My fiance is back to Vietnam until the end of October 09

[BinhJerome 14]

Just want to know if anyone or Viet Kieu is coming back, so we can meet and share our thoughts about VJ. we are going to Mekong Delta and beaches.

PM me. Thanks. Binh Le.

[BinhJerome 14]

Just want to know if anyone or Viet Kieu is coming back, so we can meet and share our thoughts about VJ. we are going to Mekong Delta and beaches.

PM me. Thanks. Binh Le.

I am here in Vietnam now, just met Houng's wife and delivered the phone he sent for her. If anyone is in HCMC and wants to get out and do something, let us know. Tuesday we are going to the consulate, and we are planning on going to Mekong Delta and Vung Tau by hydrofoil no dates set, but if you are here and want to join us let us know!

Jerome

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I was hoping to go back sometime in November, but the slow mail service and the typhoon threw us a curve, so Phuong probably won't have her interview until sometime in December. When we know the date, then I'll know when I'm going back.

Have a great time!

[b_weeks 6]

Have a fun time.

Where does the hydrofoil take you?

[BinhJerome 14]

Have a fun time.

Where does the hydrofoil take you?

The hydrophoil takes us from HCMC to Vung Tau Beach. It takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes to get there. Binh says it is a great place to go.

Jerome

I was hoping to go back sometime in November, but the slow mail service and the typhoon threw us a curve, so Phuong probably won't have her interview until sometime in December. When we know the date, then I'll know when I'm going back.

Have a great time!

Sorry to hear you think your interview date might get pushed back. Maybe you can get lucky and with all the bad that happend up there they will just pass you on through with not so much as a second look and she will be here before you even know it.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I was hoping to go back sometime in November, but the slow mail service and the typhoon threw us a curve, so Phuong probably won't have her interview until sometime in December. When we know the date, then I'll know when I'm going back.

Have a great time!

Sorry to hear you think your interview date might get pushed back. Maybe you can get lucky and with all the bad that happend up there they will just pass you on through with not so much as a second look and she will be here before you even know it.

It's not really the consulate's fault. We expected the packet 3 fairly quickly after NVC sent the petition to them. When it didn't arrive after a couple of weeks I contacted them via email to see if they'd received the petition and sent packet 3. It took them a week to respond, and I discovered at that time that they'd misspelled the address (they've since corrected their computer records). They did send me a copy of the packet 3 instructions as a PDF attachment, so I knew it was ok to send the documents. It took about a week to get the DS-230's prepared for her and her two kids. She planned to send them on September 28th, but Typhoon Ketsana intervened. She didn't end up getting the documents sent off until October 7th. In all, about 3 weeks later than we'd expected.

Curiously, she did finally receive packet 3 a couple of days after the typhoon.

It's possible the consulate could schedule for sometime in November, but if they take the average two months then it will be sometime in December. Frankly, I hope they don't rush it too much because I need to give advance notice to my employer before taking vacation.

[BinhJerome 14]

I was hoping to go back sometime in November, but the slow mail service and the typhoon threw us a curve, so Phuong probably won't have her interview until sometime in December. When we know the date, then I'll know when I'm going back.

Have a great time!

Sorry to hear you think your interview date might get pushed back. Maybe you can get lucky and with all the bad that happend up there they will just pass you on through with not so much as a second look and she will be here before you even know it.

It's not really the consulate's fault. We expected the packet 3 fairly quickly after NVC sent the petition to them. When it didn't arrive after a couple of weeks I contacted them via email to see if they'd received the petition and sent packet 3. It took them a week to respond, and I discovered at that time that they'd misspelled the address (they've since corrected their computer records). They did send me a copy of the packet 3 instructions as a PDF attachment, so I knew it was ok to send the documents. It took about a week to get the DS-230's prepared for her and her two kids. She planned to send them on September 28th, but Typhoon Ketsana intervened. She didn't end up getting the documents sent off until October 7th. In all, about 3 weeks later than we'd expected.

Curiously, she did finally receive packet 3 a couple of days after the typhoon.

It's possible the consulate could schedule for sometime in November, but if they take the average two months then it will be sometime in December. Frankly, I hope they don't rush it too much because I need to give advance notice to my employer before taking vacation.

Good luck with it Jim, I am sure all will work out for the both of you.

Jerome and Binh

[b_weeks 6]

Good luck Jim... Hang in there.