Family in the US a red flag?

[radkaravinoff 0]

Hello,

I have started the K1 process for my fiance and I. Yesterday I received the electronic NOA1. I followed the K1 guide and submitted what I thought was a good amount of evidence, passport stamp, boarding passes, photos of our trip and engagement ceremony. We primarily communicate through instant messages, so I included 3 longer emails and some chat logs of our ims spaced along the time we've known each other. I did this before I found the Vietnam specific forum and I'm a little worried now that I didn't submit enough for the standards of the HCMC embassy. I did not include a timeline or a list of her relatives living in the US, as recommended in the sticky. In fact I didn't include anything about her family in the US. I'm childhood friends with her cousin and I frequently go over to their big Vietnamese household. Her uncle thought that we might be a good match and gave me her email. In the letter explaining how we met I spent more time on the trip I took to Vietnam and where we traveled together, I only mentioned that we initially started talking on facebook and had an online relationship.

If her having family in the US is a red flag is me not mentioning it going to make them think we're trying to avoid it? Is there something I can do to prevent that, or do I just have to wait until we see what happens at the interview? I am planning to fly out there and be with her for the interview if I can. I can bring a much more detailed timeline and the list of her relatives with me, as well as lots more chatlogs and photos. I'm just concerned after learning that HCMC is one of the harder consulates.

Thanks,

Edited February 10, 2015 by radkaravinoff

[alena202 0]

I am a K1 applicant and just done with my interview, and now I am waiting for my visa. I have 3 sisters in the US and my fiance have given out these information. I think it is best to give out honest details especially when it is suggested that those information should be provided. Good luck.

[frontgear 194]

I don't think the relationship timeline and list of relatives living in the U.S. is a requirement to file the i-129F. You might or might not even need them at the interview but I think it's a good thing to prepare them, just in case. Even better is to fly there and be with her at the interview. I did.

Edited February 10, 2015 by frontgear

[Dave & Mong 29]

I am neighbors/friends with my now wife's cousin. The CO did ask of me as to how I know her cousin and my relation to him. My wife was asked to provide a list of any family member's here in the U.S. We did that and they approved her K1 visa. Just be honest and open, the embassy does their work well, if you think they wont know don't count on it!

[ntbt11 1]

I also did not provide this information in my I-129F application. I plan on having a list of relatives ready for my fiance's interview. However, I am confused about what information is necessary. She is only aware of her mother's cousin in Georgia and her grandmother's sister in California-- both of whom 1) she does not keep in touch with, except during family reunions in VN every couple of years and 2) live 1,000 to 3,000 miles away from where I currently live (we intend to live).

Besides knowing the state and the name of these relatives, what else should be included? Thanks

[frontgear 194]

I also did not provide this information in my I-129F application. I plan on having a list of relatives ready for my fiance's interview. However, I am confused about what information is necessary. She is only aware of her mother's cousin in Georgia and her grandmother's sister in California-- both of whom 1) she does not keep in touch with, except during family reunions in VN every couple of years and 2) live 1,000 to 3,000 miles away from where I currently live (we intend to live).

Besides knowing the state and the name of these relatives, what else should be included? Thanks

Try to include their phone numbers and current address if you can. The consulate is not going to force you to know if you don't.

It all depends on how much they want to scrutinize your case. If they believe the relationship is genuine, they will ask for nothing. If they don't believe yours is real, then they will ask for every possible piece of document they could think of.

We prepared two 5" expanding files with everything we could think of and hauled them to my then-fiancee's interview. The gentleman who interviewed her only asked to see our pre-engagement pictures. We had 4 of those to show him. He didn't bother to ask for a relationship timeline, list of relatives, certificate of marriageability, or any of our emails, chat logs, phone logs, engagement and post-engagement pictures, etc.

[ntbt11 1]

Great to hear your experience-- hoping for the best!