Pink but still waiting ???

[Jack & Xuan 0]

Ok so we got the pink sheet and was told to return on May 5 to get the Visa. Of course there was the May Day holiday in the middle of our 8 day waiting period. Xuan and I go to the embassy 30 min early and Xuan goes in to wait. She waits for about 2 hours and then asked why her name was not called. The woman told her that her visa was not printed yet and they will call her when it is ready to be picked up. She comes out and tells me this so I go in and ask my own questions. After talking to 4 people, 3 of which were CO's, I was told that the CO that approved her visa was on leave (vacation) and that his email to another CO about our case was not understood. On top of that there understaffed due to a flu bug. So now we must wait for their call. I am thinking that is with the CO for our case will be back and will tell them that it is ok to print the visa. I took the pink sheet and left the embassy as calm as I could muster.

Has anyone had a date to pick up the visa but then told to come back or that the embassy will call them? The CO did say that Xuan will get the visa, we just have to continue to wait for the inept embassy to do it on their own sweet time.

[Dave_Thao 0]

Jack,

We got our pink slip May 9 and were told to come back on May 16 to pick up the Visa. When we got there on May 16 on our way to Da Lat,they said they could not issue the visa until we were cleard by DOS because of our earlier denial on our first petition. We had to wait for the consulate to call us. We finally got the visa on May 28, the day before I was scheduled to leave Vietnam. I know what you are going through. You already waited a long time and now you have to wait some more and when it is time to go pick up the visa , you will wait outside wondering what other thing can go wrong. Go to the bar across the street from the consulate and order a stiff shot. It helps. Good Luck!

[Jack & Xuan 0]

Jack,

We got our pink slip May 9 and were told to come back on May 16 to pick up the Visa. When we got there on May 16 on our way to Da Lat,they said they could not issue the visa until we were cleard by DOS because of our earlier denial on our first petition. We had to wait for the consulate to call us. We finally got the visa on May 28, the day before I was scheduled to leave Vietnam. I know what you are going through. You already waited a long time and now you have to wait some more and when it is time to go pick up the visa , you will wait outside wondering what other thing can go wrong. Go to the bar across the street from the consulate and order a stiff shot. It helps. Good Luck!

Thank you very much for the responce. It helps very much. We are in the same situation with the DOS.

[Anh map 2,098]

Congrats on the pink. All your hard work has paid off.

[Mike n Huong 1]

Congrats to you both!!!!

Just remember, she will get the Visa, which is the most important thing. I know it is difficult to sit and wait, but there is nothing you can do. Just enjoy your time together in Vietnam, because she will soon join you in the United States. So make this time waiting useful and enjoy her time with her family and friends, because she will soon miss them.

[Mr. Leggs 0]

congrats to both

[hniHnitsuJ 8]

congrats, come home soon. Jack and Xuan.

[Jack & Xuan 0]

Well we finaly got the call from the embassy on Thursday May 14. With our luck so far the call came as we were about 30 min into the trip to Vung Tau. They said to come pick up the visa on that day. Of course we could not so we asked if we could get it on Friday and they said no, that we would have to wait until Monday. Monday came and we FINALY got the visa. We went back Xuan's home and I booked a flight out of Vietnam for Tuesday. We are home now and still recovering from the flight. To top it all off, we only have 2 months to be married and the AOS before our application expires becasue the embassy took its sweet time.

BUT at least Xuan is in the US now.

[Dai. 7]

Congrats Jack.... I don't know if you saw my PM but I was asking how it went.. so I take it, that it's all good now... Congrats again!

[Dave 'n' Hai Au 0]

Congratulations, at least now you can do all the future waiting together!! Could you please explain how you handled the airfares? We have interview on June 22nd and I am trying to decide how to handle that. Like most people, I am worried about getting one way ticket on same flight as mine. I am thinking that allowing 10 days after interview to departure is usually enough. Am I wearing rose colored glasses?

[Mr. Leggs 0]

congrats jack and xuân, wish both of you have a great life together

[Jack & Xuan 0]

Congratulations, at least now you can do all the future waiting together!! Could you please explain how you handled the airfares? We have interview on June 22nd and I am trying to decide how to handle that. Like most people, I am worried about getting one way ticket on same flight as mine. I am thinking that allowing 10 days after interview to departure is usually enough. Am I wearing rose colored glasses?

I did not use my retrun ticket. I just ate the cost and got 2 one way tickets, one for each of us. It almost cost the same as trying to get a one way ticket on my original return flight and it was a much better flight. If you can my advice is to fly to Nariata/Tokyo. I have to fly to Indiana so on my other 2 trips I would fly to Chiago and then to Hong Kong or South Korea. Each of thoses flights were about 14 hours give or take. I found this time that if we fly to Tokyo then to Dallas the flight is only 11 hours give or take. It does make the shorter flights a bit longer but it is well worth it to reduce the time of the long flight. If you do this a bit of a warning, Tokyo airport is not very newbee friendly. Also be careful what flight you take because a common layover in Tokyo was 10 hours. We got a 4 hour layover and that was just fine.

Good luck and if you would like to talk more just send me a note. jsorrellii@hotmail.com

Congrats Jack.... I don't know if you saw my PM but I was asking how it went.. so I take it, that it's all good now... Congrats again!

No I did not get the PM. But now you know how it ended up. What is the status of your case and your medical? Did you get it straightened out?

[Dave_Thao 0]

Congrats Jack and Xuan!

[ding 1]

Congrats! I'm sure it will all be worth it. Sounds like VN is a reall hassle - so many posts about problems there. Thailand has it's own issues too though...

[Dai. 7]

Congrats Jack.... I don't know if you saw my PM but I was asking how it went.. so I take it, that it's all good now... Congrats again!

No I did not get the PM. But now you know how it ended up. What is the status of your case and your medical? Did you get it straightened out?

It's good to hear that your fiancee is finally there! My case ended up going on the right path again. Those people at window B seemed misinformed and you were right that emailing is the best way. My wife's interview is on Thurs the 28th.