Did my I-130 in Vietnam

[imfromaoi 0]

Sitting here working on my I-130 for my wife to come to the states I began to think I did my I-130 in Vietnam during my last vacation there.

1) I went to HCMC and paid them about $30 (they only accept $) and filled out a paper where they asked me if I swear everything I said was the truth. Sat there for over and hour just to say "I swear" and went home.

2) Went to the clinic and my wife and I got tested. They gave us a few piece of paper to hand in with my passport, her birth certs, and signed a bunch of paperwork.

3) My uncle who works at the police dept. got two pieces of paper for me to sign for the police. I am guessing it is a police cert/clearance. I don't have a copy for myself.

4) We both went to our interviews in Soc Trang where they asked us such questions as how, where, where and did anyone forced us to marry, etc. About 16 questions total.

5) Got dressed up. I wore a suit and she wore a traditional Vietnam dress and we went to the marriage ceremony room where they had us signed some paperwork. They gave us our own copies of marriage cert.

That was that, here I am now back in the states. Anyone else had to do this when they got their marriage cert?

[ScottThuy 140]

You likely didnt do I130.. you just jumped through the VN hoops to get married...

[Anh map 2,098]

You do need to become a lot more familiar with what you have done so far as well as the steps going forward. At HCMC it is definitely not submit some papers and collect a visa. This is a serious thing you are undertaking that needs proper preparation if you hope to gain a visa for your wife.

[ScottThuy 140]

Amen to that Roger!

[imfromaoi 0]

I totally understand you on that one. It was all done through my father who knows a lot of people.