New to VJ

[PnD2014 0]

Hey all, new to the forum here.

My name is Paul, and my fiancée in Vietnam and I are eagerly awaiting our first meeting (physically) in September. Have found lots of useful information here, and hope to learn as much as we can (and also share/give back if we can)

Have lots of questions, will try to put them in the right places!

For starters, I am curious if anyone here has utilized the "LEGALIZATION OF DOCUMENTS FOR MARRIAGE REGISTRATION IN VIETNAM" from the Vietnam Embassy website in the U.S.? Seems a lot better than the alternative, going to Vietnam and filling out the paperwork there, paying/waiting for translation of my documents from here, etc..

[TBoneTX 45,286]

Welcome to VJ, Paul!

On the basis of your query, I'm moving your thread from the "Introducing Our Members" forum to the Vietnam regional forum. Members there are quite helpful.

[luckytxn 2,264]

May I suggest you use the search function for this? Almost anything you will want to know has been answered already in this section. If still have amy questions please ask specific ones and I am sure that someone has done it and can help you.

Hey all, new to the forum here.

My name is Paul, and my fiancée in Vietnam and I are eagerly awaiting our first meeting (physically) in September. Have found lots of useful information here, and hope to learn as much as we can (and also share/give back if we can)

Have lots of questions, will try to put them in the right places!

For starters, I am curious if anyone here has utilized the "LEGALIZATION OF DOCUMENTS FOR MARRIAGE REGISTRATION IN VIETNAM" from the Vietnam Embassy website in the U.S.? Seems a lot better than the alternative, going to Vietnam and filling out the paperwork there, paying/waiting for translation of my documents from here, etc..

[PnD2014 0]

May I suggest you use the search function for this? Almost anything you will want to know has been answered already in this section. If still have amy questions please ask specific ones and I am sure that someone has done it and can help you.

I DID use the search function (I've only been doing this www thing since before there was a www. you know, when 300 baud was fast) and came up with one topic. With one opinion. and a link to another post on VJ that I apparently do not have permission to see.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/486632-visa-to-go-to-vietnam-went-up-in-price/page-1

Hence my asking a specific question: if people had experience with using those documents from the embassy website and being successful. Because apparently the person that made that post WASNT successful, for whatever reasons, that I apparently don't have permission to read about.

And manually digging through 111 pages didn't turn up the answer to my question, either.

But I do appreciate the suggestion. Thanks.

Edited May 10, 2014 by PnD2014

[Lenny&Sanna 114]

Welcome to the site Paul

[luckytxn 2,264]

Take care.

I DID use the search function (I've only been doing this www thing since before there was a www. you know, when 300 baud was fast) and came up with one topic. With one opinion. and a link to another post on VJ that I apparently do not have permission to see.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/486632-visa-to-go-to-vietnam-went-up-in-price/page-1

Hence my asking a specific question: if people had experience with using those documents from the embassy website and being successful. Because apparently the person that made that post WASNT successful, for whatever reasons, that I apparently don't have permission to read about.

And manually digging through 111 pages didn't turn up the answer to my question, either.

But I do appreciate the suggestion. Thanks.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I DID use the search function (I've only been doing this www thing since before there was a www. you know, when 300 baud was fast) and came up with one topic. With one opinion. and a link to another post on VJ that I apparently do not have permission to see.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/486632-visa-to-go-to-vietnam-went-up-in-price/page-1

Hence my asking a specific question: if people had experience with using those documents from the embassy website and being successful. Because apparently the person that made that post WASNT successful, for whatever reasons, that I apparently don't have permission to read about.

And manually digging through 111 pages didn't turn up the answer to my question, either.

But I do appreciate the suggestion. Thanks.

The forum's search function is severely limited. This is intentional on the part of the people who develop the forum software. Intensive searches put a very heavy load on the database manager, and hence cause the server to slow to a crawl.

Better quality results can usually be had by using Google's advanced search function. Use very specific search terms (include phrases, if possible), and direct the search only at the visajourney.com domain. If you don't get the results you like then adjust your search terms and try again.

I'm not sure how many people you'll find with the specific experience you're looking for. A lot of people don't marry in Vietnam unless they're already living there or they spend a lot of time there. From my understanding, it takes a long time to get the official marriage documents from the Vietnamese government, and a lot of Americans can't stay in Vietnam long enough in one visit to finish the process.

BTW, a common reason for not being able to view a thread (the "You don't have permission..." message you saw) is because a moderator moved the thread into a hidden forum that only moderators can see, usually because a brawl broke out in the thread.

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This sub-forum is specifically about Vietnam. You should probably post your question in the forum for "Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America".

[PnD2014 0]

Thanks for the info, Jim. From what I am hearing here and elsewhere is the embassy legalization method works, so I am going to go that route.

If it saves us time when I get to Vietnam, (or as I planned, sending them to her with a POA to file for us before then) it is a good thing.