mrhazey

Thank you! That information about the embassies was definitely helpful to know about. I'm going to discuss it with my partner but so far I think I may lean towards K1 as of now unless Vietnam opens up in September as rumored. I can only guess that even if CR1s will be processed first, with the amount of time until I am allowed to enter Vietnam again, get married and start filing for CR1 the embassies will probably have sufficient time to get to K1 processing  that's only wishful thinking but who knows!

Thank you for the clarification!
 
Thank you! I haven't had time to go digging further on this website but I will do so. Appreciate your help and responses!

Funny I was just looking that up at the same time as I got your reply. I'll discuss it with my fiancee but I think if we'll both agree that if in September Vietnam still will not open up their borders, we may file for K1 instead. You were correct in them prioritizing critical visas and my guess is they will eventually get to the non-critical ones such as K1 in due time. Unfortunately I do not have high hopes for Covid calming down until next year and the already extended time frames for getting everyone's visas processed, I think going K1 will still take a shorter time frame over CR-1 currently for my situation.
 
Side question; With the information that I posted in my original comment, even though after our initial meet I did travel back to see her one time and we also traveled together, with photos and travel documentation evidence, text history and etc; in your opinion do you think that would be sufficient to get approved? I have not read the other topics that were posted yet so I don't really have anything to compare against as far as our interactions and evidencing.

We have not filed for anything yet. The only documents I have are official records confirming that I am not married and am single.
 
As of now only nationals, diplomats and etc are allowed to enter into Vietnam with a two week mandatory quarantine in a hospital. There is no set date as to when they will begin opening up their borders again for foreign travelers. You can get married any time when you enter Vietnam. No foreign travelers are allowed to enter Vietnam until the restriction has been lifted. The ceremony was not required but we wanted to do it for our family members + obtain more evidence of the relationship.
 
We had planned to get married legally in Vietnam back in May 2020, but as you know Covid happened   Which to my question was with Covid and the immigration ban, is K1 still valid and would that still work? I would prefer to go the CR-1 route as well but due to the uncertainty of Covid timelines I am not sure on which direction. Despite us both wanting it to happen, even if travel restrictions were lifted she doesn't want me to fly immediately for Covid reasons.