. Presiding over heartache day-in & day-out... :wacko:

2-2-07 Sent I-129F to NSC

2-6-07 NSC received USPS mail, NSC then to CSC

2-15-07 NOA1 -file received

2-16-07 check cashed

2-23-07 touched

5-4-07 NOA2 approval -email

5-13-07 sent cancellation request letter

6-7-07 we're going to retry with a K-3

8-6-07 married in Thailand (dual language, dual representation prenuptial)

8-7-07 sent K3 from Bangkok

9-10-07 I-130 NOA1, (received at CSC 8-9-07)

10-9-07 sent I-129F to CSC

11-1-07 touched I-130

requested consular processing I-130 (http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/PN_i-129f.pdf)

9-13-07 I-129F for Spouse arrived CSC via USPS return rcpt. requested

4-1-08 NOA2 for K3 (I-134 supposed to be processed but processed I-129F instead)

7-11-08 interview Bangkok, passed.

7-16-08 POE arrival, 2 hours in Seattle Customs.

AOS I-486 sent 4-4-09

AOS NOA1 4-13-09 for all; I-485, I-131, I765

RFE 4-27-09 Thai official document in lieu of original Birth Certificate not sufficient???

Infopass appointment 5-26-09 at USCIS. Officer thought our doc was valid and doesn't know why the RFE.

7-28-09 EAD and AP sent

Social Security card 8-4-09

interview 9-10-09

10 year green card expires 9-17-19, Permanent Resident Card.

Resident since 9-10-09.

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Very correct, eloquently said, and applicable to all of SE Asia. Thanks for reminding us!

Timeline:

02/20/2005 - Met first time in Bangkok, Thailand

01/19/2006 - "Unofficial" Wedding Ceremony in Surin, Thailand

03/19/2007 - Filed K-1 Visa petition at Vermont Service Center

08/30/2007 - Received K-1 Visa from US Embassy Bangkok

10/05/2007 - Arrived POE at Washington DC

10/09/2007 - "Official" Wedding Ceremony in Rockville, Maryland

10/23/2007 - Apply for SSN

10/25/2007 - Sent AOS/EAD/AP petitions to Chicago Lockbox

10/29/2007 - Received SSN

11/02/2007 - Received NOA for AOS/EAD/AP

11/27/2007 - AOS/EAD Biometrics - USCIS Glenmont, Maryland

12/19/2007 - AOS transfered to CSC

12/27/2007 - EAD/AP approved

01/03/2008 - Received AP Documents

01/05/2008 - Received EAD Card

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chuckandkim Proficient

chuckandkim   0

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Lurker won't do anything. He'll be very busy with his new found love!!! More than anything, I think he's learned his lesson after going through HCMC HAHAHAHAHA... or not... I know I did...

"You always get what you've always gotten if you always do what you always did."

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