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Finally, we’ve made it!  Thanks for all of your support.

Please see our video “thank you” and final message. We will be shutting down the website in the near future.

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Dear Family, Friends and Supporters-

Just a quick update.  This will hopefully be our second to last post!  Please tune into the final post in a couple of weeks.

We received word that USCIS approved Hoa’s Green Card application on Monday!  We now need to have the judge terminate the deportation order and [...]

Dear Family, Friends and Supporters:

As you know, yesterday was our Green Card Interview with USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services), under the Department of Homeland Security.  After weeks of preparation and excitement, we left the interview without a firm answer.  The officer representing the U.S. government, was unable to make a decision because he [...]

Winter greetings from Minneapolis!

We received notice last Friday (2/5/10) of our Green Card interview,  which will take place on March 18, 2010.  There is still a possibility of deportation, but we are thinking positive.  We have come so far!  If we pass the interview and the Green Card is granted, our case will be resolved [...]

Greetings Family, Friends and Supporters-

Today is a big day for Hoa and me.  It is Hoa’s 30th birthday and our 1st anniversary.  We celebrated our marriage a year ago in Viet Nam surrounded by friends and family.  Little did we know what was to come.  It has been a difficult year but one that has [...]

We write to you from snow-covered and cold Minneapolis. We hope you are warm and encouraged by upcoming visits with family and loved ones during this festive time of year.

We want to pass along a few updates. First, after consultation with our lawyer, we have withdrawn our appeal. Our chances of success [...]

Hoa and Dan wrote FreeHoa.org

As the holiday season is upon us, we are thankful for your continued support that has helped us get through the most difficult days of this past year.  We just spent Thanksgiving with our family in Illinois, and we were grateful to be with our loved ones.  We hope this note [...]

Hoa and Dan continue to enjoy their reunion and are thankful for the beautiful sunny fall days that remain warm enough for them to take long walks around the neighborhood.  They have been spending much time reconnecting with their supporters – wonderful friends and family members who have helped them in various ways during this [...]

Hoa and Dan are thrilled to be together and do not expect that joy to subside anytime soon.  They met with their lawyer on Monday to figure out what is next for them in the legal process.  Although it is wonderful to be reunited, Hoa and Dan are still facing the same legal situation as [...]

See the Minneapolis – St. Paul Newspaper, “Star Tribune”, article in the Local + Metro section by Jenna Ross:

Minneapolis woman freed to await deportation

Return to Vietnam, at least temporarily, is still likely for Hoa Nguyen, who overstayed a student visa, but she won’t go back in handcuffs.

Any political opinions or views portrayed in this article [...]