anh tien

yes, sorry, was not in AP then.

just the normal see you again kinda deal.

sorry for being MIA for a while there.

another one of my novels, enjoy!: (i'm not gonna bothering with the proper english grammar, just gonna rant it all out.)

interviewed on august 26th.

husband was one of the first people in line to enter embassy that morning. got his ticket number. ticket number called. went to the lady at the counter. gave her the documents request: appointment cover letter printed from email, passport style photos, cmdn, household registration book, medical examination results, and passport. sat down to wait. ticket number called again. went to the interview counter.

interview conducted by a dark skinned lady, possibly in her 30s. had a lady translator possibly in her 40s. husband handed the timeline i had prepared to the CO. CO rejected it, saying give me things when i ask for them. conducted the interview. asked a few questions, what kind of question, i'm not so sure about. then CO asked husband, what did you wanted to hand to me earlier? husband handed her the timeline. he saw that she read it very closely the first couple of pages, then skimmed the rest. CO and translator laughed a couple of times reading the timeline. i too feel it was funny when i wrote it. CO continued to ask questions about certain aspects written in the timeline. but mostly, CO asked... whatever she wanted to ask.

some questions i remember from the top of my head and husband's answer:

-when were you married? 07/06/08

-mother and father in law's name? named them

-where does wife go to school? what is she studying? what will she do when she graduates? UT, economics and business administration, 4th year, possible career in the banking system or at the state capital because she is currently interning there for a senator.

-how did you guys meet? wife's aunt introduced

-how do you know wife's aunt? a friend of mother

-did any of wife's relative from the US come the wedding? yes. 13 of them. listed all 13.

-do you have pictures of dam hoi and wedding? husband gave her 2 sets of pictures. one for dam hoi, other for wedding. CO and translator looked at them quickly

-wife doesn't have any income, how does she have money for everyday spending? wife sometimes goes to aunt's nail shop to help answer the phone when wife doesn't have to study on the weekends. aunt gives wife gifts. (husband did a beautiful job not mention money in his answer. he said gifts.)

-why didn't wife make those claims on her I864? wife does not have a permanent position there at aunt's shop. wife comes to help out sometimes once a month. how can working once a month be a claim on tax documents?

-do you have any relatives in the US? yes. has aunts and uncles and grandparents. have a list of all relatives with me, would CO like to see it? CO said no.

-explain where wife lives? wife lives with mother and father and little sister. wife lives in Austin, TX. Austin is really hot right now. sometimes there are tornados. there are no beaches around austin, wife has to go to galveston if she wants to go to the beach.

-what will you do when you get to the US? take english classes and work in wife's uncle's restruant.

-what's the name of this uncle and have you met him? met him when he came to vietnam for the wedding. do not know his name. only know of him as uncle 6.

-when did you confess your love to your wife? after she went back to the states in sept. said i love you on the phone.

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there are many more that i just can't remember... but overall, they were questions that were reasonable and could easily be answered if you know what you're talking about.

husband said interview lasted about 50 minutes. he was asked everything as we had expected, he felt it was to the point where the CO couldn't find anything else to ask. he got the feeling that CO had had her doubts about our relationship prior to the interview, but as the interview unfolds, CO became less and less demanding in her questioning. In the end, we received a blue slip. translator said the paperwork my mother filled out was wrong. my mother is the co-sponsor in the case. The attorney i hired for the case filled out an I864 for both my mother and i. that was the mistake. i must fill the I864 and my mother was to fill the I864A. blue slip also asked for list of relatives. husband saw that and asked CO right away. husband said that when asked about his relatives, he had asked CO if CO wanted to see the list, CO said no, so why is CO asking for it now? CO said that it's ok to turn it in when husband returns to turn in the I864A. blue slip dated for sept. 23 rd. Husband thanked CO and translator and left.

Emailed me the blue slip. I got all that was rquested. Fedex costed $75. husband went to turn in list of relatives and I864A on sept. 4th. was told to wait. waited til nearly 5. told to go home with no slip at all. husband extremely pissed and annoyed, but couldn't do anything about it.

i emailed consulate twice a week. only received 1 response saying "we've received your email, we are working on answering your inquire at the earliest possibilty." husband told me an officer from his "xa," village i guess, came to ask him questions about his marriage. the officier happened to be our family friend. he even attended our wedding. but for orderly purposes, he had to do his job and come ask husband about the marriage. husband had to fill out some paper. was told that that paper was ordered by the "tinh." husband and I both thought that this procedure could very likely be the "investigation work" that was rumored to be happening. so, we felt really good that our case was being looked at. it meant that we were going somewhere rather than sitting on someone's desk. in fact, we praise the investigation work. the more they know about us, the less time we'll be in AP.

sept. 23 rd approachs. husband took a photocopy of the blue ship and went to the embassay. got a ticket number, waited, ticket number called, told counter lady he had turned in the requested documents already and have not received a response. this is his day stated on the blue slip. please help him. he was told to wait. waited again until nearly 5. named called. pink slip handed. husband said there was about 10 people getting the pink. he guessed it was their assigned day too.

want to know what's ironic? i received an email response from the consulate on the morning of sept. 23rd which was evening of HCM's 23rd saying "we've received your email, we are working on answering your inquire at the earliest possibilty." i had a good chuckle. better be working on that visa instead.

ordered to pick up visa on sept. 30th. hoping to fly out on the 1st!

grinning from ear to ear.

good luck to everyone else. oh... who do i owe cupcakes to?

could you please elaborate some more about slipping in the timeline? the person looking over the required documents accepted it? and sometimes not accept it? thanks.

thanks everyone for the awesome feedbacks. i'm taking it down. i'll let ya'll know how it goes after the interview. i'm totally thinking blue, just in case.

"Many people who are introduced by relatives are asked to submit lists of all relatives in the US. It's better to give more info than needed and get the pink rather then the strain of the blue slip." -Anh Map

ok, i will get right on it. just name and address? or name, address, copy of drivers license? electric bill? thanks muchos. can't wait for answer.

i appreeeeeeeeeciate you ALL!

OH! i was introduced by my relative. his relatives jumped on the bandwagon after we had already met. what do you think now?

anh tien,

your story very very good even great I ever seen. but I have some ver hornest susgestion:

1. the more you wrote great time line the more suspisous cause: this will reflect the oposition of background between tien and anh ( anh >< tien : background)

2. you come to US since 5 year old ==> your culture >< anh's culture, try to made it clear or foget it dont include it in.

3. time to know each other too short.

4. detail in story sound like made up story, try to skip some unneeded detail like kissing( this is not vietnamese culture may reflect the different between you two, try to act vietnamese girl dont act like american girl)

5. clearly describe why you love him(not just he take care of you at something, state the beauty inside his heart)

6. clearly describe how he love you ( not because you are USC )

7. avoid your bacholor degree if he is not MS or PHD( you are young , beauty, well educated, if his condition is not good as yours dont put it in)

8. try to made some typos, grammar error ( the perfect ussually well repared and made up )

theese are just my opinion, I may be wrong.

good luck,

thank you so much for taking the time to look over my timeline so carefully. please allow me to answer the points that you've analyzed.

1. i don't quite understand what you mean by opposition of background. there most definently is an opposition. as for it being great, i'm so glad that ya'll think so. it eases my worries.

2. those few sentences were to emphasis that there is vietnamese in me and that i'm not completely americanized. i can speak and write it, so that's how we interacted.

3. talked on phone for 2 months, met, took 5 months to get engaged, took a year to get married. as til now, know each other for 2 years. time seems reasonable to both american times and vietnamese times, also, it was much easier in the way that both families are all cool with it. being vietnamese, if your family don't agree, your relationship gets miserable. we didn't have that problem.

4. the detail is so necessary. i'm a female, the timeline should sound like a female. females pay attention to details. also, we're young, in both cultures, when you're young, you tend to kiss a lot without the feeling of cultural suppressant.

5. writing about beauty inside his heart is the kind of balone anyone can cook up. again, from a female's perspective, if he cares to take care of you in the simplest way, he can take care of you and want to take care of you all round.

6. explaining how he loves me should be through his words. i can't speak that for him.

7. i can't avoid my education in my timeline because that is a part of me. that would cause red flags i'm sure.

8. there are so many typos in that timeline, it's embarrassing. i did make it up when i should be studying for my final. so... errors are plenty.

my husband already received the timeline with the notary so i can't fix any of it now. all the points you've mentioned are so awesome for our preparation. we'll gather up the emails and phone bills and chat logs to prove most of those points. thanks you so much again. i grateful beyond words.

Nice story, lots of good events and dates.

One typo that I noticed: it's bumPer cars, not bumMer cars.

Be sure to include a list of all his relatives here in the US along with your timeline.

Best of luck to the both of you.

lol. i had lots of typos. i did this the night before my economics final. lol. had to get it done so that fedex could get to him on time.

anywho, i'm debating whether to make a list of relatives or not. i mean, if the CO truly judge the timeline, i'm sure he won't think it's a fraud... and possibly not ask for the list of relatives? has anyone turned in their timeline and NOT a list of relatives and gotten a blue slip asking for a list of relatives only?

this would help much. thanks.

by the way, you all are awesome. virtual cupcakes for all of ya'll. thanks millions for reading my long novel. ya'll truly are the best!

hello VJs!

I made the relationship timeline of my CR1 case for HCMC. I fedexed it to my husband so that he could prepare for the interview, August 26th. I was wondering if ya'll would like to read it and possibly give me your opinions on what would be a red flag. I think this would really help us prepare for the interview. You could find the timeline on my profile page in the about me section. Word of warning, it's looooong.

thanks!

Post it for feedback.. but change the names and personal info...

it's too long to be posted here.

please view it in my profile page. thanks muchos.

hello VJs!

I made the relationship timeline of my CR1 case for HCMC. I fedexed it to my husband so that he could prepare for the interview, August 26th. I was wondering if ya'll would like to read it and possibly give me your opinions on what would be a red flag. I think this would really help us prepare for the interview. You could find the timeline on my profile page in the about me section. Word of warning, it's looooong.

thanks!

Only a few days away from your interview date. I hope you've gotten the issue of packet 4 taken care of. If not, I found this on VJ:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...&hl=packet4

That forum thread has for download a pdf file of the packet 4 issued by HCMC for K-1 cases. It should help in organizing your documents for the interview.

Good luck.

Appointment scheduled for August 26!!!!

Hi VJ's, SO EXCITING!!! I'm preparing everything for the big day, and I would like to make sure which of the documents should I have my husband bring to the interview. All my civil documents were already sent to NVC, Birth, marriage and police certificates, photographs...Below there is part of the appointment letter they sent me.

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The applicant must bring the following to the visa interview:

* Any original documents that were requested by the NVC but were not submitted to the NVC

* The medical examination results if not submitted to the Embassy/Consulate by the physician

* The correct size and number of photographs

* Valid passport for all traveling applicants

The following table lists the documents requested by the NVC and whether or not the NVC received them. Please note that even though the applicant may have provided the NVC with a copy of a document, the applicant is still required to bring the original document to the visa interview.

Document Name / Document Status

CORRESPONDENCE INSTRUCTIONS C

IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATION Y

DS-230-II Y

PASSPORT Y

BIRTH CERTIFICATE O

ADOPTION F

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE O

MARRIAGE TERMINATION F

COURT RECORDS F

FINANCIAL EVIDENCE Y

CUSTODY PAPERS F

MILITARY RECORDS F

COLOMBIA POLICE CERTIFICATE O

IRS WAIVER F

PHOTOGRAPH Y

PETITIONER MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE F

PETITIONER BIRTH CERTIFICATE F

* Document Status Description *

A = Applicant must acquire this document and present it at the time of the interview.

F = This form is not necessary for this application.

O = The original document has been received and accepted as meeting post requirements.

P = The police certificate must be requested by the applicant. The issuing police authority will send the police record directly to the appropriate US Embassy to have on hand at the time of the interview.

T = An acceptable document has been received, but a translation is required as the submitted document is not in English or the official language of the processing post. The applicant must present a certified translation at the time of the interview.

U = The applicant has informed the NVC that the required document is unavailable.

X = The required document is unobtainable for this country per the Foreign Affairs Manual.

Y = The required document has been received and accepted.

I = The required form is incomplete. Please ensure that a complete form is presented at the interview.

S = Scanned document received. The original document must be presented at the time of the interview.

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Also, I'm working on the extra "hush-hush" requirement, the timeline, right now. What else? What else? If you're in the SAME BOAT as I am, or have BEEN IN THE BOAT BEFORE AND HAVE SAILED ON, please reply to this post. I've read countless and countless posts regarding the interview process and most of them a super awesome and the other most are so repetitive that it caused even more confusion. My hope is that this post will be the most useful of useful. Please give your two-bits about information that you are 100% certain about. That way, everyone is better off! If you have a good hunch but not so sure on the 100%, please send me a message and we can figure from there before posting for confusion.

Also, I'm offering cupcakes. If you are truly helpful and is my saint sent from above (and you live near me) My husband and I will be more than happy to hand deliver fresh batches of cupcakes. No lies, and no bribes. Just a grateful heart!

A MILLION THANKS IN ADVANCE.