Mrnugyen

Thank you everyone!! I was just hoping to gather as much info as possible, but it sounds like all corner comes back to me calling the embassy. I will do so and update what I find out in case anyone has a similar question.

Thank you Boiler for confirming I do need to file a I-130.

Now "your k2 was good for a year" is also something I've read, but does that mean we file for the I-130 and get approved first before the child can come? Can the child come while the I-130 is in process because the K2 is still good for a year?

I've been on the DOS FAQ site and this is all it says about children traveling "following-to-join" which confirmed what I already knew.

"Your children may travel with (accompany) you to the United States or travel later (follow-to-join). Like you, your children must travel within the validity of their K-2 visas. Separate petitions are not required if the children accompany or follow to join you within one year from the date of issuance of your K-1 visa. If they want to travel later than one year from the date your K-1 visa was issued, they will not be eligible to receive K-2 visas, and separate immigrant visa petitions will be required. If your child has a valid K-2 visa and you have already adjusted status to that of permanent resident, your child may still travel on the K-2 visa."

But it is a blanketed statement. What I'm actually asking is the steps that I need to take to make this happen. What forms I need, do I need to contact the Vietnames Embassy? things like that. If anyone knows where there is a guide on VJ similiar to the one I used to get my fiance here (K1), that would help a lot.

Yes, the child is on the original I-129F petition, you have to put all children no matter what, bringing child or not.

Hi all,

So here is the situation. I brought my fiance, now my wife, over to the USA Sept of 2014. She has a 6 year old son from a previous marriage her and her ex decided to leave in Vietnam to make sure things went well here in the USA first before being him over. Didn't want him to fall behind on his studies. We married and everything went find with her paperworks and we've filed to have her status adjusted. Now we've decided to bring him over. I've read a few things but just unsure on how to get started. From what I understand he has 1 year from her entering the USA under the original K1 Visa. so my questions are:

How do I get started?

Is it a K2 visa that we're filing for him?

I found instructions on how to bring a child to live in the US on VJ, it says I have to file a Form I-130, is that the path I'm suppose to take?

I read in other forum posts that he he just needs to get a VISA and make an appointment for an interview in the embassy in Vietnam, is that true? If so, do I do that along with the I-130? or do I have to file the I-130 before and get approved before he can make an interview appointment?

Please help, I hope this is the right platform to ask this question. Also if there are any guides and links you can share, i'd great appreciate it. I know there is a lot of information on this site, but I just worried since there are so many different status and ways to enter that I may take the wrong route. Thanks all VJer's!!

I did use scanned documents for my now wife but nothign that needed a signature. Anything that needed a signture I made sure it was the original signature itself. For me, I'd rather wait a little for mail to arrive vs. getting another RFE back. I played it safe but my process to bring my fiance over went very smoothly and extremely quick. Good Luck!

Hi all,

I started here b/c it started as a K1 visa, please direct me else where if there is a better platform for this question.

Basically, my wife now, fiance then, was approved for a K1 Visa and entered the US in August of 2014. Since then, we did everything required, married w/in 90 days, applied and approved for travel, gotten my wife her work permitm and filed for change of residence status. My wife has a child, age 7, from a previous marriage and we decided not to bring him over with her b/c we wanted to be certain that things would work out here first before bringing the child. Now that things have worked out great for us, we're ready to bring him over.

What is the best path to bring the child over? Is there a guide for this in Visajourney?

I know before filing, I remember reading somewhere that we had a year under the mother's K1 visa to bring any children over but I can't find that information anymore and not sure where to start.

Thank you much VisaJourney community. It was this community and all the help it provided that made it possible for me to be with my wife, thank you for all your help.

Hi Everyone,

Basically we're at the step where my fiance received her instructions form the Vietnam Consulate and now has to go online to fill out a DS 160. She has a laptop and internet access, only issue is she's never owned a laptop before LOL. She's very limited on her computer skills. she only knows how to really turn on the laptop and go to skype when we chat.

I've revied the online application and its way above her skills ability to complete accurately. From just navigating the site to uploading the visa photo (required by vietnam). Can I just fill out the application online for her? and then some the completed confirmation page to her via email to print? cause as far as I can see, the whole applciation is done online and she just has to print out the last page. Please any help or insight would be greatly apprecaited. We're so close but not sure what to do from this point. Thank you.

Hi All,

So I sent the I-129F packet and got a NOA1 03/05/2014 who is in Vietnam. The instructions on what I have to prepare from the K1 guide is very clear. I know I need another letter stating I still want to marry my fiance dated closer to the interview date and all the fiancial and work documents needed for the Aff. of Support. The instructions for that is very clear and straight forward.

My question is for my fiancee in Vietnam. I looked on the Embassy information but still am not very sure what it all means. I see something about a Packet 3 and then a Packet 4, forms and instructions that will come with it. So I'm guess that after we (cross our fingers no RFEs) get our NOA2, I will send my remaining information to my fiancee and she will have to prepare the rest herself with the instructions that come with those packets? Are those forms in English or in Vietnamese? After sending her her copy of the I-129 kit, any further supporting documents of ongoing relationship and the Aff. of Support, will I need to do anything else during this process or is the rest up to her in Vietnam?

The parts we do as the petitioner is very easy and I did it without a lawyer. But now that I look closer at the things that will be needed for my fiancee, I'm wondering if we can do it ourself? Is it very difficult? or should we invest in a Vietnamese lawyer?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Hi again all. I'm getting ready to file my I-129f and one thing still bothers me. A Timeline. Is it required? Is it needed? and is it even really helpful because I'd be the one typing something up and would they even consider that strong evidence? I've searched previous posts and still coming up with mix opinions on requirements and actual helpfulness of it.

I posted a previous question to have others review my kit and some people brought up having a Timeline. I checked both Vietnam's Embassy Information and Reviews and didn't see anything requiring a Timeline. Nor did I see anything additional needed by the embassy for the I-129f kit besides what was in the instructions.

If you have any input, please let me know. If you used one or if you didn't use one and then was one asked for? If you've dealt with Vietnam's embassy, that would even be greater help. Thanks!!

VJ member's ROCKS!! thanks guys for the quick response.

Hi all,

Getting ready to send off my i-129f kit. I have a written letter of support from my fiancee's parents and my fiancee's divorce certificate from her first marriage, both written in Vietnamese. I translated them myself because I'm fluent in Vietnamese. Per the instructions on both the I-129F form and the guide on VJ, it just states each translation has to be accompanied by the following statement:

Certification by Translator:

I typed name , certify that I am fluent (conversant) in the English and
languages, and that the above/attached document is an accurate translation of the
document attached entitled .

Signature
Date Typed Name
Address

I took this as I can translate it myself as long as I attached this statement saying I'm fluent in English and Vietnamese. Now I'm not so sure based on other topics posts. Can anybody shed some light for me? Did anybody translate documents themselves and was that ok or did you have to actually get it "certified" and maybe notorized by a translation business of some sort?

Thanks in advance

Hi All,

First thank you to all that have replied to my many posts, you've all been great help making this complicted process a little eaiser for me and my fiance.

A little background, my friend who is her cousin introduced us in August and we just knew. I went back to visit in December, and I'm now filing the K-1 visa process, when you know you know right?

I have completed the final packet, think i'm ready to send off, made 2 copies of the ENTIRE packet and just wanted some of you guys to look over what i'm sending in to see I'm missing anything. I know signatures and dates are very important and I'm positive I've looked over the package enough time that Im not missing any signatures or dates.

Listed below is page by page of the packet:

1. Form G-1145 e-Notification of Application

2. I-129F Cover Letter with table of content

3. Payment with personal check (I put the check in a zip-lock bag and stapled it to a page and titled page Payment with Personal Check)

4. Form I-129F and supplement type page of how we met

5. G-325a for both self and fiancee, both have additional page with passport style photos with names on the back

6. My Certificate of Naturalization, copy of front and back (not sure why cause back is black, but following the instruction to the "t" is my goal)

7. Fiance Letter of Intent for both myself and fiancee

8. My Divorce Certificate (both FL-180 and FL-190, I'm from Cali)

9. My fiance's Divorce Certificate. We're Vietnamese, I signed a statement that I translated her original certificate myself, my translated version of her certificate, and her actual divorce certificate.

10. Proof of having met in person:

- Boarding passes - baggage ticket stub - copy of visa front and back stamped - itinerary of flight - hotel receipts of entire trip (3 different hotels) - photos from trip (i picked 7 pictures with friends and family i really liked) - Letter of support from both of her parents and a letter of support from her cousin who is my friend who introduced us - Receipt of engagement ring and from our engagement party - Receipt of a day tour we took

11. Proof of Ongoing Relationship

- Phone bills showing calls with eachother (i'm nervous with this because we didn't talk hours at a time, from August till December when I went back to meet her, I was finishing up my last semester of my masters program so we mostly e-mailed when possible) - Chat logs from Skype (after I visit, I set up Skpye for her and we've talked since almost every day for hours) - About 40 pages of e-mails we sent back and forth to eachother.

I know this was a long post and thank you for reading it all. If I have everything in order, I plan on sending the package immediately on Tuesday. Any suggestions from experience members are very much wanted. Thanks again for your time.

Thanks Tim/Mav, that sounds great. I'll get a detailed check list in ordered first before sending it off. Hopefully i didn't miss anything but I can use another set of eyes on it. I'll repost againt after work.

Thanks ALL!!

Concensus are neat and simple. Great!! thanks all. Soooo nervious. But its time to put it in the mail...

Hi All,

Finally!! I completed the I-129F and all supplemental forms. So now I'm ready to actually put the kit together to mail off. Just wanted to know how you guys would recommend putting the actual kit together. Did you put it in a folder? Did you put stickies and postage all over? I know it should look presentable but should I put in extra attempt to make it look "prettier and user friendly" or just keep it as simple as possible, neat?

Just looking for advice from anyone who has done it and successful. This is an anxious time for me and my fiancee, just want to cross all the T's and dot those I's.

Thanks a mill!!

Awesome. Thank a mill guys. Just getting my last minute jitters out of the way before I send it off. Wish me luck, should send off some time next week, I'll update my timeline.

Hi All,

Almost ready to send in my I-129F packet, YAHH!! Just wanted to clarify my understanding is correct on copies.

The initial packet I send in needs to be the oroginal forms with original signatures on the forms. Proof of supporting evidence can be photo copies and I should keep original. I should make a copy of the entire packet to send to my fiance so she has it for when they call her for her interview.

The question here is I am required to send in original signatures for the initail packet, but she CAN have copies of the I-129f and g-325a along w/ her additional supporting proof when she goes in for the latter interview? She doesn't also need originals of I-129F and G325a?

Also, the guide states once I'm done preparing the packet, to make two copies, so the original I will send in, I'll send her a copy of the entire packet for her interview along with proof of ongoing relationship for her interview, does the last copy need to go someone? or just to have in case of lost documents etc.?

Thanks a bunch, just wants to make sure everything is correct as possible, being ####### LOL.

Thanks SOOOO much Jim. I appreciate it. now i can finally move onto with the application. Hopefully everything goes smoothly from here.

Also, what line should "Khom 3 Phuong 4" go into?

the options i have on the form in the address area are:

Street Number and Name

Apt. , Ste. , Flr.

City or town

Providence

So if Soc Trang is providence, then "Khom 3 Phuong 4" go into the Apt, ste, floor sections?

THANK YOU SO MUCH ANH HAO. That exactly answers my question. But just one follow up question, isn't Soc Trang a city? or do I put in providence? As you can tell I've lived in the US most my life LOL. Thanks again.

Would you recommend translating like putting "street" after the street name and changing "Khom and Phong" into group and ward? or would you recommend just leaving it the way it is? "Soc Trang" is the city, but should i put "Thanh Pho Soc Trang" or Soc Trang City.

I was leaning towards leaving it without changing into English because even when I go to the Post Office to send things, I just write it out like that and some how USPS is able to get the item to them.

Hi All again,

I'm filling the I-129 and want to make sure everything is correct (being #######). But it's an important form so I want to do everything right the first time. She's in Vietnam and I'm filing as soon as I can.

1. On the new I-129F form, theres two address areas for my fiance's information, question 3.a-.i asks for mailing address and question 29.a-f asks for "fiance's address abroad. Her mailing and physical address is the same so I'm guessing I can use the same address for both righ?

2. She lives in Vietnam and this is how she emailed me her address:

376/19B Ly Thuong Kiet

Khom 3 Phuong 4

Thanh Pho Soc Tran

- Most might not be able to answer this but how would i tranlate this? I know the first line is the street name, and last line is the city, but how do I transfer/translate "Khom 3 Phuong 4" onto the form? Is that the appartment #? Please help if you know Vietnamese address.

3. Finally, I found the k-1 visa guide and it's been really helpful but doesn't have a sample of the new I-129F form, just the old one that's expired. Does anyone know if there is a new sample floating anywhere around this site?

Thanks again for helping.

Hi All again,

I'm filling the I-129 and want to make sure everything is correct (being #######). But it's an important form so I want to do everything right the first time. She's in Vietnam and I'm filing as soon as I can.

1. On the new I-129F form, theres two address areas for my fiance's information, question 3.a-.i asks for mailing address and question 29.a-f asks for "fiance's address abroad. Her mailing and physical address is the same so I'm guessing I can use the same address for both righ?

2. She lives in Vietnam and this is how she emailed me her address:

376/19B Ly Thuong Kiet

Khom 3 Phuong 4

Thanh Pho Soc Tran

- Most might not be able to answer this but how would i tranlate this? I know the first line is the street name, and last line is the city, but how do I transfer/translate "Khom 3 Phuong 4" onto the form? Is that the appartment #? Please help if you know Vietnamese address.

3. Finally, I found the k-1 visa guide and it's been really helpful but doesn't have a sample of the new I-129F form, just the old one that's expired. Does anyone know if there is a new sample floating anywhere around this site?

Thanks again for helping.

Thanks Johnim for the specific recommendations. I was leaning towards the same. They do use Roman letters but for instances, they have 3 different letters just for the letter "A". Much appreciated sir!!