calimike

Talk to your congressman before you do anything.I assume most people are on this website because of problems myself included.I rushed into marrying a Vietnamese girl,thinking I have a good job,house can support her,should be no problem for her to come to America Married to me.After almost 3 years 4 trips to Vietnam and an 2 inches thick of paperwork,lawyer,thousands of dollars,I still have no clue when she and 5 year old daughter will be here.We were not as prepared for the interview as I had thought,she was nervous,but after we got denied,I got lawyer and had to start all over again.That is a 6 months or when ever they feel like telling you,process. I tried the quiet, patient approach, Nothing,,tired of waiting I called and yelled at USCIS,Congressmans secratary, The congressmans sec, told me I should have talked to her first.She says Vietnam is a fraud ridden country. So now we are suffering, So before you fill out any paperwork or send them money TALK TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN FIRST. I think the government is a bunch of scam artists themselves,why else do you think they do not want to help people,,,,,,,,,,to have a dream to meet and marry a woman from another country is highly discouaged.Thats like the government is telling me who I can and cannot be with,they have no right to do that. This has been a very tough fight,with no end that I can see.This is a terrible injustic to a United States citizen,who has lived here his whole life,born here,The immigration service is like GOD telling people WAIT Suffer some more,be patient,you F,ed up. Thank you USCIS,NVC,US Embassy,Thank you for making people WAIT,breaking peoples hearts.

I have lawyer now and he checked on my status paperwork still in Vietnam,it has not been sent to California service center yet,lawyer sent E-mail to consulate asking for them to keep there,,,Mean while I will be going back on Dec. 19 for 16 days, my 4th trip to see my wife. He will tell me what I need to do on this trip. Whatever I will do,,we have been through alot and has been a long painful process. barely hanging in there,,I hope someone cares? We are human beings. What is time?? people can wait forever?

Additional processing = Additional waiting Hell, what a Nightmare,the CO never liked my wife,I could tell,we saw her a few days after the interview,we were getting the paperwork notorized at the embassy,she was getting coffee across the street,I even said a polite hello to her. After we made everything perfect,she sent us into AP Delay.How Long before they make decision? I tried e-mail them........, Nothing...........,whats next crystal ball? What a terrific system. My advice is to do everything perfect. or else your paperwork will be floating in paper outerspace like ours. The embassy dont care,,,,more money,time,effort,life,wasted time,slipping by,not being able to be with the one you Love. Thanks to all the scammers who screwed the system up and made it nearly impossible to get my babe over here.

What mistakes we made at the interview?I flew to VN for my 3rd trip, first trip with sister who introduced us,Any way I was there to be with her for her interview,I was supposed to help her get everything ready and prepare for the interview,she has 4 year old daughter, so distracted by the cute baby girl assumed she had everything ready.We did not have timeline which I knew we needed from visajourney or would not pass.They interviewed me too,which I was not prepared for,everything I heard was they just interview her,they asked me what date was our wedding celebration at resturaunt I said june 2 Iwas supposed to say june 6,then she asked me what hotel we were staying at,I could not remember name.Then she asked my wife,How did you meet your husband?, She being super nervous says "we meet 1 year ago" CO says no calm down "how did you meet your husband? "we meet 1 year ago. everthing else she answered ok.they gave her white slip,wanting timeline,10 year residency for her,10 years for me,info on her ex-husband,info of her sister,all notorized,we got it all,she bring back because it said on the timeline I have read understand and solemly declare that info is true,,,they wanted us to do again saying I have written,understand and solemly swear,,,,anyway for 1 word another 50 dollars and 1 week before she recieve and go back,to embassy,,thats when she got green paper,says our case needs additional processing.I sent paper for her to bring saying that I meant to say june 6 for wedding dinner party,typed out very nice just to clear that up.We do everything we have to do in june Vietnamese courthouse interview,pictures,hospital stuff,etc. then they say I have to come back before the end of august to sign marriage certificate or we would have to start all over again,so I come VN sign marriage book.......................We did not have church wedding because my family cannot come to Vietnam,,but we have marriage certificate,we will have small wedding in USA possibly Hawaii,but for sure. The lawyers over in VN tell her I should e-mail 3 times a week and a lawyer here said NO dont do anything. I am a little confused,. I have only e-mailed 1 time a week so far,2 times,,I will wait now????

My wife got 221g green paper,then on the bottom it says your case requires additional processing.Is there still hope? or are they going to wait 2 months and tell denied. We have marriage certificate and proof of relationship,basically alot of mistakes were made and she was a nervous wreck at the interview.We got them everything they asked for,we even had to resend and retype the timeline exactly the way they wanted it. I have one question? should I e-mail the consulate 3 times a week?,or dont bother them? I dont want to make them angry. Please help if you can.I've been to Vietnam 3 times and was with her for the interview,we both were interviewed at the window.It was very different than I thought it would be.They asked us both questions seperately.If they want to check they can check we are not hiding anything.What can I do?