single cert

[VKOL 0]

Hi Peter,

I just send you an e-mail with my e-mail address on it. Thanks

[mbv 0]

dam it, fiance just went to her interview and got the blue slip

we need more evidence and a notorize statement of how we met? evidence is no problem, but im just worried about the statement. do u guys think i can write the same thing i wrote for the I129f question 18? and do i have to sign it? if there is an example on the forum can u guys link me

thanks for your help!

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]

Sorry to hear you got the blue slip.

I don't understand why you need a notarized statement of how you meet. If the USCIS approved your petition with your statement of how you met, then the Consulate should accept it. There must be something about how you met that the Consulate thinks is fishy or incomplete.

What evidence did your fiancee have at the interview? When Thi had her interview I did see many women with little evidence and many of them left with a blue slip. You should contact the Consulate to ask them to explain better what they are asking for. Make sure to talk to an American CO (the American who interviewed her would be best), the Vietnamese staff with probably try to give you a stock answer that won't help much.

Also you could read my Consulate review of Thi's interview. Also in the Wiki I have started an article about I-129f visas thru the HCMC Consulate. You could find some ideas that may help you there.

Good luck and we hope you get a pink slip soon.

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]

did your fiance have to submite a formal statement of how u guys met? i remember my cousin had too but she was a k3 and since mine was a k1 i didn't think i needed one. my fiance submited email/pics/phone records at the interview. the co wants evidence of a relationship the first time we met? but the only thing is the first time i met her was by coincident and at that time i didn't think anything of it. she was just a friend of my cousin. so right now i don't know what to do. arggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.

how do i contact the CO who interview my fiance? do i just call the consulate and ask? i'm so confused/mad right now

thanks for the help

Sorry to hear you got the blue slip.

I don't understand why you need a notarized statement of how you meet. If the USCIS approved your petition with your statement of how you met, then the Consulate should accept it. There must be something about how you met that the Consulate thinks is fishy or incomplete.

What evidence did your fiancee have at the interview? When Thi had her interview I did see many women with little evidence and many of them left with a blue slip. You should contact the Consulate to ask them to explain better what they are asking for. Make sure to talk to an American CO (the American who interviewed her would be best), the Vietnamese staff with probably try to give you a stock answer that won't help much.

Also you could read my Consulate review of Thi's interview. Also in the Wiki I have started an article about I-129f visas thru the HCMC Consulate. You could find some ideas that may help you there.

Good luck and we hope you get a pink slip soon.

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

[PeterFB 0]

Sorry to hear you got the blue slip.

I don't understand why you need a notarized statement of how you meet. If the USCIS approved your petition with your statement of how you met, then the Consulate should accept it. There must be something about how you met that the Consulate thinks is fishy or incomplete. Did you sign and date the Statement #18 in your I-129f?

What evidence did your fiancee have at the interview? When Thi had her interview I did see many women with little evidence in their plastic folders and many of them left with a blue slip. You should contact the Consulate to ask them to explain better what they are asking for. Make sure to talk to an American CO (the American who interviewed her would be best), the Vietnamese staff with probably try to give you a stock answer that won't help much.

Also you could read my Consulate review of Thi's interview. Also in the Wiki I have started an article about I-129f visas thru the HCMC Consulate. You could find some ideas that may help you there.

Good luck and we hope you get a pink slip soon.

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

[PeterFB 0]

I don't know why but the quick edit and complete editor of the board isn't working with Netscape so I reposted my answer with the edits. Sorry if it confuses anyone.

Thi didn't have to submit a notarized statement of how we met. Our I-129f petition made it pretty clear since I had plane tickets to Vietnam to meet her, we got engaged during our first meeting, etc. I included lots of evidence with I-129f showing our first meeting as well as our on going relationship. Our I-129f petition weighed 3 lbs 4 oz.

Since you met by concident, you need to try to get your cousin and anyone else who may have been at your first meeting to write statements in support of your statement. You need to be as clear as possible about how it came about and why you both decided to pursue a relationship. For example, did you start to date right away or was it several months before you had a date? If you didn't include those things in your original I-129f, the CO may be curious why you and your fiancee are together. Unforunately, HCMC Consulate is very suspect of Vietnamese Americans having Vietnamese fiancees when relatives have anything to do with meeting. At least that's what I sense from the posts I've seen here.

Just pick up the phone and call. They may not tell you who interviewed your fiancee, so you should ask her if she remembers his/her name, or anyway to describe them so you can ask to speak to the same CO. Be polite but firm with the Vietnamese staff so they understand how important it is to talk to an American CO.

Good luck

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]

****update*****

talk to fiance this morning and she said out of the 10ppl from her group(the 10ppl who was assign to her window), everybody except 1 got the blue slip. that 1person who actually got a pink, it was her 3time interviewing. so the fiance doesn't feel too bad that she got the blue slip now

mail required documents today to the fiance. hopefully it will be enough to get the pink!

also emailed my lawyer today and she advise if things get even more bad(ie another blue or green) then since i'm going to vietnam in may to get married anyways. I should think about doing a k3 visa? I emaild her asking if i really can do that but haven't receive a response yet. so if i do do that, how would that work? like in may after the wedding apply for a k3? i'm so confused. anyhelp would be awesome

thanks

[PeterFB 0]

I wouldn't get marriage with a marriage certificate in Vietnam now that you have a K1 visa at the interview stage. It would void the K1 visa if she got her visa with what you sent in even after adminstrative review. It's more important that you get her the evidence that the Consualte asked for so she gets her visa now. If you tried to use the K1 visa after you are legally married, you will make a big mess of things. You and your fiance(e) now wife could be barred from ever coming to the US or find yourself in immigratation court with her maybe getting deported.

If you get married legally in Vietnam, you have to first get permission from the Vietnamese Government, that will take some time. WideAwakeIntheUSA recently did that so he can tell you more about how long that takes. I don't know if you can get all the necessary paperwork done in time for May. Once you are marriage, you then have to start the K-130 process from the beginning. That'll take another 8-10 months. You still have to meet the same requirements for the most part, ie if they don't believe the relationship is real, you still will be denied. Getting married doesn't prove your relationship is real to the Consulate.

The evidence you sent, does it cover everything possible the Consulate could object to? I mentioned several things, I thought would be good to have to support your case in my previous post. The HCMC Consulate operates more like your guility not innocent of fraud so you have to prove to them you're legit.

Good luck

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

[visao 1]

Hola mbv:

Yes, you can write the same thing as you wrote on #18. This time write as many details as you can, same story but more details; they want as many details as possible. For me, I only wrote one paragraph on #18 when I first submitted I-129F, then I got a BLUE asking for timeline. I then wrote 2 pages - typed and 5 pages - hand-written, both were notarized and turned in to CO. CO OK'ed it and PINK slip

Good luck!

dam it, fiance just went to her interview and got the blue slip

we need more evidence and a notorize statement of how we met? evidence is no problem, but im just worried about the statement. do u guys think i can write the same thing i wrote for the I129f question 18? and do i have to sign it? if there is an example on the forum can u guys link me

thanks for your help!

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!

[mbv 0]

fiancee got the pink slip yesterday

[PeterFB 0]

Great News, Congrats!!

We hope her flight, AOS, etc goes smoothly!

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

[LuckyDucky 0]

Congratulations! Happy to hear the news!

So ultimately did both of you have to provide a single certificate or just the beneficiary? We're preparing for our interview as well ...

[PeterFB 0]

Congratulations! Happy to hear the news!

So ultimately did both of you have to provide a single certificate or just the beneficiary? We're preparing for our interview as well ...

LuckyDucky

Only the Beneficiary needs a single certificate. It would be interesting to know when you got your Packet 3, did it say you need a single certificate? Thi's Packet 3 didn't mention requiring one. But they wanted it at the interview.

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

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[mbv 0]

what peter said heheheh

my fiancee said at the interview the CO didn't even ask/look at her single cert? Also I would prepare a relationship statement too just in case...

Congratulations! Happy to hear the news!

So ultimately did both of you have to provide a single certificate or just the beneficiary? We're preparing for our interview as well ...

[LuckyDucky 0]

Only the Beneficiary needs a single certificate. It would be interesting to know when you got your Packet 3, did it say you need a single certificate? Thi's Packet 3 didn't mention requiring one. But they wanted it at the interview.

Sorry for the delay in getting an answer. Yesterday happened to be my birthday, so I forgot to ask her while we on the phone. I'll try to get an answer asap.