Waiting for Interview at HCM consulate

[Roulette 0]

Hello,

My fiance and I are waiting 90 days now for the letter for our interview date at the US consulate in HCM, Vietnam.

Of course we are tired of waiting for the date to come made more frustrating by not being able to get even a scrap of information from the consulate through their web based inquiry system. Only that our case is in the queue...continue to wait.

Some info i have seen here is that someone claims to know that the consulate is running about 100 days for the interviews letters to come. Meaning we have about 10 more days.

Looks like in the past the average was 1 or 2 months. But we surmise that because of the recent scandal and arrest of several US visa officers including the head, that things are going slower there due to more checks and scrutiny and perhaps more trainees on board.

Anybod have something about any of this?

Thanks!

Mike Roulette

[MandyandTimmy 2]

I thought maybe you should try and send an email to the US consulate in HCM,Vietnam!

Maybe they are busy working now.

Good luck to your case and hope you would get " PINK"

[Roulette 0]

Thanks Mandy,

I see you are waiting for your interview now also at the same consulate in HCM. Thanks for your reply. The consulate specifically states that they will not respond to emails or phone calls. The only acceptable portal is the inquiry tool on their website. You will get the URL of that site when you get your letter from the consulate telling you what to do to get onto the schedule the interview.

We received that letter and submitted the documents to get onto the schedule for the interview on Aug. 24. So we are waiting 90 days now for the letter that tells us the interview date. Someone said it is taking them 100 days to get the date out for the interview. Probably good info for you to know!

I am interested to know what 'pink' refers to?

Thanks,

Mike

[Anonymous885 44]

It is so frustrated for everyone and my fiance is also waiting for interview date. We sent the package 3 to Embassy on 8/30 and sent multiple inquiries . However, they keep using the same respondes such as " we will let you know when we schedule the interview date by mail, etc " . I dont believe the scandal is the reason because those guys were arrested long time ago. It makes more senses that it will be harder to pass interview because of scandal.

I figured out that they usually schedule the interview from 20-31 of each month. I hope they will schedule the interview date from Monday ( tomorrow) to the end of this month.

Pink is the paper that indicates your fiancee has passed interview.

Edited November 24, 2013 by HaoPhong

[MandyandTimmy 2]

Thanks Mandy,

I see you are waiting for your interview now also at the same consulate in HCM. Thanks for your reply. The consulate specifically states that they will not respond to emails or phone calls. The only acceptable portal is the inquiry tool on their website. You will get the URL of that site when you get your letter from the consulate telling you what to do to get onto the schedule the interview.

We received that letter and submitted the documents to get onto the schedule for the interview on Aug. 24. So we are waiting 90 days now for the letter that tells us the interview date. Someone said it is taking them 100 days to get the date out for the interview. Probably good info for you to know!

I am interested to know what 'pink' refers to?

Thanks,

Mike

You're welcome!

I thought you should try and send an email to them ( by them's web ). Because I found out that waiting for the interview date around 2-3 months, and now you're done with 3 months.

I hope they would give you the interview day letter soon! That's worry a lot for waiting.

Good luck to you and by the way " PINK" is the accpet visa paper from the US consulate after done with the interview!

And thank you for your good info, I'm waiting for the instruction package right now! And I hope it would coming soon!

[MandyandTimmy 2]

It is so frustrated for everyone and my fiance is also waiting for interview date. We sent the package 3 to Embassy on 8/30 and sent multiple inquiries . However, they keep using the same respondes such as " we will let you know when we schedule the interview date by mail, etc " . I dont believe the scandal is the reason because those guys were arrested long time ago. It makes more senses that it will be harder to pass interview because of scandal.

I figured out that they usually schedule the interview from 20-31 of each month. I hope they will schedule the interview date from Monday ( tomorrow) to the end of this month.

Pink is the paper that indicates your fiancee has passed interview.

Wowow,

They really took a long time to give the interview date. I hope that you would get the interview date soon.

Good luck to your case!

Thank you for your information!

[Roulette 0]

Thank you HaoPhong for your good information and good to meet another in the same boat. It is also comforting that our wait time is same as yours.

Thanks also to Mandy who is just starting the wait for the interview. Wow, taking 60% as long as it took to get approval of visa on US side.

Your submission for interview date is only days different from ours, 8/24. Yes, more scrutiny going on there maybe.

Thanks,

Mike

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

~ Moved from K-1 Process to Vietnam regional forum - topic is specific to interviewing there ~

[Daniel_Minh 0]

Thank you HaoPhong for your good information and good to meet another in the same boat. It is also comforting that our wait time is same as yours.

Thanks also to Mandy who is just starting the wait for the interview. Wow, taking 60% as long as it took to get approval of visa on US side.

Your submission for interview date is only days different from ours, 8/24. Yes, more scrutiny going on there maybe.

Thanks,

Mike

Our case was just delivered to the consulate from NVC. I guess packet 3 will come later this week or early next week. Do they send a confirmation of packet 3 being mailed and then received back by the consulate?

I am sorry to hear all of the interview scheduling is taking so long. I expected my fiancee would get an interview by Tet holiday, but it looks like it may be at a later date.

Good luck to everyone and hopefully you will get your interviews soon!

Hello,

My fiance and I are waiting 90 days now for the letter for our interview date at the US consulate in HCM, Vietnam.

Of course we are tired of waiting for the date to come made more frustrating by not being able to get even a scrap of information from the consulate through their web based inquiry system. Only that our case is in the queue...continue to wait.

Some info i have seen here is that someone claims to know that the consulate is running about 100 days for the interviews letters to come. Meaning we have about 10 more days.

Looks like in the past the average was 1 or 2 months. But we surmise that because of the recent scandal and arrest of several US visa officers including the head, that things are going slower there due to more checks and scrutiny and perhaps more trainees on board.

Anybod have something about any of this?

Thanks!

Mike Roulette

Are you able to prepare for the interview before getting a date? Can you do the medical and police check #2? Or do you have to wait to get an appointment date?

[MandyandTimmy 2]

I just got an email from the US consulate that it would took a couple of week to get the instruction package (packet 3).

So maybe we have to wait more weeks! Did you check your case on ceac and they said :" Ready" yet?

And after you got packet 3 by mail then do what they said, when you are done receive back to the consulation by mail either.

I hope they would work well and we will get visa soon!

Good luck to your case!

And by the way thank you for your wishes! I hope your case will get the interview date soon either! Good luck to you!

[Roulette 0]

"Our case was just delivered to the consulate from NVC. I guess packet 3 will come later this week or early next week. Do they send a confirmation of packet 3 being mailed and then received back by the consulate?"

After our case went to the consulate, we got the instruction package that explains what forms to submit and how to submit them which starts the clock in the scheduling process. Is that package 3? I dont know that terminology. There was no confirmation of the letter being sent other than getting the letter. The letter also explains what documents to bring to the interview. This is an extensive list of documents. After consulting with a lawyer who told me how to put it together, the whole package was 350 pages of stuff. I had to provide a duplicate for my fiances daughter. Table of contents with tabbed sections two hole punched at the top like a legal court document.

Yessss. absolutely start putting the package together as soon as the instruction letter comes. You will have many documents to muster and copy. It needs to be presented in the same order as the instructions list the requirements. The easier it is to read by the officer, the better the chances of success. It is no easy undertaking to put this package together.

Thanks,

Mike

[Anonymous885 44]

The first letter from Embassy is package 3 and you can only order police record # 2 without iinterview letter. However, you need the interview letter to do medical exam.

The CEAC status date update will change to different date if they send or receive package 3. For example, the status date update is 11/25/2013 for now. If they send package 3, this status date will change to different date and the same when you send package 3 to Embassy.

Note that CEAC status date will change to different date if Embassy ANSWERS your inquiries. This does not mean they send package 3 or anything. It means that someone at Embassy just logged in to your case.

Edited November 25, 2013 by HaoPhong

[VA-FEB 13 FILER 2]

Thank you HaoPhong for your good information and good to meet another in the same boat. It is also comforting that our wait time is same as yours.

Thanks also to Mandy who is just starting the wait for the interview. Wow, taking 60% as long as it took to get approval of visa on US side.

Your submission for interview date is only days different from ours, 8/24. Yes, more scrutiny going on there maybe.

Thanks,

Mike

Hello there,

We're have the same P3 date. We're sent out P3 on 08/24/2013 and US Consulate received it on 08/26/2013. As of today, still no interview date yet. Our case # is HCM2013714020. Please keep us update. Hopefully we'll have good news by the end of this week.

Good luck to all.

[Anonymous885 44]

Hello there,

We're have the same P3 date. We're sent out P3 on 08/24/2013 and US Consulate received it on 08/26/2013. As of today, still no interview date yet. Our case # is HCM2013714020. Please keep us update. Hopefully we'll have good news by the end of this week.

Good luck to all.

I saw they updated your case today. Did they aswer your email today?. If not, you can call DOS to verify what has been changed. Good Luck.

[VA-FEB 13 FILER 2]

I saw they updated your case today. Did they aswer your email today?. If not, you can call DOS to verify what has been changed. Good Luck.

Hi,

We sent email to US Consulate on Friday and today, Monday, they're reply but nothing new. I called DoS almost everyday but still get same answer "still pending".