Email to HCMC Consular about your case

[TiNi 0]

Hi VJ members,

Does any one email to HCMC consular discuss about your case which recieved response email asking for providing petitioner social security? Why do they need it? I thought a case number it's enough information.

Thanks for sharing.

[PeterFB 0]

It's been a more than year since I emailed the HCMC Consulate about our case. At that time I didn't have to supply nor was I asked to supply my SS#. What I did supply was what the Consulate said to include when emailing them. Here's a quote from their site:

"According to our policy, the Consular Section is only permitted to discuss details of a visa case with the petitioner, beneficiary and their legal representative.

If you send an inquiry about an immigrant visa case, you should provide the following information:

- HCM case number or CIS receipt number

- Petitioners’ name and date of birth

- Beneficiary’s name and date of birth

- Mailing address and telephone number

- Your full name

If you send an inquiry about a non-immigrant visa case, you should provide the following information:

- Applicant’s name and date of birth

- Applicant’s passport number

- Mailing address and telephone number

- Your full name "

Unless they've changed their rules and haven't updated their site, you shouldn't have to supply it. If you're Vietnamese American, they may want it to confirm that you're the petitioner, since there are many Vietnamese with the same names. However I would point out their website doesn't ask that you give that info and you have concerns about giving out your SS# over the net in an email. If the Consulate won't email with you without it then you have work that out. I would then call them to confirm your identity and get them to allow you to email them after that.

Good luck!

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

Consulate recieved ??????

Packet 3 sent 2007-12-11

Packet 3 received 2007-12-24

Packet 3 returned 2007-12-28

Packet 4 sent 2008-1-14

Email Reply with Interview Date 2008-1-23

Interview Date 2008-2-27

Passed Interview 2008-02-27

Visa Pick Up Date 2008-3-05

Received Visa 2008-2-29 (called to pick up earlier)

POE 2008-3-05 Los Angeles

Wedding 2008-4-26

Filed AOS 2009-1-2

NOA 1 2009-1-8

Peter Nguyen Brunner born 2009-1-12

Advance Parole recieved 2009-3-27

EAD recieved 2009-3-11

AOS Interview 2009-5-20

[chuckandkim 0]

If HCMC is asking for SSN from USC via email to then, release information or start a conversation.... BE EXTRA careful folks... HCMC was the hub for marriage frauds, now it may have well become the Credit Frauds Center.

Write back to HCMC in respond to that email like you did here: Why do you need my SSN to access my case. I will provide you my Case#, Receipt for NOA1 and all other information, but I would rather provide SSN only if you can show me the needs and policiy requirement (as PeteFB said)

Try push back, it's quiet interesting. HCMC is so used to pushing people around for any reason...

Let us know how it turns out. I am very skeptical about people asking for my SSN these days. Don't they have that information already? Tell them to check the I-134, your tax records it's all there...