My Fiancee's Interview

[GregF]

I recived a letter from the NVC today saying they have sent my K1 visa aplication on to the Consulate in Vietnam. I am just wondering what documents my Fiancee will need for her interview and also how much longer we can expect this process to take? Also is her interview the next step or is the things she has to do befor then. Any information you can give use will be greatly apprechated. This way she can take care of getting all of the documents early so there is no delay.
Thank you
GregF

[HaroldC]

... in response to My Fiancee's Interview, posted by GregF on May 22, 2004

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5874&hl=viet

"This is what I read from another forum specializing in immigration visas from Vietnam:

(1) At the U.S. Consulate in Saigon

The American Consulate General in Saigon is the 5th busiest US Consulate in the world. Thirty thousand immigrant visa applications are processed each year. This places a serious burden on the Consulate staff and helps to explain why it takes six to twelve months to review cases that were not approved at the interview.

The Consulate in Saigon has the largest number of Fiancée visa applications in the world, and it also has the largest number of rejected fiancée cases, due to a very severe problem of fraudulent applications. In order to have a chance of being approved, the applicants are required to have very convincing documentation to present at interview, showing a genuine relationship from the day the couple first met up to the day of the interview.

Affidavits of Support are now being examined more closely by the Consuls. Often, Joint sponsors are not accepted if they live far from the petitioner or if they are not closely related to the petitioner. In most fiancée cases, co-sponsors are no longer accepted by the consuls."

http://www.rmiodp.com/forumz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2020

[Hamlet]

... in response to Lots of Viet Nam specific stuff here ..., posted by HaroldC on May 22, 2004

Harold,

Thanks for that (unhappy) information about the lengthy delays yet ahead for us to get the fiance visa.

Hamlet