In order to be issued a U.S. visa, you must apply directly through either the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi or the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. All applicants are required to fill out a DS 160 online application and pay the visa processing fee. The fee depends on
When your Vietnamese fiance undergoes his or her interview at the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City for a K-1 visa, the interviewing consular officer will ask him or her questions regarding your relationship. While the number of questions, as well as the amount of detail, will vary according
A common question asked by potential clients is do you need an immigration lawyer to file a K-1 visa for your Vietnamese fiance? The short answer is no, you do not need a lawyer. However, having a lawyer represent you and your fiance through the process has advantages. An immigration
One key requirement to qualify for the K-1 non-immigrant visa for when a United States Citizen, the petitioner, wants to sponsor a foreign partner to immigrate to the U.S., is that the citizen and foreign spouse must physically meet within 2 years prior to filing the I-129 Petition with the
Enterline and Partners co-founder and immigration lawyer David Enterline recently spoke at the Investment Immigration Summit in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. David was a speaker on the panel session entitled “Alternative residency and investment pathways to the U.S. – beyond EB-5”. The focus of the discussion was alternatives pathways
What is an I-864 Affidavit of Support? A USCIS Form I-864 Affidavit of Support is required for many immigrant visa categories in order to show that the sponsoring petitioner (“Sponsor”) has adequate means to financially support the person(s) being sponsored to immigrate. The I-864 Affidavit of Support is a contract
Enterline and Partners is pleased to share it has obtained an approval for a complex I-130 Petition for Alien Relative (“I-130 Petition) for one of our Vietnamese clients. Our client, a U.S. citizen (Joe) and his Vietnamese wife (Jane), consulted with us following Jane’s multiple non-immigrant and immigrant visa refusals.
The United States Senate has introduced bi-partisan legislation to provide temporary relief to the nation’s shortage of doctors and nurses. The senate bill, known as the “Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act” would recapture 25,000 unused immigrant visas for nurses and 15,000 unused immigrant visas for doctors in the ongoing battle against
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) is once again extending flexibility the agency announced on March 30, 2020, to assist applicants and petitioners who are responding to these agency requests : Requests for Evidence; Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14); Notices of Intent to Deny; Notices of Intent to
Our client, a U.S. citizen (Jack) and his Vietnamese wife (Jill) wanted to return to the United States. After the Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative was approved in about two (2) months, the case was forwarded to the National Visa Center (“NVC”). While at the NVC, the adjudicator questioned
Enterline and Partners Consulting Managing Partner David Enterline has obtained approval from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) Investor Program Office (“IPO”) to expedite the review of Hong Kong EB-5 investors I-526 Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor (“I-526 Petition”). An approval of an expedite request is not an
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