Questions about interview for Russian citizen in Warsaw Poland

[Caboose29 172]

Steve,

 

If it helps, tell your wife the interview is quite short.  My fiancee also mentioned that the CO was friendly.  She and I had spent a considerable amount of time prepping her for the anticipated interview questions.  My fiancee likes being prepared.  Her interview literally was 5 minutes long, very likely less.  He asked only 4 questions:

 

Where/how did we meet?

When was the last time wet met in person?

What does your petitioner do for work/living?

Where will you reside in the US?

 

The interview was seemingly a formality.  I would imagine a spousal interview would be even easier since you are already married.  So don't worry too much about interview prepping.

 

Edited December 21, 2021 by Caboose29

[StevenInAtlanta 41]

@Caboose29 I sent her a screen shot of your comments about the simplicity of the interview. It seems that it is more a formality for some. I think it will help to ease her mind a bit and thank you for sharing.

Edited December 21, 2021 by StevenInAtlanta

[millefleur 5,039]

1 hour ago, StevenInAtlanta said:

@Caboose29 I sent her a screen shot of your comments about the simplicity of the interview. It seems that it is more a formality for some. I think it will help to ease her mind a bit and thank you for sharing.

I agree that the interview is very straightforward. Unless there were some loose ends in your case that need to be clarified or you had major red flags, they will just ask the basic questions and I would expect the interview not to last longer than 15 minutes max. Important thing to remember is, if they ask a question and she just genuinely forgets or doesn't know, just say that. Do not attempt to make up an answer, just be honest and tell them you forgot or don't know. If you make something up or say the wrong info, it can trigger suspicion if it doesn't match what they have on record. It rarely happens but just something to keep in mind, and that goes for any interview during immigration: whether it is at the Embassy, with CBP or USCIS.

[StevenInAtlanta 41]

Thank you @millefleur I sent her a screen shot of your thoughtful comments. Much appreciated.

[StevenInAtlanta 41]

UPDATE: NOTHING, NOT A PEEP...
Trying to bring my Russian citizen wife to the USA. We've been married (in the USA) since July 2017. I-129 finished and accepted over a year ago. We have been documentarily complete since 05-NOV-2020.

 

05-NOV-2020: Our (IR-1/CR-1) documents were qualified (DQ)
15-DEC-2020: Our change from assigned post from Moscow to Warsaw was communicated via email 

 

Now it's 23-JAN 2022 and we are wondering where the invitation email/letter is?
I've seen a few others have reported their invitations came within a week or two.

 

I've been reading several pages and post threads, probably 30-40 pages in total to get my mind wrapped around this process and to help manage my own and my wife's expectations. I just want to be prepared in advance and not have to rush rush rush at the last minute and wind up not being able to go to the interview because we are not COVID, travel visa, medically, translated document, etc ready.

 

QUESTIONS:

1. Could someone explain the difference in obtaining a single Vs multiple entry  Schengen visa. It seems that the fuse on a single is by nature fairly short (and less expensive) and a multi-entry is longer and more expensive. How long does it typically take to get either? It seems that most Russians are going through Greece to reach Warsaw Poland. So is the  Schengen visa obtained through the Greece embassy in Moscow? 

2. Looks like Russians can now get their medical requirements done in Moscow, then sent to the embassy in Warsaw. Is it possible to get the medical portion accomplished and sent before the interview invitation is received? How long does the medical last, surely it has a shelf life/expiration...

3. I am reading some conflicting reports that you have to stay (take a tour) in Greece for a few days, then go to Poland for the interview. Others have indicated they arrived in Greece, then flew next day to Warsaw. Can anyone clarify what the current requirements might actually be please?

4. Sputnik5 vaccine still not recognized in Poland, no current update available on it being approved or even the needed documents submitted for WHO approval. Looks like as long as you have a negative PCR the day or two before your trip you're good to go.  A rapid test may be required at the air port perhaps.  Any current updates on this?

5. I have a growing concern that if Putin decides to cross the Ukrainian border sometime soon as diplomatic peace talks fail, this might impact my wife's ability to enter Poland for her interview or it might delay the issuance of an interview date. Can anyone offer a thoughtful response on how this factor might impact our case. Should we consider moving the case from Warsaw to another embassy? How is that done, best places to move?

Staying patient, just trying to stay informed and be ready as we can be....

Thank you in advance to all that respond.

 

 

 

[StevenInAtlanta 41]

My bad...I mistyped one of the dates...

 

05-NOV-2020: Our (IR-1/CR-1) documents were qualified (DQ)
15-DEC-2021: Our change from assigned post from Moscow to Warsaw was communicated via email 
So it actually took 13 months to get from documents accepted/qualified to being moved to Warsaw from Moscow.

 

Now it's 23-JAN 2022 and we are wondering where the invitation email/letter is?

[Corp668 16]

Steve,

 

My case (K1) was transferred from Moscow to Warsaw right around Thanksgiving.  Just yesterday my fiancee got the documents from the Warsaw embassy by mail.... so that was 2 months.  Be patient, they are going out it seems but not nearly as quickly as usual.

[rikko 71]

do you guys have any concerns with the russia-ukraine tensions and how it might effect visa processing?

[slavaskii 885]

12 hours ago, rikko said:

do you guys have any concerns with the russia-ukraine tensions and how it might effect visa processing?

No, it will not. Apparently, the State Department is still maintaining that they'll eventually be processing visas in Ukraine, so while it's certainly possible for Ukrainians to transfer elsewhere, I doubt that'll come to fruition. Warsaw is already overwhelmed with being the dedicated center for three nationalities. If we learned anything from how the Moscow embassy was handled, any decision to transfer Ukrainians elsewhere will happen much, much later, after the situation is ended definitively in one way or another. 

 

Edit: also, hello my fellow March filer haha

Edited February 20, 2022 by slavaskii

[StevenInAtlanta 41]

On 1/25/2022 at 7:34 PM, Corp668 said:

Steve,

 

My case (K1) was transferred from Moscow to Warsaw right around Thanksgiving.  Just yesterday my fiancee got the documents from the Warsaw embassy by mail.... so that was 2 months.  Be patient, they are going out it seems but not nearly as quickly as usual.

Thanks for the reply @Corp668, it's good to read of someone that has actually moved along and know the amount of time it took their package to move forward. It gives us hope to know something more sometime sooner rather than much later.

[StevenInAtlanta 41]

14 hours ago, rikko said:

do you guys have any concerns with the russia-ukraine tensions and how it might effect visa processing?

Yes, I expressed that above in my last post but we have at least one response that makes sense that the potential impact is at this point just potential.  We are staying positive at this point but watching the news and other people's experience getting their visas through Warsaw.  This stuff from an outsider's point of view is bat sh^t cray cray.  So I am mostly trying to remain calm and just do the work.....

[rikko 71]

Санкции ЕС могут сделать невозможными путешествия россиян в Польшу, заявил президент страны Анджей Дуда

"EU sanctions may make it impossible for Russians to travel to Poland, said President Andrzej Duda"

😬

[millefleur 5,039]

1 hour ago, rikko said:

Санкции ЕС могут сделать невозможными путешествия россиян в Польшу, заявил президент страны Анджей Дуда

"EU sanctions may make it impossible for Russians to travel to Poland, said President Andrzej Duda"

😬

Source please?

[marpolsdofer 7]

On 2/23/2022 at 10:15 AM, millefleur said:

Source please?

My wife just told me that but I looked it up. They just banned Russian airline from operating in the airspace.

So it just makes it bit harder to get there.

[rikko 71]

On 2/25/2022 at 3:11 PM, marpolsdofer said:

My wife just told me that but I looked it up. They just banned Russian airline from operating in the airspace.

So it just makes it bit harder to get there.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60539303

 

Oh no...