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dalegg · June 14, 2007

how do you find out NVC information? Like when they recieved the package and when it left the NVC?

The NVC will receive it the week after your NOA2. In order to find out if the HCMC consulate has received it, it's best to E-Mail them.

2007K1 · August 15, 2007

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09/06/06 --k1 interview -- landy ------------------------------ AOS PAssed----04/23/07

10/23/06 --k1 interview -- Robert & Van----------------------- AOS Passed----05/22/07

02/13/07 --k1 interview -- ridejewel--------------------------- AOS Passed----06/14/07

02/01/07 --k1 interview -- dkalXuan--------------------------- AOS Passed----07/31/07

03/14/07 --k1 interview -- andrew va thuy -------------------- AOS interview--08/30/07

02/16/06 --k1 interview -- scy K3------------------------------ AOS BIOM------06/21/07

08/29/05 --k1 interview -- Kevin&Loan--------- visa 05/24..... AOS BIOM------07/27/06

08/28/06 --k1 interview -- mike1972e---------- visa 11/22..... AOS BIOM------03/06/07

01/29/07 --k1 interview -- Kimi---------------------------------AOS BIOM------04/24/07

02/13/07 --k1 interview -- David-Hien--------------------------AOS BIOM------06/07/07

03/29/07 --k1 interview -- MTDTD-------------------------------AOS BIOM------06/19/07

03/19/07 --k1 interview -- T&T ---------------------------------AOS BIOM------07/12/07

03/21/07 --k1 interview -- CK&Tydi-----------------------------AOS BIOM------07/14/07

03/29/07 --k1 interview -- Leon&Ha ------------ visa 04/10.....AOS NOA1------05/21/07

AGES AGO ----interview----wait4ever....Visa---June 2007----

07/10/06 ----interview----menyoo------------delayed

02/06/07 ----interview----GREEN/TRAN Visa---06/06/07----

02/09/07 ----interview----Etrnaly--------------delayed

02/12/07 ----interview----tway22 -------------delayed

02/28/07 ----interview----martindart ...Visa---05/11/07----

03/09/07 ----interview----Sinh & Lien...Visa---05/11/07----

03/20/07 ----interview----Anh Map.......Visa---03/30/07---

03/28/07 ----interview----Thuy ----------------delayed

04/06/07 ----interview----AaronandThuy ------delayed

04/13/07 ----interview----Phillip-Phuoc--------delayed

05/15/07 ----interview----gp1 -----------------passed-------

05/16/07 ----interview----JustDuck CR-1 ------passed-------

06/14/07 ----interview----Lan&Mike -----------passed-------

06/27/07 ----interview----sealedkiss ----------passed-------

07/12/07 ----interview----poppscc ------------ delayed

07/19/07 ----interview----Kelvin Ly K-3--------passed-------

07/20/07 ----interview----Thai----------------- passed-------

07/23/07 ----interview----Sweet Love----------passed-------

07/20/07 ----interview----What's next CR-1--- passed-------

07/30/07 ----interview----V. Dom--------------

08/16/07 ----interview----Kevin & TuyenCR-1--

08/24/07 ----interview----AustinJohn----------

08/29/07 ----interview----Anh Tuan------------

08/30/07 ----interview----Cha Gio K-3----------

05/11/07 ----- Pack 3 -----s2convt ------------

06/06/07 ----- Pack 3 -----SteveLA -----------

06/11/07 ----- Pack 3 -----Danny&Diem07----

07/13/07--Case @ HCMC--HQMP--------------

00/00/07 ---- Left NVC ----

07/18/07 ------NOA2------ Lovemyhuegirl-----

08/03/07 ------NOA2------ NeverSeen---------

08/05/07 ------NOA2------ Thanh--------------

05/09/07 ------NOA1------ 2007K1------------

05/29/07 ------NOA1------ MR2nice-----------

06/11/07 ------NOA1------ PeterFB------------

06/14/07 ------NOA1------ Lucas--------------

06/21/07 ------NOA1------ Dave_Thao--RD 2--

07/09/07 ------NOA1------ Vietnam07---------

2007K1 · August 17, 2007

Welcome newbies....it sucks that a little while back the powers that be here decided to erase all the threads for some reason. (maybe a good reason..maybe bad..I don't know.) ...there was ALOT of good stuff that used to on here including SEVERAL posts from an immigration attourney who specialized in VN cases and an actual consulate officer who had been posted at HCMC untill recently...That doesn't even include all the valuable input from all off the members who went through HCMC already. ...Anyhow...I still come back here from time to time to see what is going on and would be more than happy to help out if need be. Good to see chuck and kim still here...probably few other vets around as well to help out. Good luck to everyone.

Just to clarify this. Threads where not deleted by the admin for any reason. The old site became totally unstable and the only option was to move to a new site. The majority of the threads can still be found at the old site by clicking HERE You just cant post there anymore. Anything that you think is worth bringing across you can either copy and paste the posts into here with a credit to the original poster or post a link to it.

I am new here and I try to open that link, but it doesn't work.

Can you please tell me why? Does my new user ID work at the old site too?

Thanks!

dalegg · August 18, 2007

Welcome newbies....it sucks that a little while back the powers that be here decided to erase all the threads for some reason. (maybe a good reason..maybe bad..I don't know.) ...there was ALOT of good stuff that used to on here including SEVERAL posts from an immigration attourney who specialized in VN cases and an actual consulate officer who had been posted at HCMC untill recently...That doesn't even include all the valuable input from all off the members who went through HCMC already. ...Anyhow...I still come back here from time to time to see what is going on and would be more than happy to help out if need be. Good to see chuck and kim still here...probably few other vets around as well to help out. Good luck to everyone.

Just to clarify this. Threads where not deleted by the admin for any reason. The old site became totally unstable and the only option was to move to a new site. The majority of the threads can still be found at the old site by clicking HERE You just cant post there anymore. Anything that you think is worth bringing across you can either copy and paste the posts into here with a credit to the original poster or post a link to it.

I am new here and I try to open that link, but it doesn't work.

Can you please tell me why? Does my new user ID work at the old site too?

Thanks!

Those threads were pretty old. Could be permanantly deleted.

IchThuy · December 27, 2007

Hello everyone,

I am a newbie here. So far I found a lot of helpful information in this site. We are in the early stage of the journey, just received our NOA1 on December 18.

Now I want to ask my first question. In a post by Landy (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153&st=75), Lan said that one of the girl got the blue slip because her fiance did not have enough money in the saving account, and she said the minimum amount should be $20,000. I want to konw if this is true: the petitioner must have at least $20,000 in his/her account?

Thank you

chuckandkim · January 8, 2008

The answer to this is "MAYBE"!

Keep in mind from now until the day you are finished with this VJ journey: when it comes to Immigration/Visa, there is no Silverbullet or magic trick to get by or short-cut the process. It is long, painful and fill with stress everyday until the day she arrives in the US!

I do not know the whole story, but if HCMC claims someone's didn't have $20K in the bank, I would ask myself the following questions:

1. Is this guy applying for the same type of Visa? (K-1, K-3, or what not)

2. Does he have a co-sponsor? HCMC is very funny about co-sponsor, they still accept it in rare cases, but not often.

3. $20K is the magic number??? why not $50K, or $100K? Wouldn't that be batter?

4. Why saving account but not Life Insurance/Stock Portfolio/Checking/Bonds or they meant: GUIDELINE Poverty?

5. What is Guideline Poverty you may ask, read the GUIDE's and FAQ's

6. If $20,000 is the magic number for this girl's fiancé to cough up, think again, HCMC has 1000's reasons to as tools to DELAY/DENY a Visa application and this could be one of a fews.

7. Your case is NOT this guy's case, very unique in so many ways.

8. No silver bullet, nobody can guaranty your Visa approval

BTW, post your question in the Regional board for better response for the oldheads from HCMC VJ don't come in here quite as often as I notice!

Good luck and have fun on your VJ!

Tyrobe · January 10, 2008

Hello everyone,
I am a newbie here. So far I found a lot of helpful information in this site. We are in the early stage of the journey, just received our NOA1 on December 18.

Now I want to ask my first question. In a post by Landy (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153&st=75), Lan said that one of the girl got the blue slip because her fiance did not have enough money in the saving account, and she said the minimum amount should be $20,000. I want to konw if this is true: the petitioner must have at least $20,000 in his/her account?

Thank you

Yea, it is hard to tell without knowing the inside story. I'll take a guess at this one, too. The way I see it is that the sponsor of that girl's with blue slip doesn't have income proof to meet the requirement of 125% poverty line and still need another $4000 to qualify for the requirement.

According to the guideline to Affidavit of Support, for sponsors of immediate relative spouse of U.S. citizens, the amount of required assents is reduced five times the difference between the governing poverty guideline and actual household income. So for a household size of 4, it follows:

125 percent of poverty guideline:

$25,000

Sponsor's income:

$21,000

Difference:

$4,000

Multiply by 5:

x5

Minimum required cash value:

$20,000

If your salary (W-2) qualify the 125% poverty line, then you don't even need to show asset/bank record.

my 2 cents.

Melrose Plant · January 11, 2008

Hello everyone,
I am a newbie here. So far I found a lot of helpful information in this site. We are in the early stage of the journey, just received our NOA1 on December 18.

Now I want to ask my first question. In a post by Landy (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153&st=75), Lan said that one of the girl got the blue slip because her fiance did not have enough money in the saving account, and she said the minimum amount should be $20,000. I want to konw if this is true: the petitioner must have at least $20,000 in his/her account?

Thank you

Yea, it is hard to tell without knowing the inside story. I'll take a guess at this one, too. The way I see it is that the sponsor of that girl's with blue slip doesn't have income proof to meet the requirement of 125% poverty line and still need another $4000 to qualify for the requirement.

According to the guideline to Affidavit of Support, for sponsors of immediate relative spouse of U.S. citizens, the amount of required assents is reduced five times the difference between the governing poverty guideline and actual household income. So for a household size of 4, it follows:

125 percent of poverty guideline:

$25,000

Sponsor's income:

$21,000

Difference:

$4,000

Multiply by 5:

x5

Minimum required cash value:

$20,000

If your salary (W-2) qualify the 125% poverty line, then you don't even need to show asset/bank record.

my 2 cents.

That BETTER be the way it is. My annual income is around $60K, but I sure don't have 20,000 in the bank. I'm working to have 10,000 in there before the interview, so I can go over there to be with her and still pay everything back home. Of course, by the time we come back the U.S., most of that will be gone!

Tom99 · January 11, 2008

That BETTER be the way it is. My annual income is around $60K, but I sure don't have 20,000 in the bank. I'm working to have 10,000 in there before the interview, so I can go over there to be with her and still pay everything back home. Of course, by the time we come back the U.S., most of that will be gone!

You make $60K per year, that's way above poverty line; you don't need to show anything else, just employment verification, tax transcript for the year before the interview or '06 if you don't have '07 yet

Tyrobe · January 16, 2008

I don't know if we have any CR-1 Vietnam VJ members still active currently. Anyway, would any one please help me with the detailed road map for CR-1 route once my case has been sent from NVC to HCM City? Specifically, does CR-1 case for HCMC also receive packages 3 and 4 similar to K1 case?

Tyrobe · March 15, 2008

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09/06/06 --k1 interview -- landy ------------------------------ AOS PAssed----04/23/07

10/23/06 --k1 interview -- Robert & Van----------------------- AOS Passed----05/22/07

02/13/07 --k1 interview -- ridejewel--------------------------- AOS Passed----06/14/07

02/01/07 --k1 interview -- dkalXuan--------------------------- AOS Passed----07/31/07

03/14/07 --k1 interview -- andrew va thuy -------------------- AOS interview--08/30/07

02/16/06 --k1 interview -- scy K3------------------------------ AOS BIOM------06/21/07

08/29/05 --k1 interview -- Kevin&Loan--------- visa 05/24..... AOS BIOM------07/27/06

08/28/06 --k1 interview -- mike1972e---------- visa 11/22..... AOS BIOM------03/06/07

01/29/07 --k1 interview -- Kimi---------------------------------AOS BIOM------04/24/07

02/13/07 --k1 interview -- David-Hien--------------------------AOS BIOM------06/07/07

03/29/07 --k1 interview -- MTDTD-------------------------------AOS BIOM------06/19/07

03/19/07 --k1 interview -- T&T ---------------------------------AOS BIOM------07/12/07

03/21/07 --k1 interview -- CK&Tydi-----------------------------AOS BIOM------07/14/07

03/29/07 --k1 interview -- Leon&Ha ------------ visa 04/10.....AOS NOA1------05/21/07

AGES AGO ----interview----wait4ever....Visa---June 2007---- :dancing:

07/10/06 ----interview----menyoo------------delayed

02/06/07 ----interview----GREEN/TRAN Visa---06/06/07---- :dancing:

02/09/07 ----interview----Etrnaly--------------delayed

02/12/07 ----interview----tway22 -------------delayed

02/28/07 ----interview----martindart ...Visa---05/11/07---- :dancing:

03/09/07 ----interview----Sinh & Lien...Visa---05/11/07---- :dancing:

03/20/07 ----interview----Anh Map.......Visa---03/30/07---

03/28/07 ----interview----Thuy ----------------delayed

04/06/07 ----interview----AaronandThuy ------delayed

04/13/07 ----interview----Phillip-Phuoc--------delayed

05/15/07 ----interview----gp1 -----------------passed------- :dancing:

05/16/07 ----interview----JustDuck CR-1 ------passed------- :dancing:

06/14/07 ----interview----Lan&Mike -----------passed------- :dancing:

06/27/07 ----interview----sealedkiss ----------passed------- :dancing:

07/12/07 ----interview----poppscc ------------ delayed

07/19/07 ----interview----Kelvin Ly K-3--------passed------- :dancing:

07/20/07 ----interview----Thai----------------- passed------- :dancing:

07/23/07 ----interview----Sweet Love----------passed------- :dancing:

07/20/07 ----interview----What's next CR-1--- passed------- :dancing:

07/30/07 ----interview----V. Dom-------------- :yes:

08/16/07 ----interview----Kevin & TuyenCR-1-- :yes:

08/24/07 ----interview----AustinJohn---------- :yes:

08/29/07 ----interview----Anh Tuan------------ :yes:

08/30/07 ----interview----Cha Gio K-3---------- :yes:

05/11/07 ----- Pack 3 -----s2convt ------------

06/06/07 ----- Pack 3 -----SteveLA ------------

06/11/07 ----- Pack 3 -----Danny&Diem07-----

01/29/08 ----- Pack 3 -----D2007K1------------

07/13/07--Case @ HCMC--HQMP--------------

00/00/07 ---- Left NVC ----

07/18/07 ------NOA2------ Lovemyhuegirl-----

08/03/07 ------NOA2------ NeverSeen---------

08/05/07 ------NOA2------ Thanh--------------

03/06/08 ------NOA2------ Tyrobe-------------

05/29/07 ------NOA1------ MR2nice-----------

06/11/07 ------NOA1------ PeterFB------------

06/14/07 ------NOA1------ Lucas--------------

06/21/07 ------NOA1------ Dave_Thao--RD 2--

07/09/07 ------NOA1------ Vietnam07---------

Update for 2007K1 and me.

Tyrobe · March 15, 2008

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