Vietnam VisaJourney Members

[STL_HCMC 0]

I've been pretty quiet on VJ lately.... Just to let you all know. Lan (my fiance) has her interiew in HCMC on March 29. I've already sent her all the documents/materials needed for the interview. I know HCMC is a difficult consulate to deal with but we are pretty damn well prepared! Wish us luck and I will post a followup after the interview.

Good luck to you both Landy! For the sake of the rest of us waiting in HCMC, please do fill us in on the details after her interview. I wish you both success on the first try.

STL_HCMC

[Icarus 0]

Hi All!!

Checked email at 5 and gave up hope on the CSC this week....decided to check an hour later with high hopes and....YES!!!! NOA2!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a GREAT Friday! And now after a phone call to my vo chua cuoi, I am so excited to go NOW!! Hahahaha

[Vietnam 0]

Hi All!!

Checked email at 5 and gave up hope on the CSC this week....decided to check an hour later with high hopes and....YES!!!! NOA2!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a GREAT Friday! And now after a phone call to my vo chua cuoi, I am so excited to go NOW!! Hahahaha

Ahh finally! Was wondering if they were ever going to get to you.

I added Emoticons to the list for you. Still trying to decide if I like that. hmm.

Edited March 25, 2006 by Vietnam

[Icarus 0]

Ahh finally! Was wondering if they were ever going to get to you.

I added Emoticons to the list for you. Still trying to decide if I like that. hmm.

I'm just happy (and relieved) it came under the expected 90-120 days! Now gonna put my amazing mental powers towards getting an early interview date (I'm looking at you HCMC Consulate)!

btw, I like the emoticons on the list, I think you picked the right ones for each of the steps!

[Jasman0717 9]

[aussiewench 9]

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.

Edited March 27, 2006 by aussiewench

[Landy 0]

Well folks.... tomorrow (March 29) is our K1 interview at the consulate in HCMC.

Lan and I are all set to go. Wish us luck. We're very well prepared (thanks to VJ) and I can't imagine doing this without the help of this group of people.

I'll post an update as soon as Lan calls me after the interview. I will also have her post her experiences with the consulate first-hand for the benefit of you all.

[Mike n Huong 1]

Well folks.... tomorrow (March 29) is our K1 interview at the consulate in HCMC.

Lan and I are all set to go. Wish us luck. We're very well prepared (thanks to VJ) and I can't imagine doing this without the help of this group of people.

I'll post an update as soon as Lan calls me after the interview. I will also have her post her experiences with the consulate first-hand for the benefit of you all.

I wish you both the very best of luck!!!!!

I hope that your dreams will come true!!!!!!

[dalegg 143]

Well folks.... tomorrow (March 29) is our K1 interview at the consulate in HCMC.

Lan and I are all set to go. Wish us luck. We're very well prepared (thanks to VJ) and I can't imagine doing this without the help of this group of people.

I'll post an update as soon as Lan calls me after the interview. I will also have her post her experiences with the consulate first-hand for the benefit of you all.

Now this guy is anxious. He's even put himself on Vietnam Time already to get one day closer to the interview! Seriously, good luck.

[STL_HCMC 0]

Well folks.... tomorrow (March 29) is our K1 interview at the consulate in HCMC.

Lan and I are all set to go. Wish us luck. We're very well prepared (thanks to VJ) and I can't imagine doing this without the help of this group of people.

I'll post an update as soon as Lan calls me after the interview. I will also have her post her experiences with the consulate first-hand for the benefit of you all.

What an exciting time for you both! Good luck to you both coming out pink! Looking forward to both of your post-interview comments.

STL_HCMC

[Landy 0]

Thanks for the good wishes everybody!!!! (and i thought the joke about putting me into vietnam time to get a head start was a pretty damn funny joke!)

) ) )

[dalegg 143]

One more thing to think about right now is how envious we all are of you- yes- even me having already passed this part. At what other point will you ever get to be this excited? All of the waiting and preparation is finally over. Not that I ever want to go back to those months of chatting on yahoo, but I really kind of miss that moment of waiting to hear the results of the interview.

In my case the answer was not good right away, but I still remember the excitement of the phone call. I was online with my friends and her friends in Vietnam. It feels like you're on stage and they are about to draw lottery numbers. I hate to say it, but there will never be a time you feel this excited again- except maybe when your children are born. So, I'm really kind of envious.

[STL_HCMC 0]

One more thing to think about right now is how envious we all are of you- yes- even me having already passed this part. At what other point will you ever get to be this excited? All of the waiting and preparation is finally over. Not that I ever want to go back to those months of chatting on yahoo, but I really kind of miss that moment of waiting to hear the results of the interview.

In my case the answer was not good right away, but I still remember the excitement of the phone call. I was online with my friends and her friends in Vietnam. It feels like you're on stage and they are about to draw lottery numbers. I hate to say it, but there will never be a time you feel this excited again- except maybe when your children are born. So, I'm really kind of envious.

I completely echo you dalegg. I think the blind friendships that we develop on VisaJourney are a great benefit to all of us. While we may never meet in person, we've shared hard times through the process, helped each other with specific Vietnam related tips, rallied behind those with blue slips and delays and most exciting, we've shared together in the very excitement you reference in your post.

It is odd how we all just stumble upon this site. I can't even remember myself how I found it, but I'm more than happy I did. First you find the K-1 board, and then you are slowly steered to the Vietnam VisaJourney Members page; a wealth of information and page of new friends. I know for my situation - and probably many others just starting out - one could never imagine this process could be done alone without the guidance of another with experience or an immigration lawyer. However, VisaJourney puts those thoughts behind us all and gives us the confidence, knowledge and support to tackle the petition with our own bare hands.

I know the interview process is becoming closer for those like landy, yellow123, bruce_han, kvtran, myself, matt stevens and menyoo. Blue slip or pink slip for any of us, it doesn't matter. We've got a board of support to turn to no matter what color the interviewee is handed.

STL_HCMC

[Bruce and Han 0]

One more thing to think about right now is how envious we all are of you- yes- even me having already passed this part. At what other point will you ever get to be this excited? All of the waiting and preparation is finally over. Not that I ever want to go back to those months of chatting on yahoo, but I really kind of miss that moment of waiting to hear the results of the interview.

In my case the answer was not good right away, but I still remember the excitement of the phone call. I was online with my friends and her friends in Vietnam. It feels like you're on stage and they are about to draw lottery numbers. I hate to say it, but there will never be a time you feel this excited again- except maybe when your children are born. So, I'm really kind of envious.

I completely echo you dalegg. I think the blind friendships that we develop on VisaJourney are a great benefit to all of us. While we may never meet in person, we've shared hard times through the process, helped each other with specific Vietnam related tips, rallied behind those with blue slips and delays and most exciting, we've shared together in the very excitement you reference in your post.

It is odd how we all just stumble upon this site. I can't even remember myself how I found it, but I'm more than happy I did. First you find the K-1 board, and then you are slowly steered to the Vietnam VisaJourney Members page; a wealth of information and page of new friends. I know for my situation - and probably many others just starting out - one could never imagine this process could be done alone without the guidance of another with experience or an immigration lawyer. However, VisaJourney puts those thoughts behind us all and gives us the confidence, knowledge and support to tackle the petition with our own bare hands.

I know the interview process is becoming closer for those like landy, yellow123, bruce_han, kvtran, myself, matt stevens and menyoo. Blue slip or pink slip for any of us, it doesn't matter. We've got a board of support to turn to no matter what color the interviewee is handed.

STL_HCMC

As Ben Franklin had said, We must all hang together or most assuredly, we will all hang seperetly!

[Landy 0]

One more thing to think about right now is how envious we all are of you- yes- even me having already passed this part. At what other point will you ever get to be this excited? All of the waiting and preparation is finally over. Not that I ever want to go back to those months of chatting on yahoo, but I really kind of miss that moment of waiting to hear the results of the interview.

In my case the answer was not good right away, but I still remember the excitement of the phone call. I was online with my friends and her friends in Vietnam. It feels like you're on stage and they are about to draw lottery numbers. I hate to say it, but there will never be a time you feel this excited again- except maybe when your children are born. So, I'm really kind of envious.

Dalegg,

Wow... I did not think about this!!!! Thanks for your insight (from someone who has been down this road before)... I have to say that the VJ community is great. I have never met anybody in person on this board but I know you are all amazing.... In fact... If anybody will be in Saigon on April 21 I want to invite you all to a party we are planning! Please contact me for details ok??

Thanks for all the support from all of you!!!