Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Vietnam	Retirement In Vietnam, good Idea or Bad idea?	I would retire here if I was single and had enough money in savings to live off the 14% interest alone.	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2012-11-11 05:27:00
Vietnam	Post office? Sending packages to VN	They're all going to cost about the same.  Unfortunately I'm not aware of a Vietnamese run shipping service in Chicago.  In CA there's plenty and only costs me $4 per lb.  I just mailed a 22lb package the other day.  Cost me about $85	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2014-07-02 14:38:00
Vietnam	HCMC - Evidence you should have	Thanks ScottThuy. Do you know how long Police Cert. is good for? Police certificate #2 is valid for 1 year	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2013-03-16 11:51:00
Vietnam	HCMC - Evidence you should have	if you are there for the interview you don't need to notarized you can just sign in front of the CO. I am going to try to be there for the interview. I will be taking our daughter so if she cries too much I might not be able to make it up to the window. I have updated my timeline and now have 3 pages worth with photos available for nearly every event. I will bring different copies. One notarized locally and one unsigned.	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2013-01-05 23:58:00
Vietnam	HCMC - Evidence you should have	Actually, it should be ok if I get the timeline notarized by a local Vietnamese office, yes?	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2012-12-24 04:30:00
Vietnam	HCMC - Evidence you should have	The timeline is only required when they issue a blue slip asking for it. And then it is requested that it be notarized. Then I will probably go to the consulate to get it notarized.	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2012-12-23 11:43:00
Vietnam	HCMC - Evidence you should have	Does the timeline absolutely need to be notarized? I may or may not accompany my wife to the interview.	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2012-11-29 04:44:00
USCIS Service Centers	Unbelievably short Timelines	I feel bad for the people who filed in June like me and at CSC yet still not approved. I did file from abroad but I did not use my international address like others who got autoexpedited in 2-4 weeks, 8 weeks the longest. My 3 month wait seemed fairly normal at the time but I guess it was semi-expedited.	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2013-02-10 10:46:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Critique on timeline please!!!	My timeline is pretty long as well. I included some significant meetings with friends, such as going to my wife's friends weddings. I included all the times she met my family members, which was a lot.	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2012-12-03 06:47:00
Asia: East and Pacific	ANY CHEAP WAY TO CALL PHILIPPINES OR INDONESIA???	Magicjack. Skype. Nimbuzz (what I use). costs 2c a min. Or you could use yahoo voice for free Edited by dreamwarrior, 12 January 2013 - 08:30 PM.	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2013-01-12 20:29:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Emailing the DS-3032	Yes, you can e-mail the DS-3032 as I did. Look here for a template: http://www.visajourn...il_DS-3032_form	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2012-11-29 03:46:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Timelines after DS230 submission	It took NVC 2 weeks to respond to our DS230. If you're approved, your case will be labeled as completed and your file will be forwarded to your embassy within 1-4 weeks according to the past timelines I looked over.. Once the embassy receives your file they or NVC will schedule an interview in 1-8 weeks. The interview date will be in 4-8 weeks after.	dreamwarrior	Male	Vietnam	2012-12-15 10:13:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Pls help...	Tks to all, my problem is already solved! Wishing you here have nice days, Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2006-09-22 09:21:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Pls help...	Tks to all of you for useful advices. I am now heading to complete step by step as you guys have just guided me. There is one thing make me confused in G-325a which i have just posted in the other forum. However i don't mind giving you guys the link to that topic i am concerned, here is the link: http://www.visajourn...showtopic=33433 Wish you all the best, Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2006-09-22 08:55:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Pls help...	OK, When I visited my fiance in China I brought a completed G-325A and Letter of intent to marry with in 90 days of entering on a K1 Visa for her to sign, when i got back to the USA I then proceded to folow the instructions on filing the I-129F petition. Examples of G-325A, and Letter of intent can be found in the guides. Also if starting this journey you may want to compleatly read the K1 guide, FAQ on K1, and Assembly tips. http://www.visajourn...m/faq/k1faq.htm http://www.visajourn...mp;page=k1guide http://www.visajourn...p;page=assembly http://www.visajourn...p;page=examples Tks YuAndDan & sarah and hicham, What you have just advised me is what my fiance has to do in his side, but what about me? It is said that when the fiance goes back to the states, he will take some papers from his fiance's side: birth certificate... or something like that. I just heard of it but don't know exactly. And that is what i wonder. When he visited me in last April of 2006, he didn't bring any papers which were involved in filing document yet. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2006-09-21 20:20:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Pls help...	Hi everyone, My fiance is going to file the document according to fiance case of course, but he has no idea of what document i should prepare in my side and send to him via mail. I have known this site for such quite long time, and still watched the topics here. I know a lot of people were in my case and they managed to file their documents. Now, i am here to ask your help. Can you please tell me what papers i should prepare and send to my fiance? Any advice would be highly appreciated! Tks in advance & wish you all the best, Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2006-09-21 19:54:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Could someone translate this into Vietnamese please?	Hello there, I haven't heard this song before, however i still want to give myself a try to translate it into Vietnamese in my ability for you. Try to sing this to your wife, i think she would be so surprised for this. Lan&Mike And here is the vietnamese lyric song. Hành lý ?ã ???c chu?n b? Và anh s?n sàng r?i b??c Gi? ?ây anh ?ang ??ng bên ngoài cánh c?a Và anh th?t s? không mu?n ?ánh th?c em d?y ?? nói l?i t?m bi?t Bình minh ?ang hé sáng ?ó là vào m?t bu?i sáng s?m Ngoài kia là chi?c xe ta-xi ?ang ??i Anh ta ?ang nh?n còi Anh c?m th?y bu?n vì ph?i r?i xa em. Chorus: Hãy hôn anh ?i và m?m c??i v?i anh, em nhé. Hãy h?a v?i anh r?ng em s? ??i anh, em nhé. Hãy ôm anh nh? ch?a t?ng mu?n anh ?i. Anh s?p ph?i r?i kh?i n?i ?ây, r?i xa em C?ng ch?ng bi?t khi nào anh s? quay l?i Ôi c?ng ?i, anh ghét ph?i r?i xa em. ?ã có nh?ng lúc anh làm em bu?n C?ng có nh?ng lúc anh không thành th?t Nh?ng em ?i, t?t c? nh?ng th? ?ó không có ngh?a gì h?t M?i m?t n?i anh ??n, anh ??u nh? ??n em, C? m?i bài hát anh hát, ??u dành cho em Và khi anh tr? l?i, anh s? h?i c??i em. Repeat (Chorus) ?ã ??n lúc anh ph?i ?i r?i, M?t l?n n?a Hãy ?? anh hôn em Hãy nh?m m?t l?i c?ng ?i, Anh s? ph?i ?i m?t mình, Hãy m? v? nh?ng ngày s?p ??n Khi mà anh s? không ph?i ?i m?t mình n?a, Nh?ng l?n mà anh s? không ph?i nói… (Chorus)	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2006-10-02 00:19:00
Asia: East and Pacific	K-3 I-130 for Vietnamese national	Hi, I am a US born citizen living in California. And I need some info to do my I-130 for my wife. I was wondering what else I needed to enclose with my I-130 paper, G-325A bios and the 4 passport pictures? Somebody told me that I needed to enclose copies of our birth certificates, wedding pictures, passport copies, phone records and everything along with the I-130. I looked on the USCIS website but they didn't mention it. So I was wondering what am I supposed to include in my mail package besides the I-130 and the Biographical info? thanks a lot in advance for any assistance. Hi SteveLA, Everything you need will be in Guides, just go there and, all your questions will be solved. Have a nice day, Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2006-09-26 21:15:00
Asia: East and Pacific	We got approved!!!	It's been over a week. Why are we just finding out now? Hi Vietnam, Let me explain to you. I actually got a great news from Mike yesterday morning. And the news is absolutely fresh. As soon as he got an email from USCIS to inform us that our case was approved and was mailed to him on Feb 27th, he gave me a ring. And I was thinking which day i should put in my timeline, March 8th or Feb 27th, i finally chose Feb 27th. Thank you to all of guys here for cheering with me, Lan&Mike Edited by Lan&Mike, 08 March 2007 - 10:57 PM.	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-08 22:54:00
Asia: East and Pacific	We got approved!!!	God is good.... You are definitely ... right! Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-08 06:52:00
Asia: East and Pacific	We got approved!!!	Hi VJ members, We got NOA2! My soon-to-be loving husband has just phoned to me this morning to tell me this wonderful news. I'd like to share with you all, pls cheer with me So we are in the middle of success road. I'd like to say thank-you to my Jesus for helping me find this helpful website. Thank you to all VJ members, especially those who ever guided me and gave me clear answers to my questions. Have nice days to you all, Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-08 06:46:00
Asia: East and Pacific	The changing of ward's name where i am situated will affect my paper work?	What you should do, IMO, is to have the letter/notice/announcement from the local official in regarding of the change in WARD included in your file. But from now, on going, any paperwork you will fill out with Ward 9 as your ward. If the consulate wonders why, they can see the letter/notice/annoucement from the local officials. Personally, I don't believe they will make you to refile the whole thing with the new ward. Addendum document would be ok. Note: your NOA2 will have Ward 12, but when you file for your P3 and P4, make sure you put down as ward 9 and included the announcement of change letter, hope you have that letter. To make sure the C.O. won't miss it, you should also write a letter to explain why Ward 9 now, but not 12. I am pretty sure the Consulate is also fully aware of the change in the local, especially in Saigon. Good luck and I don't see why you should lose any sleep over it. chuck and kim Hi chuckandkim, My teacher whom is a lawyer already said to me the same things like yours yesterday morning. I will follow it to do. However i still have question on this, would you mind giving me answer? The Consulate will send me package 3 with name of old ward in my home address. But when i send it back to the Consulate, i will put my new ward, right? Should I send the letter which i will get from the local officials to certify that Ward 12 is already changed into Ward 9 together with package 3? Tks chuckandkim, wish you two the best always. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-13 20:07:00
Asia: East and Pacific	The changing of ward's name where i am situated will affect my paper work?	Hello guys, I have been resident at ward 12, district... since i was born. There are a huge populations in ward 12 including people who already stayed here so long ago and people come from different geographical places of country to here for their work. Two months ago the goverment decided to seperate ward 12 into two small wards in order to guarantee that they can take a good control of the big populations here. So a half of populations in ward 12 belongs to ward 9 including my family. However all documents such as Register Book, ID Card, Student Card... are written that i am situated in ward 12. I am wondering if the changing of ward will affect to my paper work? Since my NOA2 is approved, i intend to go to the Department of Justice to require Police Record. I am told to bring the copies of my Register Book and ID Card together with Police Record form which i will be given apply to there. Will they issue Police Record for me in which will be written that i am resident at ward 9 instead of ward 12 as it is written in Register Book and ID Card? Or should i explain to them that goverment made their decision to change my ward 12 into ward 9? Any input will be highly appreciated! Tks in advance and have nice days to all. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-10 10:05:00
Asia: East and Pacific	AOS Approved!	Congratulations! Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-16 03:46:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Interview Rally for Thuy	Hopefully my wish isn't late for you guys. Good luck to your interview. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-22 07:22:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Interview rally for Andrew & Thuy	Be well prepared for the interview. Mike and i wish you luck. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-08 06:50:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Can i ask you guys question?	Yes, yes and yes! Including the envelopes that have the postage stamp and post-marks. Thank you, Chuck and Kim Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-22 07:33:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Can i ask you guys question?	Tks, John and Marlene Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-22 07:30:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Can i ask you guys question?	Hello guys, Should i ask my fiance to send me back those handwritten letters and cards which i sent to him by post office as a proof of our relationship for my upcoming interview? Tks and have nice days to come to all of you. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-03-22 07:19:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Help...we got blue slip!	They gave me the blue slip says: Based on the information ascertained through the visa interview and through documentary materials, consular officers do not believe that there is a bona fide fiance/spousal relationship between Petitioner and Beneficiary. If you have any other evidence to present which would convince a reasonable person that the relationship exists for a reason other than immigration, please submit it. What should we do? We submit all the evidences (phone bills, email, chat log, travel photos, travel tickets, hotel's receipt, cards, letters, photos of engagement party.) we have. How do i prove our relationship is true? Do i resubmit all the evidences again? Hi Thuy, I am sorry to hear that you got a blue slip. I know you are feeling sad at the moment. I just give you my ideas and hopefully it can help. Since you told they suspected on your relationship, and since you showed them all necessary envidences to prove your relationship but they still doubted on you, i think, now you should need the third person whom knows your relationship well enough to interfer this. It will be more convincible if the third person is your fiance's relative, he/she could be sister or brother of your fiance whom can state in the letter that your relationship is true, not fake. It is just my own opinion, and i believe there are still some other people here who can give you their wise advices to help you overcome this situation. You should be fine, God will help you. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-04-01 05:44:00
Asia: East and Pacific	My Fiancee has just received pink	Congratulations! Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-04-05 21:55:00
Asia: East and Pacific	NVC Questions	Did i say your wife bring passport holder when she applies her form at Department Justice? If so, i am sorry, i made it wrong. She must take Household registration book with her. Hopefully you can add this information to tell your wife before she goes there. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-04-08 07:27:00
Asia: East and Pacific	NVC Questions	Hi there, Question 2, you can ask your wife to go the Department of Justice which is situated in Pasteur street, Dist 3 for Police Report from now, that is fine. When she first goes to there, she will be given a form which she needs to fill it up and then return it to the Department of Justice. Tell her to bring her ID card, Passport Holder and 100.000 vnd (that is a fee) to apply the form. She will be asked to come back there to receive Police Record afer 2 weeks that starts from the day she applies. And it is used within one year. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-04-06 21:10:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Correction to original I-129F	Hi there, I also made a mistake in the original I-129, my dad passed away three years ago, but i still filled in the form that my dad is alive. And when i received package 3 from US Consulate, i realized mistake, but it was too late to correct it again. So, in the forms that US Consulate sent, i wrote down correct information for my dad's situation. I made phone to the lady in Information Unit at Consulate to ask if i would meet any trouble with this, and she replied that it was fine. So i think, yours will be okay too. But you can give them a ring to ask about this to make sure if you like. It doesn't matter whether you use Capital letter to fill or not. You should not worry about this. If you want to write down in new form again, you can download online form. It's fine too. Yes, DS-230 part I & DS-2001 are two forms that your fiancee must send back to US Consulate. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-04-10 20:44:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Finally, PINK.....	Congrats! Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-04-10 20:49:00
Asia: East and Pacific	We got married!!	Congratulations! Best wishes to both of you. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-04-14 01:07:00
Asia: East and Pacific	My wife gave birth on Wednesday April 4.	Congratulate! Baby looks so cute! Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-04-06 19:51:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Here comes a good news!	Hello guys, God gave me the miracle that was i received the packet 4 from US Consulate yesterday afternoon. It ended my worries of losing the document somewhere It arrived earlier than i expected. My interview date will be taken place in the mid of June. Tks God for the miracle that You gave me. Tks for those whom have been supporting me whenever i raise my question. Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-05-18 21:46:00
Asia: East and Pacific	W-2	Hi everybody, I have just received package 3 from US Consulate this morning. Thank Jesus for that. I believe there were few people who mentioned W-2 in their posts but i am unable to find where it is. Does anyone here help me u/stand what W-2 is? Tks a lot, Lan&Mike	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-04-04 05:39:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Tks to my Jesus: I made it	congrats! I see that you did it in 7 months total, which is pretty fast. did you have help or did you do it all by yourself? Well, exactly it just took us 6 months and a half. We did it by ourself with the great help from my Jesus and Mother Mary, and good effort from this great website too. We had thought of attaining attorney for our case, but we changed our mind since i found out this wonderful site. Lan&Mike P/S: Here is the link to our blog: http://my.opera.com/Lan_Mike/blog/. You can find my lastest post about the interview in detail that you might want to see, and other posts as well. I will just leave it here for few days then will set it as private. Edited by Lan&Mike, 14 June 2007 - 07:16 PM.	Lan&Mike	Female	Vietnam	2007-06-14 19:12:00