US Immigration from Vietnam

Hi Everyone,

I am hoping someone can help clarify what needs to be done after NVC gets our case? I got a message (over a month ago) saying our case was sent to Department of State. I sent an inquiry after 30 days of waiting and NVC responded with an ID and invoice number. However, they said it still has not been sent to the HCMC Embassy. It sounds like we just need to wait for the Embassy to pull our case but I want to make sure I am not missing anything (forms, fees, etc...).

Also if anyone wants to share their experience, timeframes, or tips I would love to hear them! I am brand new to this website so I apologize if I am posting in the wrong place.

Thank you!

The NVC instruction for submit documents stated the following:

"If you are or have been married, you must obtain original marriage certificate/s or certified copies of EVERY marriage."

Is this apply to Applicant or Petitioner or Both?

Does anyone experiencing visa rejected at interview because prior marriage certificates were not available?

We're already eligible to apply as our POE was in the beginning of June 2022. Been getting our ducks in a row to help my wife apply for naturalization, and our document package is about 90% there. Just need a couple of updates to our insurance docs.

My question is whether we should apply ASAP or wait until after our upcoming vacation in mid-May. We'll be out of town for a week, and I don't want anything to be scheduled in THAT week. This trip is already booked with flights, etc. Cannot be changed. Another reason to wait until May is we will have a corrected deed with both of our full legal names on it.

On the other hand, we're planning to go to my wife's sister's wedding next March in Vietnam and she wants to make it an extended trip (like 2 months). We haven't booked anything yet, so there's still flexibility... but I'm also concerned if we wait until late May to apply, the case could get dragged out in the current climate and worst case, get an interview or oath ceremony scheduled while she's out of the country.

Thoughts? Apply ASAP or wait until after our May trip and hope the whole case takes 7 months or less?

So we're coming up on my wife's 3 year anniversary since she entered the country in June 2022, and we're starting to prepare to file N-400.

One thing we have together is a mortgage deed, but on closing, they didn't put down her full legal name, only part of it.

For example (I'm making up a fictional name), her full legal name is "Thi Kim Hoa Nguyen" where the first name portion is "Thi Kim Hoa" and the last name is "Nguyen".

On most of our legal documents, we have her full legal name. But our mortgage deed only has "Hoa Nguyen". I wish I had the foresight to catch that on our home purchase closing, but we were too excited, and what's done is done. I don't want to change the title or otherwise mess with the mortgage deed, so that's a nonstarter.

So that leaves two options:

1) Fill out an identity / "same person" affidavit to say that "Hoa Nguyen" and "Thi Kim Hoa Nguyen" are the same person, and get it notarized. Submit along with existing mortgage deed as part of our evidence.

2) Just write "Hoa Nguyen" in the "Other Names Used" portion of the N-400 form if it's there. Skip the affidavit.

Which one should I do?

Hi everyone,

My wife currently has her 10 year green card. We just moved to a new address and updated her address online. Do I, as her husband, need to update my address with USCIS also?

Thank you,

John