We got pink in HCM

[vietazn 1]

We are both very very happy right now. Never thought I would really be glad to get a "pink slip

in last weeks of December". It seems like a long time ago when I was newbie here. But this forum helped a lot. Thanks everyone. So I'll add a few thoughts to help others in the future...

We absolutely did not frontload the I-129. I just sent in a few pictures, boarding passes,

and whatever forms required. The file was really thin. For question #18, I fit the entire answer in three sentences in the square box because that is what I thought they wanted. Usually, government forms say to use additional paper if necessary, but that question didn't state that so I didn't (although question 19 does). No timeline or narrative or anything like that. But this specific situation doesn't mean that frontloading is bad. Just want to clarify that frontloading is not a necessity, so if you did not frontload don't go crazy. Had I known about this forum earlier I probably would have frontloaded. A lot of questions were asked during the interview. Because no frontload, a lot of evidence was brought to the interview, but the interviewer only looked through them briefly. Even though they didn't really look at the evidence, I think having the evidence and knowing all about the evidence made my fiance more calm and confident.

She says some people she talked to in the big room looked dazed and confused because they were not very prepared because they outsourced their work or their fiance in the US handled everything. That is why I strongly recommend that unless you are very sloppy with forms or have unusual circumstances that warrant using a lawyer or dich vu, do the forms yourselves. That way, both you and fiance know what is what, and where everything is. Also you would control the quality of the work, and well as the speed at which it is done. Do the forms yourselves, but if you need advice of course ask (most dich vu in US give a lot of free information if you call them and it costs a few bucks to talk to dich vu in Vietnam). But some fullservice dich vu might be helpful for fiances who are not local to HCM since they literally take you to the hospital, bank, consulate, sit down and organize documents and interview prep.

[Dai. 7]

Congrats!! More pinks to go all around!!!

[Anh map 2,098]

Congrats on the pink!!

[johncali9 6]

Congrats on the pink!!

Hello friend

Congratulation,

welcome to the USA

happy Xmas and new year to you and your family

johncali9 & KimHai

Edited December 23, 2009 by johncali9

[What's next 1]

Congrats!

[Twisted K 2]

congrats

[hniHnitsuJ 8]

congrats,.. and good luck

Loi and Suong