Language of Visa Interview

[JOSmith2 0]

Does anyone know if the visa interview at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is conducted in Vietnamese or English? My fiancée thinks it in English I think Vietnamese.

TIA

[Boris 0]

It depends if your fiance knows english language or not

[MaryandMian 1]

Most embassies give the option of English or native language for the area.

Mary

[Vietnam 0]

It will be in English unless she needs a translator- which they will provide. If she needs a translator, you better know how to speak Vietnamese too, or be able to prove that you two are comminicating somehow.

By the way, when is your interview?

Edited March 22, 2006 by Vietnam

[iceyspots 0]

I had a similiar question as well before. My fiancés country is Algeria, and their two official languages are French and Arabic. My fiancé speaks both, plus his ethnic language kaybilie. My fiance barely speaks English, but I speak French fluently and that's how we communicate. So he's going to do his interview in French so that It shows his ability to speak it. I also have on my work history that I worked for 6 months as a bilingual french/english customer service representative, so that already shows my skills.

[Kajikit 65]

Your fiance should get a choice of whether to be interviewed in English or in their own language... but some people have been given a hard time for that or been forced to interview in their second language despite their preference... if your fiance doesn't speak English then they need to be ready for the inevitable questions about how the two of you will communicate.

[Vietnam 0]

Well, obviously the language was not a problem looking at his timeline, she passed the interview! Congratulations Joe, if you're out there.

We got a couple of silent types from Vietnam lately.

[Ladylethal 12]

In my case my language is portuguese, his is Spanish (he´s american, but from Puerto Rico), we speak English too each other ´cus my spanish is sort of crappy, and all the port he learned was from me. I guess I´ll prolly have my interview in English and explain he´s fluent in English as well.