Interview date received

[My Le 0]

So how did it go?

Passed, but not easily as it should. Interview on the 8, get pink on the 9, when I have to step in, I hate to do this. And today is the 10 in Saigon now, will get visa this afternoon, flight alreay booked... I'll write a full account on this later on when I have time, and promise to do it soon. Please stay tuned.

Thanks.

[My Le 0]

Congrats! .. my girls interview is the jan 11th.. please tell me everything you can.. questions Documents... pay off amount. haha.

I cannot tell everything right now as I'm moving around. We have to move back to her hometown fast after coming back to the consulate to get the visa; and also because my story is a little bit long. Sorry about that. Specifically, what do you you want to now? Let me know then I try to answer you one by one.

Questipns they asked her? Not a lot.

Did they look at our evidence and other papers. Not a lot.

What else?

Right now I like to advise you just this: be ready to unscrew things up by yourself. Be there yourself if you coud, especially your relative doesn't speak English well although it has been known that even a fluently English doesn't help (at all) too. Be there is a plus plusplus so you can help fast like in Iraq now they want more troops coming in, I really mean it (oh I really like this idea, do I need to register for copyright for it? Ah, just kidding.). How? Read carefully what they have given you: forms, and especially form instructions,... And that's not a lot, right?

Don't bother to look at law books or something too intellectual, just formsformsforms. Read attentively word by word the instructions, then memorize them all if needed. Then trust yourself; don't trust anyone including lawyer.

Write you later, hopefully soon.

Thanks and good luck!!!!

[dalegg 143]

Ah! Congratulations! Finally

[Mike n Huong 1]

Great news, Congrats!!!!!! Wait until you finally land in your own city and are on your way to your own home with you girl, what a feeling!!!!!

[Lurker 0]

Hoping the best for you and yours. Congrats.

Please fill in your timeline.

[Kevin&Loan 0]

Cool. Bring her home, my friend.

[Thuy 0]

Congratulations!

[andrew va thuy 0]

Thanks for the advice My Le - I think the kind of advice you gave is like that of most people getting and audit - it makes sense

congratulations -

[STL_HCMC 0]

Congratulations!

STL_HCMC

[My Le 0]

We're still in Saigon, not riding together to her hometown yet. Reason: the visa she's supposed to pick up at the consulate yesterday was not coming out in good shape because they've found out that the specific fingerprint device with which she and other beneficiaries like her used on the interview day for fingerprints process was broken. So they need to redo it and she was told along with others she needs to come back later this afternoon for the pick up. And today it will come out good or not they were not sure yesterday. So I have the chance to be here with you guys for now.

The next thing I like to tell you guys is that do not listen to the Vietnamese employees (the nationals) there. If I had, I wouldn't have received the pink slip really fast compared to our particular situation. I mean if I had, I wouldn't have overturned the blue slip they gave her to end her interview on the 8, and did it quickly.

I didn't have the chance to contact in person with other employees who are from the US and work specifically for visa unit there, so I don't know how about them.

OK, so what the blue slip says? It asks me for a joint sponsor. That's all. But that's completely ridiculous. You know why? Because for the two petitions so far, I have done mainly on cash asset, and income, the income earned from interest by my cash asset is just secondary. And when doing this way, I'm so confifent and aware very well that there's no problem with the petition at all, financially. Which means without sufficient income required, I'm still be qualified easily with just cash asset, due to its substantial amount.

But here is what it says:" The petitioner does not have enough income or assets to offer you financial support at this time..." As a result, joint sponsor is required. Meanwhile, my verifiable cash asset, the only asset for my petition this time and before, exceeds several times the requirement for our case as shown on the Poverty Guidelines.

And this is not the first time this kind of incident happens to me. It happened before during my first petition, then it was clarified by me and cleared up accordingly then by them. Then how it could happen again now?

And then how did I resolve this hassle? First I came to the info window to ask why and how to resolve this, and here one of the worst confrontations I ever had with the nationals.

Remember yesterday when I wrote that "I hate to do this...", this is because I have had bad experience confronting the nationals so far. The experience was so bad that I always tell myself that I wouldn't never want since the failure of my first petition to see again the consulate building or even passing by (therefore, I hired a lawyer taking care this hassle for me for this time. The lawyer thing will be talked about later), let alone to see the people there.

(to be continued)

[Lurker 0]

We're still in Saigon, not riding together to her hometown yet. Reason: the visa she's supposed to pick up at the consulate.........petition to see again the consulate building or even passing by (therefore, I hired a lawyer taking care this hassle for me for this time. The lawyer thing will be talked about later), let alone to see the people there.

(to be continued)

Your teasing us here now. Do you work as a news anchor? You do this teasing well.

(Sitting on the edge of my seat)

[lostsoul 0]

My girl had her interview yesterday.. she told me it was 3 hours and PASSED! The phone connection Sucked.. but it sounds like she will be able to get the Visa in a week. (I thought you can get it that day ).. It doenst matter I guess because she wants to stay there for New years and may show up late Feb or in March?! errr.. I'm not sure how to feel or think about that. Part of me understands she would want to spend time with her family.. but the other side of me is thinking: #######... she had spent 26 years with her family.. I dont know. some of you guys understand if there were certain things your girl does that make you question... even though you know you shouldnt.. I hate that feeling..

Edited January 11, 2007 by lostsoul

[Lurker 0]

My girl had her interview yesterday.. she told me it was 3 hours and PASSED! The phone connection Sucked.. but it sounds like she will be able to get the Visa in a week. (I thought you can get it that day ).. It doenst matter I guess because she wants to stay there for New years and may show up late Feb or in March?! errr.. I'm not sure how to feel or think about that. Part of me understands she would want to spend time with her family.. but the other side of me is thinking: #######... she had spent 26 years with her family.. I dont know. some of you guys understand if there were certain things your girl does that make you question... even though you know you shouldnt.. I hate that feeling..

Congrats!!!

I do understand how she may feel about staying with the family. Maybe in her mind it is one last time to be together for awhile in her mind. I am not sure how my Vo would go about that, but if she wanted to stay for Tet, then I wouldn't mind. Although, she has told me in the past when I asked her "When you get the visa, how soon will you be coming home?", her reply "If I can leave within an hour, I would."

So there, both sides of the fence for ya.

[ding 1]

Congrats My Le!

What a tight community.

Here's to hoping you continue soon...

[wait4ever 0]

Remember yesterday when I wrote that "I hate to do this...", this is because I have had bad experience confronting the nationals so far. The experience was so bad that I always tell myself that I wouldn't never want since the failure of my first petition to see again the consulate building or even passing by (therefore, I hired a lawyer taking care this hassle for me for this time. The lawyer thing will be talked about later), let alone to see the people there.

(to be continued)

Me Le, Congratulations on the visa!

I know exactly how you feel, having been to the Consulate too many times. The place gives me the creeps! It feels like a vortex of evil spirits or bad karma. Every time I go in there it turns out to be an awful experience.