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Affadavits from your fiance's family and friends is always good. Try to think outside the box. I would recomend the following and whatever you can think off:

-Have your fiance signed a notarized statement with an explanation of his prior K1 since they've seem intrested in it. Remove all doubt (finished, over, didn't work out, she was snoring too load, whatever, just be truthful). Did your fiance mention it when filling out the petition? It appears this is the main area of concern. I would focus on this as you seem to have enough evidence. Submitt more if you have them.

-Show them your engagement guest list. My fiance's father is working on our guest list with their names, numbers, and addresses. A monumental task as he invited over 300+ people, that's not including waiters, vendors and such it could go up to 400.

-Perhaps a letter from yourself address to the consulate with an explanation is in order. It would be your version of the story.

-Letter from your parents showing support of your bonified relationship. Don't want to say to "give you away" but rather support as to balance the two cultures out. Even thou this is the US Consulate they must reconize the local culture and tradition. Use that to your advantage. This is in an area where approval from the parents is a big thing, if not the ultimate decision.

That's all I can think of for now.

Congrats. Happy for you.

i already booked flight ticket April 16th, hopefully her interview date somewhere in April...wish me lucks.

flash, i think u should call 202-663-1225 ext 100, and ask them for status.

I was thinking of giving them the full month but I guess I could call them next week. I'm excited for you. Can't wait untill it's my turn. Already made plans to attend the interview with my fiance. Good luck and keep us posted. Especially how long it takes from sending Packet 3 to interview date.

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Cool. Thanks for the update. I see it takes them about a month to send it out. I'm assumming backlog from January while they made the transition from Bangkok. I wasn't sure how long to wait before I should call them.

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You should submit the DS156 Online via: https://evisaforms.state.gov. Click continue and it should generate a bar code. Print that one out. I would do both just in case if you have time.

Bank statement are one of the options needed to show how one won't be a public charge when arriving in the US. His letter from employer and tax return transcrips should be enough. Check your packet 3 for more info. I believe they are only looking for 2 out of 3 instead of all of the above.

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I'm waiting for the Packet 3 for my fiance. This is for the K1 but the K3 should be the same I would assume (only guessing). Once my fiance receives it I'll give as much info as possible. It should be the same or very similar to all other consulate Packet 3.

I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure that happens all the time. I must of filled out and printed the I-129F 7 times before I finally got it right. You're have the most current and correct version when you print it in. You can explain it to them than if the situation comes up.

Doesn't matter. You only need to prove you're a US Citizen. I only send them a copy of my passport. Whichever is easier on you. I think passort would be better as it shows you're stamp.

It seems like companies these days want to even avoid the slightest possibility of getting sued. If you tried to get a job reccomendation from them, if you ever apply for a different job I bet you'ld get the same kind of result.

Good Luck!

That must be it. I knew there's a reason for their madness. I don't have the offer letter as that was 7 years ago and my base pay is alot higher now. I'll just print out the info from that business and give it to them. Had to verify I worked for my employer by entering my SSN#, DOB, Employee ID, and employer id just to register and charge it to my credit card. Charge it to my credit card to get MY INFO!!!! Around $15 a pop. I'll put up a "salarykey" in case the consulate want to use their credit card to get the same info.

I'm planning on attending the interview with my fiance. I can print out the paystub for the past 2 years if I wanted to. They also hire a 3rd party company to keep track of payroll and paystub. Printing out the last paystub of 2005 and 2006 as it includes the total amount I made. Paystub from January 1st onward as well. Not to mention my other tax documents.

Preparing ahead. You'd like to think the simplest thing would be a letter from your employer stating your position, salary, and length right? Especially if you've been there for over 7 years. Just have my manager type that up and put it on company letterhead and volla, done. Not so says my supervisor, manager, senior manager, and even director. You see, I work for a company that employs over 180,000+ (conservative number) employees worldwide. Can't say which one but it's a Telecom company which offers a variety of services. They use what's call theworknumber.com to have employee verification for anybody. My HR department would not write up a letter nor my higher ups. They have their reason in which they are not allow to discuss. I'm assuming they don't want me to sell that information over to America's enemy.

This is my only choice. I plan on printing all the emails from my higher ups and HR and show to the CO when the time comes with the person info blacked out in front of them of course. Basically you need to give them the info from theworknumber.com as we cannot just write one up and we can't tell you the reason why. Must be something so secret that they only refer to it as "Killer weapons of the new world order" or something gloomy like that.

This is a legitimate business origination which also includes government and commercial business. In fact, many mortgage lenders have accounts on it and will ask you for theworknumber "salarykey" to verify your employment as they value that more than a written document. Anyone else run into this? Would a third party vendor's database stating that I work for employer xyz and has all the info they need be enough? Not to mention my W2 for the past 7 years with the same company name, IRS Tax transcrip for the past 3 years, paystub, and so on and so forth.

Congrats. Glad you're making progress.

Awesome topic.

I'm also planning on attending the interview with my fiancee. Need more feedback on this please. Anyone else attended the interview and do you feel it helped?

Congrats.

YuAndDan, thanks for the link. I see this is frustrating.

Good thing I have all the evidence I need plus more. My fiancee will need a freaking pickup truck to bring all the evidence in but I don't think they allow heavy machinery into the consults. My case is pretty solid.

Although I'm not applying in the embassy in Vietnam I will add my input as well. By all means yes, yes, and yes.

I went through the ceremonial engagement with my fiancee. It was the happiest time of her life and mine as well. It could be because she's my first fiancee. For my fiancee the best part wasn't really the 'show' sort of speak. It was actually shopping for an engagement ring, handing out invitations, and all the support from her family and friends. We had over 300 guests which I'm going to ask her dad to write down their names. He's the one that went overboard. That's not including the vendors, waiters, security guards, etc etc etc. As expensive as it is it's worth every penny of it. We had it on DVD, hired a professional photographer, makeup, the whole 9 yards. We had a representative for my side of the family as they were not able to make it. I watch our engagement ceremony and engagement album all the time. We had 100's of pictures that day. It even included a picture of her grandma crying. I could go on but I'm sure you get the picture.

I know how you feel. Because of the actions of a few the rest of us legitimate people have to go through more enduring procedures. I am going the K1 route and will be present with my fiancee for her interview. At times it does get frustrating. If it fails I will pack my bags and move over there for a few years and marry her. Than go the K3 route. Either way, I'll work within the system. And yes, bad things does happen to good people. Wounder why? I'm sure you and the rest of us know that reason.

I don't think it really matters. Write it down if you have it.

I'm a naturalized US Citizen and didn't put my A#. The A# is irreverent now that I'm a US Citizen. Got approved with no problem by putting down none. My A# does show up on my NOA2 thou.

Gladly!

Congrats.

This will properly raise more questions than answers. I am a US Citizen by naturalization and still have my Green Card. We were brought here through family sponsorship. Both my parents became US Citizen before I was 18 and claimed me during the naturalization process. They never did take away my Green Card.

NOA1 = No A#

NOA2 = Has A # (For Me And Fiance)

My Green Card Which Is 20+ Years Old Has An A# Which Matches The NOA2's A# For Me. I don't think it's some random numbers or case file. My fiance once applied for a Travel Visa but was denied back in 2005. Does anyone else's fiance has an A# on their NOA2?