Waiting for Interview at HCM consulate

[Anonymous885 44]

That is frustrated and your case number is way smaller than me ( because many different types of visa). So I dont know when it will be my turn.

Edited November 25, 2013 by HaoPhong

[VA-FEB 13 FILER 2]

That is frustrated and your case number is way smaller than me ( because many different types of visa). So I dont know when it will be my turn.

You're never know. Maybe you got luckier.

[Daniel_Minh 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

So from what I am reading, it is taking more than 3 months to get an interview date after sending back packet 3. After that, is it another 3 months before the interview after getting the letter with medical exam instructions, etc? I was hoping for her to get an interview before Tet holiday since I am visiting her in March. Looks like it could be many, many more months?

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.

So from what I am reading, it is taking more than 3 months to get an interview date after sending back packet 3. After that, is it another 3 months before the interview after getting the letter with medical exam instructions, etc? I was hoping for her to get an interview before Tet holiday since I am visiting her in March. Looks like it could be many, many more months?

[Anonymous885 44]

No. It is only more than 3 months after sending package 3 for the medical and interview.

For example. You sent package 3 to Embassy on December, then you will get the package 4 around Feb or March. The letter in package 4 will tell you the actual date of interview and it is usually 2-4 weeks after you receive package 4.

You can do medical exam after you receive package 4 and bring it to interview along with forms, etc.

Edited November 25, 2013 by HaoPhong

[Daniel_Minh 0]

No. It is only more than 3 months after sending package 3 for the medical and interview.

For example. You sent package 3 to Embassy on December, then you will get the package 4 around Feb or March. The letter in package 4 will tell you the actual date of interview and it is usually 2-4 weeks after you receive package 4.

You can do medical exam after you receive package 4 and bring it to interview along with forms, etc.

Oh, thank you for this information!

It is interesting that in some countries it only takes a few weeks to get package 4 and in VN (lately) it is taking several months. There must be a long backlog right now.

Thanks again!

[MandyandTimmy 2]

Hello HaoPhong,

I want to ask you about when you get packafge 3 from the US consulate, did they tell you fill DS-160 right? And you did fill this form before you get package 3 or just fill after get it?

Thank you for your information!

[Anonymous885 44]

I filled DS-230 part I and DS-2001 at that time. They change from DS-230 to DS-160 online now and you need to fill it after receiving package 3.

[MandyandTimmy 2]

Thank you so much HaoPhong! I hope I'll get P3 soon!

[Roulette 0]

Since starting this topic I am happy to announce that my fiance received her interview letter today Dec. 5. She submitted her papers to schedule the interview on Aug. 24 sooooo...105 days.

The interview is scheduled for Dec 20th...only two weeks out.

So there is some data for you all. 105 days wait at this time for us, probably same for all of you now. And you can get some idea how long that will take. Hope it helps you !!!

She has booked her flight and will arive 3 days before to do the fee, the medical, then inoculation, and the interview.

Thanks,

Mike

[Anonymous885 44]

Since starting this topic I am happy to announce that my fiance received her interview letter today Dec. 5. She submitted her papers to schedule the interview on Aug. 24 sooooo...105 days.

The interview is scheduled for Dec 20th...only two weeks out.

So there is some data for you all. 105 days wait at this time for us, probably same for all of you now. And you can get some idea how long that will take. Hope it helps you !!!

She has booked her flight and will arive 3 days before to do the fee, the medical, then inoculation, and the interview.

Thanks,

Mike

Congratulation on that.

Your fiancee will come to US for visiting before the interview?

By the way, you need to fill out the new form DS-156K because the old version of this form was expired on 11/30/2013.

Thanks for letting us know this info. Good Luck.

[Roulette 0]

HaoPhong said,

"Congratulation on that.
Your fiancee will come to US for visiting before the interview?
By the way, you need to fill out the new form DS-156K because the old version of this form was expired on 11/30/2013.
Thanks for letting us know this info. Good Luck."

Thanks HaoPhong,

Come to US for visiting before??? Dear, that requires a visa which is not available for "visiting" as i understand, unless there is an immediate family member or a business involved. Vietnamese, by American law, are not allowed to just 'visit' the USA like from 1st world nations that are approved for that....like Germany or France, australia for example.

This policy makes me angry actually, since we spent a major chunk of our history fighting a war to defend Vietnamese people from "communism". Especially since Vietnam did not become a tyrannical and oppresive regime like a Stalinist soviet state, or north korean, or others as was the fear.. Vietnam's communists did win the war however, but their feared system is a communism in that it is a one party system. But, it is one that has embraced capitalism and free markets with great enthusiasm.

And the Socialist Republic of Vietnam today embraces Capitalism with much more enthusiasm that todays America! The worlds largest economy, America, puts huge regulatory and tax burdens on its business' under the near Tyrant Obamanation in the white house. And it is Obama who embraces and longs for socialism, and does so at huge expense to the economy of the USA.

Your comments about these things is most welcome.

Warm Regards,

Mike

[Roulette 0]

Oh yes, you are right about the 156, and she is filling that out.

Another thing that i hope will be of help to some here. My fiance did put in a request for info on the HCM consulate site just 4 days before she got the letter.

And the response was the usual useless ####### that we all get to those inquirys: you are in the queue, keep waiting....basically. And she did get that response to her inquiry. Soooo the point is that even if you ARE SCHEDULED, they will not tell you in those responses. Evidently, the only information of any use from these responses is that you ARE in the queue. Otherwise, it is a blanket roboresponse to any inquiry, only verifying that you are in the queue.

Thanks,

Mike

[Roulette 0]

I just wanted to add another observation of mine about the "communist" system of Vietnam. While capitalism is now embedded fully into the system, and thank the God for that, and companies and the people there are "free" to go about making business, there are some flavors of Vietnamese capitalism that are restrictions on that freedom. The restrictions are about the cost of doing business, namely, "corruption". So, if you want to make a significant business in Vietnam, you will have to pay a lot of government officials "private fees". This is a fully endorsed and adopted policy of the government there, and the government officials are payed very low wages knowing that the deficit will be made up for by the private fees that officials will receive to put their stamp on a permit. And it even goes to GETTING one of those government jobs...you have to PAY FOR THAT too!!!! Yes, pay a private fee to get that job, and people will pay a LOT. Like a family dumping a huge savings chunk for their son or daughter directly into the account of the hiring manager.

Having to pay for a job really sucks, but for doing business that is not so awful i dont think. I would look at it as their substitute to charging more taxes to business'. Alsom, it cuts though a lot of red tape that business is hammered with in the US.

Also to note is the exceptionally entreprenuerial attitude of the Vietnamese people in general. Notice please that in America you can find many homeless people on the streets with their pathetic signs begging for money as their full time occupation. And many of these pathetic people are making good money at this, dont be fooled...pulling in about $100 to $200 a day.

But the point is...in Vietnam, many many people must also get on the street literally to make their living each day. But they dont beg. They will sell you something; soup on the street, a small BBQ thing, sunglasses, dvd, picture, massage, or any job they can find. BUT THEY WILL NOT BEG YOU. SO, consider that when you think of the spirit of capitalism in Vietnam and think that we Americans are best at it.

Thanks,

Mike

[Anonymous885 44]

I want to confirm all forms that are required for interview.

1) The first one is DS 156 or 160. Since we submitted DS-230 part I in package 3, we need to fill out DS 156 online, DS 156 K, DS 230 part I ( again ). We dont need DS 160, right?

2) I-134.

Thanks.

[Hoa Chuoi 3]

I want to confirm all forms that are required for interview.

1) The first one is DS 156 or 160. Since we submitted DS-230 part I in package 3, we need to fill out DS 156 online, DS 156 K, DS 230 part I ( again ). We dont need DS 160, right?

2) I-134.

Thanks.

It's up to you. You can fill out DS156, 156K and 230 Part I. Or only fill out DS 160. And I-134 with your signature.