Ho Chi Minh City B2 Interview

[RhettVoe 282]

ask yourself this question: what recourse does a CO have if you 'change your mind' and decide not to return after 28 days? Answer: none.

[Chris & Trinh 15]

Thanks. The baby is always in a good mood. We got lucky on that front; he hardly ever cries but just laughs and smiles.

I got the idea of providing the wife with a letter from me stating to the consulate our intentions of returning to Vietnam after 28 days as I have to return to India for a work contract and the wife's family has been helping with the baby.

I still don't think you understand the thought process of the CO. I can relate to your ideas as I was the same way. Showing work contracts that would cause ME to return to Vietnam. However, it is just that. YOU have a contract to return to INDIA for work? Does this contract in any way state that your wife will return to VIETNAM?? NO. That is exactly what the CO will say. Been there done that. As the above poster said, So what if you guys go to the US for 28 days......and then decide to stay...what now??? Anyway you will have your answer soon and your wife's family in the US will be satisfied. If you do get an approval I hope you come here and rub it in our faces. Would be nice to see someone get approved, but just not going to happen work contract or no work contract. It isn't about you, it's about her. I know that no one can tell you different and you're hell bent on trying. There is no lack of effort on your part and that is great, it is just how the process is and how being from Vietnam, a high fraud country, has made things unfair for those of us who try to do things the right way.

[No name 88 48]

I still don't think you understand the thought process of the CO. I can relate to your ideas as I was the same way. Showing work contracts that would cause ME to return to Vietnam. However, it is just that. YOU have a contract to return to INDIA for work? Does this contract in any way state that your wife will return to VIETNAM?? NO. That is exactly what the CO will say. Been there done that. As the above poster said, So what if you guys go to the US for 28 days......and then decide to stay...what now??? Anyway you will have your answer soon and your wife's family in the US will be satisfied. If you do get an approval I hope you come here and rub it in our faces. Would be nice to see someone get approved, but just not going to happen work contract or no work contract. It isn't about you, it's about her. I know that no one can tell you different and you're hell bent on trying. There is no lack of effort on your part and that is great, it is just how the process is and how being from Vietnam, a high fraud country, has made things unfair for those of us who try to do things the right way.

I do understand the thought process of the CO and I don't expect she will get approved and don't really care one way or the other. I'll be shocked if she does get approved.

My family has made up there own opinions of why my wife still isn't in the US. They absolutely do not believe that it takes over a year for your wife to come to the US. They base this on a relative of ours from Denmark that went to the US for their masters and doctorate than got a job in New York and decided to stay without so much as a whisper from USCIS. Filed the paperwork and done in only 3 weeks. That case is hugely different than my own but you know family. A denial will quite them for awhile

Also I see this as a cheap practice run. It costs $300 an hour for a good immigration attorney in Ho Chi Minh City to prepare the wife for what to expect during the CR1/IR1 interview. I can do the same thing for $160 and I have a slim chance of getting a B2 visa. Win freaking win.

[RhettVoe 282]

Transitioning to an H1b is a far different process than via tge CR1...as to the time it takes to process the CR1, well, if there are 300,000-1,000,000 petitions submitted each year, but only 30-50 people to review them (in between other petitions), it will take time....what "speedy process" takes place in Viet Nam? none that I am aware of. Now, if you want the processing fees to quadruple in order to reduce processing time, write your congressman.

Edited February 17, 2014 by RhettVoe

[No name 88 48]

Transitioning to an H1b is a far different process than via tge CR1...as to the time it takes to process the CR1, well, if there are 300,000-1,000,000 petitions submitted each year, but only 30-50 people to review them (in between other petitions), it will take time....what "speedy process" takes place in Viet Nam? none that I am aware of. Now, if you want the processing fees to quadruple in order to reduce processing time, write your congressman.

You lost me. What does this have to do with weather I can go with the wife to a B2 visa interview?

[RhettVoe 282]

The type of case you referred to was totally different than yours...and has nothing to do with your inability to accompany your wife to her b2 interview (that doesn't happen anywhere)...

[No name 88 48]

Update. The wife was approved for a B2 visa with an IR1 visa petition in progress.