How do I describe my very strange employment situation?

[Bruce and Han 0]

I have no idea because they won't answer my email.

Matt,

How did you address your email to them? You need to supply the information below. As you can see in the email I sent to them. They responded back to my in one day. Try it again with all the proper information. If they dont respond, you can have your fiancee go to the consulate to pick up Packet 3 . But she should only go there if 1 month has passed since they sent it out.

Hi,

I would like to know if you recieved our case file from the NVC. Also has the Packet # 3 been sent out to my fiance?

Thanks for your time

Sincerely

Bruce

Applicants name: XXXX XX XXXX

Date of birth: XX/XX/XXXX

Address:XXXXXXX

Quan: 12

Thanh Pho: Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

Phone: XXX XXX XXXXX

Petitioners name: XXXX XXXXXXX

Case number: XXXXXXXXXXXX

[u]This was there reply[/u]

Dear Mr. Bruce,

We sent your fiancée an Instruction Package (Packet 3) on January 12 to the following address XXXX XXXXXX XXX XXX, Your fiancée is requested to return the completed DS-230 Part I to us as soon as possible. We will schedule your fiancée for a visa interview after we receive this form. If your fiancée has not yet received the packet within one month of the mailing date, she can come to our office to pick-up a packet in-person or contact us to request that we mail another packet.

If you have further inquiries, please do not delete your original email with all correspondence.

Sincerely,

Info Unit Staff

Consular Section

U.S. Consulate General HCMC

Tel! : (84-8) 822 9433 - ext 4636

Fax: (84-8) 824 5572

E-mail: hcmcinfo@state.gov (regarding visa issues)

acshcmc@state.gov (regarding services for U.S. citizens)

Adoption: HanoiAdoption@state.gov

Website: http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov

[Matt_Stevens 5]

I alomost all of that same information. But what is Quan?

Thanks

[Bruce and Han 0]

I alomost all of that same information. But what is Quan?

Thanks

Quan:12 = District 12

[Matt_Stevens 5]

Thanks. Is this the correct email address: uscongenhcmc@state.gov

ANOTHER disaster has hit me. Because I am dyslexic, or maybe because I was so panic sctricken and nervous, I put down my fiancee's birth date as being in 2006 instead of 1980! NOW WHAT?!?!?! How could it get this far with such an error.

I am ready to have a heart attack. I am so stressed out over this that I am sich to my stomach. It should not have to be this way.

Edited April 5, 2006 by Matt_Stevens

[Bruce and Han 0]

Thanks. Is this the correct email address: uscongenhcmc@state.gov

ANOTHER disaster has hit me. Because I am dyslexic, or maybe because I was so panic sctricken and nervous, I put down my fiancee's birth date as being in 2006 instead of 1980! NOW WHAT?!?!?! How could it get this far with such an error.

I am ready to have a heart attack. I am so stressed out over this that I am sich to my stomach. It should not have to be this way.

No Matt,

The e-mail address is hcmcinfo@state.gov (regarding visa issues)

Look at my post above this one and you will see in their signature what address to use.

[Matt_Stevens 5]

No wonder I was not getting any replies.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

[meauxna 15]

Thanks. Is this the correct email address: uscongenhcmc@state.gov

ANOTHER disaster has hit me. Because I am dyslexic, or maybe because I was so panic sctricken and nervous, I put down my fiancee's birth date as being in 2006 instead of 1980! NOW WHAT?!?!?! How could it get this far with such an error.

I am ready to have a heart attack. I am so stressed out over this that I am sich to my stomach. It should not have to be this way.

hi Matt,

Well, I'm the resident buttinski, so it's your turn.

I have followed your posts, I realize how important this is to you, I am aware of the difficulties in using HCMC and I'm aware of the red flags you've identified for yourself. So, I say this with all respect: Dude, breathe!

Clearly the birthdate is an error, and not a fatal one. It will either be returned to you to correct, or be corrected later. Either way, there is nothing you can do about it now. My advice is: deal with what you can deal with, and set aside that which you can't do anything about.

About your financials, it's time to get creative. You're a writer, this should not be hard. I'm a salesperson, so I sold my I-864, and sold it hard. I was unemployed at the time I filed, and I had been unemployed for 2 years. I'd also collected unemployement, and counted that on my affidavit. I was going through a tough Consulate and had just married a man I'd met only months before.

Point: I can paint this in the worst way possible, or the best.

Since he's waiting for his US citizenship at the moment, I'll let you guess how it worked out.

This may not be the best venue for you to get your answers. It's certainly not the only one. I encourage you to look further afield, and to read the law and source documents behind all this public charge business (I think you have already done some reading). This is not the case of "a form", there is a concept behind it.

You need to learn how to distinguish good information from bad, and how to be a bit optimistic.

For example, I think it's been pointed out to you that not all co-sponsors are created equally, and that you may be conflating some of the 'denials' you've read about (which are not denials, btw) with your own situation. Just as all evidence is not created equal, information is the same. If your co sponsors are your close family members, that is a lot different than your old college roomie who lives 8 states away.

By the by, a sincerely good lawyer, helpful to the DIY community, also happens to practice exclusively with Viet Nam. His name is Marc Ellis, and he posts here as EllisIsland. His posts in the archived forum are gold, and worth looking up. Hiring him for a consultation and a little shoulder rubbing might be the best money you spend in this process.

Because you're after a K visa, you actually have *more* choices of evidence to use than someone filing an I-864.

Employment is not a requirement. Income, or equivilant assets, are.

You are living in "your own" home which is currently titled by your parents. Would you have any equity if you did a private deal back with the parents? Is there anyone else that would cosign a mortgage with you? Another way you can return this asset to your name?

Compensated housing is allowed to be counted under the I-864; have you investigated how you could document your living arrangement?

Can you put a value on the screenplay and count it as an asset? (we're just now getting my dad's first book published and he keeps telling me about the financial legacy he's leaving me )

Finally, all you're battling is time, my friend. Sometimes we can't have our cake and eat it on the same day. If the worst comes to the worst and a visa is not issued, the case is not dead. When you can supply the information they need re: Public Charge issues (like, you've held a job for X period of time), the visa will be issued.

There are a lot of drawbacks to go with the plusses of living an unusual/unconventional lifestyle. Balancing it all out, I wouldn't change anything about what I'm doing, and it sounds like the same for you. The result is that we have to work a little harder when it comes to official issues like these, but I have every confidence that if you stick with it, get some qualified advice (from laypeople and pros) and sell your baby heart out, that you'll succeed and wedding bells will ring this year.

best wishes on all your projects,

meauxna

[yellow123 0]

Matt,

Don't worry about the birthdate. They will search for your case using your case number. I dont think they'll even look at the birthdate. Hopefully, you'll receive a reply with 1 week.