Help with Visa

[bryonm4 0]

Hi, I'm not very smart when it comes to filling out forms I know one wrong thing could get it denied or delayed. My plane leaves on the 21st for Vietnam and I have some questions. I'm filling out the visa appliccaiton. I don't have allot of space because they want everything in caps

Place of birth are they looking for country or city state and country not sure?

passport issued by? Mine doesnt give a name but it does say Authority Department of State is that what they want?

they list format for some boxes as dd/mm/yy and others they do not list a format. I assume you would use the same format for all boxes where they want a date then?

It says at the bottom date and place of application that woudl be the city you are mailing it to and the date you filled it out. Do they need the state and country also?

Here are the instructions the consulate sent me and they don't anwser any questions when you call them on the phone. If you use all caps you run out of room very quickly also there is no place to put your town/city at the bottom of the form not sure where I would put it?

) HOW TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION?

- ALL ITEMS MUST BE FILLED-OUT COMPLETELY IN UPPER CASE LETTERS.

- DO NOT USE PO BOX ADDRESSES.

- ITEM 10 (NAME, ADDRESS OF YOUR CONTACT IN VIETNAM) IS REQUIRED FOR "BUSINESS TRIPS" ONLY.

- PUT YOUR TOWN/CITY ON THE LINE "PLACE" AT THE END OF THE FORM.

- IF YOU DO NOT HAVE VISA APPROVAL NUMBER, JUST LEAVE IT BLANK. THE EMBASSY OF VIETNAM WILL TAKE CARE OF IT FOR YOU.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Place of birth are they looking for country or city state and country not sure?

Put City, State, Country

passport issued by? Mine doesnt give a name but it does say Authority Department of State is that what they want?

U.S. Dept. of State

they list format for some boxes as dd/mm/yy and others they do not list a format. I assume you would use the same format for all boxes where they want a date then?

Use their format dd/mm/yy

It says at the bottom date and place of application that woudl be the city you are mailing it to and the date you filled it out. Do they need the state and country also?

I'll let someone else answer that.

Getting a visa to Vietnam is a breeze compared to getting one here. They want you to spend money there. I am sure that if you answer all of the questions correctly it will be fine. If there were a problem I think they would call you.

[Jasman0717 9]

Take a look at the example forms link at the top of the page. Those examples were very helpful for me.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Take a look at the example forms link at the top of the page. Those examples were very helpful for me.

He's talking about a Tourist Visa to Vietnam, not to the US.

[bryonm4 0]

Thanks for the info Im getting a single entry Visa because a multiple issue takes 10 days to review. I plan on going back in a month later to pick up the marrage certficate will it be a problem getting another single entry visa that soon?

[Melrose Plant 1]

Thanks for the info Im getting a single entry Visa because a multiple issue takes 10 days to review. I plan on going back in a month later to pick up the marrage certficate will it be a problem getting another single entry visa that soon?

No, there shouldn't be a problem with that, but there's lots of stuff I don't understand about your case.

First, your avatar shows (though everyone's is so tiny it's hard to tell) a person, presumably you, sitting with an Asian woman. It might be some random Asian woman, but presumably, that is your fiancee-soon-to-be-wife. Furthermore, given that you mention "paperwork" for a wedding in Vietnam, I therefore conclude that this avatar photo was not taken in the U.S. It could have been taken in some other Asian country like Singapore or Malaysia, places where she could freely travel and you could get a visa-on-arrival. While not beyond the realm of possibility, it seems rather unlikely that that is the case.

In the end, I must guess as best I can that you must have visited Vietnam before. So you must not be that terrible at filling out forms. What did you do before?

Also, I don't understand your only entry into your timeline, to-wit:

November 6th they wanted more info then on november 28th they denied and sent back to CSC on december 4th.

Again, I must guess that you applied for a K-1 and the petition was denied. Now you are starting over again with a K-3 or CR-1. No one can give you good advice if he doesn't know anything about what's happened so far with your case.

In conclusion (and I'm sure everyone is thinking it's about bloody time), just do what Joe Six-Pack said, and they will call you if there's a problem (they called me the first time because I sent the wrong fee). Which there won't be.

Good luck to you, and just remember, when they give you the live, still-beating snake heart at the wedding, just shut up and eat it. You'll be a hero.

[bryonm4 0]

Thanks for the info Im getting a single entry Visa because a multiple issue takes 10 days to review. I plan on going back in a month later to pick up the marrage certficate will it be a problem getting another single entry visa that soon?

No, there shouldn't be a problem with that, but there's lots of stuff I don't understand about your case.

First, your avatar shows (though everyone's is so tiny it's hard to tell) a person, presumably you, sitting with an Asian woman. It might be some random Asian woman, but presumably, that is your fiancee-soon-to-be-wife. Furthermore, given that you mention "paperwork" for a wedding in Vietnam, I therefore conclude that this avatar photo was not taken in the U.S. It could have been taken in some other Asian country like Singapore or Malaysia, places where she could freely travel and you could get a visa-on-arrival. While not beyond the realm of possibility, it seems rather unlikely that that is the case.

In the end, I must guess as best I can that you must have visited Vietnam before. So you must not be that terrible at filling out forms. What did you do before?

Also, I don't understand your only entry into your timeline, to-wit:

November 6th they wanted more info then on november 28th they denied and sent back to CSC on december 4th.

Again, I must guess that you applied for a K-1 and the petition was denied. Now you are starting over again with a K-3 or CR-1. No one can give you good advice if he doesn't know anything about what's happened so far with your case.

In conclusion (and I'm sure everyone is thinking it's about bloody time), just do what Joe Six-Pack said, and they will call you if there's a problem (they called me the first time because I sent the wrong fee). Which there won't be.

Good luck to you, and just remember, when they give you the live, still-beating snake heart at the wedding, just shut up and eat it. You'll be a hero.

The first time I got the visa with the plane ticket it was threw a travel agency so they just asked me some questions over the phone I faxed them a copy of my passport and sent a picture and that was it.

Last time I arrived I had problems finding english speaking people at the airport. I would rather get the visa first and cut down on the number of lines to stand in so it goes a bit smother this time.

That is my Fiancee and I in the picture at her home in Ho Chi Minh city. I did get the K1 denied and I am going there to marry then we will be filing for a K3.

I'm just going to do what Joe Six Pack suggested but the questions are very vauge like place of work do they want city or the actually company name. I just put the company name if they have a problem with it they can call me.

[Anh map 2,098]

Company name has always worked for me on the Vietnam tourist visa app.

[Melrose Plant 1]

Oh yeah, that. Don't worry about the company name. I just put IBEW. I don't even think they really care about that. It's just Communist paperwork.

Good luck to you on the second time around. Sorry the first didn't work out.

[ding 1]

Oh yeah, that. Don't worry about the company name. I just put IBEW. I don't even think they really care about that. It's just Communist paperwork.

Good luck to you on the second time around. Sorry the first didn't work out.

IBEW is the electrician's union, for anyone wondering. Great union!

I hope HCM gets easier to clear, it sounds like a pain.

Good luck to you and yours.