We got PINK!!!!

[KennyJ 10]

FINALLY!!!! our 7 months of journey was a success. There are no words to express my feeling right now. Thanks so much VSJ members with all great advises. As few of Vietnamese members here know my situation would have few red flags

1) I know Thuy when I was still married

2) I started a new relationship 1 month after I filed for divorce

3) Thuy and I engaged 1 month after my bifurcation (7 months after I filed for divorce)

4) I filed for K1 Visa 3 months after my bifurcation.

Thuy and I got to the Consulate at 6:30 AM

We lined up at and entered the gate at 7:00 AM. The guard asked us for our invitation letter and my passport. The process was very easy and fast here

Once entered the gate there are 2 lines in the room "Immigrant" line and "Non-Immigrant" visa line. It really doesn't matter which line you are in.

After that the guard send 10 people at a time to another room. This is where you will get your interview # and EMS form. They only allow Thuy here. I have to sit in the waiting area.

Today was a very rough day. I noticed there were more blues than pinks, about 2 pinks (and those pinks are those who have petioners there) for every 8 blues. The CO took average 30-45 mins to interview each CR1 or K1 case. Majority of the blues were relating to timeline and 10 years of residency of the petitioner.

We got 9:30 AM schedule but we were called to the windows 7 at 11:30 am. Thuy and I were both very nervous since NO ONE got pink from this windows. We happened to sit next to that window so we heard all the questions and saw all the results.

Majority of the questions we heard were

How did you meet your fiance?

What is his address there?

Who lives with him?

What time is it overthere right now?

Describe his job and title.

When did he propose?

How many guests at the engagement?

What is his annual salary?

When did he file for divorce?

Why did he file for divorce?

Where did he file for divorce?

How old is his parents?

And he would randomly picked out pictures and ask to describe about those pictures.

When Thuy's # was called to Windows 7 we immediately load all the evidences on the windows, then the CO told us "STOP, we need you to come back later we have to go to lunch"....

We went to lunch, came back and waited for about another hour and our number was called around 2:00 pm. Again I immediately load all the evidences before Thuy and I took the oath.

After the oath I immediately informed the CO that I have the TIMELINE (very very important, I recommend you guys have this prepared) and asked him if he would like to see it. The CO said yes. The CO then read my timeline and started asking me the questions. The CO asked me majority of the questions and asked Thuy only 3 questions about us and 3 questions about her. The CO asked me about 15 questions.

3 questions about us to Thuy

1) How did you meet? (Thuy and I were childhood friend, I have this infomation in TimeLine and in the original form that I sent to USCIS)

2) Describe your relationship from the time you found him via Facebook to the time he propose to you.

We were friends and our relationship became a romance relationship after I file for divorce

3) How many times did he file divorce? (2 times)

3 questions about Thuy to Thuy

1) When did you divorce?

2) Will your son travel with you?

3) Did you know you have to marry him within 90days once you enter the U.S?

Questions to me

1) How many times did I divorce? years of divorce?.

I divorced 1 time and the other time is pending however I got the bifurcation. He looked at my court paper to verify my bifurcation date.

2) How did I migrate to the U.S? I told him the year, and told him it was my dad who petitioned me and my mom and then he typed something in the computer to verify my answer. (They have all your information).

3) How did my dad migrate to the US? I told him he was one of those boat people

4) Years I married first time and second time. And why did I divorce?

5) are those ex-wives Vietnamese? or Vietnamese-American? Were they on student visas? I told him the answers and again he typed in the computer and nodded his head

6) Why you decided to travel back to VN 2nd times? I told him for investment. He followed up with another question, were you still married that time? I told him yes

7) What did you invest? Explored real estate investment

8) Were Thuy in real estate? I told him she is a sales/marketer

9) Did you invest any in the U.S? Yes I bought 2 houses

10)He asked me the addresses of those 2 houses and what happened to them?. After I gave him the answer he again typed something in the computer and nodded his head again.

11)He asked me about my current residence whether I am the owner or renter. I told him I am renting it.

12)He asked me why did you choose to live in that city since not many singles want to live there. I told him I love my city and to me it is the best. He nodded and then he told me "I know where you live exactly. I grew up there and my house was not far from where you live and I love that city too". He and I then have a good chat and laughs about how great is the city I am currently residing.

13)He asked about my salary

14)He asked about my profession

15)And last question, so are you sure about this 3rd one (3rd relationship)?. I told him yes and Thuy is my soulmate and have deep connection with her. He then told me "Well we have a saying, 3rd time is the charm. Good luck to both of you. You have passed"

He DID NOT look at our pictures. We have over 1000 pictures.

He DID NOT look at our phone bills, chat, hotel or gift receipts. We have over 2000 pages

We brought a suite case with all evidences. And he didn't ask any; however, he did ask other people ahead of us for pictures, chat logs, phone bills, hotel reciepts. He asked us NONE of that. I think he noticed the amount of evidences I have up on the wall.

My advice to everyone

1) Create a Timeline and 10 years residence

2) Immediately frontload all your evidences up on the wall before anything

3) After the oath immediately inform them about your timeline.

4) Be there for your fiancee/fiance.

Evidences we prepared

1) Pictures, we have them in chronological order according to the # of trips I visited VN and pictures of me and Thuy when we were young

2) Phone bills, hotel receipts, airplane tickets/boarding passes, 5 Western Unions receipts

3) Chat logs

4) Timeline (VERY VERY VERY important)

5) 10 years of residence (he didn't ask me for this but many other people were asked for this and they got blues for that)

Edited December 27, 2012 by KoJ

[huongkhin 9]

Congrats!

I was there 3 times. Sitting in there and seeing others' outcome is very depressing.

[wdennyc85 0]

Does the "10 years of residence" applies to K1 visas only or does it apply to CR1 too?

Edited December 28, 2012 by wdennyc85

[CupcakeVN 0]

Do you mind sharing the outline or structure of your timeline? I'd be interested to see the format that they are pleased with.

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[dreamwarrior 0]

Congratulations! Thank you for your review. This is very helpful. I'll write up my 10 year residency right away

[long&kieu 1]

congrats!!

[hniHnitsuJ 8]

congrats..

[KennyJ 10]

Do you mind sharing the outline or structure of your timeline? I'd be interested to see the format that they are pleased with.

I listed out the numbers of trips I visited VN and in each trip I described what I did and where I went with Thuy. I also described the progression of my feeling to Thuy in each trip.

[KennyJ 10]

Does the "10 years of residence" applies to K1 visas only or does it apply to CR1 too?

Yes it does to CR1 as well.

[wdennyc85 0]

Yes it does to CR1 as well.

Then what was the point of the G325A, which has 5 years of residence?

I don't understand why they are asking for different things if you already submitted this in the beginning. This is very frustrating because I am about to leave for Vietnam in about a week and I don't want to screw up her interview if I am missing a document.

Why don't they tell you this from the beginning or tell you in the interview letter? Unbelievable.

[KennyJ 10]

Then what was the point of the G325A, which has 5 years of residence?

I don't understand why they are asking for different things if you already submitted this in the beginning. This is very frustrating because I am about to leave for Vietnam in about a week and I don't want to screw up her interview if I am missing a document.

Why don't they tell you this from the beginning or tell you in the interview letter? Unbelievable.

Let me clarify this 10 years mostly was asked to couples who have prior divorce. A friend of mine had an interview on the 28th and the CO also asked his wife about the 10 years and luckily he has it prepare for her.

[wdennyc85 0]

Let me clarify this 10 years mostly was asked to couples who have prior divorce. A friend of mine had an interview on the 28th and the CO also asked his wife about the 10 years and luckily he has it prepare for her.

Ok, that is what I thought. I never had a divorce because this is my first marriage.

The principle immigration consultant that is helping me said to me...

"The DS230 (attached) has all the residence and work history they will want. It's actually 10 years of work history if somebody has been working that long and residence history back to age 16. No additional residence history is needed for the US Citizen."

So, I think I am good. Thank you.

Edited January 3, 2013 by wdennyc85

[KennyJ 10]

Ok, that is what I thought. I never had a divorce because this is my first marriage.

The principle immigration consultant that is helping me said to me...

"The DS230 (attached) has all the residence and work history they will want. It's actually 10 years of work history if somebody has been working that long and residence history back to age 16. No additional residence history is needed for the US Citizen."

So, I think I am good. Thank you.

It is never hurt to prepare. More evidences, paper you have less questions you will get. My lawyer also told me not to worry about Timeline or 10 years since I have all other evidences and I would be there for the interview. I think my interview went easy because I was over prepared. Again I think if it doesn't hurt to have one then why not.

[wdennyc85 0]

It is never hurt to prepare. More evidences, paper you have less questions you will get. My lawyer also told me not to worry about Timeline or 10 years since I have all other evidences and I would be there for the interview. I think my interview went easy because I was over prepared. Again I think if it doesn't hurt to have one then why not.

Yeah, I like to be over prepared as well. He told me from the start to make a Timeline and that was submitted in at the USCIS stage.

So, I might as well make this 10 year residence, so I won't kick myself in the end.

What kind of format did you make yours in? Did you just list each of your house addresses one by one?