interview interpretor

[Azn30 0]

will my fiance be able to have an interpetor for the k1 interview? she is still learning english but Im worried she may not understand all the questions. I was born in vietnam but left when i was young so my vietnamese writing/speaking is broken, i mostly talk to her in english i.e. chats phone calls.

do we need to request interpretor in the begining of the interview?

thanks

[Casey&Titi 14]

From my understanding they will automatically have an interpreter present and ask your fiancée if she wants to conduct her interview in English or Vietnamese. If she chooses Vietnamese, I think she will still be asked a few questions in English.

Can anyone else confirm this?

[frontgear 194]

From my understanding they will automatically have an interpreter present and ask your fiancée if she wants to conduct her interview in English or Vietnamese. If she chooses Vietnamese, I think she will still be asked a few questions in English.

Can anyone else confirm this?

I do not think she will be asked unless her fiancee is an American (not a naturalized citizen).

@OP: If she is not fluent in English, an interpreter will be provided for her. I am not going into how rude they are (interpreters), though, because I have heard stories and witnessed their overly rude behavior when we went to my wife's interview last year.

Edited April 15, 2015 by frontgear

[Casey&Titi 14]

I do not think she will be asked unless her fiancee is an American (not a naturalized citizen).

@OP: If she is not fluent in English, an interpreter will be provided for her. I am not going into how rude they are (interpreters), though, because I have heard stories and witnessed their overly rude behavior when we went to my wife's interview last year.

Great point. I don't think my fiancee will need an interpreter and I definitely don't want to deal with one, if they are overly rude as you stated.

[HungNhi 9]

Wait, they'll actually ask her a few questions in English, even if she chooses to have it in Vietnamese?! I was born in the US so I have birthright citizenship in the US, but my fiancee and I only speak vietnamese to eachother and i keep telling her she'll pick up speaking english easier when she comes over here, since its hard to enunciate over skype and be heard clearly. We haven't practiced english much, but i guess we should start asap!

[ConGau1981 56]

no way to answer this until you get there, my wife and her friend both had K1 interviews on the same day and my wife was asked 4 questions with a translator even though my wife did not request a translator. My wife's friend was not provided a translator and had to conduct the interview entirely in english and was asked about 15 questions.

Edited April 17, 2015 by ConGau1981

[My&Truong 4]

I had the K1 visa interview last Dec. They asked me if I could take an interview in English. I said I'd rather in Vietnamese, but then they interviewed me all in English though (about 15 simple questions). I was confused a little, but the Vietnamese lady helped me out and luckily they interviewed both me and my husband (fiance at that time). That was a really fun interview.

Tell your fiancee always smile and should chat with other people while waiting which will help her feel comfortable and confident.

[Casey&Titi 14]

When my fiancée and I attended her interview yesterday and she disnt require a translator Even though there was already an interpreter present. The interviewer didn't need an interpreter either as he spoke fluent Vietnamese and switched between English and Vietnamese the entire time. Overall he seemed fair and professional.