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Bradinator   0

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Hello everyone!

My wife had her interview Thursday, August 2nd 2012 in the morning and was approved! I wrote a review that can be found at: http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-dos-cis-reviews.php?entry=10120 which lists the questions she was asked (very few).

I'm going to share some background information about us in order to perhaps show why she had a relatively easy interview (although apparently it varies wildly at the HCMC consulate.) The two of us met at a University food court we both worked at in August of 2008 (nearly 4 years ago now) and talked to each other as coworkers and were friendly. The next summer 2009 we had a class together and towards the end of the summer we started dating. After nearly a year of dating we decided to move in together and several months later got engaged. We were married in December of 2010 at the county courthouse, with just one of my friends as a witness and she graduated at the same time. She filed for an OPT in order to extend her stay and live in the US for a little while longer, and at this point we had no idea how the immigration progress worked. By March of 2011 we were running out of funds and she couldn't work so she moved back to Vietnam.

By the time August of 2011 rolled around I finally had a job that met the 125% poverty guidelines and was able to file the I-130. In December of 2011 I visited my wife in Vietnam for two weeks and we had a large reception where practically all of her family came to congratulate us on our marriage. In February we received the NOA2 and went through the NVC process. The whole immigration process from filing to interview took almost exactly a year, which is a terribly long time to be away from your loved one, but soon we'll be back together. After reading through these forums I didn't see anything that stood out as a red flag ,except perhaps the small initial wedding we had, which was mostly because we were broke college students. My wife didn't have any relatives in the US and neither of us had previous marriages or any of the other issues that I have seen.

The people on this forum and on this regional forum have been very helpful and I want to add what little I can to those that are going through this confusing process (immigration forms make tax forms seem super simplistic). Thank you all very much!

Don't worry, be happy.

Que Saudade Proficient

Que Saudade   284

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Brazil
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Congratulations....

"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."

K1 Guides and Info

K1 AOS Guide

Link for Rio de Janeiro Consulate's instructions for K1 Visas. They give you this link instead of a packet 3. Everything you need for interview in Rio is here. Boa Sorte

Kevin and Proficient

Kevin and   10

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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:dance: Congratulations!

CR-1 Visa

I-130 Sent : 2006-08-30

I-130 NOA1 : 2006-09-12

I-130 Approved : 2007-01-17

NVC Received : 2007-02-05

Consulate Received : 2007-06-09

Interview Date : 2007-08-16 Case sent back to USCIS

NOA case received by CSC: 2007-12-19

Receive NOIR: 2009-05-04

Sent Rebuttal: 2009-05-19

NOA rebuttal entered: 2009-06-05

Case sent back to NVC for processing: 2009-08-27

Consulate sends DS-230: 2009-11-23

Interview: 2010-02-05 result Green sheet for updated I864 and photos submit 2010-03-05

APPROVED visa pick up 2010-03-12

POE: 2010-04-20 =)

GC received: 2010-05-05

Processing

Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 140 days.

Anh map Grand Master

Anh map   2,098

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Congratulations to the both of you

I-864 Affidavit of Support FAQ -->> https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/support/i-864-frequently-asked-questions.html

FOREIGN INCOME REPORTING & TAX FILING -->> https://www.irs.gov/publications/p54/ch01.html#en_US_2015_publink100047318

CALL THIS NUMBER TO ORDER IRS TAX TRANSCRIPTS >> 800-908-9946

PLEASE READ THE GUIDES -->> Link to Visa Journey Guides

MULTI ENTRY SPOUSE VISA TO VN -->>Link to Visa Exemption for Vietnamese Residents Overseas & Their Spouses

 
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