US Embassy in Moscow - Still Closed

[ViktorS 11]

 

 

[Caboose29 173]

I woke up to this response from Rebecca:

 

 

[Chauncey 138]

2 hours ago, ViktorS said:

 

 

I won't believe it until I see it

[Chauncey 138]

2 hours ago, Caboose29 said:

I woke up to this response from Rebecca:

 

 

I'm not sure when they would have doubled it? They only did 8 k1 interviews in February and those probably involved medical emergencies or great lawyers. I don't trust this lady 

[ViktorS 11]

2 minutes ago, Chauncey said:

I won't believe it until I see it

I hope it is not an April 1st joke

[Chauncey 138]

1 minute ago, ViktorS said:

I hope it is not an April 1st joke

It probably is. They are quite cruel

[Caboose29 173]

8 minutes ago, Chauncey said:

I'm not sure when they would have doubled it? They only did 8 k1 interviews in February and those probably involved medical emergencies or great lawyers. I don't trust this lady 

I’ll take a guess here and say it’s because they just suspended visa services starting today in Yekaterinburg, and Vladivostok is still closed. Maybe they’ve consolidated the staff to Moscow??

 

Regardless, 8 is more than 0, but nowhere near where it needs to be....

 

Where can we find that monthly list of visas??

[Chauncey 138]

1 hour ago, Caboose29 said:

I’ll take a guess here and say it’s because they just suspended visa services starting today in Yekaterinburg, and Vladivostok is still closed. Maybe they’ve consolidated the staff to Moscow??

 

Regardless, 8 is more than 0, but nowhere near where it needs to be....

 

Where can we find that monthly list of visas??

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics.html

[millefleur 5,039]

2 hours ago, Caboose29 said:

I’ll take a guess here and say it’s because they just suspended visa services starting today in Yekaterinburg, and Vladivostok is still closed. Maybe they’ve consolidated the staff to Moscow??

Sounds like that's what they're doing. Yekaterinburg nor Vladivostok never processed K-1's or spousal visas so it doesn't affect anyone waiting for those visas.

[KenanH 0]

I'm about six months into NOA1 for the K-1 fiancê visa, in attempt to bring my Russian fiancé in to the U.S. to marry me. Still don't have USCIS approval. I'm now very afraid of landing on a terrible backlog of files at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

 

My father has recently been diagnosed with stage four cancer. My younger brother died a few years ago, and my father wants to be around for our wedding. It's going to be so heartbreaking if these consular operations are what stops that from happening. 

[Caboose29 173]

12 hours ago, KenanH said:

I'm about six months into NOA1 for the K-1 fiancê visa, in attempt to bring my Russian fiancé in to the U.S. to marry me. Still don't have USCIS approval. I'm now very afraid of landing on a terrible backlog of files at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

 

My father has recently been diagnosed with stage four cancer. My younger brother died a few years ago, and my father wants to be around for our wedding. It's going to be so heartbreaking if these consular operations are what stops that from happening. 

Sorry to hear about your predicament. What harm is there in requesting an expedite??  Nothing to lose, and possibly a lot to gain. 

[Strawberrymermaid 346]

12 hours ago, KenanH said:

I'm about six months into NOA1 for the K-1 fiancê visa, in attempt to bring my Russian fiancé in to the U.S. to marry me. Still don't have USCIS approval. I'm now very afraid of landing on a terrible backlog of files at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

 

My father has recently been diagnosed with stage four cancer. My younger brother died a few years ago, and my father wants to be around for our wedding. It's going to be so heartbreaking if these consular operations are what stops that from happening. 

I’m so sorry to hear this. Best wishes for your father and hopes for healing and peace for your family. We were in a similar situation with a very sick family member and I was afraid they would not be able to see our wedding. This was one of the reasons (but not the only) we dropped the k1 and got married instead. It won’t be quicker but our marriage and wedding was more important to have and I was tired of waiting on when I could be told to get married. 

Edited April 4, 2021 by Strawberrymermaid

[Chauncey 138]

There is one k1 filer whose interview was cancelled last march who was called today for an interview. No expedite. We are hoping we'll see more of these in the next week

[trevjburns 24]

1 hour ago, Chauncey said:

There is one k1 filer whose interview was cancelled last march who was called today for an interview. No expedite. We are hoping we'll see more of these in the next week

Great news! Do you happen to know the date they scheduled the interview for? Just trying to get an idea of how far out they are scheduling or if things are actually happening now

[Chauncey 138]

14 minutes ago, trevjburns said:

Great news! Do you happen to know the date they scheduled the interview for? Just trying to get an idea of how far out they are scheduling or if things are actually happening now

For May  not sure the exact date

Edited April 5, 2021 by Chauncey