Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Embassy requesting more pictures after K1 interview	It depends from one case to another and one consulate to another... There is one couple who was asked for additional evidence at the VN consulate and they submitted it 7 months ago... still waiting still no word... it could be days, weeks, or months...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-08 17:21:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Please, assist me with I-864 Co-Sponsor	You will need to include proof of citizenship for the sponsor as well... others ran into this issue in the past... not sure how to address the wife but I can move the topic to get you better info...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-20 14:48:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Statistics	only annual volumes are available.. not pending #'s... You can see how many they processed last year by tpe and consulate but dont see how many are waiting by consulate at any given time...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-21 11:32:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	packet 4 ?	Consulate screwed up... The fee is 350 as has been said... keep the letter that has the interview date on it so she can get her medical and vaccinations... if she does not have the medical already.. have her contact them ASAP as others have noted delays recently at Cho Ray ...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-22 07:35:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	RFE at interview.	were you given a 221g? or a denail? if its only a 221g, it is a conditional denial.. the condition being that you dont meet the requested additional proof of ongoing relationship... as others have said... get every bit of evidence that you can come up with... emails, chat logs, phone logs, everything.....	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-05-18 17:51:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	How "old" can documents be when brought to K-1 interview in Bogota?	The medical is often only good for 6 months as well	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-26 18:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	what interest me the most...	they can ask the same question several times in different words looking to trip up the applicant... the truth is consistent.. lies vary...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-07-11 19:26:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	P6c's - Department of State's War on Love, Logic & Law	A thought just crossed my mind regarding this whole material misrepresentation thing... The same consulate that has investigators call up applicants, petitioners and thier families and lies about the pretense of the calls and who they are to ask questions about the relationship, is the one saying others have made a material misrepresentation? I guess since its the VN clerks and not the CO that are actually doing the calls it does not count...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-07-20 08:27:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Interview questions you got wrong	We had a few wrong answers, I can't even remember how many. After the interview my husband kept asking me: "how you could forget such a thing??" . Back then we were already together for 7 years, and spite of the wrong answers, the CO realized that we loved each other. They did investigative calls on us earlier this week... like an interview over the phone... they asked so many questions... Thuy got confused on two address related questions when she mixed up the numbers... when I talked to my mother about it later that day, she said if they called her.. she would have missed those questions and likely many more.. my own mother... how can they expect someone that lives around the world from you and has never been to the US to answer specific details about your city and home...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-07-22 19:14:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Told not to pick up visa?	Delays in visa processing happen... they will likely call her to say when it is ready... lucky for you guys.. many consulates dont have the courtesy to call.. they let you travel accross the country only to be told to come back a week or two later...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-07-30 15:25:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	HOW DO I KNOW WHEN USEM GETS PAPERS FROM NVC?	This has probably been asked and answered many times in many threads but I am not sure how to use the search feature on these boards so bear with me please. My paperwork left the NVC on the 25th of July. How do I know when it is received in Manila USEM and what is the next step? Do I call the 800 number and schedule the interview? Thanks everyone! You can call DoS and they will let you know if the consulate has the file... 202-663-1225... then 1 then 0 ... have your NVC # ready... they may ask birth dates for you or spouse...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-08-03 22:59:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	NOA2 Expires before Interview Date	Everything at this point is really based on when the NVC makes contact or you contact them the NVC give you one year from last contact so as long as your Case is moving and it looks like it is because you have your interview date Your good to go misinformation since he filed K1.. Nothing to worry about Peter.. They will extend automatically as needed... our expired over 6 months ago and we are still good to go...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-09-12 18:16:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Administrative Review!!!	If you get married the K1 petition dies and you will then need to start over with a CR1... wait a little now or wait for the entire process again and possible get put in AR all over again...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-09-17 16:31:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Waiting for his Visa	Have your congressional Rep or Senator submit a status inquiry for you.. It should tell you whats up pretty fast..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-09-23 18:22:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 Interview	Moving from K1 to US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-09-24 21:41:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	wait times on interview for dominican republic	moving from k1 process to consulate discussion..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-09-28 21:41:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	k1 visa denied, help pls	Every consulate accepts co-sponsors Manila included. Ryna is correct if its Fiancée on K1 then you need the I-134. I can only assume that the CO either did not see your dads I-134 (unlikely but possible) or it was not completed/documented correctly. Did the CO mention anything? NOT TRUE.... Many consulates will NOT accept co-sponsors for fiance visas.. many will only allow them for spouses... CR1's	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-23 18:36:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Validity period for Medicals and Police Cert.	The validity of the medical is one year. The validity for the police records depends on the country - usually from 4 to 6 months. However, once you have submitted the package all that matters is they were valid then. So if it takes them 3 years to give you an interview from that point on, you did submit them what they asked for and when they asked for it. Misinformation.. This differs from one country to another.. some are six months and some are 1 year.. the same applies to police certs some are 6 month and most are 1 year.. The documents are valid for the period beginning the date tehy are issued and must be renewed if additional review is needed after the interview.. this was the case for us.. our medical had to be redone an extra 100 bucks spent thanks to the consulates delay...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-10-12 18:46:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 Sponsorship	Because she is short on the amount needed she will have to get a co-sponsor. The co-sponsor must fill out the same information and have an income that is above the poverty line for the amount of people he/she is supporting.They must also provide proof of employment,pay stubs at the very least 4 (from what I was told) and taxes from the past 3 years. If they have the assets to offset the shortfall (300% of shortfall)... a cosponsor is not required...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-10-13 18:58:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	221 g	they had all their precious time to double check a hundered time, why would they just make people suffer?????????? We were just in AP for 8 months.. others are still in AP a year or more.. each case is different and there is little to nothing that can be done to get things done any faster than they want to take.. at this point it is in the hands of the CO and it is up to the CO as to when you will get final approval... moving to the embassy/consulate discussion as this topic is a consular level issue.. Edited by ScottThuy, 16 October 2010 - 07:24 PM.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-10-16 19:23:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Red Flags HCMC	Jim... They are alraedy being Sued for requiring them... It was sometimes possible a few years ago to get them to hold a petition.. Now that there is a new CG it may be possible again and Marc would be the one who would know... Roger.. We got put in AP for a month at NVC (before the interview) as well as after.. so there can be AP before.. Joe.. Normally, I would say "Dont plan for denial".. but given the red flags that Jim noted.. you have some big hurdles to overcome.. The single visit/marriage is a huge red flag and most CO's at HCMC wiould hit you with that IMO... it can be overcome after the denial with more visits and proof of relationship, but it can be difficult to overcome at this stage if the initial petition did not already sufficiently address it. She needs to be ready for a difficult interview... she needs to know everything about you not just remember a bunch of facts.. keep things in perspective and know that this process can take a long time and its just a process.. One that we get through eventually...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-11-22 13:11:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Consulate Question	Moving from K1 processing to Consulate discussion area..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-09-17 19:59:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Troiiiiiiii oiiiiiiii What next?	Any news yet?	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-04-20 08:41:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	i-134 Form	They could just reaffirm this version... should be done by June..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-05-03 07:47:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 refused, now they want me to come to Vietnam	Things have been improving since the CG changed.... We saw a great streak of VJ pinks from HCMC last month...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-05-05 17:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 refused, now they want me to come to Vietnam	updates?	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-02-18 21:46:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	K1 refused, now they want me to come to Vietnam	I am amazed that they are handling things this way at the consulate.. When we were in AP they did a form of a stokes interview over the phone... at least thats what it was IMO.. They called Me, My fiance, her mom and my ex all at the same time(no chance of warning anyone that it was coming and it was after 11PM my time) and asked us all similar questions and I expect that they compared the responses as I could tell they were writing down the responses.. My wife was asked far more questions than the rest of us, but it was all done via phone.. si man it sounds like a CO from Guayaquil has been transferred to HCMC... I would start by calling DoS on Monday and asking what notes are in the system to see if they have anything noted about the USC being asked to be present at the interview... a logical person would presume that if they are asking for the USC to be present after what has already transpired, they have some good liklihood to approve the visa. But we are talking about HCMC and I would not expect a visa just because he shows up, rather expect additional hurdles IE Stokes interview etc.... I would go if possible, or if not possible I would send an email to the consulate explaining the reason why I was not available on that date and offering to be available should they want to call... if that is not acceptible to them I could go to the local service center.. It all boils down to what you are able to do...i wouldnt risk losing my job to fly around the world on this gamble of sorts... given two+ weeks to drop everything and fly around the world to "show ones face" is unrealistic to say the least. Best of luck..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-01-30 10:01:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Time frame for interview.	each case is different.. look at the timelines link above for averages	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-05-06 19:09:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	over excited!	our journey has been up and down between may 18th (our interview date) till now. our experience: our interview was schedule for 930 am on that date. my fiance showed up at 8am to get in line. when he was called he saw the pink slip in his file already. he felt a little relax. our questions: -what does your fiance do? -what is her boss name? -describe a typical day of your fiance? -how much does she make a year? -what are her hobbies? -did you plan a wedding? where? -where did your fiance went to college? what school, how long? -what's her favorite food? -who did she lived with when she comes back? -how many times did she come back? when? exact date! -how did you and your fiance meet? -who introduce you guys? -last questions: how come when you guys knows each other for 3 1/2 years--why dont you guys get marry but still do the K-1? our result: blue 10 years residence and timeline i mailed my back--express got to vietnam in 4 days. the blue sheet told us to come back in June 15th. which is also a wednesday. i told my fiance to go back to the consulate on wednesday and make sure he wait. he just got out and called me---WE GOT PINK!!!! after another 4 hours wait----we finally got it. we felt so relax and over joyed! good luck to everyone! Congrats.. take a moment and fill in your timeline as that will help others here in the future	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-05-25 13:19:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	tuberculosis	Copy that Scott, I was thinking along those lines myself. Figured it would move, I used tuberculosis and tb in the title hoping people who search for the subject would get a hit with either entry. I'm guessing the search function will be the main path to this. It being kind of a niche topic here. It comes up more in the VN and PI forums than others but like you said a search would yield this one regardless...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-07 13:27:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	tuberculosis	James.. I actually think it would be better for this to be in the consular/embassy discussion area as it also applies to CR1/IR1 cases .. not just K1	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-07 12:48:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Rumors about Ciudad-Juarez, Mexico	The visa is good for 6 months from the date of issue unless there is some over-riding factor that caused the CO to reduce the length of time.. not common... waiting a few weeks will have no effect on the process once he is here	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-07 22:35:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	incomplete	moving to consulate and embassy from VN regional Edited by ScottThuy, 09 June 2011 - 09:09 AM.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-09 09:08:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Consulate Interview...couple of red flags?	great news.. this goes to show how different things are from one country to another.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-13 17:41:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	HCMC Consulate Specific Requirements	Those two documents are often asked for in the initial blue slip if provided. Some decide to be proactive and provide the documents ahead of time to counter any potential request. Some members have had the timeline, tried to give it at the time of interview, told no and then given blue slip for the exact document in hand... it wasnt about the document IMO it was a delay tactic as something else was not completed... You can look at the interview results thread in the VN regional and see which cases had which docs requested in blue slips... from that you can see the frequency and results after the fact...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-07-20 21:38:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	My visa was denied and send back to NVC	Darnell said it.... in the first two options you must overcome the perception that your relationship is a fraud....	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-07-03 16:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Missed 1st appt. interview..HELP!	Call DoS and ask what the case status is...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2012-02-12 11:21:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	221G Process question	Where did they put a time frame on your 221g form? They just marked the box that said lacking documents/ further processing and then on the other sheets marked what they wanted. The only date on any of the forms was on the top of the BLUE SLIP which was the date of the interview. Ours has a date to submit docs in the second from the last paragraph.. the last paragraph says something about having 1 year from interveiw to address the request or the case will be cancelled.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-02-19 01:21:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	221G Process question	One would hope they knew, but CO's don't always think as we would expect them to.... touch base with them by email to be safe... this way there is a record of your communication in the file. They are celebrating right now anyway.. not back to work until next week I suspect..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-02-19 01:02:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	221G Process question	Ours had a date to submit the required documents on it... was there any date on yours? you need to contact them ASAP, to let them know you have not abandoned the petition... they can send the case back with a denial based on failure to produce requested documents if it takes too long or they don't hear from you... Moved to Consulte Discussion as the case is already at the consulate stage.... Edited by ScottThuy, 19 February 2010 - 12:56 AM.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-02-19 00:53:00