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I agree with Sasha that you shouldn't worry about them not acknowledging receipt of the approved petition. They may even have it and just don't have it "logged" yet. Either way, I don't believe that there is any point to calling them. I've always had good luck with email correspondence with the Moscow Consulate.

This is true. Using the "DHL trick" I was able to track my petition being sent from NVC to the consulate. The consulate received the DHL package on March 5th, but they still have not "received" it into their system.

Another thing that may or may not be worth knowing is that on the same day NVC send your physical packet, they transmit an electronic copy. I don't know what all is in the electronic copy, but if NVC tells you that the consulate has received your packet, make sure they distinguish between the electronic copy and the physical copy. I fell for that the first time I called. The electronic copy, from your perspective, is worthless. They won't schedule an interview or send out the packet until they have the physical copy received into their system.

Also note that NVC doesn't seem to realize that it takes DHL 3 days to deliver your petition to the consulate. The lady I spoke with this morning said that it was much too early for me to be checking on status, as my petition was certainly still in the mail. I don't bother arguing with them anymore.

According to the DOS, the way the process should work is like this.

> embassy receives approved petition

> embassy sends out packet 3

> beneficiary returns completed forms

> upon receipt of visa application, embassy sets interview date and sends out packet 4

NVC told me the same thing, but I believe they are misinformed. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is only one packet that goes to the beneficiary. Once Moscow physically receives your petition into the system they schedule the interview and send the packet out at the same time. There are no completed forms the beneficiary has to send back. She just has to bring the forms with her to the interview.

Can you tell me or guide me to the thread of the "DHL Trick"?

Thanks!

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Thanks again.

As she lives in Sochi (Krasnodar), where can she go for the Medical exam, and how far ahead can she do this? Do we need to wait for the interview date?

She will have to go to Moscow for her medical as eekee said but she can make an appointment with them only after she knows her interview date. As I know they won't let you do your medical too early. I did mine 4 days before my interview in AO Meditsina. I also know that girls who don't live in Moscow prefer to do their medical one day before the actual interview in MOM because there they are given the result the same day and girls don't have to come back to Moscow twice for medical and interview. In AO Meditsina you get your results the next day.

Sasha

22 Jun 05 - We met in a tiny bar in Williamsburg, Va. (spent all summer together)

27 May 06 - Sasha comes back for a 2nd glorious summer (spent 8 months apart)

01 Jan 07 - Jason travels to Moscow for 2 weeks with Sasha

27 May 07 - Jason again travels to Moscow for 2 weeks of perfection

14 July 07 - I-129F and all related documents sent to VSC

16 July 07 - I-129F delivered to VSC and signed for by P. Novak

20 July 07 - NOA1 issued / receipt number assigned

27 Sep 07 - Jason travels to Moscow to be with Sasha for 2 weeks

28 Nov 07 - NOA2 issued...TOUCHED!...then...APPROVED!!!

01 Dec 07 - NVC receives/assigns case #

04 Dec 07 - NVC sends case to U.S. Embassy Moscow

26 Dec 07 - Jason visits Sasha in Russia for the 4th and final time of 2007 :)

22 Feb 08 - Moscow Interview! (APPROVED!!!)..Yay!

24 Mar 08 - Sasha and Jason reunite in the U.S. :)

31 May 08 - Married

29 Dec 08- Alexander is born

11 Jan 10 - AOS / AP / EAD package sent

19 Jan 10 - AOS NOA1 / AP NOA1 / EAD NOA1

08 Feb 10 - AOS case transferred to CSC

16 Mar 10 - AP received

16 Mar 10 - AOS approved

19 Mar 10 - EAD received

22 Mar 10 - GC received

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Thanks again.

As she lives in Sochi (Krasnodar), where can she go for the Medical exam, and how far ahead can she do this? Do we need to wait for the interview date?

She will have to go to Moscow for her medical as eekee said but she can make an appointment with them only after she knows her interview date. As I know they won't let you do your medical too early. I did mine 4 days before my interview in AO Meditsina. I also know that girls who don't live in Moscow prefer to do their medical one day before the actual interview in MOM because there they are given the result the same day and girls don't have to come back to Moscow twice for medical and interview. In AO Meditsina you get your results the next day.

Sasha

I think someone posted recently that they got their results back from AOM the same day...but maybe it was an exception and not the norm.

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Thanks again.

As she lives in Sochi (Krasnodar), where can she go for the Medical exam, and how far ahead can she do this? Do we need to wait for the interview date?

She will have to go to Moscow for her medical as eekee said but she can make an appointment with them only after she knows her interview date. As I know they won't let you do your medical too early. I did mine 4 days before my interview in AO Meditsina. I also know that girls who don't live in Moscow prefer to do their medical one day before the actual interview in MOM because there they are given the result the same day and girls don't have to come back to Moscow twice for medical and interview. In AO Meditsina you get your results the next day.

Sasha

I think someone posted recently that they got their results back from AOM the same day...but maybe it was an exception and not the norm.

I am banking on exception. Elena is turning the interview into a mini vacation with her sister. She is arriving on Saturday, and she is going to the medical on monday, get results on tuesday, interview wednesday. Then she and her sister will play the rest of the week/weekend before they go home.

--- AOS Timeline ---

07/22/08 --- Mailed AOS packet to Chicago

07/25/08 --- NOA for I-131, I-485, and I-765

08/27/08 --- Biometrics

10/01/08 --- AP received

10/14/08 --- EAD received

11/13/08 --- Notice of transfer to CSC

02/09/09 --- Permanent Resident Card Ordered Notice

02/09/09 --- 2 Yr Permanent Resident Card Received

--- Lifting Conditions ---

11/10/10 --- Mailed I-751 packet to VSC

11/12/10 --- NOA1

12/22/10 --- Biometrics

03/15/11 --- RFE

05/10/11 --- Approved

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Thanks again.

As she lives in Sochi (Krasnodar), where can she go for the Medical exam, and how far ahead can she do this? Do we need to wait for the interview date?

She will have to go to Moscow for her medical as eekee said but she can make an appointment with them only after she knows her interview date. As I know they won't let you do your medical too early. I did mine 4 days before my interview in AO Meditsina. I also know that girls who don't live in Moscow prefer to do their medical one day before the actual interview in MOM because there they are given the result the same day and girls don't have to come back to Moscow twice for medical and interview. In AO Meditsina you get your results the next day.

Sasha

I think someone posted recently that they got their results back from AOM the same day...but maybe it was an exception and not the norm.

Some people do get it the same day but it's really an exeption. I know some girls who asked to get them the same day but they were not allowed to. So if you want to get the results the same day i would go to MOM, just to be on a safe side. Besides, i couldn't even finish my medical in AOM in one day, I had to go there twice.

Sasha

22 Jun 05 - We met in a tiny bar in Williamsburg, Va. (spent all summer together)

27 May 06 - Sasha comes back for a 2nd glorious summer (spent 8 months apart)

01 Jan 07 - Jason travels to Moscow for 2 weeks with Sasha

27 May 07 - Jason again travels to Moscow for 2 weeks of perfection

14 July 07 - I-129F and all related documents sent to VSC

16 July 07 - I-129F delivered to VSC and signed for by P. Novak

20 July 07 - NOA1 issued / receipt number assigned

27 Sep 07 - Jason travels to Moscow to be with Sasha for 2 weeks

28 Nov 07 - NOA2 issued...TOUCHED!...then...APPROVED!!!

01 Dec 07 - NVC receives/assigns case #

04 Dec 07 - NVC sends case to U.S. Embassy Moscow

26 Dec 07 - Jason visits Sasha in Russia for the 4th and final time of 2007 :)

22 Feb 08 - Moscow Interview! (APPROVED!!!)..Yay!

24 Mar 08 - Sasha and Jason reunite in the U.S. :)

31 May 08 - Married

29 Dec 08- Alexander is born

11 Jan 10 - AOS / AP / EAD package sent

19 Jan 10 - AOS NOA1 / AP NOA1 / EAD NOA1

08 Feb 10 - AOS case transferred to CSC

16 Mar 10 - AP received

16 Mar 10 - AOS approved

19 Mar 10 - EAD received

22 Mar 10 - GC received

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Thanks again.

As she lives in Sochi (Krasnodar), where can she go for the Medical exam, and how far ahead can she do this? Do we need to wait for the interview date?

She will have to go to Moscow for her medical as eekee said but she can make an appointment with them only after she knows her interview date. As I know they won't let you do your medical too early. I did mine 4 days before my interview in AO Meditsina. I also know that girls who don't live in Moscow prefer to do their medical one day before the actual interview in MOM because there they are given the result the same day and girls don't have to come back to Moscow twice for medical and interview. In AO Meditsina you get your results the next day.

Sasha

I think someone posted recently that they got their results back from AOM the same day...but maybe it was an exception and not the norm.

Some people do get it the same day but it's really an exeption. I know some girls who asked to get them the same day but they were not allowed to. So if you want to get the results the same day i would go to MOM, just to be on a safe side. Besides, i couldn't even finish my medical in AOM in one day, I had to go there twice.

Sasha

Thanks yet again, Sasha.

Contact details for MOM, please? I have it already for AOM.

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Thanks again.

As she lives in Sochi (Krasnodar), where can she go for the Medical exam, and how far ahead can she do this? Do we need to wait for the interview date?

She will have to go to Moscow for her medical as eekee said but she can make an appointment with them only after she knows her interview date. As I know they won't let you do your medical too early. I did mine 4 days before my interview in AO Meditsina. I also know that girls who don't live in Moscow prefer to do their medical one day before the actual interview in MOM because there they are given the result the same day and girls don't have to come back to Moscow twice for medical and interview. In AO Meditsina you get your results the next day.

Sasha

I think someone posted recently that they got their results back from AOM the same day...but maybe it was an exception and not the norm.

Some people do get it the same day but it's really an exeption. I know some girls who asked to get them the same day but they were not allowed to. So if you want to get the results the same day i would go to MOM, just to be on a safe side. Besides, i couldn't even finish my medical in AOM in one day, I had to go there twice.

Sasha

Thanks yet again, Sasha.

Contact details for MOM, please? I have it already for AOM.

You can GO HERE to get the contact details for all the clinics. I would not recommend sending her to MOM. They have a pretty bad reputation for the treatment of the ladies. They may have their attitudes adjusted and the problem may be fixed now, but why take the chance?

--- AOS Timeline ---

07/22/08 --- Mailed AOS packet to Chicago

07/25/08 --- NOA for I-131, I-485, and I-765

08/27/08 --- Biometrics

10/01/08 --- AP received

10/14/08 --- EAD received

11/13/08 --- Notice of transfer to CSC

02/09/09 --- Permanent Resident Card Ordered Notice

02/09/09 --- 2 Yr Permanent Resident Card Received

--- Lifting Conditions ---

11/10/10 --- Mailed I-751 packet to VSC

11/12/10 --- NOA1

12/22/10 --- Biometrics

03/15/11 --- RFE

05/10/11 --- Approved

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Thanks again.

As she lives in Sochi (Krasnodar), where can she go for the Medical exam, and how far ahead can she do this? Do we need to wait for the interview date?

She will have to go to Moscow for her medical as eekee said but she can make an appointment with them only after she knows her interview date. As I know they won't let you do your medical too early. I did mine 4 days before my interview in AO Meditsina. I also know that girls who don't live in Moscow prefer to do their medical one day before the actual interview in MOM because there they are given the result the same day and girls don't have to come back to Moscow twice for medical and interview. In AO Meditsina you get your results the next day.

Sasha

I think someone posted recently that they got their results back from AOM the same day...but maybe it was an exception and not the norm.

Some people do get it the same day but it's really an exeption. I know some girls who asked to get them the same day but they were not allowed to. So if you want to get the results the same day i would go to MOM, just to be on a safe side. Besides, i couldn't even finish my medical in AOM in one day, I had to go there twice.

Sasha

Thanks yet again, Sasha.

Contact details for MOM, please? I have it already for AOM.

You can GO HERE to get the contact details for all the clinics. I would not recommend sending her to MOM. They have a pretty bad reputation for the treatment of the ladies. They may have their attitudes adjusted and the problem may be fixed now, but why take the chance?

I agree with Robert. I wouldn't go to MOM either though people say they changed all their stuff there and there haven't been any problems like that lately. Also I know that in MOM you will have to go to different buildings for every test. In AOM everything is in one building. AOM is just nice in every way.

Sasha

22 Jun 05 - We met in a tiny bar in Williamsburg, Va. (spent all summer together)

27 May 06 - Sasha comes back for a 2nd glorious summer (spent 8 months apart)

01 Jan 07 - Jason travels to Moscow for 2 weeks with Sasha

27 May 07 - Jason again travels to Moscow for 2 weeks of perfection

14 July 07 - I-129F and all related documents sent to VSC

16 July 07 - I-129F delivered to VSC and signed for by P. Novak

20 July 07 - NOA1 issued / receipt number assigned

27 Sep 07 - Jason travels to Moscow to be with Sasha for 2 weeks

28 Nov 07 - NOA2 issued...TOUCHED!...then...APPROVED!!!

01 Dec 07 - NVC receives/assigns case #

04 Dec 07 - NVC sends case to U.S. Embassy Moscow

26 Dec 07 - Jason visits Sasha in Russia for the 4th and final time of 2007 :)

22 Feb 08 - Moscow Interview! (APPROVED!!!)..Yay!

24 Mar 08 - Sasha and Jason reunite in the U.S. :)

31 May 08 - Married

29 Dec 08- Alexander is born

11 Jan 10 - AOS / AP / EAD package sent

19 Jan 10 - AOS NOA1 / AP NOA1 / EAD NOA1

08 Feb 10 - AOS case transferred to CSC

16 Mar 10 - AP received

16 Mar 10 - AOS approved

19 Mar 10 - EAD received

22 Mar 10 - GC received

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Is it true there's a harpist playing at AOM?

I remember a while back someone saying they were enjoying the mellow melodies of a harp while completing their medical check. Talk about an upscale place!

Русский форум член.

Ensure your beneficiary makes and brings with them to the States a copy of the DS-3025 (vaccination form)

If the government is going to force me to exercise my "right" to health care, then they better start requiring people to exercise their Right to Bear Arms. - "Where's my public option rifle?"

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Is it true there's a harpist playing at AOM?

I remember a while back someone saying they were enjoying the mellow melodies of a harp while completing their medical check. Talk about an upscale place!

Haven't seen any. I doubt it's true.

Sasha

22 Jun 05 - We met in a tiny bar in Williamsburg, Va. (spent all summer together)

27 May 06 - Sasha comes back for a 2nd glorious summer (spent 8 months apart)

01 Jan 07 - Jason travels to Moscow for 2 weeks with Sasha

27 May 07 - Jason again travels to Moscow for 2 weeks of perfection

14 July 07 - I-129F and all related documents sent to VSC

16 July 07 - I-129F delivered to VSC and signed for by P. Novak

20 July 07 - NOA1 issued / receipt number assigned

27 Sep 07 - Jason travels to Moscow to be with Sasha for 2 weeks

28 Nov 07 - NOA2 issued...TOUCHED!...then...APPROVED!!!

01 Dec 07 - NVC receives/assigns case #

04 Dec 07 - NVC sends case to U.S. Embassy Moscow

26 Dec 07 - Jason visits Sasha in Russia for the 4th and final time of 2007 :)

22 Feb 08 - Moscow Interview! (APPROVED!!!)..Yay!

24 Mar 08 - Sasha and Jason reunite in the U.S. :)

31 May 08 - Married

29 Dec 08- Alexander is born

11 Jan 10 - AOS / AP / EAD package sent

19 Jan 10 - AOS NOA1 / AP NOA1 / EAD NOA1

08 Feb 10 - AOS case transferred to CSC

16 Mar 10 - AP received

16 Mar 10 - AOS approved

19 Mar 10 - EAD received

22 Mar 10 - GC received

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