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GuestPoster350

Hi expat's members. I would like to travel to NYC within 2 weeks in this June or July. I'm currently having a good job with an unlimited labor contract. Living with my family in Dist 7. I know it is very hard to get a visa to US even with a guarantee. It's less chance in my case (22y, single, empty passport). I even asked some agencies to do it but they refused. so i'm only on my own. i'm researching on the US Consulate's site @_@. i would like to apply as a tourist (i accept to get fail once or twice, as long as i keep my honesty with the same traveling reason). I would really appreciate if anyone who has experiences in this matter could help or advise.

Thanks for reading.
Have a Nice day !

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GuestPoster350

Here you go: check out with this experts  :idontagree:http://www.globalvisas.com/https://www.migrationexpert.com/

GuestPoster350

Do you/your family have assets?

You could offer a bond (don't come back and the goods are seized).

Or look at signing up with a tour group and become 'lost in the crowd'.

Wild_1

Hello nexus,

The thing that the people at the US Consulate concern about the most is giving out visas to people who don't return to Vietnam, following their visit.  It has happenned many times in the past.  Therefore, they look at people's age, family background, job status and finance, a lot closer than they used to.

Yes, you are way too young and too insecured to be allowed entry into the US.  Generally, they would only permit married, middle-aged and older, management type and above, finacially-secured, Vietnamese to visit the US; and, in many of these cases, they also ask for legitimate professional reasons, like an invitation from an American company in the same industry.  Of course, there are exceptions, however, they are even harder to obtain.

The application process is not cheap.  Therefore, my advice to you is; the US is not going to go anywhere, anytime soon.  You have plenty of times and opportunities to visit.  Take advantage of this free time and pack your credentials.  Make the visit worth it.  Don't just go there and spend your time in your friends' homes or in some back woods.  There are tons of things to learn and lots of places to see there.

Best wishes,
Howie

Anatta

Unless you can prove that you have significant ties with Vietnam, thus losing a lot if you stay illegally, you can just forget applying for US visa wasting your money and time.

Significant ties:
1. properties like own house, a lot of money in the bank for some time (not sure the US embassy staff is interested  nor have capacity to follow up in the bond thing mentioned above).
2. Family ties: you have been married and your husband stays behind. Even better if you have kids and they stay behind. Even you are married to a US national, they can still make you jump through hoops with your visa.

forget about it, girl.

Wild_1

Nexus,

I forgot to tell you this:  Don't take that typical Vietnamese approach, come back times and times again.  That is not how Americans work.  Americans prefer that others do everything right the first time.   

If you submit a borderlined visa application now and get denied, the next time you come in, regardless of how strong your credentials may be and how long down the line it is, they will scrutinize all of your paperworks twice as hard. 

It is not worth it, rolling the dice...

Howie

GuestPoster350

Thank you for your all advises.

To Jaitch : yes, my family has 3 more houses which are being leasing and i own a piece of land under my name. i would like to explore by myself everywhere i go. extremely hate tours and guides.

To Wild : I don't have any relative in US. I know all those difficulties that you guys mentioned above. Well, its just that i haven't flown or been oversea yet and i'm kinda picky in places to go. Just like to visit NYC and Copenhagen till now. Maybe Egypt next. Of course i'd like to make my trips worth them. Anyways, i'll give a shot.

Anatta

Ha ha.
Never been overseas yet choose NYC to be the first city to visit!! Seen the movie Crocodile Dundee yet?
Does "expensive, crowded, dirty city with rude, impatient New Yorkers and crazy taxi drivers" sound picky enough?

GuestPoster350

Anatta wrote:

Ha ha.
Never been overseas yet choose NYC to be the first city to visit!! Seen the movie Crocodile Dundee yet?
Does "expensive, crowded, dirty city with rude, impatient New Yorkers and crazy taxi drivers" sound picky enough?


well you could say whatever. NYC is not my favorite, i just go to explore. that's it. and i go by my savings not asking money from anyone. so it's worth

perry88

Anatta wrote:

Ha ha.
Never been overseas yet choose NYC to be the first city to visit!! Seen the movie Crocodile Dundee yet?
Does "expensive, crowded, dirty city with rude, impatient New Yorkers and crazy taxi drivers" sound picky enough?


Is that how you see the world, from a movie screen?  Is that how you base your opinions of people you have never met?

Anatta

Perry
Been in NYC many times both business and pleasure. First time more than 20 years ago. Lived, studied and worked in the States in more cities than the average Americans. Read on average at least 5 US newspapers on a daily basis. Guessed that qualify me somewhat.

perry88

Anatta wrote:

Perry
Been in NYC many times both business and pleasure. First time more than 20 years ago. Lived, studied and worked in the States in more cities than the average Americans. Read on average at least 5 US newspapers on a daily basis. Guessed that qualify me somewhat.


Yet your first thought to familiarize someone about NYC is "Crocodile Dundee," a fictional story about an Australian?  You could have mentioned "Panic in Needle Park."  Or maybe "King Kong," the original version.

Anatta

Sure, I could have mentioned also Breakfast at Tiffany's, You’ve got mail, West Side Story musical or Frank Sinatra: New York, New York song, but I just thought the movie’s stereotypes of New Yorkers are quite hilarious and quite typical seen thru the eyes of outsiders, though very exaggerated.

As in all countries, you can never capture the essence unless you live there for some time. As tourists, what hit you is the city's most prominent traits. For New York, those are some of the traits tourists notice, just like the crossing the streets in SGN is what people talk about after visiting this city, fair or not.

Wild_1

Alright gang,

I used to drag race on the street of southern California and create havoc along the Highway of Death, in Kuwait and Iraq.  But, when I drove a couple of friends from LA to NYC the first time, traffic and those taxi drivers there rattled me pretty good.  I had to ask one of my friends to take the wheel.  Then, after we had paid our exhorbitant parking prices, those guys with the trench coats and fake watches hanging from them...  They were excellent at getting under my skin...  I can't really imagine what Nexus would do if she were given the opportunity?

But hey, people are entitled to do what paint their wagons red...  I guess.

Howie

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