IchThuy

Specifically dealing with Vietnam would be great.... anyone know of others?

Jonas

try vietditru.com

In addition, try

http://www.myvietbiz.com (bilingual guide in Vietnamese & English)

http://www.***removed*** (similar to VJ, but not as good in my opinion)

http://www.webtretho.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2025302 (a Vietnamese forum thread about K1)

http://www.webtretho.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128397 (a Vietnamese forum thread about IR-CR1)

Congratulations!

Birth certificates of parents are not required. However, if you and your fiancee have the same last name, they usually ask for birth certificates of your parents too. They want to be clear that you and your fiancee are not relatives (i.e. cousins).

In our case, we have different last names and they did not ask for our parents' birth certificates.

I also tried wikimapia.org. We can locate and label different places on the map.

Congratulations!

My fiancee was interviewed by an American consular officer, probably in his late 40s. The translator was a nice Vietnamese gentleman. Here are the questions they asked my fiancee at the interview yesterday.

Questions asked by the Vietnamese translator:

• What is the petitioner's name?
• Have any of you been married? (We are both single)
• How come you went to Cambodia so many times? (Her passport shows many visits to Cambodia)

Questions asked by the CO:

• What is the petitioner's name?
• What is his occupation?
• What is your occupation? How much do you make per month for your business?
• Who introduced the two of you? Are you sure it was that person?
• Did you engaged?
• Describe your engagement. How many people attended?
• Did any of his relatives in the U.S. attend the engagement? (One older brother, his wife and children came) So he had 2 older brothers attended the engagement? (My fiancee had to clarify that only 1 brother came)
• Describe a traditional Vietnamese engagement.
• How many times did he visit you?

Then they gave my fiancee a smile, signed the pink slip and told her to pick up her visa on July 30th. They did not even look at any of the evidence my fiancee brought with her (I provided Thùy with a letter listing all the evidence brought and Thùy attached it to AoS).

My fianceé just passed the interview today, so I am able to participate in this poll now. My fianceé was introduced to me by her aunt-in-law. I made 2 visits to Vietnam: one time to meet her and the other time for the engagement ceremony.

My fiancee just called and said she got pink. I am so happy now. Thank you so much, VisaJourney!

My fiancee is on her way to the interview. We have worked hard to prepare for the interview, but we cannot know anything for sure at HCMC. I just hope that everything will be fine and my fiancee will get the pink slip she deserves.

The first passage I cited specifies what is in package 3. My fiancee currently has Package 3 and she is in Vietnam now. She doesn't have a scanner to scan it in for me either.

However, the second passage contains links to download Package 3. For each link, you need to click on the link to download a zip file, then extract it to a TIF file (using WinRar or WinZip) and view it.

The third passage specifies what should be brought to the interview, extracted from the official Ho Chi Minh Consulate website.

Ich & Thuy

Packet 3 Contains: For CR1/IR1 and all K Visas

-Instruction Letter

-DS-2001, Notification of Applicant Readiness

-DS-230 Part I

-Visa Photo Specifications

For K Visas only

-DSL-1083K, "K" Visa Supplemental Information Sheet

-DS-2000, Evidence which may be presented to Meet the Public Charge provision of the US Immigration and Nationality Act

-Form I-134, Affidavit of Support

Source: http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...y=HochiminhCity

PACKAGE 3

This is package 3 for the fiance visa:

Package 3 - Part 1, Package 3 - Part 2, Package 3 - Part 3

These for reference only. Please do not use to submit to Consulate for visa application. You should use the form sent from Consulate or download directly from http://www.uscis.gov/

Source: http://www.myvietbiz.com/package3.htm

Fiancé(e) (K-1) & Spouse (K-3) of an American Citizen

- I-129F petition approved and forwarded to the US Consulate by USCIS.

- The Appointment Letter

- Four (4) visa photographs

- Fee receipt for the US$131 MRV fee payable at Citibank

- Identity card (CMND) (original and photocopy)

- Household registration book (original and photocopy)

- Passport valid for at least eight months past the date of visa issuance (original and photocopy for each applicant)

- Form DS-156 Nonimmigrant Visa Application (in duplicate)

- Form DS-156K Nonimmigrant Fiancé(e) Visa Application (one copy)

- Form DS-230 Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration, Part I (Biographic Data)

- A vaccination assessment from the Quarantine Service of Ho Chi Minh City

- A medical examination from a panel physician at Cho Ray Hospital or the International Organization for Migration. The medical examination fee is US$75 for applicants age 15 and older and US$50 for applicants age 14 and younger.

- Birth Certificate of all applicants (original and photocopy for each applicant)

- Birth Certificate of the petitioner (original and photocopy)

- Marriage certificate only for spousal visa (K-3 visa) applicant (original and photocopy)

- Divorce Decree or Death Certificate of previous spouse(s) of the petitioner and beneficiary (original and photocopy) (if applicable)

- Quit claim for all minor children giving the other parent’s permission for them to immigrate to the U.S. (if applicable)

- Police Certificate(s) issued within the past year by the Department of Justice office in your district of official residence as registered in your household registry (Ho Khau) for each applicant age 16 and over.

- Foreign Police Certificate(s) for persons age 16 and over from any country in which you resided for more than six months. For further information, click here.

- Court and prison records (if applicable)

- Military record (if applicable)

- Original Affidavit of Support Form I-134 and the specified financial documents. Form I-134 must be signed by the sponsor and notarized by a Notary Public no more than one year prior to the date of interview and include tax records for the past year and an official letter of employment (on company letterhead) signed within the past year or a valid business license. Submit one photocopy of the I-134 form for each applicant in your family. If you require a joint sponsor, the joint sponsor must submit all documents listed above plus proof of citizenship or LPR status, such as a U.S. birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or green card.

- Proof of your relationship with the petitioner and any derivative family members

Please note that although a K-1 visa petition is valid for a period of four months, a consular officer can revalidate the petition provided the officer concludes that the American citizen sponsor and the applicant remain legally free to marry and that they continue to intend to marry each other within three months of the alien’s admission into the U.S.

Source: http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov/required_...ml#RequiredocsK

I think at USCIS petitions filed in Vermont receive NOA2 a lot faster than petitions filed in California. When at HCMC, I think whoever turns in Package 3 first will get their interview date first.

We can use the Timeline Search to see this.

We're one day after you. My fiancée interview is 7/23/2008.

My fiancée just called HCM consulate and met a nice Vietnamese lady who told her our interview date is 7/23/2008. We are so happy!

In the mean time, I want to share my experience in obtaining packet 3 at HCMC. I hope it will help people who do not want to wait long for Packet 3.

Notice in my time line that we have Package 3 sent even before we received it. This was possible because we obtained our Package 3 through an immigrant service in Ho Chi Minh City. These services possess all the forms contained in Packet 3 and they also help your fiancé(e) fill out the forms. They are not lawyers and we can selectively pick a specific service, so the cost is cheap (it costs my fiancée only 250,000 VND ~ $15). The guy who helped my fiancée told her that she could submit Package 3 as soon as she has HCM case number assigned.

Good luck to everyone on your visa journey.

On G-325, it asks these two questions.

Applicant's residence last five years. List present address first.

Applicant's last address outside the United States of more than one year. --> What does this question mean?

For myself, I put in the address where I lived before I left Vietnam, since I lived there for more than 10 years.

Congratulations! Great news to hear!

For us, we still have a long way to wait

Hi,

According to what I've read in other posts, blue slip is bad and pink slip is good. Blue slip usually ask you for more evidence.

In this case, I think they want you to describe your relationship in more details for (1). For (2), I think you should provide them with credit card or bank statement showing the transaction made for buying the plane ticket.

Hello everyone,

I am a newbie here. So far I found a lot of helpful information in this site. We are in the early stage of the journey, just received our NOA1 on December 18.

Now I want to ask my first question. In a post by Landy (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153&st=75), Lan said that one of the girl got the blue slip because her fiance did not have enough money in the saving account, and she said the minimum amount should be $20,000. I want to konw if this is true: the petitioner must have at least $20,000 in his/her account?

Thank you