It's Nghia's Social Security card
with her new number. And her new number is Hello, everyone. My name is Angelo and I'm
a Passport Brother who brought his fiancee from Vietnam
to the United States to get married. And we plan to live here in the States
for a few years as we prepare for the next leg
of our journey, which is to move back to Southeast Asia
for my early retirement and to spend some time
in other wondrous countries. Today, I am here to talk to you
about the great things that have been
going on in 2024 for me
and my wife. As we celebrate...I
think it's been six months of marriage and we are a few months
into the change of status process with the USCIS I filed a few months ago, late last year, and things have been progressing so I wanted to take time to put together
this short video to just share some of the great things
that are going on. One is obviously, this was her first time celebrating the American version
of the New Year celebration on December 31st. So that was cool t
hing. We we kept it pretty low key. My kids were here. We had a couple of bottles of sparkling
grape juice and we really just waited for
the countdown to come and call it a night. But as in most of Southeast Asia, the Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year
is the big celebration. And it has been for Nghia and,
since she was born I work in a predominantly Vietnamese
community. And so the Lunar New Year or Tet Celebration or Chinese New Year,
whatever you want to call it, has been a big part of m
y work
for the last ten years. And the piece where I work a big cultural
center, multicultural center, celebrates the Chinese New Year
in a big way is they hold. The big celebration in the area. People come from miles around
just to attend that celebration. So me
being the in charge of my department, I'm usually standing,
standing guard over the VIP area. And this was my chance to give Nghia some access to the VIP area where there is a band
and some food and drink. And, you know, it's all outs
ide
the politicians speak. The mayor speaks, this is very different from celebrating in Vietnam,
where it is really kind of low key, you go to spend time with your family
as opposed to go and attend this big outdoor event with Lion Dances
and all kinds of other stuff. So I convinced her to come with me
to work that day. And she dressed in her traditional, yeah, I happened to be the same ally she wore during the Christmas party
for her old job back in Vietnam in December of 2022. And, you know, s
he got a lot of rave
rave reviews for that at that time because she was actually the
the hostess for the event. She did all the announcement interviews,
all the people talk and all that kind of stuff. So It was cool. She get she got to wear her Ao Dai. She got to meet some of my coworkers,
some of the people that I work with on a regular basis, the tenants
and the shopkeepers in the area. I even introduced her to my millionaire, or billionaire boss, who was nice to meet
her, and was pleased to m
eet her. And it was it was a really good time. So 2024. It started off
pretty decently with the New year and then we had like a festival
that led up to the celebration of Tet
or the Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year on leave.
That was February 10th and then with Fine. So we're really happy about that. And then now
we're waiting on status of our I-485 petition,
which is for the change of status, and then also for a word on whether or not they would accept the application
for work authorization. So
we're waiting. And finally we got a notice pretty much like this that talked about hope that told us that we had an interview
scheduled at the end of this month. This is February, at the end of this month
for excuse me, for the change of status application. So we're sort of
getting hyped up about that and getting ready
to deal with that situation and prepare all of the things
that we need to prepare for the interview. And that's all I'll say. And then there's some scuttlebutt
going on that says
sometimes they don't actually hold the interview, they waive it based on your application package. So obviously
that's in the back of my mind. We're hoping that that becomes the case. But regardless,
we are prepared for this interview. So that's a good thing. But what's next
is we get another letter like this is the I-797 Notice of Action form
that says that, whoa, we have already been approved for work
authorization. That's it. So with that approval, we get a, she is mailed a card, which is th
e approval
or employment approval card. And then when I read the letter, I went to find out if I need to take some steps to go and obtain
a Social Security number, Social Security card for her,
because it really wasn't clear to me. But when I read the rest of the letter,
it said that after she received well,
we got this notice, and then about two weeks later
we should receive her ID card. And then a week after that
we will receive her Social Security card. So with that whole look at that, we're,
you know, we're golden. This thing is rolling along. We've got a lot of motivation,
a lot of momentum, and things are moving. Next thing you know, Saturday morning,
my daughter goes to get the mail. She comes back
and she has a piece of mail. And I open it up and holy smoke. It's Nghia's
Social Security card with her new number. And her new number is PSYCH! I’m not going to give it to you. So she's got her new Social Security card
and a new number that facilitates getting a bank account, her
getting a job and a whole bunch of things
that you can't do as an American citizen or an American resident
without a Social Security number. So now she has a
so we are like on top of the mall because things are moving and we we've already set the stage. We really set things into motion and now
it's just it's like the snowball effect. One thing after the other is happening
and happening and happening it happening and we're just kind of reaping
the benefits of our hard work because I did assemble
and put together and fill out
all of our documents. We didn't use a lawyer, We didn't use
any of these services out there or anything like that. And, you know,
a lot of people told us that we should. But I don't I don't think it's necessary
if you understand what's been asked of you,
if you don't understand something for sure, you should get a consultation
from a professional. But nowadays it's really kind of hard
to determine who is and who isn't a professional. And so we've had a lot of luck,
we've had some hardships
and we've overcome obstacles. But we are in the final stages
and now we're sitting back wondering if at some point before the end of this month
where our interview was scheduled, if we are going to get a call
or a letter from the USCIS waiving the interview
and telling us that we don't need to attend, that they've automatically going
to process the temporary or conditional green card,
which I think is valid for two years. And then all, you know, everything is now
rock so
lid and ready to go. So, yeah, I'm excited. I'm really excited about how things
are going and how things are progressing. I did. To top it all off,
I think I mentioned in a previous video that I met someone at work
with an African American gentleman retiree or maybe similar retiree,
and he came looking for information on what it took to obtain a visa to go to Vietnam and happy
to tell that to one of my coworkers. And my coworkers knew
that I had been to Vietnam five times. So obviously I knew t
his information. So he and I sort of talk,
and his name is Jon and Jon had actually met a mature
woman over there in Vietnam, and they were talking
and he was going to fly out to meet her and see if they had chemistry
and they would kick it off. So I was really excited. This is a brother
that's basically going through the same thing I was going through her. Then fate just dropped him in my lap
so that I can help him and facilitate his process. Well, now it turns out that he spent about two, mayb
e three months in Vietnam in the latter part of 2023, and he just returned
to the United States. He sent me an email. He sent me pictures of his lovely
fiancee, Hull, and she actually was born in the same province as my wife. And he plans on going back in a few weeks and then they're going to
get married So I'm I'm excited about that. And, you know, there are more brothers
like me out there, like him out there who are looking for traditional women to have traditional relationships,
traditional
marriages. We were not fighting
with masculine women, and we just want to have
a good, peaceful time with a woman
and we want to provide for them, you know, take care of them,
and we want to do things together. And, you know, the world is changing. And I'm excited about the direction
it is going for men, finally. So I will keep you guys informed of every step of the process. If we if I find out that
we don't need to have that interview, I will make another video
and tell you all about that. And
then the next stage of, you know, is whatever is going to be we I don't know at this point
because everything's moving so fast. But in the meantime,
please always check out my website my blog at www.AngeloJBell.com. There I talk about Passport Brothers
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that will be helpful to you, as well as telling you the story
of how things go with Nghia and myself. Don't forget to check out the pictures at the end
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