phil09

One of the advantages of doing a K-1 is that the Vietnamese authorities are completely out of the picture. The K-1 applicant only needs to deal with the US Embassy or Consulate. Since corruption is so endemic in VN, not having to deal with VNmese bureaucrats is a huge relief. A drawback of the K-1 visa is that the beneficiary will have to request a green card in the US, and pay about $1,200 in application fees to USCIS. To me, the $1.2K is well worth not having to deal with the leeches in VN.
I have helped several friends and acquaintances with the K-1 and CR-1 visa processes so I am unfortunately too familiar with the sorry situation in VN.

The ex-husband, just like the UBND as you will later find out, is just angling for money. In VN, when you hear "it will take a few weeks", mentally translate that into "I want a bribe."
Propose to the guy some financial compensation and magically he will agree to sign the letter right away. But before you do so, discuss with your wife how much to offer him. I would let your wife do all the talking and negotiating. If you step in (and I assume you're Caucasian), the ex-husband will see you as a walking bank account and will milk you for all it's worth. Unfortunately, it's very much like negotiating for a car in the US. And I am pretty sure his only motivation is greed because he didn't seem to have close ties with his daughter until this matter came up. BTW, how old is the daughter? You only need to do this "quit claim" if she's under 18.
DO NOT send in your I-130 without the quit claim because USCIS will simply refuse to look at it, and it will languish in some bureaucrat's drawer until all the paperwork is there. USCIS doesn't mess around when minors are involved, and rightly so. You absolutely need to have that letter, if you want the kid to come along with her mother. If she's 17, an alternative would be to do the I-130 for just her mother now. Next year, when she turns 18, you'd file a I-130 for her and you would no longer need the quit claim. As long as you got married to her mother before she [the daughter] is 18, your relationship with her is a father-child one as far as USCIS is concerned.

One of the advantages of doing a K-1 is that the Vietnamese authorities are completely out of the picture. The K-1 applicant only needs to deal with the US Embassy or Consulate. Since corruption is so endemic in VN, not having to deal with VNmese bureaucrats is a huge relief. A drawback of the K-1 visa is that the beneficiary will have to request a green card in the US, and pay about $1,200 in application fees to USCIS. To me, the $1.2K is well worth not having to deal with the leeches in VN.
I have helped several friends and acquaintances with the K-1 and CR-1 visa processes so I am unfortunately too familiar with the sorry situation in VN.

Joey, definitely wait till after you've had your Dam Hoi to file the petition. A friend of mine went to VN in 3/2011, met a girl, fell in love, and went back to VN a second time in 7/2011 to have his Dam Hoi. He filed his 129F in 8/2011 with plenty of pictures and evidence (phone records, plane tickets, etc). She was interviewed in June 2012 and got approved. She came to the US in 8/2012.

Do us a favor and go back to your 3 houses and 2 luxury cars (IOW, get lost)... Anybody can be rich and handsome on an internet forum.

$80K is the reported income. On the other hand, for the other salon ($300K) it's actual income. 99% of the receipts of high-end salons are run through credit cards; with the new 1099-K reporting requirement, it is virtually impossible to conceal.

$80K is the reported income. On the other hand, for the other salon ($300K) it's actual income. 99% of the receipts of high-end salons are run through credit cards; with the new 1099-K reporting requirement, it is virtually impossible to conceal.

Except for those of us who lived through the war, in Saigon.