IOM vietnam ho chi minh city

[p.dang 49]

I’m trying to help my fiancée do the online appointment. IOM in ho chi minh city only allow online scheduling. They won’t do over the phone or walk in to schedule the appointment. 

 

USCIS or Alien NO. 
For this do you use the WACXXXXX from the USCIS from the beginning of the I-129F? do we use the DS-160 number? the HCMXXXXX number from the consulate?

 

Im not sure what to use there.

[p.dang 49]

We use the HCMXXX but the website still error out. The website says to call IOM but they don't do anything over the phone. Always say e-mail them but they haven't responded.

Edited December 3, 2019 by p.dang

[JasonGG 280]

I looked at everything we have from the process for my wife and two step-children and when case numbers are mentioned - from the NVC through interview stages - it is the HCM numbers.  The letter from the consulate that Cho Ray asked to see only lists their HCM numbers.  They didn't ask for the WAC numbers.

 

Is Cho Ray an option?  They were very helpful when my wife and step-daughter needed appointments.  Scheduling was over the phone.  Appointments were available within days of her call.  The only drawback is if vaccines are required, your fiance will need to visit quarantine services whereas I think IOM can perform them on site.

 

Cho Ray Hospital (CRH), Visa Medical Unit

201B Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Ward 12, District 5, HCMC; Tel: (84-28) 38565703;
Website: http://www.choray.vn/

 

Good Luck - Jason

Edited December 3, 2019 by JasonGG

[p.dang 49]

17 minutes ago, JasonGG said:

I looked at everything we have from the process for my wife and two step-children and when case numbers are mentioned - from the NVC through interview stages - it is the HCM numbers.  The letter from the consulate that Cho Ray asked to see only lists their HCM numbers.  They didn't ask for the WAC numbers.

 

Is Cho Ray an option?  They were very helpful when my wife and step-daughter needed appointments.  Scheduling was over the phone.  Appointments were available within days of her call.  The only drawback is if vaccines are required, your fiance will need to visit quarantine services whereas I think IOM can perform them on site.

 

Cho Ray Hospital (CRH), Visa Medical Unit

201B Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Ward 12, District 5, HCMC; Tel: (84-28) 38565703;
Website: http://www.choray.vn/

 

Good Luck - Jason

Thank you. 

 

We'll look into Cho Ray too.

[SmallTownPA 72]

If you have an NOA2 and the case is actually assigned to the Consulate, the first 3 letters of the case number should be HCM (for HoChiMinh) then a date code.

 

For example HCM2019722711  would be your case number was assigned on 2019/07/22 with 711 as an internal counter to the consulate.

 

IIRC this has been pretty consistent over multiple consulates.

 

USCIS is out of the picture once the NVC/Consulate is involved.

 

I have found that emails/phone calls to consulates are more miss than hit.  

 

 

Edited December 4, 2019 by SmallTownPA

[p.dang 49]

IOM will respond to your e-mail in 22-24 hours. If you leave a number in the e-mail with the screenshot error message. They will call you back on your local phone number. The problem is that they can't get you a close date for an appointment over the phone. They will give you the furthest appointment out they have which was 20 days out from today. Stated that if you want to have an earlier appointment to use the Online Scheduling system. 

 

The problem with the Online Scheduling system is that it error out with no real error. Just says "Something went wrong, please call IOM office". (Which they will tell you to e-mail them if you call.) 

 

So we will be looking at Cho Ray. 

 

 

Also tried every browser (Internet Explorer 11, Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox) same error for us.

Edited December 4, 2019 by p.dang

[tuweepobeo 9]

On 12/3/2019 at 12:00 AM, p.dang said:

I’m trying to help my fiancée do the online appointment. IOM in ho chi minh city only allow online scheduling. They won’t do over the phone or walk in to schedule the appointment. 

 

USCIS or Alien NO. 
For this do you use the WACXXXXX from the USCIS from the beginning of the I-129F? do we use the DS-160 number? the HCMXXXXX number from the consulate?

 

Im not sure what to use there.

Hi p. dang,

 

I haven't got this far to booking an appointment with IOM yet, but based on the language of the I-129F form, the "USCIS or Alien No." refers to the registration number on the green card (which in this case is the number that will be assigned on your fiancee's green card), not the WAC or HCM number of your case. You can find your fiance's alien number on your NOA2 letter.

 

If not, can you leave this field empty? From how I see it, this field is not required because it doesn't have a * next to it.

 

Let us know if that solves your problem!