HCMC - Evidence you should have

[pholy 0]

so basically you're saying anyone who is present to see me sign my signature is ok? a brother, friend, sister, etc?

[Anh map 2,098]

A notarized document (in the US) must be done by a Notary Public.

[quann 26]

i'm rounding up all the docs and evidence to bring to vietnam next week...i find only 2 docs i need to notarize over here, am i missing anything?

*relationship timeline (4 pages total)

*my 10-year residency

we are also submitting the VJ vietnamese timeline, but i think no need to notarize that...should i notarize my fiancee 10-year residency in vietnam (in vietnamese obviously)?

all other docs like my passport/us citizenship certificate/birth certificate etc i'm just bringing originals and making photocopies. of course all the necessary forms are originals and copies.

[ongxabaxa 0]

can you show me your sample of 10 yr residency and timeline? i am also doing those and like to see what others look like.

[T&Joyce 0]

i'm rounding up all the docs and evidence to bring to vietnam next week...i find only 2 docs i need to notarize over here, am i missing anything?

*relationship timeline (4 pages total)

*my 10-year residency

we are also submitting the VJ vietnamese timeline, but i think no need to notarize that...should i notarize my fiancee 10-year residency in vietnam (in vietnamese obviously)?

all other docs like my passport/us citizenship certificate/birth certificate etc i'm just bringing originals and making photocopies. of course all the necessary forms are originals and copies.

hi Quan,

I'm flying to Vietnam on June 11 to submit the timeline and 10 yrs residency doc. with my wife.

Perhap, we should meet up to share our experiences. My timeline is 10 pages long over the 4 years. Is that too much?

Goodluck to you and your wife!

[T&Joyce 0]

can you show me your sample of 10 yr residency and timeline? i am also doing those and like to see what others look like.

Please write to me at trung9721@yahoo.com. we can share our timelines, 10 yrs residency doc.

[T&Joyce 0]

hmm

[quann 26]

i turned in my timeline/10-yr residency at the pre interview stage when they asked for everything. i'm not sure if they even read it. they did return those 2 specific items back to us after the interview.

my timeline was pretty basic. i put the HCM case number/petioner info/beneficiary info on top. then i had some generic affidavit statement relating to the info that follows are correct and truthful. then it's just important specific dates in our relationship with details.

10-year residency is same as above with HCM/P/B info. since i've only lived at one address the last 10+ years it's just one line of address, and all the people that have lived there with me, their relationship to me, and their phone numbers.

i don't think they checked mine closely as this area was not a red flag in our relationship. my fiancee has no relatives in the states and i've never been married so where i live is not important, and our relationship was 5 years so we could've made a 20 page timeline if i really wanted to put time into it (it was still 4 pages).

edit: i ended up not submitting the VJ viet timeline, and did not make a 10-yr residency for my fiancee. maybe with other circumstances they should (prearranged, setup by viet kieu relatives, divorced, big gap in age). tbh i still don't know the reason they ask for 10 yr residency.

Edited June 1, 2011 by quann

[VinhBao MyTam 3]

I included a timeline with my petition, but not like the format listed and not notarized. So my question is, now her interview is Monday. How can I get her that notarized sheet in time? I want to consider speed, reliability, and cost.

[ScottThuy 140]

I included a timeline with my petition, but not like the format listed and not notarized. So my question is, now her interview is Monday. How can I get her that notarized sheet in time? I want to consider speed, reliability, and cost.

Fed ex is the only way I would use but IMO not worth the stress given the circumstances.. They usually dont accept it anyway and if it is requested in a ble then you have a month to get it there...

[VinhBao MyTam 3]

Fed ex is the only way I would use but IMO not worth the stress given the circumstances.. They usually dont accept it anyway and if it is requested in a ble then you have a month to get it there...

Too late. Wish I had read this before I stressed myself out. Nobody wants to hear this story. That being said, I used DHL. Now, please somebody reassure me that only the last page needs the stamp of the notary.

[callmekay 19]

this may be a redundant question...

but if im submitting a timelime with the i-129f form, i would assume that no case number has been given, right? So i would leave that out?

[dreamwarrior 0]

Does the timeline absolutely need to be notarized? I may or may not accompany my wife to the interview.

[ScottThuy 140]

Does the timeline absolutely need to be notarized? I may or may not accompany my wife to the interview.

The timeline is only required when they issue a blue slip asking for it. And then it is requested that it be notarized.

[dreamwarrior 0]

The timeline is only required when they issue a blue slip asking for it. And then it is requested that it be notarized.

Then I will probably go to the consulate to get it notarized.