K1 interview.. this seems odd

[SmallTownPA 71]

Ok, I am not trying to call anyone out, just very curious/disturbed about this.

 

"She would not allow my fiance to interview in vietnamese and sent the interpreter away entirely."

 

This was in a review for consulate.  How?  Why?  

[jan22 2,901]

Did the petitioner speak Vietnamese?  If not, it could have been done to see if he/she was able communicate well enough in English to be able to develop a valid relationship with him/her. 

Edited January 8, 2020 by jan22

[WandY 430]

I don't believe it. I've been through the interview at the HCMC consulate and there is an interpreter at nearly every window. Also, the American consulate officers speak VN - that's a prerequisite for the job (read their job descriptions). Speaking English is not a requirement for a visa. If it was, there wouldn't be very many approvals, few immigrants in the U.S., and little need for the proliferation of ESL instruction. In fact, they spoke VN to my fiance and English to me. My fiance - at the time of the interview - could speak excellent English. The two consulate officers chose to speak VN, not English. Does it help to speak English? Of course. But proficiency alone is not a visa killer.

[SmallTownPA 71]

On 1/10/2020 at 8:11 PM, WandY said:

I don't believe it. I've been through the interview at the HCMC consulate and there is an interpreter at nearly every window. Also, the American consulate officers speak VN - that's a prerequisite for the job (read their job descriptions). Speaking English is not a requirement for a visa. If it was, there wouldn't be very many approvals, few immigrants in the U.S., and little need for the proliferation of ESL instruction. In fact, they spoke VN to my fiance and English to me. My fiance - at the time of the interview - could speak excellent English. The two consulate officers chose to speak VN, not English. Does it help to speak English? Of course. But proficiency alone is not a visa killer.

Read up on the 'Consulate reviews' for HCMC.  That's where I found it.

 

English language is a possible red flag, but to deny a translator?  To refuse to speak Vietnamese?  

 

My fiance speaks English well enough, but being nervous at a visa interview would definitely make her stumble, a lot.

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

10 hours ago, SmallTownPA said:

Read up on the 'Consulate reviews' for HCMC.  That's where I found it.

 

English language is a possible red flag, but to deny a translator?  To refuse to speak Vietnamese?  

 

My fiance speaks English well enough, but being nervous at a visa interview would definitely make her stumble, a lot.

I have been inside that Consulate many times, some as interviewee and some as petitioner. My experiences were always the American officers were professional, courteous, and straight-foward. They may not project a warm or nice fuzzy feeling, but they were always on point and I have no complaints about them whatsoever. The Vietnamese people who work in the Consulate, some are nice people, some are straight nasty, stuck-up, crazy people. I've never seen or heard people were denied an interpreter. Policy is people can be interview either in English or Vietnamese. It could be the American officer speaks Vietnamese fluently enough that he can conduct the interview in Vietnamese. I've never seen or heard that this was ever a problem.   

[Liam2021 560]

2 hours ago, USS_Voyager said:

I have been inside that Consulate many times, some as interviewee and some as petitioner. My experiences were always the American officers were professional, courteous, and straight-foward. They may not project a warm or nice fuzzy feeling, but they were always on point and I have no complaints about them whatsoever. The Vietnamese people who work in the Consulate, some are nice people, some are straight nasty, stuck-up, crazy people. I've never seen or heard people were denied an interpreter. Policy is people can be interview either in English or Vietnamese. It could be the American officer speaks Vietnamese fluently enough that he can conduct the interview in Vietnamese. I've never seen or heard that this was ever a problem.   

That true. There always an interpreter along with American CO. However, I think the OP not believed it.