Bruce and Han

I-134 bank letter help...

Can anyone with experience requesting the bank letter through Bank of America elaborate on their experience? Did you obtain it at a local branch, over the phone or via bank mail on the internet? Were there any fees associated with the request?

STL_HCMC

You can request it at a local branch. It will take about 7 days to get it in the mail. There is a $10.00 fee. After I recieved the bank letter, I also printed out 1 years worth of bank deposits as more supporting evidence of my income and sent that off to my fiancee.

Hello My fellow Vietnam Journey men and women. I was doing some searching online and foud this. I am not sure the date of it but it is the english version of the instructions in packet 3.

http://www.geocities.com/lehang08021975/en...intructions.htm

Hello My fellow Vietnam Journey men and women. I was doing some searching online and foud this. I am not sure the date of it but it is the english version of the instructions in packet 3.

http://www.geocities.com/lehang08021975/en...intructions.htm

There is more helpful information at this link.

http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/Cellar...3/Timeline1.htm

Mike,

This information is pretty old, it dates back to 2001. The Visa fee was only $45.00. Who know what else has changed since then.

It could be that the CO will reject the co-sponser if there are no means of health insurance for the applicant, they may view this as a possible public charge.

I posted this question to "Questions for Landy" thread. Anyone have thoughts about this?

Landy,

Were you requiered to have the irs1722 form or was the W2 and 1040 sufficiant enough? I will not be using a co-sponsor, so I am thinking that the irs1722 is only requested if using a co-sponsor

Landy,

Were you requiered to have the irs1722 form or was the W2 and 1040 sufficiant enough? I will not be using a co-sponsor, so I am thinking that the irs1722 is only requested if using a co-sponsor.

That's it? Just that one form? So why is the packet so big? What is all the other stuff?

Thats all she need to send for now to them to schedule the interview. She will need to fill out the other forms and bring to the interview. In packet 3 there in an instruction page that tells you exactly what to do.

Matt, don't forget to bring the credit card, you're along for the ride, enjoy it dude and keep us posted.

No way will I let them take advantage of me. But then again, so far it seems that is not the plan.

If possible, Take as much cash as you can and then convert the cash to Dong. This way you wont be tempted to use the credit card, and you can keep better control of spending but if you take your credit card for backup, you need to notify the credit card company at least 1 week in advance that you will be using the card in Vietnam, otherwise the first time you use it there, they will shut off your card.

OK, so today the packet 3 arrived. My fiancee called me and said it is so big it will give her a headache. She is a little confused by it all.

My question is this: What do I have to provide to her to turn in when she mails the Packet 3 paperwork back to the Consulate? Is there actually anything she needs from me now? I have never been sure of what she needs with Packet 3 vs what she needs for the interview.

Thanks

Matt,

She only needs to send back DS-230 form from PCK 3. Keep this in mind, she can hand deliver the form to the consulate, it will be quicker and safer if she can do this. Also, after she completes the form, see if she can scan it and email you a copy so you can cross check her information. Next thing to remember is once she turns in the form you need to get the ball rolling fast, send her proof of relation, Co sponsor information (make sure everything get notorized that needs it) and she will have her lists of tasks as well, police report, and the least popular one (The medical exam). After my fiancee turned in her DS230 form, the interview was Approx. one month later, so there is not alot of time to prepare.

2:33 am and still waiting .... I dont know if i should call her up.

HCMC time is 2:33pm at the time of your post, I would give her 1 more hour, then call her.

Hi Yellow,

I am right there with you! God Bless you, your fiancee and the CO. for a fast and simple interview. You can do it!!!

Vietnam,

How was that group hug?

WOW, You sure do have control over your fiancee, Oh and, The consulate is run by a bunch of goons? Really? Do you really think it is because of friends like yours and the sham marriages?

Whoa there. Wait a minute. What's with that hostile response? I don't have "control" over my fiancee. If anything, she has control over me! For some reason she seems to want me to stop her from having a third drink. Something to do with her wondering if I would allow to get drunk and be a "bad girl" or something like that. Her respect for me grew after I said I didn't want her to have more than two drinks.

Also, none of my friends had sham marriages. My friend from Vietnam who lives in NYC has friends or knows people with sham marriages. Understand the difference?

And if we get approved first time at bat, yes, I will still think there are a lot of goons there. A number of people who very clearly love each other are being denied for no good reason using standards not in use at any other consulate. That's just not right.

I'm not sure why you, after being so friendly, have suddenly turned on me. I just stated my opinion based upon my observations.

Right you are, please accept my apology, It was not my intension to turn on you. I work with Algorithms and data structures at my job everyday and on this particular day my brain was fried by the time I got to reading your post. I mis judged your opinion. Now, with that said, If there are any question you have I will be happy to help. VJ would not be the same without you here!

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Look, here is an example of me quoting one of your earlier posts. I've put an extra space in front of each "[" so I can display the whole thing as it would look when you preview your post.

[ quote name=Bruce_Han' date='Apr 9 2006, 06:44 PM' post='120266]

I think that will be fine, as long as it is indicated that there is correspondence from both of you on the same letter.

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The bolded parts are the ones you must have in your quotes. As long as you have those parts, you can reuse or cut down the text as much as you want. Examples:

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I think that will be fine, as long as it is indicated that there is correspondence from both of you on the same letter. And by the way, don't you think that dalegg is one great guy

Just remember when you actually quote it will be "

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Thanks Dalegg, my brain is on Idle now, I will practice this later. Good job explaining this, you will see in future post that I have achieved the skills.

To avoid these problems, preview your posts.

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When Bruce tried to quote Mike saying "I did send her a picture of my car a while ago, but didn't include it, lol" He forgot to leave in the beginning part "

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I still did it wrong. Man,,I work with computer everyday and thisone gets to me. I thought I was doing it correct with what Dalegg instructed, I am still missing the point I guess. Dalegg, can you dumb it down a notch please?

I think that will be fine, as long as it is indicated that there is correspondence from both of you on the same letter.

Seriously I did send her some pics of my car, house, and swimming pool so her parents and her could see where she would be living. I was just joking with you about the lol.

It's cool. You know I still connot figure out how to quote just part of a quote,

I did send her a picture of my car a while ago, but didn't include it, lol.

Mike, Help me out here.

For those of you that have gone thru HCMC and those of you about to go thru HCMC, how many chats and emails are you presenting at the interview? Here is my situation: We met each other online in February 2005, and began communicating thru emails, chats, and talking on the phone.

How does HCMC feel about couples meeting online?

This is what I have as evidence of relationship that we will provide:

1. 40 pictures of us together, by ourselves, with family, and with friends.

2. 3 pictures for the engagement ceremony, 1 pic of a man representing my family speaking to her parents, 1 pic of me with a translator speaking to her family telling them I am sorry my family could not attend, as well as me thanking them for there blessing of their daughter, and 1 pic of her father speaking to me and given me permission to marry his daughter.

3. 6 pictures from studio showing her engagement ring wearing Veitnamese special dress as well as me, by ourselves, and with her son and parents.

4. Handwritten letters from her to me, to my kids, to my parents, and letters from me to her, to her son, and to her parents, and letters from her parents to my parents, as well as letters from my parents to hers.

5. Airplane stubs, receipts, Visa Stamps, Hotel receipts, train tickets, water puppet show tickets, etc.

6. Phone records for the duration of our relationship

7. Emails for the duration of our relationship (About 400)

8. Chats (Did not save all of them, because how is one to know you need to save everything)

9. Mail receipts

I may be forgetting some things. So how many emails and chats should be present with her at interview time? IF we print them all then, it will be challenging for her to look thru them all to find specific ones they request. Where do you draw the line? I feel we have enough evidence, but you know HCMC, you just don't know what they want, and expect. What are your thoughts as far as the evidence I am providing? You know, I just don't understand how one is to know that you must save ever little piece of evidence. If one was looking to commit fraud then they would know ahead of time to save everything, but for those who go into a relationship and don't know where it is going to lead to and are only it for love, you do not know that you need to save everything, so it seems like things are reversed. Sorry for rambling!!!!

Hey Mike,

You are doing a great job! My personal opinion is: Take as much as you can to the interview, But as Lan says (Andys fiancee): it is most important to have everything in very good order by date. send her some post it notes! You would want her to seperate all the correnspondence from the time the two of you first met up to the engagement and then from the engagement all the way up to the interview. I hope that makes sense. I also sent sent my fiancee a picture of my car with me standing next to it just for the heck of it. Did you send her the credit card reciepts for the plane tickets?

Well, my fiancee loves to drink. With me. She drinks in Saigon with her friends, but normally has one or maybe two at the most. When we were in Germany she asked me if she could have a 3rd drink because she had never had that many. I let her do it and it was absolutely hysterical. But no more. After that is was a 2 drink limit.

By the way, a friend of mine was born in Vietnam and came here as a teen. He's a fashion photographer and knows a lot of Vietnamese women who have come here and he can tell you that the idea of Vietnamese women going to clubs and drinking is not crazy. In fact, it's quite common. Many do come here and live it up because now they can. He personaly knows many women who came her through sham marriages.

This is why the HCMC Consulate is run by a bunch of goons. The fraud is rampant.

WOW, You sure do have control over your fiancee, Oh and, The consulate is run by a bunch of goons? Really? Do you really think it is because of friends like yours and the sham marriages?

Well, my fiancee loves to drink. With me. She drinks in Saigon with her friends, but normally has one or maybe two at the most. When we were in Germany she asked me if she could have a 3rd drink because she had never had that many. I let her do it and it was absolutely hysterical. But no more. After that is was a 2 drink limit.

By the way, a friend of mine was born in Vietnam and came here as a teen. He's a fashion photographer and knows a lot of Vietnamese women who have come here and he can tell you that the idea of Vietnamese women going to clubs and drinking is not crazy. In fact, it's quite common. Many do come here and live it up because now they can. He personaly knows many women who came her through sham marriages.

This is why the HCMC Consulate is run by a bunch of goons. The fraud is rampant.

HHmm, I wonder if they would still be considered goons if they were to give you your visa on the first time around?

Thats a good point, I can not fathom the idea of my wife in a bar.

Another topic covered was that of significant delays for some K-1 visa cases for which there appears to be no legitimate reasons. Some couples they just don't want to give visas to and despite jumping through all the paperwork hoops, the Consulate always has a new technicality to hang them up on. The reasons given can be quite strange, or just extra picky where they would not be applied to the cases of others. These cases are in effect held hostage at the Consulate. Lacking the evidence sufficient to stand up to a denial were the case returned to the US service center, the HCMC Consulate resorts to hanging up the case on technicalities, stringing it along until the couple breaks up and withdraws the application, or fails to submit the new information requested. This dirty trick is perfectly legal. An example given was that a couple would be strung along with a series of blue/green slips. After submitting all the information requested in a sufficient manner, the Consular officers ended it in this way: "Your I-129F (I797) is expired". Whereas they extended the I-129F while they were stringing the case along, their final tactic was to declare the petition expired. This too is also at their discretion.

This worries me the most, The "no reason theory", I would think that if you have some red flags go up with your case then this senerio could activate their delay visa play book. I remember in Highschool in American history, I read that immigrants going through Ellis Island were fearfull to look into the eyes of the immigration officers. If the officer didnt like the way you looked they would at their own descretion not let you enter the country and put you back on the boat. Makes me wonder if this still is happening today.

here are a few photos of the Nova

Let me guess, The 62 Chevy goes to the daughter Right?