Case Complete to Interview July 2017

[PP_2016 246]

22 minutes ago, JBMG said:

Very good point! 

 

After thinking about it more, these are useless as it's not earned income from the US..

 

Yeah, you could but even after thinking about this too.. Anything can change at the last minute.. only true proof of having employment in the US is by already having paychecks from the US branch.. Your current boss could give you all the promises they want, but once you leave the country, and arrive in the US, can say "no, sorry, we're on a hiring freeze".. So in terms of the counselor, that's why this type of paperwork is irrelevant.. 

 

I was only suggesting a letter from the US employer for ILKFC if they're getting transferred because they're both living (American spouse and Alien spouse) in Hong Kong.. They're using assets to meet the financial requirement.. was just thinking an employer letter could help in their interview more than nothing since they don't have a joint sponsor.. But it's not going to be considered as proof of employment as they aren't working in the US yet... 

 

 

 

Got it. Thanks 

[JBMG 890]

1 minute ago, famof3 said:

@JBMG i received our interview date a day  before it shows in transit or confirmation email.  I called received a date and was told it was just schedule. the next day i received  the confirmation email then status changes ti in transit,  now ready...... hopefully  approved  soon

Great!! Thank you so much!!  Hope we get an August date.  So it looks like I don't really need to call for interview date as the email comes a day after being scheduled.. Good to know that as well!! Thanks for your responses to my questions and others on the forum. Appreciate it. 

[JBMG 890]

3 minutes ago, PP_2016 said:

Got it. Thanks 

sure thing.  

[lamafiosa69 46]

On ‎6‎/‎24‎/‎2017 at 5:24 AM, MLK2016 said:

 

       This review outlines our experience from our case complete through our interview with the United States Consulate  in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.   
       Following the submission of our documents to NVC we requested an expedite.   Our expedite request was based upon the desire of my wife to visit an elderly, ill relative of mine in the United States who was celebrating an important birthday. Included with our request were a physician’s letter and photographs    The expedite request was submitted to the consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.  Several days after submitting the request they agreed that they would expedite our case for the interview after our case was completed by NVC. 
      Once  we received our case complete from NVC, it took them 13 long days for them to send the file to the consulate.  During that period of time we wondered if having an expedite would be any faster than not having one as others with case completes similar to ours were receiving interview dates.  I spoke to a supervisor at NVC who explained that although we had been granted an expedited interview, there were thousands of cases with expedites.  She said it therefore was not instantaneous from a case complete that our file would be sent to the consulate. We also learned that the NVC files are not physically mailed to the consulates.   They are electronically sent by NVC to the consulates.
      Once our file was sent electronically to the consulate, our status on the NVC website changed to “completed”. When I learned that the file had been sent to the Ho Chi Minh consulate, I filled out an inquiry form on their website asking how we would receive our interview date. Two days later we received an email from the consulate on a Thursday morning stating our interview to our amazement had been scheduled for 8 days later on a Friday morning at 9:30AM. 
      The next 8 days became frantic for my wife and me.   I had to book last minute airline tickets and rearrange my work schedule as I wanted to be present for the interview.  My wife had to schedule her medical examination and vaccinations. She was lucky to obtain last minute appointments for that Monday morning explaining that her interview had just been scheduled.  After completing her medical examinations and vaccinations, she received her medical reports in a sealed envelope on Wednesday to bring to the interview that Friday.  
        On Wednesday I left the United States on a 22 hour trip, 
arriving in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday morning, one day prior to the interview.  Even though my wife and I had not seen each other for 4 long months there was no time to celebrate or for me to adjust my jet lag.   That evening we had scheduled an appointment with an English language teacher who had been helping my wife with her English pronunciations.   The purpose of this meeting was to review answers to possible questions of the consulate. We obtained sample questions from visa journey.  Even though my wife could speak English and there would be an interpreter at the interview, we felt it best at the interview for her to answer the questions in English.  This we thought would show the interviewer we were able to communicate with each other. In addition we were deeply concerned that we could be denied at the interview as my wife in a previous tourist visa application at the bad advice of an agent in Vietnam indicated she was married when she was in fact single.    Her desire had been to visit her sister who was dying from cancer and the agent told her the best way to obtain the tourist visa was to say she was married.  By saying she was married the agent explained it would show her ties to return to Vietnam.  That tourist visa was denied. We disclosed this information on the DS-260.  We felt it best to indicate this rather than possibly be confronted at the interview as to why we did not detail the prior application    We were extremely worried that she would be asked at the interview as to why she lied on the tourist visa application.  We were concerned as to whether the consulate would approve our application.  
      After limited, restless sleep on Thursday night, we woke on Friday morning for the interview.   My wife was extremely nervous.  We arrived at the Ho Chi Minh Consulate at 8:30 for our 9:30 appointment.  To our surprise there were only about 8 people ahead of us waiting to enter the building.  After showing our interview appointment letter, we entered the building, went through a metal detector and left our cell phones with security who held them for us.
We were greeted by a host who immediately directed us to a window.   With us, we had a 3 ring binder with approximately 100 photographs on plastic pages.   We also had a plastic binder with removable plastic and labeled folders. In the labeled folders were our original and copies of the required documents, our paid receipts, copies of all of our documents filed through USCIS and NVC, copies of the supporting documents showing our bonafide relationship and additional documentation since our filings demonstrating our relationship. 
      The woman at the window asked for our documents.  I took out the folders which contained original and copies of documents, the folder containing the relationship proof submitted to USCIS and the additional proof.   She picked through the original documents taking them all.   She did not take the copies of the documents.   She did not take anything from the proof of our relationship submitted to USCIS.   The only document she kept from our additional proof of our relationship was our joint 2016 US Tax Return which I decided to bring.  (At the time of our filing with NVC the 2016 tax return was not due and was not needed). She asked me if we had a financial sponsor and I answered no.  She asked for the paid NVC receipt which I provided. We were given a number and told to wait to be called at a different window for the interview.  
        In the waiting area, we were again surprised to see only about 20 people waiting.  We thought that as our interview was expedited, perhaps Friday was not a regular business day for interviews.  
During our wait we observed that all the other couples with spouses present were being approved.  We noticed two women who were not present with their spouses (or fiancées) received blue denial slips.  For one we heard the questions.  Evidently she was in a relationship with a man since 2008. She was asked why he had not seen her for more than one year.  She said he was working.   Her application was denied.
         There were approximately 4 windows open.  Behind each window was an interviewer and an interpreter.  After about 30 minutes an interviewer pointed to us and instead of calling our number.  We went to the window.   However, he had called us by mistake.  He meant to call another person’s case.   He apologized to us and asked us to sit back down.   He then called the other case.  After he finished that case, he asked us for our number and he called us up again within a few minutes.  He told me to sit down saying he would call me up if I was needed.   I sat down and was close enough to observe and hear everything. First, they took biometric fingerprints of my wife at a pad in front of the interview window.   She was sworn in.   He then asked her the following questions:
1.     How did you meet?
2.     Where did you first meet him in person?
3.     Was he married before?
4.      When and where were you married?
5.      In the past you applied for a B2 tourist visa. Why were you denied?   Here it was I started to think.  Was he setting her for a question about lying on that application?  My wife answered him in English explaining about wanting to visit her sister in the United States who was dying from cancer and how through bad advice which she was sorry about an agent said to say she was married.  The agent then replied, “I am sorry about your sister”

      Then immediately after,  he said the visa was approved.  We were extremely happy and relieved.   We were never asked to show our photographs. Except for the police report, all of our original documents were returned to us.  I thanked the interviewer and we left the consulate all within about 1.5 hours.   
       Later that day we booked an airplane ticket for my wife to join me in the US in about 3 weeks.   For now we are  enjoying our holiday together for another week and can finally relax.
       The visa process for us was shorter than most, but still a very anxious and at times, a very frustrating process.    I definitely recommend that spouses and fiancées from the United States attend the interview.   Utilizing the resources of visajourney was a tremendous help and following others’ journeys on the boards made the waiting less anxious.  We hope you all achieve the positive result that we did.  
 

 

Congrats! Thank you for sharing your experience. It is very long and detailed which is great for all of us who are still waiting.  I requested my case expedite as well. NVC says that the case is at the embassy and I am praying to hear from the embassy this week.  If not I will be contacting them.

[JBMG 890]

59 minutes ago, Johnny385 said:

Does anyone know if USCIS will forward all the Evidence of a bona fide marriage to NVC or Embassy Consulate officer?

 

11 minutes ago, JFH said:

Yes, everything you include in your petition is forwarded to NVC and then to the embassy. When you go to your interview you will see the entire bundle in front of the interviewer. 

 

This is great to know..  

[pghknr 14]

3 hours ago, JBMG said:

This is a great reason why it's good idea to reply to PM questions like this on the forum(s)... I got a simple "thank you" from @pghknr in return.. So most likely he/she already got the response they needed because he/she asked several people private emails.. @pghkn, please post general questions on the forums versus sending multiple private emails to multiple people on the forum.  IF you want to ask several people.. Simply type @ and then type the name you want to "tag".. This will send a notification to them just as this message has done with you.  

 

   

Thank you so much for your time and help on VJ forum Great Service @ JBMG

[chamma 382]

15 minutes ago, pghknr said:

Thank you so much for your time and help on VJ forum Great Service @ JBMG

@pghknr - Glad your query was answered.  Whenever you want to tag somebody don't leave a space after the @ & the VJ name...  just that you don't miss the question going to the right person..

 

Tagging @JBMG here..

[PP_2016 246]

1 hour ago, JBMG said:

 

2 hours ago, Johnny385 said:

Does anyone know if USCIS will forward all the Evidence of a bona fide marriage to NVC or Embassy Consulate officer?

 

1 hour ago, JFH said:

Yes, everything you include in your petition is forwarded to NVC and then to the embassy. When you go to your interview you will see the entire bundle in front of the interviewer. 

 

This is great to know..  

 

Indeed very useful..😻

[PP_2016 246]

@djtoni0313 has your query got answered yet?

[Jannette23 32]

On 6/24/2017 at 7:14 AM, Eignes1009 said:

Anyone who have idea for this?

 

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Please make the below corrections to your Form I-864 or gather the requested financial
evidence:
[x] In Part 3. Information About the Immigrants You are Sponsoring, please correct the following:
[x] Item 3.a. through 27. This case's visa category does not allow accompanying family members; therefore, you
cannot list family members in this section.
[x] You must submit the following financial evidence:
[x] Your __2016_________________________________ IRS transcript from the most recent tax year. You can get a
transcript on the IRS's website: irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript. If you cannot get an IRS transcript, please send a
photocopy of your Federal income tax return and a copy of every Form W-2 and Form 1099 that relates to your return(s). Do
not include copies of these forms if you provide an IRS transcript for your Federal individual tax returns rather than
a photocopy unless you filed a joint income tax return with your spouse and are qualifying using only your income.

I don't have my AOS form at hand right now but I think, since you should fill and individual AOS form for each applicant these section must be blank, if they are asking for your 2016 tax transcript you probably sent 2015 tax papers at the time of the review it's a good thing they let you take it to the interview, if you don't have the transcript it's ok if you take your w-2 and income tax of 2016.

[JBMG 890]

50 minutes ago, Wingsfan said:

all done

 

Thank you @Wingsfan for adding yourself to our spreadsheet.  

[JBMG 890]

Thank you @missileman for adding yourself to the spreadsheet.  Sure those from Taiwan will appreciate your update.  Hope you're enjoying your time in the US with your spouse.  Wishing you both a lovely future!!  

 

[pghknr 14]

On 6/23/2017 at 1:42 PM, JBMG said:

No, they only care about 2016 year.. Your current status..  

Yes . Current Employment letter and Paystubs are V Important.

[Eignes1009 23]

7 hours ago, Jannette23 said:

I don't have my AOS form at hand right now but I think, since you should fill and individual AOS form for each applicant these section must be blank, if they are asking for your 2016 tax transcript you probably sent 2015 tax papers at the time of the review it's a good thing they let you take it to the interview, if you don't have the transcript it's ok if you take your w-2 and income tax of 2016.

Thank u.. Will share this to my husband 😊

[Eignes1009 23]

12 hours ago, famof3 said:

@JBMG@Eignes1009... sorry for the delay, hectic  weekend.  Anyways, 3a) i assume you are the only immigrant this section should be N/A,  or for each immigrant you need  to fill out  a different a different affidavits form.  One affidavits for each person ( waste of trees/paper if you ask me). Like i am doing for my husband and step daughter,  so i submit  2 different  affidavits,  made no mention of either on the other application. Hope that helps, For financial  evidence,  you need an updated  affidavits with 2016

 income for interview  along with 2016 transcript/ tax return and W2... Again extremely sorry and the long wait for responding,  i know how stressful it is to wait.

 

 

 

 

Thank u. Will tell this to my husband 😊