Anyone know how long?

[Anh bob 0]

My wife went for her interview in HCMC November 9. After the interview, she received a blue slip asking for 4 things. 1). additional proof of a bona fide relationship. 2). timeline from me. 3). information about my ex-wife address and place of birth. 4). additional proof about my wife's children (school records, old photo's). On the blue slip, it gave a date of December 7,2009 to submit the additional information, but it also said you can bring the information to the embassy any day between 1-2 pm. On November 13, I went to the embassy and gave them all the papers they requested. After giving the papers, the woman said "go home and wait for them to send a letter". I asked the woman if she knew how long before they would send the letter and she didn't know. Well its been over 3 weeks and no letter as of yet. Anyone know how long before they will send the letter? Thank you.

[BinhJerome 14]

they have 90 days from any submittion of evidence, so you should have another 2 months before I would get worried, I would recomend for you to submit more evidence of an ongoing relationship, and also any photos they did not keep at the interview, and all your chat logs and recent phone bills, if you made more than one trip, submit the evidence of this as well, it might push you back farther, but this way they can not say you do not have an ongoing relationship. This is my opnion, but if you need more info look at the "HCMC AP" thread, this shows how long people were in AP for, it is usually within 90 days, most about 70 but the window is good for 90 days from them.

Good Luck Jerome

[SanAn 0]

My wife went for her interview in HCMC November 9. After the interview, she received a blue slip asking for 4 things. 1). additional proof of a bona fide relationship. 2). timeline from me. 3). information about my ex-wife address and place of birth. 4). additional proof about my wife's children (school records, old photo's). On the blue slip, it gave a date of December 7,2009 to submit the additional information, but it also said you can bring the information to the embassy any day between 1-2 pm. On November 13, I went to the embassy and gave them all the papers they requested. After giving the papers, the woman said "go home and wait for them to send a letter". I asked the woman if she knew how long before they would send the letter and she didn't know. Well its been over 3 weeks and no letter as of yet. Anyone know how long before they will send the letter? Thank you.

Hi Anh bob,

Tomorrow, 7th Dec, your wife can bring the blue slip to the next appointment. If you already submitted it on 13 Nov, your wife can print the scan and go to the embassy as schedule. They will give you an answer.

Good luck and hope your wife will get PINK tomorrow

[wratran 0]

go to www.choicepoint.com and get a free background report on you. This is the same info that CO will see about your past. Whatever is on this report, they will see and questioned. One of the attorney recomend this free site. This website is used by HCM consulate.

I did it on myself and it's very accurate. It will show everything about yourself...ex-wife, credit, address, insurance, criminal, real estate, cars...etc...... Be prepare to answer why these items are on your background.

Attorney will charge a fee just to let you know about this website....they called it "consultation"...i am refering to a famous american attorney in VN.

Most people here spend a lot of money already on the relationship itself...traveling, fess, etc....

Edited December 6, 2009 by wratran

[Anh bob 0]

Hi all, thanks for the reply's. SanAn...you said if I already submitted the blue slip on Nov. 13, your wife can print the scan . Yes I gave them the blue slip on Nov. 13, so how can she print the scan once it has been given to the consulate? Also, when they said "go home and wait for them to send a letter", we went back to Hue where she lives, which is about 400 miles from HCMC. She has only been given 1 blue slip on November 9, and from what I've read...most people in AP have been given 2 blue's.

[SanAn 0]

Hi all, thanks for the reply's. SanAn...you said if I already submitted the blue slip on Nov. 13, your wife can print the scan . Yes I gave them the blue slip on Nov. 13, so how can she print the scan once it has been given to the consulate? Also, when they said "go home and wait for them to send a letter", we went back to Hue where she lives, which is about 400 miles from HCMC. She has only been given 1 blue slip on November 9, and from what I've read...most people in AP have been given 2 blue's.

Hi Anh bob,

No, just one blue slip for one case.

Learning from some cases that they scan the blue slip and use for the second time.

At the appointment date as the blue slip mentioned, your wife can go to the embassy to ask the result again. Or if not, your wife will wait the call or email from them. I think that they will send email to your wife today or tomorrow.

Hope to hear good news from you.

Wish all the best.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Hi all, thanks for the reply's. SanAn...you said if I already submitted the blue slip on Nov. 13, your wife can print the scan . Yes I gave them the blue slip on Nov. 13, so how can she print the scan once it has been given to the consulate? Also, when they said "go home and wait for them to send a letter", we went back to Hue where she lives, which is about 400 miles from HCMC. She has only been given 1 blue slip on November 9, and from what I've read...most people in AP have been given 2 blue's.

I don't think it's necessarily AP. It sounds like they are investigating something, and they just weren't ready to make a decision on the day you submitted your evidence. You could still get a pink or another blue. I'd expect some sort of response relatively soon, but it can take a couple of weeks for mail to get from Saigon to Hue, depending on which ward your wife lives in. Mail is especially slow in the suburban hamlets. You should probably stay on top of the consulate with regular emails.

The advice your getting would have been good in retrospect, but it's a little late now. Having a photocopy of the blue slip might have allowed your wife to get back into the consulate to either submit more evidence or try to get a status report, though as you say it's more than a little inconvenient when she lives in Hue. It means at least $100 in airfare, and giving up a days work because there are only two flights in and out of Phu Bai airport from HCM each day. If she wanted to get it done in one day she'd have to take the 8:00am flight to HCM, and the 5:00pm return flight back to Phu Bai.

Getting a copy of your LexisNexis report from choicepoint is always a good idea, but I don't know how much good it will do you now. The idea is that you will know what the consulate knows about you. When you combine this with a knowledge of the common fraud tactics used in VN, and the sort of additional evidence they asked for, you could get a good idea what it is that they are suspecting, and that could help you provide the best evidence to respond to their suspicions.

I like Hue a lot more than Saigon. There are some beautiful little riverside cafes along the Perfume river near the Truong Tien bridge, and further down the western bank near the Citadel. You just cop a chair along the bank, under the shade of the bamboo trees, and they'll bring you a little table and a ca phe sua nong.

I'm leaving for VN tonight, but I'm going to be stuck in Saigon until the 16th, and then going up to Hue.

[BinhJerome 14]

I am trying to upload a file, and I am having problems, pm me with your email, and I will send you a file that you can get into the embassy with. I used it when I went, and I think your wife will be able to as well, this way if you wanted to submit more evidence you can before it is to late, or at least be able to get into the door and ask about it. Jerome

Case_Information.pdf

[lindal24 1]

Email, call*, and visit* (*if possible) to get your results.

I emailed once a week, and then the week that I nagged my husband to go visit the consulate he got an update telling him to come back the next day to get the results.

Two other confirmed members also got their results via the window--it's much quicker relative to waiting for the results to be mailed to you. Since you no longer have the blue slip, I'm not sure how successful you will be trying to get inside the consualte, but you can inquire with your HCM case number at the exterior window.

[ScottThuy 140]

Since the DoS is on the same computer system, you can call DoS and ask for a case status... they will let you know what the cases current status is in the system...

202-663-1225

press 1, 5, then 0 and they will help you out...

[Anh bob 0]

I really need some good advice as to what to do.

On November 9,2009 my wife, Ngoc Anh Thi Nguyen was interviewed. After the interview she was given a blue slip asking for additional information. At the bottom of the blue slip it gave a return date of December 7,2009 to submit the information. On November 13,2009 all the requested information was brought to the Embassy and given to a woman at window 14. After the woman took all the papers, she said to go home and wait for a letter. It has been more than 8 weeks since the interview, and my wife hasn't received a letter.

When the additional information that was requested was given to the woman, she had told me that if I brought the information to the Embassy on December 7,which was the return date on the bottom of the letter, they would review the information that day and I would know the decision.

I have also tried to call to find out about the status of this and I was told if my wife was to come to the information window at 4 Le Duan, she would know the decision.

My wife lives in Hue, which is 400 miles from HCMC, and its not very easy for her to travel to HCMC to only be told they are reviewing the case and come back at a later date.

I arrived in Vietnam on September 11,2009 and have been living with my wife and children since my arrival first to accompany them to the interview,and now to await the decision of the Embassy.

I thought by December 7,2009 at the latest we would know the decision.I have tried calling the Dos, and Emailing the Embassy, and there response was :

"Our records show that we received submitted documents on November 13. Please note that resubmissions submitted at a time other than the date indicated on the OF-194 will be reviewed at a later date. Unfortunately, due to the large number of cases to be reviewed by our office, we regret that we are unable to provide you with a time frame in which a consular officer will reach a final decision on the beneficiary’s case. The beneficiary will experience delays in receiving a response from our office regarding the case due to the large number of cases pending review.

We will notify the beneficiary directly as soon as the review is completed."

I don't know what more I can do. Please help.

[lindal24 1]

You're in AP...you'll have to wait it out like many of us did. I got my results 91 days after submission of additional evidence. Others have gotten results quicker, some longer, but 90 days is typical. Keep emailing, and if/when possible, go by and visit.

[johncali9 6]

My wife went for her interview in HCMC November 9. After the interview, she received a blue slip asking for 4 things. 1). additional proof of a bona fide relationship. 2). timeline from me. 3). information about my ex-wife address and place of birth. 4). additional proof about my wife's children (school records, old photo's). On the blue slip, it gave a date of December 7,2009 to submit the additional information, but it also said you can bring the information to the embassy any day between 1-2 pm. On November 13, I went to the embassy and gave them all the papers they requested. After giving the papers, the woman said "go home and wait for them to send a letter". I asked the woman if she knew how long before they would send the letter and she didn't know. Well its been over 3 weeks and no letter as of yet. Anyone know how long before they will send the letter? Thank you.

Hey Bob

your case and mine are the same,duplicate what I did

please ask scottthuy what his direction

your case AP now

good luck Bob

johncali9

[wreath 4]

I really need some good advice as to what to do.

On November 9,2009 my wife, Ngoc Anh Thi Nguyen was interviewed. After the interview she was given a blue slip asking for additional information. At the bottom of the blue slip it gave a return date of December 7,2009 to submit the information. On November 13,2009 all the requested information was brought to the Embassy and given to a woman at window 14. After the woman took all the papers, she said to go home and wait for a letter. It has been more than 8 weeks since the interview, and my wife hasn't received a letter.

When the additional information that was requested was given to the woman, she had told me that if I brought the information to the Embassy on December 7,which was the return date on the bottom of the letter, they would review the information that day and I would know the decision.

I have also tried to call to find out about the status of this and I was told if my wife was to come to the information window at 4 Le Duan, she would know the decision.

My wife lives in Hue, which is 400 miles from HCMC, and its not very easy for her to travel to HCMC to only be told they are reviewing the case and come back at a later date.

I arrived in Vietnam on September 11,2009 and have been living with my wife and children since my arrival first to accompany them to the interview,and now to await the decision of the Embassy.

I thought by December 7,2009 at the latest we would know the decision.I have tried calling the Dos, and Emailing the Embassy, and there response was :

"Our records show that we received submitted documents on November 13. Please note that resubmissions submitted at a time other than the date indicated on the OF-194 will be reviewed at a later date. Unfortunately, due to the large number of cases to be reviewed by our office, we regret that we are unable to provide you with a time frame in which a consular officer will reach a final decision on the beneficiary’s case. The beneficiary will experience delays in receiving a response from our office regarding the case due to the large number of cases pending review.

We will notify the beneficiary directly as soon as the review is completed."

I don't know what more I can do. Please help.

if you can get in the door ask to talk to a american. tell them you wont leave until you do or maybe you can make a appointment . Let them know your in vn waiting to bring your wife home. I think this worked for a few people here in the past. good luck

[ScottThuy 140]

if you can get in the door ask to talk to a american. tell them you wont leave until you do or maybe you can make a appointment . Let them know your in vn waiting to bring your wife home. I think this worked for a few people here in the past. good luck

In some respects it can be more difficult being there in VN as the senator or congressman are not easily accessible, but as others have noted, go to the consulate during the hours posted for USC's and ask to speak to the head CO... Be firm but polite... expect 60 days or more... check the AP discussion as that will give some insight into what others have had to deal with... It may cost 100 bucks to fly down for the day, but it beats sitting there wondering and letting them think its not important enough for you to follow up in person about.... When the USC shows up.. they realize that it may not be a sham afterall... and when the USC is persistant and not rude, they are more likely to give in and approve the visa... Fred proved that refusing to accept "we will let you know" as an answer and being persistant, got them approved after more than many many months of AP...