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From my personal experience with U.S Embassy in Saigon , DS-5540 is rarely being asked at the interview( unless you have some travel history to these countries). However, getting one DS-5540 ready is a smart move. Important: For K1, please fill out a "family tree" sheet and bring it to the interview because 99% you will be ask for this. Also, make sure you flight back to VN and go to the interview with your fiance( this is a norm especially for Vietnam, and it maybe not applied with another countries).

okay so after doing a lot of reading around, I also believe it's best to have the beneficiary bring it to the interview. i used this youtube video to help me. super helpful especially for the insurance part.  
 

The OP can not as they are not married.
 
The DS5540 is for the immigrant.   Assets that are titled in both names can be included.   If you are married in a community property state, for assets acquired after marriage, each party would have a 1/2 undivided interest in.

Also saw his video, very good information. I'm just confused if we can include the petitioner's asset in the table, since I'm the husband what what I have is also available to my wife. Can't find any answer.

Hello! I Had  my interview yesterday and they said my visa was approved. Currently waiting for my passport. 🤗🎉✨
Thank you very much for all the  information shared on the site and the recommendations and guide provided by the members.

hey guys i've been MIA for awhile busy with work and trying to gather everything together but i just wanted to give an update i have my fiance's interview scheduled for march 27th 🙂
 
the pdf file from greenbaum is super helpful fyi
 

I'm going to forward that post to my fiance.  She pretty much knows this but reading it from someone who just went through it should reinforce the need for her to fill out the paperwork.
 
 

We got the 221G blue sheet on the day of our interview for the K1 Visa
Beneficiary and petitioner ex-spouse Petitioner detail timeline with a sign statement of the person who introduce you and how they know the petitioner and beneficiary Petitioner family tree Beneficiary family tree Every relative of the beneficiary in the USA plus include a utility bill or driver license to show that they live at the address. Petitioner and Beneficiary current address, e-mail, phone number. There was a line saying that they didn't believe we were a bona-find relationship to add any other proof we could. They wanted credit card statement for payment for airline. Not Expedia receipt/itinerary from travel agency.  1. We had to write a sign statement because they didn't believe we were never married
2. I had to timeline I was introduce to her, how did I communicate with her, who introduce her to me, how many trips I made to her, how many times I saw her in person. What did we do together when I visited. (This came out to become 9 pages. I couldn't remember every little detail so I just wrote as much as I could remember for the visit). I had to called my friend to write a sign statement how he knows the petitioner. How he know the beneficiary. How he introduce her to petitioner. Then scan the copy of the letter to me so I can print it in Vietnam.
3. I had to get my family to pull all this information for me back home while I was still with her. 
4. Get her family to send all the information to her. Full Name, Place of Birth, Birthdate, Relationship to beneficiary. If we couldn't get information on someone we wrote a sign statement saying why or lost contact. Even some of her family member don't have a birthdate other than year. So we put it as ??/??/1965
5. I had to get my friend to get his whole family driver license, Place of Birth, Birthdate, Relationship to beneficiary, Full Vietnamese name including if they use English name.
6. Was very easy done.
7. We printed out all the photo we could. We printed approximately 160 photos include any screen shot of us video chatting. My fiancee said they never look at the back of the photo where I put detail information on the back of the photo on the first interview. So before the resubmission we put a sticker in the front and label it. IE. First Visit, Date and Time, Location/address, Names of who were in the picture, 2nd Visit, 3rd Visit, Etc. We printed out a lot of chat logs which was about 4-5" thick from the time we first talk to the current date. We separate chat logs by before and after engagement. Screen shots of video/call logs. 
8. I just had to print out credit card statement for airline. Highlighted line item and label the paper with a sticky note to say which visit it was.
 
The longest part of the 221G to do was number 2 and number 7. Trying to remember thing from up to 2 years ago for us. Trying to remember what we did everyday. I had 4 visit, 9 days, 5 days, 15 days, and the 4th time was my time being currently there. So even with the timeline I wrote what we did until the date I printed and sign the statement.

The other long part was trying to remember the location of the picture. Writing everything on a sticker to place on front of the picture. To make it easier for the consulate people to process it. We label every section of the 221G with arrow sticky so they can find thing faster.
 
I thought you only need 4-5 photo per trip but they wanted more. I accidentally double printed the photo didn't notice it before the interview. Once she told them her cousin introduce me to her. Who is also my friend for over 20 years. We even talk to someone over there who works on cases over there near the Consulate. Even the person we talk to say they red-flag us because said someone introduce us versus saying you meet on Facebook or dating website. They were trying to charge us $500 USD to help us do the 221G blue sheet but we didn't use them.
 
I was suppose to be there only for the interview for one week. Since I got the 221G blue sheet I request more time off just to deal with it. Be there for the second interview/221G resubmission. The only appointment for the afternoon interview was 12 days out from 01/02/2020. It took us about a 7-8 days to finish it all.
 
On the second interview for resubmission of evidence. We gave them everything we could give them. Even if I could give them the kitchen sink I would of. Once we got our number we waited to be called to the window 2-5 to submit our evidence. Then we had to wait near window 14-17 for our number to be called again to see if they approved the visa or not. We waited about a 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours then we were call up. They didn't ask us any questions at all. They just gave us back all the evidence except for the timeline, petitioner family tree, beneficiary family tree. Consulate took the passport from her.
 
My advice is to be detail as possible and provide as much evidence you can to not get the 221G. 

I waited until my case was sent to the US Consulate from the NVC and was assigned a HCM case #.  I did the DS-160 once the case was sent to the consulate but prior to receiving the PKT3.  There's no advantage to doing it this early that I can think of.  Once you need to create the US Travel Docs account and start the process for getting an appointment is when you need your DS-160 confirmation #.

K1 visa approved after first interview for 221G for more evidence.

Thank you all

Is stupid... ours package was a couple of hours at most, only took that long because I stopped for a smoke and beer break... no excuse for 2 months! 

NOA2 was dec. 19 just called and got our case number  
only waited 10 mins

Very good you are on your way now!

when i just tried to check status on ceac website using "immigrant visa" it said invalid case number..is this normal?
 
NEVERMIND I WAS TYPING IT IN WRONG SORRY GUYS

NOA2 was dec. 19 just called and got our case number  
only waited 10 mins

Got our case number and invoice number today! Going to work on and submit the DS160 with the fiance this weekend! So excited to be moving along the process!

This is most likely referring to your I-129F supporting documentation.  You should read the I-129F instructions and get what they require as evidence of income and resources.
 
Example part 3 question 3 asks about values for property/savings/income etc.  You should have the proper documentation for you AND your co-sponsor.  Signed letters from a bank officer, a statement from your stock/bond account etc.
 
If you say your have $100k in stocks, you should have a statement listing that. You know, proof of what you are saying you and your co-sponsor is claiming.

Submit both support documents at the same time if your gross income is questionable for meeting the I-864P poverty guidelines.

It means that no one can with any certainty advise on what the timeline is from NOA2 to NVC. The process is advocated on workload with the different agencies and that workload is fluid at best. I suggest after on month you make your first call to NVC to determine if it has arrived and a number assigned. If not then wait a week and try your call again. Repeat, repeat and repeat till you have your case number. If your wait is short then count your blessings if longer then stay busy and don't fret that yours took longer then someone else's. Comparing will get your blood pressure up.

A minor child is fully dependent on parents.  It doesn't matter who claims the tax deduction , who they live with.  A child that is no longer a minor but still being supported by parent ( such as a college student ) is partially dependent.   If the adult child receives no money from the parents then they are independent.  In rare situations minors may be emancipated by legal proceedings and not need to be claimed on the forms. 

It is called " So Ho Khau" in VN.

want to update.. just got noa2 this morning. thanks for your help guys

finally made it here got approved this morning

finally made it here got approved this morning

finally made it here got approved this morning