single cert

[mbv 0]

i read on here that the consulate in ho chi minh city vn are asking for a single certificate now? in the packet 4 (or whatever its called it) it did not mention anything about this? so do i need it? and where can i get one in texas? my fiance has her interview in 2weeks and i'm so freaking out already!

thanks for your help!

[PeterFB 0]

I don't understand what is going on either. Thi's Packet 4 didn't include it either but she was asked for it at her interview on February 27, 2008. Someone had posted a Packet 4 contents from a few months ago. In that one it was listed as needed. But the ones since the first of the year that I'm aware of like Thi's didn't include it. Neither did it include the correct price for the MRV ($131) or medical exams ($100 per adult). The Single Certificate is gotten from the local authorites in Vietnam according to the old Packet 4 letter. Thi got hers from W.A.R. in Saigon (HCMC). She says the fee is 3,000VND but she paid the man there 10,000VND. She was given a form that she filled out and came back 5 days later to pick up her Single Certificate. Your fiance should know where to get it, if not the Consulate "should" be able to tell her where to go in her local area.

If Thi hadn't been talking to Hoa (GuyandHoa) about her interview, she would have gone to the interview without it. You also need to have 5 passport photos, not four. The Consulate wants a current passport photo attached to the photocopy of your fiancee's Vietnamese passport in addition to the 4 asked for in the letter. Thi didn't have one on her photocopy of her passport and the woman who was inspecting/accepting her documents before her interview at the Consulate wasn't happy that she didn't have it but that didn't stop her from getting a pink. Not having the Single Certificate may not make a difference either since it's not listed in the letter but just to be safe, you should have one if they ask for it.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

[chuckandkim 0]

Peter is so right!

Not having a SC does not break or make your case, but now you know. So go get one!

However, not having Passport photos and SC could minorly delay your visa to get in your passport

Over prepare for the interview so when you get the blue/green slip, it will drive you crazy why you didn't think of it!!!! J/K just get the SC and be done!

Good luck with your journey

[mbv 0]

hehe this whole time i thought i needed the sing cert! i was up all night trying to figure out where the hell i could get one. i just called the fiance to let her know. she said she will call her dad tonight and ask him to get one for her. btw what is the name of the cert in vietnamese? heheh

my fiance got her passport like 3months ago so at least thats taken care of already. I also told her she needs 5phot instead of 4.

anyways thanks for the help, i feel less stress now.

I don't understand what is going on either. Thi's Packet 4 didn't include it either but she was asked for it at her interview on February 27, 2008. Someone had posted a Packet 4 contents from a few months ago. In that one it was listed as needed. But the ones since the first of the year that I'm aware of like Thi's didn't include it. Neither did it include the correct price for the MRV ($131) or medical exams ($100 per adult). The Single Certificate is gotten from the local authorites in Vietnam according to the old Packet 4 letter. Thi got hers from W.A.R. in Saigon (HCMC). She says the fee is 3,000VND but she paid the man there 10,000VND. She was given a form that she filled out and came back 5 days later to pick up her Single Certificate. Your fiance should know where to get it, if not the Consulate "should" be able to tell her where to go in her local area.

If Thi hadn't been talking to Hoa (GuyandHoa) about her interview, she would have gone to the interview without it. You also need to have 5 passport photos, not four. The Consulate wants a current passport photo attached to the photocopy of your fiancee's Vietnamese passport in addition to the 4 asked for in the letter. Thi didn't have one on her photocopy of her passport and the woman who was inspecting/accepting her documents before her interview at the Consulate wasn't happy that she didn't have it but that didn't stop her from getting a pink. Not having the Single Certificate may not make a difference either since it's not listed in the letter but just to be safe, you should have one if they ask for it.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

[Dave_Thao 0]

I wasn't sure if I needed a single cert either. so to be safe, I went to the county I live in and they printed me a certified copy. It is only for the county I live in. It doesn't cover the state or country. I probably don't need it but I have it just in case. I plan on being in Vietnam for the interview so i am bringing everything I can think of.

[BishopMnA 0]

Well, my wife is from Thailand, but it is the same situation as what is happening in Viet Nam. We went to the interview without as 'singles cert' for my wife. It was never asked for in packet 3 or 4. However, at the interview, they asked for it and we didn't have...cuz we had never heard of it.

To make the story short, we did not receive the visa that day because we didn't have it. In my timeline you'll see that we were missing one document at the interview...and that was the document. We had the interview in Bangkok, but my wife had to get the single's certificate from her hometown of Chiang Mai. So, we had to go back to her hometown, and then we just took our time before finally going back to Bangkok to turn it in. Once we turned it in, they gave us the visa the same day.

So, for safety's sake and to reduce anxiety, I would get one.

Now, in the Thai packet 3 & 4, they have been updated and now reference that this is a requirement...which is sounds is exactly what is happening in neighboring Viet Nam also...

Peace and Good Luck!

MarkNAam

[2007K1 0]

......what is the name of the cert in vietnamese? heheh

I think it called "Cong Ham Doc Than"

[Haonie 0]

......what is the name of the cert in vietnamese? heheh

I think it called "Cong Ham Doc Than"

It called "Chung Nhan Doc Than" "CERITIFICATE OF MARITAL STATUS". My fiance just got it from local police's station (it took 5 minutes). She then took to "So Tu Phap TP. Ho Chi Minh" Head Quarter and translated to English (5 days).

For Petitioner, I don't think it requires (only Beneficiary). Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Or you can get at US Consulate 25 or 30 bucks (10 minutes wait, my friend did it last year).

Haonie

Edited March 10, 2008 by Haonie

[violet18ac3 0]

sorry to hijack the thread, but does it has to be translate to English? Thanks

[PeterFB 0]

sorry to hijack the thread, but does it has to be translate to English? Thanks

Thi didn't have a translated copy of her Single Certificate so I don't think it matters, just have one....... I think the USCIS wants translated documents, HCMC Consulate has many Vietnamese working there and many of the US officiers also speak Vietnamese from what I've read on posts. Also the Packet 3 and 4 letters didn't say translations were required but then it doesnt say you needed the Single Certificate either......

Thi didn't know if her American CO at her interview spoke or not as there was a Vietnamse translator who immediatedly translated the English questions into Vietnamese and she answered all the questions in English.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

[mbv 0]

dang it, fiance just called she says her dad ask the local police if they do single cert and apparently they don't. she from song cau so i told her to ask her dad to try tuy hao instead? could u guys do me a favor and maybe ask your fiance/wife if this is right?

thnx for the help

[PeterFB 0]

dang it, fiance just called she says her dad ask the local police if they do single cert and apparently they don't. she from song cau so i told her to ask her dad to try tuy hao instead? could u guys do me a favor and maybe ask your fiance/wife if this is right?

thnx for the help

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, I can send you our edited Single Certificatie.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

[VKOL 0]

dang it, fiance just called she says her dad ask the local police if they do single cert and apparently they don't. she from song cau so i told her to ask her dad to try tuy hao instead? could u guys do me a favor and maybe ask your fiance/wife if this is right?

thnx for the help

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, I can send you our edited Single Certificatie.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

Hi Peter and Thi

Can I have a copy of your edited Single Certificate as well? Thanks in advance. By the way...CONGRATULATIONS for uniting with your fiancee in the states. Best wishes to both of you

[PeterFB 0]

dang it, fiance just called she says her dad ask the local police if they do single cert and apparently they don't. she from song cau so i told her to ask her dad to try tuy hao instead? could u guys do me a favor and maybe ask your fiance/wife if this is right?

thnx for the help

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, I can send you our edited Single Certificatie.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

Hi Peter and Thi

Can I have a copy of your edited Single Certificate as well? Thanks in advance. By the way...CONGRATULATIONS for uniting with your fiancee in the states. Best wishes to both of you

Thanks. I can send it to you, I just need your email address, you can send me an email with it.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

[mbv 0]

Hi PeterFB just pm u

dang it, fiance just called she says her dad ask the local police if they do single cert and apparently they don't. she from song cau so i told her to ask her dad to try tuy hao instead? could u guys do me a favor and maybe ask your fiance/wife if this is right?

thnx for the help

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, I can send you our edited Single Certificatie.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles