We got blue

[VinhBao MyTam 3]

Submit all the documents the blue slip asks for on the date listed. In your case, it is Nov 14th. On the date of submission, there are a few options that can happen:

a) Give her the pink slip, or

b) Give her another blue slip which puts your case in AP, or

c) Give her a denial paper

There won't be another interview. One thing I want to ask is did the blue slip request a 10 year residency document for your fiance only or for you as well?

They want 10 year residency for both of us.

What if she submits the documents early? It says you can submit them on a different day any working day, but does that pretty much guarantee she will not be given a pink on that day?

[WeatherEmperor 21]

They want 10 year residency for both of us.

What if she submits the documents early? It says you can submit them on a different day any working day, but does that pretty much guarantee she will not be given a pink on that day?

Some people submitted the documents early and got a pink slip and other people (like myself) submitted the documents on the date listed on the blue slip and still got put in AP. There are no guarantees either way.

[VinhBao MyTam 3]

And what do you read from the fact that they want 10 year residencies for both of us?

[confusedasheck 21]

10-year residency could be a stalling tactic.

[luckytxn 2,264]

They want 10 year residency for both of us.

What if she submits the documents early? It says you can submit them on a different day any working day, but does that pretty much guarantee she will not be given a pink on that day?

Either a pink, blue or the denial will be ready before she even goes in to turn the additional info in. She can go in early and get which one.

The questions you are asking would be easier to answer if we knew more about the interview and what it was like and the questions. What red flags were you looking at going in and did the questioning seemed to point to any of the red flags?

[VinhBao MyTam 3]

Well, in the morning here, evening there, I'll talk to her more in detail about the interview. Obviously the police report is a biggie... if it really is required for Cambodia now and she didn't have it, I guess that would be an automatic blue (and hopefully once she turns it in and it's good, an automatic pink)

Possible red flags I guess would be that she's applied for a visa before (was denied for a student visa, maybe 2x, in 1999 or so b/c her brother was also a student here at that time.) and that all her immediate family is already in the US.

She said they asked some questions about me, but not too many and she seemed to get nodding upon answering all the questions about me... pretty general stuff like places i'd lived and what kind of work i do now, etc.

Seemed to be lots of focus on why I had no blood relatives at Le Dinh Hon... I gather, of course, they asked about the person who introduced us and how we each knew them, etc in pretty big detail. They wanted to know a LOT about the time she spent in Cambodia, as well as the time she spent as a student in Thailand. Though, she said her interview was only about 10 minutes, while most of the people she saw before her were about 30 minutes (also mostly got blue)

Other potential red flags that didn't seem to be a concern to them were that my income barely meets the 125% level and I was unemployed for a pretty long while. That might be it...

I know the police report is clear. Our timeline is fine. They took it today, but it's still on the slip. I figure maybe I'll make another briefer one that just answers the specific questions asked on the slip....

BUT what concerns me is when they get my 10 year residencies, they will see two instances where I lived with people named Nguyen. Well, I've been totally immersed in the Viet culture since 2000 when I started serving in a pastoral role in Viet churches. From 2005-2007 I lived in the church parsonage with a Nguyen. Then in 2009, I had a Nguyen as a roommate (someone from the church's friend who needed a place)... Possible big red flag is that this was about a month before My Tam and i were introduced that he moved in. I mean, if I were a CO, this would look suspicious to me... but it's just a coincidence. (And actually they do know each other, but... not really) The thing is the Christian community in Vietnam isn't that large, and with her family being very active in the church, lots of ppl know each other. Honestly, this just reeks of Blue Sleep long AP trying to make sure these Nguyens aren't the same Nguyens, etc...

[luckytxn 2,264]

Well, in the morning here, evening there, I'll talk to her more in detail about the interview. Obviously the police report is a biggie... if it really is required for Cambodia now and she didn't have it, I guess that would be an automatic blue (and hopefully once she turns it in and it's good, an automatic pink)

Possible red flags I guess would be that she's applied for a visa before (was denied for a student visa, maybe 2x, in 1999 or so b/c her brother was also a student here at that time.) and that all her immediate family is already in the US.

She said they asked some questions about me, but not too many and she seemed to get nodding upon answering all the questions about me... pretty general stuff like places i'd lived and what kind of work i do now, etc.

Seemed to be lots of focus on why I had no blood relatives at Le Dinh Hon... I gather, of course, they asked about the person who introduced us and how we each knew them, etc in pretty big detail. They wanted to know a LOT about the time she spent in Cambodia, as well as the time she spent as a student in Thailand. Though, she said her interview was only about 10 minutes, while most of the people she saw before her were about 30 minutes (also mostly got blue)

Other potential red flags that didn't seem to be a concern to them were that my income barely meets the 125% level and I was unemployed for a pretty long while. That might be it...

I know the police report is clear. Our timeline is fine. They took it today, but it's still on the slip. I figure maybe I'll make another briefer one that just answers the specific questions asked on the slip....

BUT what concerns me is when they get my 10 year residencies, they will see two instances where I lived with people named Nguyen. Well, I've been totally immersed in the Viet culture since 2000 when I started serving in a pastoral role in Viet churches. From 2005-2007 I lived in the church parsonage with a Nguyen. Then in 2009, I had a Nguyen as a roommate (someone from the church's friend who needed a place)... Possible big red flag is that this was about a month before My Tam and i were introduced that he moved in. I mean, if I were a CO, this would look suspicious to me... but it's just a coincidence. (And actually they do know each other, but... not really) The thing is the Christian community in Vietnam isn't that large, and with her family being very active in the church, lots of ppl know each other. Honestly, this just reeks of Blue Sleep long AP trying to make sure these Nguyens aren't the same Nguyens, etc...

Ouchie.

[VinhBao MyTam 3]

Ouchie what?

[WeatherEmperor 21]

You have red flags that are likely the cause of the blue slip (immediate family of fiance living in the US and the residency issue). Just submit the documents that the blue slip requests and hope for the best. Really there is not much else that you can do at this point.

[Jake & Phuong 0]

At this point you can't tell about the CO's decision on your case, so you need to sit back and hope for the best (and expect for the worst as well). Many people in here went through the same situation like you when they received the BLUE SLIP asking for additional (non-sense) documents. For example, my previous wife passed away and I included her death certificate with the application, but when the CO gave out the blue slip, it asked for her current address and proofs.....Really??? I was so mad and almost filled in "1 Jesus Christ Way, Heaven Place....

Another word, STOP ANALYZING about your red flags, IT WILL KILL YOU....

[joenlemy 2]

All you can really do is hand in everything they ask for and hope for the best(PINK),and be prepared for the worst. Red flags are there, hopfully you had enough evidence of a bona fide relationship to overcome them. Best of luck to you

[luckytxn 2,264]

Ouchie what?

Apologize. I had to go do work before and forgot to come back.

As you noted the barely meeting the income level and the residence and roomies showing you lived with Vietnamese may set off alarm bells as a possible fraud. Them asking about her time in Cambodia and Thailand ties into this also. Overall from what you have noted so far I see no denial at all and only a possible blue and AP but also a possible pink so please get all they ask for and go in and get the what they have for you. We all have or mostly all have red flags from the consulates point of view but mostly we all get a pink. Good luck and like the one said before stop stressing so much about the red flags and the blue slip. It doesn't help at all and makes the stress higher than need be. Just go along that you will be together no matter what and she will get the visa and you two will be together forever.