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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
I GOT A TOUCH!!!!

So here i am at 3:30am unable to sleep and i decide to read about all the new approvals and before i log off i check my account on the csc site and.... 08/03/07 i got a touch!!!!11!1! no phone calls or anything... i'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO stoked and now i'm afraid i wont be able to sleep at all...

heres to another 20+ apps approved this week!!!!!

hmmmm should i text my girly while she's at work or wait until she gets off to tell her... hmmmm... i'll text her now. :)


:dance: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

everyone pray its a good touch okay? :thumbs:
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-06 02:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
alllllllllllllllllllllllllrigt! some more progress!!! congrats to everyone so far today!!! The boss must be back from vacation!
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-01 12:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
Is everyone updating their time lines? I've dropped from Aug 4th to Aug 24th over the past week... That'd put me over the 4 month mark.

Congrats to you all!
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-01 01:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
OUTSTANDING!!! Lets keep the momentium going!!! They have some ground to make up...
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-07-31 18:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
Has anyone ever tried to figure out a formula or ratio that if 1 person on VJ gets approved X number of people not on VJ get approved. Maybe it just happens to be that when 1 couple gets approved on here any given day 50 more get approved that have never visited the site... Maybe CSC doesn't really suck, there's just that many apps they are busy approving??


Or maybe they just suck.

WE GOT APPROVED NOA2 YAY! : dance:

Current Status: Approval notice sent.


Congrats!!! and thank you soooooo much for getting out of the way :) :) :).

Edited by NeverSeen, 30 July 2007 - 09:52 PM.

NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-07-30 21:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
I love how everytime I check my time line my date gets pushed back 3 days. Wonderful.

Anyone else feel like ####### after conversations like this:

Person X: "How much longer until your wife gets here"
Me: "Oh i still have a couple more weeks until i know shes approved. and then its about another 3 months until she comes over"
Person X:"hey you've been saying that for a couple months now!"
Me: :(

gah. love it.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-07-27 18:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!

everyday I hear "so have you heard anything on his visa yet?" "when is he going to be here?" what do you say to these people? same story everyday.. nothing yet... :( coming up on day 94 since NOA1 and almost 6 months since I have even seen him... :( :crying:
the black hole is getting bigger and is about to swallow me up in it.... :(


Looks like we're in the same boat. nearly 4 months since i've seen her. Hopfully we'll both get ours in the next couple weeks?

:reading:
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-07-26 19:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
*sigh* yesterday was my 3 month anniversary on the NOA1. This sucks.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-07-25 20:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
yey. my timeline is down from 8/2X to 8/4.

*sigh*

Talked to one of my old bosses today that's heavily involoved in politics. She says i should have already written my reps a few times now. How long to people usualy wait before writing? 90 days? 100+?

This whole process is very emontionally... deadening. <~ new word? heh.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-07-16 21:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
My timeline started out saying aug 2, then 15, then 17 *sigh* and *whine*
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-07-11 18:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
GOT A LETTER IN THE MAIL TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!1!







But it just told me they just wanted to make sure i had their correct phone number. Talk about an emotional high to low. this: :dance: :dancing: to this: :dead: in a heartbeat. oh well.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-07-09 23:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!

Alllll right, good to see more people getting approved!! Congrats to you both!

Hopfully less than a few weeks left for me!


Hi Tim, My name is Jack and I am trying to get my Fiancee from Vietnam to the US also. Pretty much like you. Can I ask you a few questions if I get stuck? I am trying to do this the correct way and fast as possible. It's hard loving someone who on the other side of the world. Thanks and good luck..If you ever go back to Vietnam, I would recommend a few place you sure visit. It's so beautiful there. Take care....

Jack,


Of course, I'd be glad to help however I can. If I don't know the answer, multiple other people will chime in, I'm sure. When I went I visited Saigon (Tram lives just outside of downtown across the river), and I spent a few days in Dalat. Hopfully I'll be going back soon and often, I love it there! My work is also in the process of opening a new plant in Saigon so I might get to go on the company's dime :). :thumbs:
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-06-29 11:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
Alllll right, good to see more people getting approved!! Congrats to you both!

Hopfully less than a few weeks left for me!
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-06-28 00:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
congrats!!!

Maybe I can start counting weeks now instead of months? hehe.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-06-21 20:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
And it says they are still working on Dec....

YEY!!

:unsure: :wacko:
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-06-18 23:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
AH HA! Figured out the time line thing so I'm all time lined up. Here's hoping all those March peeps hurry and finish up :). I'm ready for the next round of paper work :dance:

- Tim
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-06-17 21:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPRIL Filers!!
First time posting here! The site is a very helpful resource and hopefully I got everything right! Tram and I are looking forward to the NOA2 big time!

- Tim
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-06-17 01:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresceremonial wedding
Well... i''ll let you now how it goes for me. I had a ceremonial wedding with the family and then a party afterwards with about 100+ guests. We did not do any paperwork. We are going to show pictures but they will not see the ones that have words like "Wedding" on them heheh. A buddy of mine had his wife come over on a k1 and did the same thing, no issues. I think you should just be careful. If my wife(fiance) is asked "why did you have one" she will more than likely respond "so my parents and family could see me married because they can not come to America" or something along those lines. Just remember.... no lying. But no volunteering information either.

Mind you i'm speaking for Vietnam.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-13 09:51:00
VietnamEngagement party, is it necessary?
QUOTE
what peeps are they?


Dem my peeps!

QUOTE
As long as you have other proofs: emails, hand-written letters, cards, phone bills, pictures of you two together...it will be O.K. I also heard that a lot of peeps DID have engagement party (but fake), but no other proofs would fail the interview.

I'm pretty sure its common knowledge around here (VJ) that there is no single piece of evidence they are ultimately looking for, but your case as a whole. Every couple has a different background, and they've seen them all. If something may help, why not do it? The more the ammo the better. It will make the case more believable to the CO if you do have a party as one of your evidences. Not to mention it's an absolute blast (AND DIRT CHEAP!).
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-11-15 20:51:00
USCIS Service CentersUSCIS Website updated Processing Times page as at 15 June
Anyone bother to call and find out yet?
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-06-18 10:57:00
USCIS Service CentersHow do the processing times work?
oooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

gotcha.

thanks! :)
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-06-19 00:53:00
USCIS Service CentersHow do the processing times work?
So i see on the CSC page that they are working on Dec. 2006 apps for the 129-f. I see in the posts that people from march are getting NOA2's now. What am i missing?
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-06-18 23:44:00
Asia: East and PacificNOA2 just approved...
okay, i started a new post addressing my concerns so they don't get lost with all the congrats :). I did a LOT more research andd think my concerns are legit. so thats why i posted them all in a nice easy to read post :)

Thanks again to all the congrats! it sure was a rough four months of waiting and not knowing anything!!! at least now there is more of a set time line with the DOS.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-09 01:02:00
Asia: East and PacificNOA2 just approved...
ohhh and another thing that will hopfully help me out.

We did a traditional wedding ceromony with the family and then had a 100+ person party following it that included all of her family and friends and even... the "mayor" (i guess that what he is) of District 2. hehe. I got there on a Sunday and the wedding/party was the following Saturday and then we had our honeymoon in DaLat the following monday - thursday. I should have the receipts from Saigon Tourist showing we went there together too, if not i could send Tram there to see if they have record of it.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-08 19:07:00
Asia: East and PacificNOA2 just approved...
Okay, I talked to her and some family/friends and decided that even if it doesn't help the process (i don't see why it wouldn't) it will help the relationship to see each other again (coming up quick on 6 months apart).

Now the tricky stuff....

I only have 2 weeks paid vacation right now.

Should I exhaust both weeks and go there around Oct. and then when she comes here just take a couple personal days to get her settled or should I take a week now and a week when she gets here? Will they look down on the fact that I am not able to stay there longer than 1 or 2 weeks do to work? Like I said before I already used another week and a couple weeks of leave to go the first time. I could also do like a week and a half and keep a few days vacation and then use a couple day personal for when she comes here. Does the length of stay really matter or does it just matter that I am there??

I assume any evidence of me being there in Oct. would be presented during the interview when they ask for it? Right now my 129F only shows i've been there once.

I think that i'm finally calming down and coming back down to Earth eheh. Knowing that I'll see her again in a couple months will make the packet waiting time fly and then hopefuly after i leave we can have some info on the interview and i can look forward to that date and time will fly again.

Thanks for more congrats all!
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-08 18:42:00
Asia: East and PacificNOA2 just approved...
Hmmm, so i'm letting tram know its not going to be as easy as we have hoped. her only concern is that she can not fully explain anything in English. she can only give basic answers and may not answer the right question heheh. she wants to only talk in Vietnamese so that she can explain things better.

Also, i asked her what she thinks about me coming there for a week in Oct. to make everything seem more convincing. she is absolutely against me taking more time off from work and buying another $1300+ ticket. work would allow me 1 week (i currently have 2 weeks paid available) but i doubt much more as i already exhausted a weeks vacation and took a 2 week leave of absence to come the first time.

Thanks for the congrats all.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-08 10:50:00
Asia: East and PacificNOA2 just approved...
Oh boy here we go. After skimming through about 10 pages of topics and reading into them I am now worrying myself. It looks like from what i can gather that only going 1 time will not look to good for me and the fact i was introduced to her by her uncle here is not good for me.

For proof of relationship i have a lot of stuff from my I129F (originals and copies of all) but i also have a TON more if i use wedding stuff... we did the traditional Buddhist wedding with a 100+ person after party but did not file the papers to have a legal marriage. i have TONS of receipts for all the pictures and studio work and etc,etc. would i be okay to use all that? will they be concerned that i am really married to her? I'm talking hundreds of pictures from the party, both professional and amature as well as receipts for every last ting bought that had to do with the wedding. some things have my name on it, some don't. credit card statements, money advances while in HCMC, etc. will also be included.

also to help with the ongoing, asides from our emails, text messages, letters, etc, i've been sending $100+ to her each month to help support her while she is training for nails and going to English school. I have a copy of the receipts some handwritten, some printed both on the stores letterhead showing the money is going from me to her.

also for reading enjoyment and insight into our not so normal love story (that started last Oct....)
after about 3 or 4 months into the relationship of emails, letters, chat, im, phone, etc we started talking about getting married to each other and decided it is what we wanted to do. we planned for me to be there from march 9-30 with the wedding on march 17th. we decided that when we met if the relationship continued as it did before we met in person then we would go ahead with it. Not only did i feel like i knew her for my whole life from the first time we were together, but over the time we were together our relationship developed so much and was so amazing. I know she is the girl of my dreams and it was meant to be and only by God could it have ever happened.

i just hope that the CO can believe we truly love each other like we do with everything we present to them. I'm assuming it would be best for Tram to tell them "we talked about being married on the internet and after we met we decided it was right and got engaged and had a bhuddist wedding" iif she is asked about how we got engaged. and be completely honest about our unusual love story. ARHGHGH! is how i feel about it. Its so much to explain for her in english, i know in Vietnamese she'd be fine though.

I just hope and pray that the government believes this is an honest and true relationship.




Okay enough of my worrying seeping out. (more like flood gating out) i feel a little better typing all of this even if no one ends up having any advice. I'm so glad this site is here heh. MAN and its only day 2 for me. 4 more months to go.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-08 02:19:00
Asia: East and PacificNOA2 just approved...
Yeah i did more reading around and it sounds like its a blast to get through this part of the journey. I've already started collecting my information (bank letters, work letters, etc). I will hopefully have all that done and sent to her shortly. I'll have her jump on the passport. Her mom is a real estate agent over there and has lots of professional connections. I'll see what she knows about the various services, etc.

I think my biggest three concerns are:
1. the brief history we have prior to getting engaged, less than 5 months, although the relationship will be past a year around oct.
2. I've only been to Vietnam once for a period of 4 weeks.
3. She can read and write english very well, however she is slow with speaking english as she doesn't use it often. I feel she will get frustrated using english in the interview and not do a good job, and i'm afraid that they will look down on her and not approve because she used a translator.
So i know what i need to pray about :)

Other than that my case seems pretty clear cut. First marriage for both of us, no kids, i make plenty of money at a very stable job, she's trained as a nail tech and will do that for work here, ages are close (23 and 21), she only has 1 uncle in the state and no other family until you go a few states away. She also has a memory like a steel trap and she puts me to shame with all the details about myself and my family and our relationship she knows. I wouldn't be surprised if she talks to my mother more often than i do online hehe.

I guess time will tell.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-07 23:51:00
Asia: East and PacificNOA2 just approved...
I found out today my 129 was approved! so now...

What?

Heh. I've been reading through the posts about the packet 3 and 4 and I'm curious what I can do ahead of time to cut down on waiting time? I am currently filling out and printing blanks of all the forms I know will be included in the packets so that she knows exactly how to fill them out.

About how long does it take to go from NOA2 to Visa with HCMC? A friend of mine was able to get the 129F done in 5 months and another 3 months from NOA2 to Visa. Is 3 months the average if there are no issues or does it tend to drag out?
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-07 21:07:00
Asia: East and PacificHCMC and the form I-134
So far i have:
- Letter from employer with start date (2005), position, annual salary. (~400% over poverty for 1-2 people)
- Letter from bank with open date (2002), average yearly balance, no NSFs, "open" status.
- 1 year of Bank Statements including a total of deposits
- 2004, 2005, 2006 Tax transcripts showing ~200-500% over poverty each year.
- 2004, 2005, 2006 Tax account statements
- Pay Stubs showing ~400% above poverty
- Copy of statement from stock broker of stocks I am currently trading
- Obviously the filled out I-134 form
- 2006 W2's

I think this will be enough. I've been over poverty since I was about 17 or 18 years old. I'm currently sitting at ~400% above poverty.

Thanks for the advice everyone! Let me know if you think of anything else!!
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-15 18:20:00
Asia: East and PacificHCMC and the form I-134

I think you need W2s if you are submitting 1040s. If you submit tax transcripts, that can substitute for 1040s + W2s.


I just ordered 2004, 2005, and 2006 tax and account transcripts.

Thanks for the heads up!
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-14 00:22:00
Asia: East and PacificHCMC and the form I-134
So far i have:
Letter from employer with start date, position, annual salary. (~400% over poverty for 1 person)
Letter from bank with open date (2002), average yearly balance, no NSFs, "open" status.
Copy of 2005 1040EZ
Copy of 2006 1040EZ
Copy of statement from stock broker


Concerns:
The Bank is giving me a hard time about giving up a total of all deposits for past 12 months. They want to know if printing statements for me will work and i can do with them as i wish. I guess it's too much work to add them all up.

Do i need tax transcripts or is a copy of the form i submitted okay?

Is there anything else HCMC will be looking for or will i have my bases covered?
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-13 23:55:00
Asia: East and PacificGood luck Kevin and Tuyen
Survey says?


Here's hoping you got a pink slip!
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-15 21:44:00
Asia: East and PacificUsing a credit card in Saigon
I'm going back over in Oct. The first time I was there i brought my Debit card and a Visa and i did just fine. I could swipe at all the "major" stores i went to and i could get cash out at the ATMs and did some cash advances. it was pretty rare for me to take more than 100 out at any time (except the $1000 cash advance i did for the wedding party). I NEVER kept cash or anything on my person and instead i gave cash, credit, passport, etc to Tram to carry. I figured i'd be more of a target than she would, plus she knew the exchange rate a LOT better and did all my price negotiations.

For evidence i also used a CC card for the last trip and the next one for the tickets so that they could see they were purchased, etc.

I had 0 issues with theft and money the entire time i was there.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-09-05 19:35:00
Asia: East and PacificVisa Finally Issued
i am very happy for you too. I wish you the best in the rest of your lives together. Remember... good things come to those who wait!!! Congratulations!!
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-08-13 10:21:00
Asia: East and PacificVN Packet 3
I got my letter from the NVC last week saying they were sending the petition to HCMC with in a week. About how long will it take for packet 3? I heard about 3 weeks? Will Tram be able to just pick the packet up to save time?

Can someone point me to a post or guide about what is in the VIETNAM packet 3? I have my financial evidence stuff almost done and i will be sending it to Tram this weekend. Is there anything else i will need to send her ASAP?

I will be going back late in OCT and i will be putting together the evidences and etc that she will take to the interview at that time.

Assuming that HCMC gets my App this week when could i expect an interview date? Would it be looking like Nov or Dec time frame or pushing into Jan, Feb? My NOA2 date was 8/3 so end of december would be just under 5 months. Any chance of her getting the interview early Dec?
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-09-05 19:43:00
Asia: East and Pacificpacket 3 came today!!
Thanks for the congrats smile.gif.

It means a lot for Tram. She's being torn up emotionally since i left in march up until today. She also had a friend that got denied a month ago and then decided to convince Tram that she had no chance of coming. (some friend). I've stayed mostly posistive about the hole thing because in the end i know we are going to be together.

I don't think she's ever been happier than when this packet came in the mail. (except when i told her i was coming back in Oct. to see her). She was very positive and upbeat today. I think she will do just find now that there seems to be some light in the tunnel.

She's going to start some intensive english classes on monday and really work hard for the interview. I told her not to worry about the papers at all, we are above and beyond all expectations of the CO.

HA! she just got back from the embassy and said "Hey, they only wanted the 2 papers and keep all others until the interview... you were right!" heheh. I keep telling her not to worry about the papers but she just keeps on worrying. smile.gif. Oh well, can't blame her!
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-09-20 21:49:00
Asia: East and Pacificpacket 3 came today!!
okay we just finished up the packet stuff. She's taking the DS230 Part 1 and the readiness paper to the consulate tomorrow to drop them off.

Lemme now if theres anything i missed... or should look out for etc after this. i'm guessing about 2 months before i hear back from them?
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-09-20 12:14:00
Asia: East and Pacificpacket 3 came today!!
never mind.... and why don't i ave permission to edit my own post????



any who. their form is Rev'd 2004 and mine is 2007. she said thy are identical, just theirs is wrong rev etc. so i'm just going to use mine with the 3 year newer rev heh.
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-09-20 10:23:00
Asia: East and Pacificpacket 3 came today!!
problem #1 the I134 i sent her is 2 pages, the I134 they sent in her packet iss 1 page. Am i going to need to do hers? if so thats a whopping month of snail mail time to wait.... whats the fastest way to resolve this???
NeverSeenMaleVietnam2007-09-20 10:09:00