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I am writing this thread to help my fellow vietnamese about this process and maybe it will become a permanent to keep updated procedures.
 
My mother in law has been in the states  since Feb. 29th, 2024.  She immigrated as a parent of over 21 US citizen.  I flew to vietnam and traveled with her to get to the US last month.
 
Normal paperwork with USCIS until medical exam.  We got notice to interview and at that point one can schedule the medical exam with interview notice.  
 
Mother in law's son was diagnosed with TB September -October 2023.  Her interview was in november.  We had her visit a doctor in Da Lat and she had what is called Latent TB.  One has the virus but it is not active to be contagious.  It can wake up and she can have TB and contagious.  I do not know who has to do the test because I had another far relative do a K1 fiance and she did not have to deal with TB headaches.  Vietnam with another 10 or so countries have been flagged as high TB countries.  My wife who did the K1 came to US without TB issues.  I think if one is asked being exposed to TB and answers yes or x rays at medical shows questionable stuff then one would have to do the spitum test like mother in law did.
 
She went to medical in saigon and had to stay 3 days to do 3 consecutive days of spitum test.  She  had to go to a facility and gag up spitum to be tested.  She then a few weeks later did her interview. 
 
Interview was simple.  Two questions  Who is sponsoring her and what state does she remember will be living in the US.
 
After 8 weeks she received notice she was negative and sent her passport.  She then received a 2 1/2 month visa to travel.  From what I researched TB spitum test are as follows if after 6 weeks and the cultures are still negative then one gets a negative notice in 8 wks and can travel.  If after 10 weeks and culture has grown more since the 6 weeks then notice received 12 weeks and one has to go through six months of hell to be treated for TB in Vietnam.
 
Now that she has arrived in the US she received 10 yr green card March 27th, 2024.  I took her to apply for a SSN and they declines saying her visa type will be automatically mailed an SSN after green card issued.  I will wait 2 month from now and if not then go apply at SS office.
 
 

My personal experience I did not declare my expunged but that is in the US.  
 
If your fiance is out of country I can't advise.  I would logically guess that over 20 yrs those records are not easily available and you would also have trouble  getting records to show resolved.  Personally I would not declare in case you get a person on a bad day asking for RFE that it was resolved.

And you are seeing someone who was approved for not disclosing a sealed and expunged record.  This was my personal experience.  Now if it were an adult record and not sealed and expunged I would disclose.  
 
There is a reason why it is sealed and expunged so that it does not count against a person unless a serious crime the is related to that prior offense.
 
The op can decide which path he/she takes.  I am stating what I did and my reasoning.

No lawyer and my process was about 9 months normal time in 2017 -2018.  No RFE and no delays .
 
Those records are not easy to access.  They typical background check I would think is for anything publicly available so there would not be anything to trigger a further search.  They are so booked up right now with illegals that red flags is what triggers further reviews.
 
You have to think of how the system works. 
 
Good luck.
 
 

Also if you think about it the US views crimes committed as a minor cannot be used against you except in certain serious situations or habitual offenders.

My personal experience I did not declare my expunged but that is in the US.  
 
If your fiance is out of country I can't advise.  I would logically guess that over 20 yrs those records are not easily available and you would also have trouble  getting records to show resolved.  Personally I would not declare in case you get a person on a bad day asking for RFE that it was resolved.

Good luck proving that one.  Maybe she loved you and that person as well but kept communication with the other person.  
 
You both have a child together and she was hoping things would work out.
 
There are too many "what if" in her favor
 
Now if you have a letter and can prove that she wrote it saying "I'm going to marry this fool to get to the US and then leave him"  you might have a case

Why would you want to enter US citizen line???
 
Be respectful and show you are helping an elderly go through the process.  My wife said to go through the tourist line.  She remembers GRAY coded signs.  This was Dallas airport.  This line would be less people than any line if you think about it.
 
I was thinking and getting ready to post the same thing and asked her experience.  I plan to do the same thing as you are this fall helping my mother in law immigrate to US.  

I will post the address I was sent to request my wife's certificate tomorrow when I get to the office.  I had typed the request on my work laptop that day

Good news update.  7/19/2022.  I checked mailbox this evening which I normally do not do since important mail goes to my office.  This did not show up USPS informed delivery service this morning
 
Wife's certificate was in the mailbox.  I sent a letter July 1st.  They sent the certificate out I think yesterday or day before.  
 

 

She doesn't have to play the victim she is a victim.  Slamming her arm and having a gun to her head are two different things. 
 
She can either do nothing and he has the upper hand.  Risk being hurt one more time, call the cops and he is booted from home.  She then files divorce, battered spouse and this helps her with divorce and immigration. 
 
She has to decide to either be a victim with no benefits or be a victim and has the upper hand.
 
we are all entitle to our opinions

If you met and have NO pictures I would be skeptical as well.  Nothing to treasure the moment??
 
 
 
That's just me.  Good luck

She doesn't have to play the victim she is a victim.  Slamming her arm and having a gun to her head are two different things. 
 
She can either do nothing and he has the upper hand.  Risk being hurt one more time, call the cops and he is booted from home.  She then files divorce, battered spouse and this helps her with divorce and immigration. 
 
She has to decide to either be a victim with no benefits or be a victim and has the upper hand.
 
we are all entitle to our opinions

I would threaten his sorry (removed) back with he is responsible for you financially until you work enough quarters or get you US citizenship.  
 

If you met and have NO pictures I would be skeptical as well.  Nothing to treasure the moment??
 
 
 
That's just me.  Good luck

I had one executed before marriage

I had one executed before marriage

I had one executed before marriage

DJT - 2020! 

Maybe they are now using common sense looking at the financial picture......... above minimum wage doesn't cut it in real life

That's is the beauty of living in the US.  We can believe what we want, question what we want and say what we want.  When politics and money gets involved things get manipulated
 
Maybe once the election is over and covid dies down miraculously some will feel ignorant.  

W don't shut down the country every year due to flu do we?? How about h1ni?? name the other diseases.  
 
Death numbers for those are equal or higher but we do nothing.  
 
Like I said, some will die but most will live.  What is 135k in a country with 330 million??  .00040909 of the population.  That is if the 135k number is truly from vulnerable people dying from covid and not people who had a mild case and WAS positive but died by another means.
 
It is a SCAM because democrats have an alzheimers or dementia biden and know Trump is going to kick some  serious *ss.  

W don't shut down the country every year due to flu do we?? How about h1ni?? name the other diseases.  
 
Death numbers for those are equal or higher but we do nothing.  
 
Like I said, some will die but most will live.  What is 135k in a country with 330 million??  .00040909 of the population.  That is if the 135k number is truly from vulnerable people dying from covid and not people who had a mild case and WAS positive but died by another means.
 
It is a SCAM because democrats have an alzheimers or dementia biden and know Trump is going to kick some  serious *ss.  

People want to work from home.  How does USCIS do its job working from home because of all the hype about covid??
 
Want your cake and eat it too??
 
Personally covid is a scam and people dealing with immigration are feeling the wrath of this scam.  Blame the media and the political party pushing for stay at home orders.
 
Some will die from covid but most will live.  This is like any other event in history proving darwins theory survival of the fittest

W don't shut down the country every year due to flu do we?? How about h1ni?? name the other diseases.  
 
Death numbers for those are equal or higher but we do nothing.  
 
Like I said, some will die but most will live.  What is 135k in a country with 330 million??  .00040909 of the population.  That is if the 135k number is truly from vulnerable people dying from covid and not people who had a mild case and WAS positive but died by another means.
 
It is a SCAM because democrats have an alzheimers or dementia biden and know Trump is going to kick some  serious *ss.