Jerry & Fiona

thx jerry even with a 5 yr relationship between two young adults who are close in age and a child out of wedlock i do have one major red flag...we'll see if it comes back to bite me. more updates to follow.

Yes, please keep us posted.

Good luck with your interview tomorrow night.

Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good. Good news about your police paper being sent to your fiance. You guys are good. Get that pink!

I love it.

Same CO Thuy had, but they did not want her responding in English... no idea why.. her English is great... You guys must have caught her on a good day... we didnt..

So lucky for us, ah?

That's great new Jerry. I think this is it. Submit the police paper and the Pink is yours! Congrats buddy!!

Fiona got a call last night. She was informed the police report will be express mailed (we will have a backup copy also) to her on Monday. That being the case she should be able to submit it to the consulate by Wednesday or Thursday. So, very good news to have a definite answer on when to expect this final document.

Hey Jerry congrats i just noticed the day you bought your ring was the day i got engaged to my fiancee

How about that?

Just learned 2 more questions.

What is your fiance's job?

What is the name of your fiance's employer?

So happy. I love Fiona so much. Talking with her now. Here is what she has to say so far about the interview.

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Vietnamese lady:

Do you speak English?

Vietnamese lady went away:

Black lady:

How did you meet your fiance?

When did you feel like you love your fiance?

How many visits did your fiance make to come see you in Vietnam?

What was the first year your fiance visit you?

Which trip did your fiancee propose to you?

What date did your fiance propose to you?

Did you have engagement party?

Do you have any relatives in the US?

Was your fiance married before?

Were you married before?

Your fiance have any children?

Do you have any children?

Have you ever applied for visa to USA?

Have you ever been to USA?

Can you tell me about the city your fiance lives in?

Can I see your photos?

5 minutes at window. Many pink slips passed out yesterday.

They never asked to see engagement photos, never asked for timeline, 10 year residence, chats, mail or anything. When the woman went to ask for something from Fiona, a person over the shoulder of the CO said, "No need". That was it. They told her when she gets the police document bring it back at any time.

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this is great news, exactly the way you hoped for. Maybe they'll just hand over the visa the next time, rather than getting pink.

Hope so.

Glad to hear that Jerry. Maybe we can swing up to Dallas and see you guys!

That would be fantastic.

Congrats! You don't need to buy any pink. Your cheek already look pink.

Yes, my cheek always pink. So lucky, ah?

I'm going to buy something pink today.

congrats jerry. i'm in vung tau but had to log on with well wishes as i remembered your date was the 18th and knew you'd have good news.

i guess we're up next on the 24th...the pink streak might be broken

Vung Tau very nice. Was just there recently. We took one of those high speed ferries to VT. I need to post some photos from our VT trip. Hey thanks for remembering us. Be hopeful for your interview. We had a few red flags but we overcame them. You can too.

Awesome news. Would love to hear the details.

Thanks everyone. Fiona is very tired now. So I let her sleep. She can give me the details after she has rested. She still had to return to work in the afternoon. I'm sure she was on the phone with so many people sharing the good news also.

She told me she was down there from 8am till 11:30am.

Only details I know so far... The CO asked her if she spoke English and she said yes. So they did the interview in English. Fiona also told me that they did not ask for the timeline or 10 year residence documents.

Excellent!!! Glad to hear it went well. Soon will be pink in hand.

Yes. I am looking at the blue slip that she scanned for me. Only need to turn in the police document then should be finished. I wonder, do they give pink on that date or do they give visa? There is no return date on the blue. Just states to come in between 1pm and 2pm.

Ok, just got off the phone with Fiona. Everything went perfectly and exactly as we expected. The police document has been delayed and we knew that was already going to cause us to get a blue slip. Interview went well. They gave her blue slip and told her just bring the police document when she receives it and then can issue pink/visa. So yessssssssssss! So happy. Maybe cannot sleep tonight. She is so happy and excited......and hungry. Haha. She will post details about the interview later and I will repost on Visa Journey.

Police document is expected to come in the next week or so.

Make sure you get some good sleep tonight... it may be a long night waiting to hear from her tomorrow...

Still 1 day 4 hours and 56 minutes to wait. Not including he interview duration.

Is it 9:30 the 18th yet? Anticipation is making me crazy.

I craved tacos in hcmc also. Not sure where you would even find tortillas to make shells.

thanks to everyone, this has been such a long and grueling process. It's like a dim light at the end of a tunnel, reaching the end and its bright and sunny skies all around you. I still can't come to grasp the fact that it's finally done. My case took a bit longer than usual, not because of delays in processing, but with bringing a little one into the world and also a career change. I'm actually settling into my new life quite nicely.

I can't believe my timeline says 400+ days. You wont believe during all this waiting time, I've managed to set up a satellite dish, tuned my car, taught myself soldering to fix my LCD. I can tell ya, it's nice to find a hobby to keep yourself busy. The long wait was much tougher on my wife than it was for me.

I hear ya! Anticipation growing. 4 days 5 hours 24 minutes to go for us.

Even easier. Just self take the iphone texts by pressing the 'home button' and "power button"-top right at the same time. scroll through only a few that u think that are significants and take pictures of them. Upload them to your computer and that's it. Good luck.

Only it doesn't really show who is talking to who. I really would like to have a text file showing in/out from her number or mine with the conversation. Someone here at work says they know how to do it.

By the way, that is pretty cool that you can do what you described above.

Go to this website: http://www.thebeatlesforever.com/processtext/

There is a program out there call "ABC Amber" and it is free. I downloaded that program to retrieve and display text messages on our phones. The program is very useful, it even creates a nice report in different format like PDF, Words, Excel and others.

It also depends on what kind of phone you got also or you can try another free program call "Bitpim" http://www.bitpim.org/

Thanks. I'll check these out tonight. You rule.

Awesome news. So happy for you. Well, Fiona and I will be the next interview up. I'm trying to find a way to export all of our text messages from my iphone so she can print out and take to the interview. Any ideas? I've tried a few things but it looks like I may have to part with $20 for software to do it.

Awesome news. Thanks for keeping us up to date. Less than a week for our interview.

I just arrived in HCMC. Lost my luggage now heading back to the in-laws house and get my wife prepared for her interview tomorrow. Anyone in the area wants to get some coffee this week. Give me a call at 0903030567

-Ricky

Wish I could be there next week for the interview but have to work.

Was she behaving while there?

Yes. And we should have the VN police record later this week. Cutting it close but I think it will be ok.