Interview Completed @ 11 AM on July 24, 2009

[Huong and Phung 0]

keep it up man. U will get there. Call me if u want to talk man. Goodluck!

[luckytxn 2,264]

Can anyone confirm that ...due to the date on blue slip on 21/08/2009 i have to turn in my timeline. Can I turn it in early before the due date? Please confirm thanks.

Yes I can. My wife got a blue slip and went in not even a week later to submit and got the pink. From reading your blue slip it looks like you will have a pink coming soon. Now go get it.

[luckytxn 2,264]

There have been many posts recently about timelines in HCM. They are just about a requirement now to get a visa in Vietnam. I would recommend to all petitioners to prepare a detailed timeline for your spouse or fiance(e) in advance.

There has also been some talk in the last couple of weeks about "timelines" and "detailed timelines". I have never seen any reference in any blue slip from a CO asking for a "simple timeline". Look at the language used in Ly Trinh's blue slip. It is exactly the same as every other request for a timeline. They want to know the details of your relationship. Not every minute of every day but the important aspects of how your relationship began and grew over time.

It is true that some are not asked for a timeline. Good for them. But those who are asked need to provide this detailed information. You will be wise to prepare your SO with the timeline in advance so that she has the best chance to get PINK at the first interview.

Dai, no offense, but preparing a timeline of your relationship after the interview does not make sense to me. The interview has no affect whatsoever on the history and evolution of your relationship, which is what the timeline is for. If other information is needed, they will ask for it and you can provide it but putting the answers to the questions from the interview into your timeline is not necessary in my opinion and not what the CO is asking for.

Create a detailed timeline of your relationship and prep your SO well for the interview so she knows the answers to the questions when they ask her. And if you have an ex-wife, prepare the paperwork about that in advance as well. Your objective should be to get the PINK at the first interview not to use it as a reconnaissance mission to gather intel for the next try.

All of the keys to a successful interview in HCM are in these posts. The questions are all here, the information about what is needed in the timeline is here, information about ex-wife data is here. If you are going to spend time in this forum, you would be wise to take the learnings of those before you and do what is needed to get the PINK. It works.

Ly Trinh: You are almost there. One more hoop to jump through and she will be going home with you. Good luck!

Of course since you are the expert and know exactly what needs to be done then by all means make sure you guide this couple and get them the pink.

I knew I had several red flags and that timeline would be needed and waited till after the interview to send it. I had one made up and she even had it with her and told her to submit it if they asked for it. They did not and the blue asked for that and a list of relatives in the states. As we were making the list up and getting the info for it I made a new timeline or just added it two things from the interview to make sure the interview and timeline came together more. One was to add the exact date from where I did an approximate before and something I added that was not there before and then went and notarized it as I knew they would want a notarized date from AFTER the interview. (Or assumed they did)

My timeline was a detailed timeline but it was not even a full page long. I just put in any major milestones along the way and left it at that. There is no need to fluff up the timeline and add or put in not needed stuff. Never give them info that is not needed. The less said the better. Never volunteer anything to just make a long timeline.

Now to each their own but Dai and I and many others have somehow gotten the pink and have our babes here so maybe we got lucky and all. Just maybe when he or others that have gone through it may know something to help but of course each has to do what they think is needed for their own case.

[Anh map 2,098]

Yes, turn it in as soon as you can to get the pink approval. I PM'ed you about getting the ex's info.

[johncali9 6]

Can anyone confirm that ...due to the date on blue slip on 21/08/2009 i have to turn in my timeline. Can I turn it in early before the due date? Please confirm thanks.

Yes I can. My wife got a blue slip and went in not even a week later to submit and got the pink. From reading your blue slip it looks like you will have a pink coming soon. Now go get it.

Hello lucky

May I ask you the question please my wife have sumit doc on aug 6 @hcmc may turn the Doc now please let me know thank you so much

John

[luckytxn 2,264]

Can anyone confirm that ...due to the date on blue slip on 21/08/2009 i have to turn in my timeline. Can I turn it in early before the due date? Please confirm thanks.

Yes I can. My wife got a blue slip and went in not even a week later to submit and got the pink. From reading your blue slip it looks like you will have a pink coming soon. Now go get it.

Hello lucky

May I ask you the question please my wife have sumit doc on aug 6 @hcmc may turn the Doc now please let me know thank you so much

John

Not too sure what you asked but if it is you asking about going in early to submit the additional info then by all means and go do so early. Why wait if you don't have to?

[toddandhien 2]

There have been many posts recently about timelines in HCM. They are just about a requirement now to get a visa in Vietnam. I would recommend to all petitioners to prepare a detailed timeline for your spouse or fiance(e) in advance.

There has also been some talk in the last couple of weeks about "timelines" and "detailed timelines". I have never seen any reference in any blue slip from a CO asking for a "simple timeline". Look at the language used in Ly Trinh's blue slip. It is exactly the same as every other request for a timeline. They want to know the details of your relationship. Not every minute of every day but the important aspects of how your relationship began and grew over time.

It is true that some are not asked for a timeline. Good for them. But those who are asked need to provide this detailed information. You will be wise to prepare your SO with the timeline in advance so that she has the best chance to get PINK at the first interview.

Dai, no offense, but preparing a timeline of your relationship after the interview does not make sense to me. The interview has no affect whatsoever on the history and evolution of your relationship, which is what the timeline is for. If other information is needed, they will ask for it and you can provide it but putting the answers to the questions from the interview into your timeline is not necessary in my opinion and not what the CO is asking for.

Create a detailed timeline of your relationship and prep your SO well for the interview so she knows the answers to the questions when they ask her. And if you have an ex-wife, prepare the paperwork about that in advance as well. Your objective should be to get the PINK at the first interview not to use it as a reconnaissance mission to gather intel for the next try.

All of the keys to a successful interview in HCM are in these posts. The questions are all here, the information about what is needed in the timeline is here, information about ex-wife data is here. If you are going to spend time in this forum, you would be wise to take the learnings of those before you and do what is needed to get the PINK. It works.

Ly Trinh: You are almost there. One more hoop to jump through and she will be going home with you. Good luck!

Of course since you are the expert and know exactly what needs to be done then by all means make sure you guide this couple and get them the pink.

I knew I had several red flags and that timeline would be needed and waited till after the interview to send it. I had one made up and she even had it with her and told her to submit it if they asked for it. They did not and the blue asked for that and a list of relatives in the states. As we were making the list up and getting the info for it I made a new timeline or just added it two things from the interview to make sure the interview and timeline came together more. One was to add the exact date from where I did an approximate before and something I added that was not there before and then went and notarized it as I knew they would want a notarized date from AFTER the interview. (Or assumed they did)

My timeline was a detailed timeline but it was not even a full page long. I just put in any major milestones along the way and left it at that. There is no need to fluff up the timeline and add or put in not needed stuff. Never give them info that is not needed. The less said the better. Never volunteer anything to just make a long timeline.

Now to each their own but Dai and I and many others have somehow gotten the pink and have our babes here so maybe we got lucky and all. Just maybe when he or others that have gone through it may know something to help but of course each has to do what they think is needed for their own case.

luckytxn, I never said that I was any more of an expert than the rest of the folks on here. I am sharing my opinion and trying to do it in a professional way. I am offering advice that makes sense to me, just exactly the way that you are. At times I don't agree with you or others. I think that's ok. Any reader can take advice from several of us here and decide for him or herself what makes sense. Every case is different and none of us ever know all the details of any case other than our own.

To be clear, I have never stated that the timeline needs to be any particular length. Mine was very long only because I had been to Vietnam many times and had those events to share. Again, each petitioner is different and each case is different. But the blue slips always ask for a detailed timeline with particular information. I am only urging petitioners to avoid simplifying the timeline to the point that it does not provide the information that the consulate is looking for.

[ScottThuy 140]

I agree, The info should be gathered as fast as possible and taken back as soon as it meets the blue slip requirements... Luckytxn, how long did you wait after the resub before they let you know about visa? If LyTrinh takes it back Monday, I wonder how long it will take to hear anything....

[Mike and Thanh 0]

I'm wondering that as well, if you resub it how long will you have to wait until you get an answer? Also, how will they notify you on that?

I don't know what to expect with my fiancee interview next week.

[lindal24 1]

It has been said many times in the past by others, I suspect that they had the blue slip completed days before the interview and the interview was just a formality.... The info requested in the blue slip should have been mentioned in packets 3 or 4.

I am almost certain that this is true. When my husband had his interview, he had EVERYTHING prepped (courtesy of VJ forum bloggers) including the timeline and the list of beneficary's relatives (including address, relationship, and copy of the driver's license) but he still walked out with the blue slip. What did the blue slip request? A list of the beneficiary's relatives...Why would they not accept it then and there and provide the pink slip if he had it ready and available?

So that's my 2 cents adding to the conspiracy theory...

[lindal24 1]

I'm wondering that as well, if you resub it how long will you have to wait until you get an answer? Also, how will they notify you on that?

I'm wondering too...

My husband had his first interview June 3, 2009, outcome: Blue Slip. A second interview, originally July 4th which was rescheduled for July 8, 2009, outcome: a notice stating that he submitted the required docs and that they will "mail" him the results. I told him to go back and ask, but his response is he doesn't want to seem to desperate, so he's going back to ask sometime in August.

Unless he's already got the results (A VISA) and is trying to surprise me when I go back August 16th, I'm super ANXIOUS for the results already!!!

[Anh map 2,098]

I'm wondering that as well, if you resub it how long will you have to wait until you get an answer? Also, how will they notify you on that?

I don't know what to expect with my fiancee interview next week.

In our case the CO reviewed the info immediately and gave the pink sheet.

[ScottThuy 140]

I'm wondering that as well, if you resub it how long will you have to wait until you get an answer? Also, how will they notify you on that?

I don't know what to expect with my fiancee interview next week.

In our case the CO reviewed the info immediately and gave the pink sheet.

I like hearing that! we want a girl next year so its only pink all around.. got a son.. no blue!

[luckytxn 2,264]

I agree, The info should be gathered as fast as possible and taken back as soon as it meets the blue slip requirements... Luckytxn, how long did you wait after the resub before they let you know about visa? If LyTrinh takes it back Monday, I wonder how long it will take to hear anything....

When my at the time fiancee took the requested info in she got the pink slip at that time while at the consulate and after handing in the info. She was asked a couple of questions and the info was barely looked at. Then the person that took the info asked her what she was going to do when she got to the states and handed her the pink slip.

[bquillera30 0]

wow im confused i just file my cr1 wht is pink and blue time slip does everyone get that or does that please explain