I am happy to say that the six relatives of Mariya that applied for there visas all got them to com to are wedding!

Wow, that's great!!!
Congratulations and Best Wishes on your Wedding

awesome

Great news! Are you having a second wedding? Your timeline says you became legal on 29 May.

yeah we got married about 10 days after she got here in the couthouse! We were not sure about her relatives geting their visas and how long it would take if it would be with in 90 days! But now we are doing a big celebration because her family will be here too!

Congratulations! Have a great reunion.

Good for you-!!!

hey thats awesome!!!!

Congratulations!
You are so fortunate that your "k-1njourney" has moved relatively quickly and painlessly!
I wish you both all the best!

Wow! That is really cool!

Can you provide some more details about the status of the relatives? Mom, dad, sister, brothers, cousins, work, school, home owners, businesses, etc.???

All the traditional, "Russians can't get tourist visas" stuff seems to have dissipated in the past year or two. How'd it work out for you guys?

I have to say, I'm sort of shocked too!

My lady's Russian ex husband, his wife and his two kids all got tourist visas to visit his sister who lives in the USA (with a Russian husband). So it looks like it's easy for Russians to come and visit relatives here. And the kicker is the visas are good for 6 months versus the 30 day Russian tourist visas we have to deal with.

i just wrote a invitatation inviting them out for our wedding and that My family and I would support them got both my preants to sign it! Mariyas dad mom and sister had their interview on une 5 all got visas! And Mariyas uncle Aunt and cousin who is only 18 years old all got approved for their visas on june 9th!

Not quite. I have plenty of friends who were denied. But it's easy to see why Mariya's family were approved: they had a specific purpose in visiting the USA and framed their visit as simply attending the wedding and returning to their lives in Russia.

And yes, our Russian tourist visas are thirty days but you don't need an interview. Even long-term work and student visas don't require interviews. The visa I have now can potentially be extended for up to a year. If you have the documents and the cash, you're good to go.

Looks like it's getting easier but they still need to fit the basic requirements; a valid reason to visit and a need to return.

Either way, good news for those of us with families!

thats really great to know!!!!Hope system will get easier for family visitors:)
Have a great wedding guys!