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| Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |  Review on August 18, 2010: |
utst10
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
I arrived at the airport at 10 PM. Our interview was scheduled for the next morning at 8:00 AM.
We decided to stay near the consulate so that we don't have a long drive on the day of the interview.
My wife and I stayed up until 4:00 AM preparing for the interview. We arranged the information I
brought with me in chronological order. We had receipts, plane tickets, hotel receipts, etc.
All together I say we had about 15 pounds worth of information. The consular never even looked at the
information. He did thumb through all the pictures.
We arrived at the consulate at 7:30 AM. Our appointment was at 8:00 AM.
My wife was allowed to go through the metal gate while I had to stand outside. I walked across the
street and walked down to the local cafe shop. I have read the reviews here and knew what to expect. My wife
interview was over around 11 AM. Below is her account of the event.
She walked into the sitting area and sat. She said there were over 30 people waiting for their interviews.
She tried being courteous to all the people and workers there. The people were nice and some even exchanged
information with my wife. The workers were not rude to her. She was the last to be called. As she sat there,
she notice that only one or two people got the pink slips. She got nervous as she walked up for her interviewed.
She walked up to the window and handed them all the paperwork. There were a white male, late 30, and a female
translator. They asked her a total of about 12 questions (not sure of the order of the questions below).
They asked the questions very fast and they were trickies. The consulor was very friendly and was smiling to my wife
when he first met my wife but got serious and didn't smile when the interview occurred.
1. Q. How did you meet your husband? A. My aunt introduced us.
2. Q. How did your aunt introdcued you guys? A. By phone
3. Q. How long have your been introduced? A. 2 years
4. Q. How long have your aunt and husband known each other? A. About 5 or 6 years.
At this point the translator wanted the year and my wife said she was not certain of the exact year that
her aunt and I meet.
5. Q. How did your aunt and husband met? A. My husband gets his hair cut by my aunt.
They quickly changed the subect.
6. Q. Who is your husband best friend. A. Tom a co-worker from a previous company.
7. Q. What sports does your husband like to play? A. He likes to run.
8. Q. When did you guys meets? A. 6-17-09. The translator pretented she didn't heard and asked again and my wife
gave the same answered. Tricky. They wanted to see if you can answer it again quickly.
9. Q. When did your get married? A. 9-29-09.
10.Q. How many people attended the wedding? A. 300
11.Q. Did anyone from your husband side attended the wedding? A. Yes. Mother, brother, brother in law, and
two sisters.
12.Q. Do you have pictures of places your visited? The tanslator asked my wife "Where is the picture of your
child?" Keep in mind that in Vietnamese, the words sounded really similar. My wife looked at the translator
and scream at her loud enough so everyone could hear saying "We don't have a child together so how can we
have pictures?" At this point the consulate stepped in and said "No, no, no, I ask for pictures of places
your have visited." The second time, he said it in vietnamese and my wife answer "yes we have pictures".
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #6500