US Immigration from Vietnam

Hello members

I130 for wife of USC and still in administrative processing (no additional documents needed) 60 days after phone interview after wife's 221g appointment. They asked us questions for about 15-20 minutes. This was after we submitted the family tree documents they requested.

Has anyone have any success story or any good news that they were successfully issued and received their visa after AP. If so how long did it take? I need to hear some good news right now.

My mother-in-law (who is vietnamese) has been a legal permanent resident for about 6 years in the USA. We applied for her youngest daughter to come to the USA several years ago. The youngest Daugher finally got an interview ,but was denied due to INA 212(a)(6)(c)(i) misrepresentation. From my understanding, the youngest daughter tried to get USA citizenship twice about 20 years ago, once through a fiance visa and once through a marriage visa. Apparently the guy she was married to didn't have a birth certfificate due to the Vietnam war and the lawyer submitted a fake birth certificate. And this is the reason for denial.

However, I dont' speak Vietnamese and from past experience my mother in law often leaves out critical details from stories, so I would like to submit a FOIA to get the entire paperwork/back story so that I can help submit a 601 waiver. I need to figure out if it is best to fight this based on denying the youngest daughter even knew about the fake birth certificate or to go the extreme hardship route. The mother-in-law is not an asylum seeker, not in the military, not VAWA, but does not have great health.

So how do I file the FOIA and who do I send it to and what specific documents do I ask for? Thanks so much!

Hi , I need suggestions from this great community. I lived outside the US for 10 years, we are at the end of the I130 phase. I'm currently in the US renewing my driver's license, social security card, voting registration, and bank account. Before I go back to my family, is there anything else I will need that will help me prove my intent to establish domicile?

Dear amazing Visajourney community,

I wonder if there is any faster way to bring my brother + his wife (both born in 1992)+ their daughter (5 years old)+ their son (almost 1 year old) faster to the US under immigration visa:

- I opened the I-130 for them since Dec 2019 (brother of US citizen). Based on my research, it will take from 10-15 years to get processed.

- My brother +his wife+ their daughter passed tourist visa to visit me in the US recently. They just visited me and came back to Vietnam 3 weeks ago. After this trip, they love living in the US and would like to find a faster way to move here. My mom is an US permanent resident. My dad already passed away. We have such a small family, just my brother and I. We really hope to reunite in the US faster. My mom can't speak English, so the chance to wait for her become an US citizen and sponsor my brother's family is very low, esp her income is very low, too She was born in 1964, waiting for her to get the citizenship test in Vietnamese will take a while. We don't think we can rely on her to sponsor my brother and his family.

- I think about EB3 visa but my brother has a Master and his wife has a bachelor degree. It seems like they are not unskilled workers.

Do you have any ideas about this case? I am thinking about checking with the Attorney for:

-How much it costs?

-Can they guarantee that my brother's family can immigrate to the US faster? How long is the wait?

Thank you so much for sharing your input about this topic!

I love this community so much. You guys have been helping since day 1.

My wife has finally received her I-797 for the biometrics appointment and I would like to know what to expect. Do I also need to attend this appointment, or is it strictly for her only. Since she's the one that filed the AOS packet.