VinceN

Congrats! Like Jim've said, make sure you eat a good lunch b/c it can take awhile before you get to sit down.

We had 400+ people at our party, it was a blast. I really wished we get to skip the table to table greeting though, b/c by I get to sit down with the wedding party everybody was wasted and most of the food were gone.

That's nice and all but as soon as you steps outside of those fancy buildings you still have 5year olds or 80 years old lady with one blind eye trying to sell you lottery tickets.

most people just buy an existing nail shop, but you can build up also. nebraska is a good place as it's not overly saturated and prices are still high, also look at iowa or other midwest/central states. 3-4 worker shop is kinda small, i would say about 15-20k to start up (always go with the high estimate to factor costs in business). imo in nebraska should be at least 6-8 chairs if you want to build up the business and stay there. you don't need to know how to do nails, but then you will be really dependent on the workers and at their mercy. you will also need a big place where you can provide living accomodations for the workers you recruit over, because they will most likely be out of state and just go there to work and only there because of the money(unless they want to tip cows...yea a nebraska stereotype joke).

**not a nail shop owner but dated a couple and know the biz well enough**

I agree with all the above except for the bold part. Bigger cities like Lincoln and Omaha are highly saturated with shops! As the result, uneducated owners started naming their own prices since there is little to no regulation on prices. Some of the prices are laughable at best, but it makes sense to them apparently. Some smart people are starting to branch out into smaller towns, while business is good in smaller towns, but folks from smaller towns generally have never heard of the tipping concept.

Btw, I have yet to tip a cow or even know how

Congrats! taking her passport is a solid sign as they will put her visa in it! I know how exciting it feels to get such new so enjoy it!

My wife is over here now we have worked things out and everything is ok now. She has stopped talking to her "friend". I been checking on who she calls now since the cellphones are under my name. I just want to just let the past be the past. I know people might think I am stupid for giving her a second chance but she has been a great wife ever since she came here a month ago.

You're a bigger man than I am! I sincerely hope it will work out for you and you won't regret your decision.

Actually we went into nail biz cause it makes alot of money. What's different from doing that or a restaurant? Or being a plumber or a carpenter? It's just doing business. You're either good at it or or not. Same thing with stocks. It's about maximization and efficiency. You guys remember that Korean Taco cart that started in Cali? Think it started in Cali http://www.gourmet.com/food/2009/05/korean-tacos . Guess what, those guys do over a million dollars a year. If you guys would just realize there are other states out there other than Cali and TX, you'd realize this as well. You know there's 48 states besides those 2. Just go check census info for unsaturated states. Smart business owners don't try to milk something that 10,000 others are milking. They go and find inefficiencies and use them. That's why I'm out in the Midwest. Its just business.

Oh preach on brother! I agree with everything you said, that's why I'm in the midwest as well. I was just being sarcastic toward some members on here who have the tendencies to make blanket statements such as below.

The only reason those ppl prefer to do nail is because they love to CHEAT tax and the US gov't for programs I mentioned above.

A little bit of advice from someone that's traded the markets for a very long time. Never invest/trade what your not willing to lose entirely. I've traded for 10 years right out of college. And even more important, never think the market owes you something. I've traded markets for about 10 years now. Started straight out of college for a prop trading firm in NYC. And guess what? It didn't become a fruitful career. There were times when i made ####### loads of money (10k plus on single trade spanning only a few hours) but always, always lost it all and more. There is only a very small % of people that can consistently beat the market. I'm talking like .05% Most traders I know that started with me in 2003 have moved on to different careers. Even big boys like hedge funds and banks can't game the market consistently. That's why in times of depressions/crashes they go bankrupt and need bailouts. Wall street is real simple. The majority buy and hold forever. It's really that simple. When markets go up everyone gets fat bonuses. When markets crash people get laid off or quit. I still buy a little stock here and there but went into nail biz cause its much more stable. But when I play the market, I do so knowing I can lose it all. Thats why most of the time I just buy options. Thank god I got married and my wife got me to stop trading all the time. Now we both run a salon together and life's a whole lot more stable.

You should really consider what happens if you lost your money and cant buy engagement ring?

C’m on, everybody on this board know you went into the nail biz only to cheat tax and various government programs.

/sarcasm.

things have changed slightly,,, now they are getting married and filing, before they were looking to K1.. documentation of the long term relationship will be a great help.. what things do you have to document it?

Thanks Scott, I overlooked that detail. However, I think the same points from the other thread still stand, which comes down to this relationship is not the cultural norm and that could be frowned upon by the CO. Good luck OP.

Why are you asking this again when there was already a lengthy discussion in your other thread about the same question?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/372586-what-if-we-dont-follow-traditions/

Doubt if that will stick in the smaller villages down South.

It won't stick anywhere, this is laughable at best.

My wife was doing this way before coming the states. She owned her own beauty salon where she did everything, so she automatically adapted to the nail salons life as soon as she got here. She makes good money even though the hour sucks sometimes, but I rather see her in a nail salon than some manufacturing/meat plant.

One must wonder, are they comparing the number to documented Hispanics or non-documented Hispanics?

Don't be condescending, I was being facetious. Excuse me if my reply wasn't up to your standards. This is an open forum and you don't like what people say there is no need to be so rude. Just because you don't agree with his investments does not mean that he sits at a black jack table and lays down his life savings. If anyone acts like this is high school it is you my "friend". Were you a bully back then as well? Does sitting behind a computer insulting the OP's intelligence make you feel like a man? I often wonder why people sit behind a keyboard and think it's OK to be so demeaning to virtual strangers. It's his money to invest, it isn't as though it's you have anything to lose. If his fiance gets a ring out of it, that's great. If his investment doesn't work out in time for the NOA2 he just has to sit on it until it does.

I was just asking for a logic to your reply and you already get all worked up, I apologize for that. Sorry to disappoint you but if I've heard this in real life I would have reacted/said the very same thing, I just don't sit behind a screen and do it.

Take it however you may, but the idea of wether OP's wife gets a ring or not depending on the outcome of a stock investment is a bit twisted to say the least.

Everything in life is a gamble!

Please explain your logic.

I'm going to clean out our saving and hit up the black jack table! I'm speculating I should make at least %50 by the end of the night, and if everything goes to plan I'm planning on taking the wifey on a month long cruise!

If not I guess we can always live on ramen noodles.

This man is doing this for his fiance and I think by far it is one of the sweetest posts I have seen on this site.

This is so b/c a majority of us don't post up the things we do for our significant other like we got something to prove, this is not high school.

I'm going to "gamble" with this money, if I win she gets a ring <------------ not sweet!!!

I was going to buy some toy, but I'm gonna buy her a ring instead <---------sweet!

I appreciate OP's intension, but I think he's doing it wrong.

What a heartless comment. You know my last name? You know my children's last name? Why do I have to report to you? So what do you mean? All the mixed-race people are demons?

I just don't like to see people write wrong Vietnamese. Even if he is an Caucasian men, he should do it correctly when he write Vietnamese. I feel sad for this part, people write Vietnamese with so many intentional mistakes, for what? I don't know.

If you expect a Caucasian man to write Vietnamese correctly, then perhaps you should do the same while writing English, I’m just saying. You seem to be a very strong opinionated woman and I admire that, but you’re fighting for the wrong cause.

Keep practicing.. Eventually you will get it right...

Hmmm if you don't have enough friends you shouldn't marry, or if you are poor.. don't marry, or if you are not familiar with the US legal system don't marry... At some point you will realize that it's not these things that are most important.. It is finding the right person and sometimes that person is from another country, culture or financial level. All too often people marry the wrong person.. the divorce rate is higher when there are two USC's that when it is a USC and someone from VN...

Well, I guess I should be glad my wife married a poor unfriendly butched-looking dude so I have all my base covered. It doesn’t get any worse than this so we’re safe from being another divorce statistic.

Looks like OP’s husband has his hands full.

IT was meant as a genderal statement the person in power does not have to be white.

Last Time I check he was Half White if you want to be technical.

I'm Sick and tired of you people complaining of Racism.

Do something about it.

if you dont like your boss because he is racist: Start your own company or go get another job.

If you dont like your Racist Neighbor Moved or burn his house down so he will move.

Get my point Here

You shouldn't get so worked up on an issue that has been around for hundreds of year and most likely will be around for awhile

Come on ... nowadays unfortunately a lot of people got divorced. Do you mean that if you are divorced you are not allowed to marry again

May be she wasn't aware that he was married before at all

Scammers also get divorced after couple of years of bringing their client over, what's your point?

Do you have any idea how difficult the Vietnam consulate is or how high the fraud rate is for this consulate? I was speaking from the perspective of any CO that work at this consulate, the fact that OP did a k-1 and divorced a couple of years later reek of scam. Again, I'm speaking from the CO's perspective, which main job is to weed out scammers.

Now for the sake of argument and let's say she wasn't aware of the fact that he was married. That opens a whole new can of worm. If you're marrying somebody and have no idea they were married before then you have bigger problems on your hand.

You should not use a visa for reasons other than what it was intended to be used for. In other words, do not use a CR1 visa to temporarily visit the US and then go back to VN. A tourist visa is appropriate for visiting purposes. A CR1 is to be used for people that want to permanently immigrate to the US. But since your tourist visa applications keep getting denied, I don't think this will work. You may have to accept the fact that you cannot bring your wife and son to the US for simple visitation purposes. Now if you wish to permanently live in the US that would be a different story and the CR1 visa would come into play. I don't think anybody here will tell you to use certain visas in an irresponsible way so rest assured you will get good advise here

Your situation is a bit tricky but I think they only way for your family to see your wife and son would be to try to have them fly to VN and meet them there. I know it will probably suck big time but that is the reality of your situation. But please do not try use the system to your advantage by bringing your wife and son to the US on a CR1 visa if you only want to visit and then go back to VN. Good luck and congrats on the birth of your son

I was going to say the same exact thing, but what I wanted to say sounded too crude when I typed it out, so thanks for posting my point. IF all OP wants is for the family to see the baby, would it make more sense to have the family go to VN to see the wife? This is just pure speculation as I’m sure there are lot of other details we’re not getting.

why are you viet folks complaining about racism? the economy is a better subject to discuss.

If the white man do you wrong just vote him out of office. What seem to be the problem here?

Last I checked the man in the office isn't white.

Seems like your question # 4 was a major bright red flag.

In my opinion, that's not just a bright red flag, it's almost an automatic denial.

3. Do you think it’s success for visa if I start to fill on CR1 for her?? We are unable to have a baby. I love her very much and I need her here with me no matter what.

Not like having a baby would make any difference with your visa result, but why did you mention the titbit about not being able to have a baby? I suspect it’s b/c of huge misconception of having a baby is a sure approval you’ve heard from others. I had scammers telling me the something when I first started my process.

That was fast, did you get any help (congressman, senator, etc)?

Thanks.

No, I didn't have any help. Just came home and it was there in the mailbox.

Here is something I wish I knew before hand. I don't know how it is in your state of resident, but in this good state of Nebraska, my wife couldn't get her driver license once I-94 expired. Once it expired she has to have her GC to get her driver license. So try to go for her DL as soon as you can unless she's not planning on going anywhere.

Just a little update for those who are interested. My wife finally received her card yesterday.

I am having a deja vu feeling.

Same here...