wife's interview in less than 24hrs

[Dai. 7]

Here is the thread where the USC and his fiancee was able to meet up with the CO and plead their case to the CO. He did it a couple of times and finally he was successful. I think his name is Jeff and you might want to PM him for more advice on how to meet the CO.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...=179555&hl=

Also his review of the consulate:

By Jeff:

Well, the Co who interviewed both of us was very courteous and kind. I feel that our interview was fair and just.

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?cnty=Vietnam

his review is on the bottom.

Edited June 12, 2009 by Dai_Tx

[Mr. Leggs 0]

here are the questions:

1- do you and your husband have kid(s) together?

hai nguoi co con voi nhau khong?

2-When did you know you had a miscarriage?

khi nao thi co biet la bi say thai?

3-why did you have a miscarriage?(he kept asking her about the doctor's fone#) do you have a doctor notice? yes

tai sao bi say thai?

4-how many times your husband visit you? date and month

ox ve viet nam may lan?ngay thang chi tiet

5-how long each time?

moi lan la bao lau?

6-when was the first time you and you husband met? (asked several times)

hai nguoi gap nhau lan dau tien khi nao? hoi rat nhieu lan?

7-how did you and you husband meet? do you have the letter? (i wrote her a letter when we first introduced)

hai nguoi quen nhau trong truong hop nao?

8-how your aunt and your husband know each other?

co cua co lam sao quen biet chong co?

9-name the person introduced you and your husband

ten nguoi gioi thieu

10-where does your aunt live?do you know her fone #?i will findout your aunt address later

nguoi gioi thieu o dau?cho so dien thoai cua co cua co ? roi toi se biet duoc dia chi cua co cua co?

11-what is your husband do for living? and what is the name of the company ur husband is working for?

cong viec cua ox?ten cong ty

12-who does your husband live with? name where did he/she live before?

.anh o voi ai?ten gi?truoc do o dau?

13-does your husband rent the apartment? how much?

14-when did you two meet?

hai nguoi quen nhau tu bao gio?

15-when did your husband propose? (asked several times)

chong co cau hon co khi nao

16-did he call you or you called him?

chong co goi dien thoai cho co hay co goi?

17-why đám hỏi after 2 weeks on his first trip?

tai sao chong co ve co hai tuan ma da lam dam hoi?

18-when đám cưới? when đám hỏi?

.khi nao dam cuoi, khi nao dam hoi?

19-how many guests came to your đám cưới? do you have pix?

le cuoi co bao nhieu nguoi tham du?

20-how many guests came to your đám hỏi? pix? yes

21-do you speak english? (just bcoz he over heard she said thank you to the people wished her luck)

more questions later ...

she wasn't nervous and did look him straight in the eyes when answered.

the CO didn't quiet understand why my wife had a miscarriage and how her aunt and i met each other

the translator did do a good job, my kept telling him(CO)/her(translator) my husband's best friend is also friend with my aunt.

and the miscarriage part she told them, she went to the hospital for a checkup, they did an ultrasound and found out that the 10 weeks old fetus had no heartbeat (died a week before her checkup)

the CO took out a pink sheet then put it down, pick up a blue sheet and handed to my wife :-(

[Lý Trinh 0]

This is weird, because you are on a CR-1 Visa why the CO asking for the timeline? Timeline only needed for Fiance not for marry couple.... I don't understand that.

[Dave 'n' Hai Au 0]

Your case seems as strong as most as far as relationship evidence goes. I take it she did the interview in Vietnamese. It seems suspicious that he kept asking her the same questions over again, do you think there was a problem with the translater? I am guessing that the timeline will clear up any questions the CO has, especially if there was a pink sheet ready to go. We had to have a translater for me for our marriage license interview and he worded questions differently than the interviewer did for my wife so of course our answers did not match, thus my suspicion of translater problems. Keep positive, I agree with the others, PINK is just a timeline away for you two. I admire the VN. gals, we had the easy part doing paperwork while they have their feet to the interview fire and a little setback like this will not slow em down!! Good Luck to you two, get that timeline in and get the PINK you deserve!!!

[Dai. 7]

Your case seems as strong as most as far as relationship evidence goes. I take it she did the interview in Vietnamese. It seems suspicious that he kept asking her the same questions over again, do you think there was a problem with the translater? I am guessing that the timeline will clear up any questions the CO has, especially if there was a pink sheet ready to go. We had to have a translater for me for our marriage license interview and he worded questions differently than the interviewer did for my wife so of course our answers did not match, thus my suspicion of translater problems. Keep positive, I agree with the others, PINK is just a timeline away for you two. I admire the VN. gals, we had the easy part doing paperwork while they have their feet to the interview fire and a little setback like this will not slow em down!! Good Luck to you two, get that timeline in and get the PINK you deserve!!!

When my wife was interview they asked her some of the same questions twice but just worded differently. My wife thinks that they do that to see if the beneficiary will change the answer or react differently to it. She saw that a lot with other people interviewing and those people received blue/green. The translator for my wife was kind of rude to my wife but the CO was nice, when my wife saw the translator was saying something wrong my wife would understand and correct her in english but kept on doing the interview in Vietnamese just to not have any misunderstandings.

[Dave 'n' Hai Au 0]

That makes sense Dai, there are so many conspiracy theories for these interviews. In your case, wouldn't it have been better for your wife to do interview in English so she could communicate with CO directly? It sounds like her English is fairly good. My wife is going to do hers in English to eliminate the "middle man" and deal with the CO directly. Any thoughts anyone?

[Dai. 7]

My wife's english is decent (some words are mispronounced) and she sometimes forgets the words sometimes, she sort of looks lost thinking of the words. She did not feel comfortable enough to do the whole interview in English because she was afraid of misunderstandings on her part mispronouncing some things. Lots of people did it in Vietnamese and they pass on the day she interviewed. I told her it was up to her to do it in English or Vietnamese but she decided to do Vietnamese. If your wife does it in Vietnamese I think some of the CO can understand Vietnamese and the communication might be understood better. Some people like my wife can understand English but has difficulty speaking it. I would imagine it would be the same for CO to hear Vietnamese everyday (since they do live in Vietnam) and pick it up but they have difficulty speaking it therefore having a need for a translator. I think their "middle man" is there to act tough and rude to try to get the beneficiary nervous so they can find out if they are lying or not. My wife also thinks it's a tactic they they use to find out fraud cases and genuine cases. She didn't get bothered by her middle man cause she was confident the whole time, which she tells me over and over again is the key to her success.

Edited June 12, 2009 by Dai_Tx

[Dai. 7]

Oh yeah, that's just my case because my wife and I speak Vietnamese most of the time with each other. She barely speaks English in her daily life and I only speak english to her like 10% of the time. If in your case, you wife speaks english well, that might work for you better since it will show that you and your spouse share a common fluent language when you communicate with each other. I think it's just different for everyone. I think you can't go wrong either way if she is confident enough during the interview.

[Dave 'n' Hai Au 0]

You are right Dai, whatever makes them more comfortable and confident is the way to go. The only advice I gave her was to ask for clarification if she was unsure about a question, not to assume anything. I told her that if she needed to use the translater at times, to do so. I don't think they would hold that against her, at least I hope not. This relates back to Dans (Mr Leggs) case and if there was a communication problem. I hope we all learn more about the cause of their setback although it appears to be something minor if pink sheet was ready to go. We only have 10 days to go so I am nervous and want to be as prepared as possible. All of this information that everyone shares so openly is a blessing-Thanks to all!!

[Mr. Leggs 0]

my said the translator was very nice and polite, she's in her 30's.

The CO is a young white male

[hniHnitsuJ 8]

here are the questions:

1- do you and your husband have kid(s) together?

hai nguoi co con voi nhau khong?

2-When did you know you had a miscarriage?

khi nao thi co biet la bi say thai?

3-why did you have a miscarriage?(he kept asking her about the doctor's fone#) do you have a doctor notice? yes

tai sao bi say thai?

4-how many times your husband visit you? date and month

ox ve viet nam may lan?ngay thang chi tiet

5-how long each time?

moi lan la bao lau?

6-when was the first time you and you husband met? (asked several times)

hai nguoi gap nhau lan dau tien khi nao? hoi rat nhieu lan?

7-how did you and you husband meet? do you have the letter? (i wrote her a letter when we first introduced)

hai nguoi quen nhau trong truong hop nao?

8-how your aunt and your husband know each other?

co cua co lam sao quen biet chong co?

9-name the person introduced you and your husband

ten nguoi gioi thieu

10-where does your aunt live?do you know her fone #?i will findout your aunt address later

nguoi gioi thieu o dau?cho so dien thoai cua co cua co ? roi toi se biet duoc dia chi cua co cua co?

11-what is your husband do for living? and what is the name of the company ur husband is working for?

cong viec cua ox?ten cong ty

12-who does your husband live with? name where did he/she live before?

.anh o voi ai?ten gi?truoc do o dau?

13-does your husband rent the apartment? how much?

14-when did you two meet?

hai nguoi quen nhau tu bao gio?

15-when did your husband propose? (asked several times)

chong co cau hon co khi nao

16-did he call you or you called him?

chong co goi dien thoai cho co hay co goi?

17-why đám hỏi after 2 weeks on his first trip?

tai sao chong co ve co hai tuan ma da lam dam hoi?

18-when đám cưới? when đám hỏi?

.khi nao dam cuoi, khi nao dam hoi?

19-how many guests came to your đám cưới? do you have pix?

le cuoi co bao nhieu nguoi tham du?

20-how many guests came to your đám hỏi? pix? yes

21-do you speak english? (just bcoz he over heard she said thank you to the people wished her luck)

more questions later ...

she wasn't nervous and did look him straight in the eyes when answered.

the CO didn't quiet understand why my wife had a miscarriage and how her aunt and i met each other

the translator did do a good job, my kept telling him(CO)/her(translator) my husband's best friend is also friend with my aunt.

and the miscarriage part she told them, she went to the hospital for a checkup, they did an ultrasound and found out that the 10 weeks old fetus had no heartbeat (died a week before her checkup)

the CO took out a pink sheet then put it down, pick up a blue sheet and handed to my wife :-(

IMO, I think the CO is a-whole, keep pushing her with the question about miscarriage. That's her weakness topic to go over and over again. I just don’t like that CO. Mr. Leggs. I am sure your wife will get her pink slip after you submit your timeline.

Good luck. May God be with both of you.

[luckytxn 2,264]

I have to agree that a pink is in order after a submittal of timeline. From the interview it seems everything should be fine so get that in and get her over here.

[toddandhien 2]

That makes sense Dai, there are so many conspiracy theories for these interviews. In your case, wouldn't it have been better for your wife to do interview in English so she could communicate with CO directly? It sounds like her English is fairly good. My wife is going to do hers in English to eliminate the "middle man" and deal with the CO directly. Any thoughts anyone?

Hien was prepared to do the interview in either language. I told her that if given a choice, do it in English to speak directly to the CO. But I had heard that sometimes they do not give them the choice and will speak in VN. As it turned out, they did not ask her if she spoke English and did not speak with her in English at all. They went straight to VN and stayed there. She switched to answering in English halfway through because it was easier but they kept asking the questions in VN, even though they could understand her answers perfectly well.

By the way, do not be fooled about the language capabilities of the COs. Hien said that the American CO guy could understand and speak VN perfectly. he was nodding his head as she answered in VN before the translator gave him the English answer. Also spoke to her in VN at the end and she said his VN was VERY good.

[Mr. Leggs 0]

that's so true about he CO could understand and speak vietnameses perfectly, i sent my wife a letter (4 pages) in vietnamese and the CO guy took his time to read it.

Dan

[Anh map 2,098]

This is weird, because you are on a CR-1 Visa why the CO asking for the timeline? Timeline only needed for Fiance not for marry couple.... I don't understand that.

Incorrect!! The timeline is not only for fiance interviews.

Be prepared and submit a timeline before the interview if possible. If not, bring a detailed timeline to the interview.

Do not be lazy and end up with a blue slip RFE. Do it right and get the PINK!