Transfer K1 case for Russian Fiance in the midst of a Schengen denial despite being approved before

[Maxwell Stutler 1]

Hello all, I am in a bit of a situation with my fiance and her K1 interview. She is a Russian foreign national who was originally scheduled to have her K1 interview in Warsaw Poland on August 26th. Her Schengen visa was approved from Greece originally to cover the date. However, when she went to her medical exam they forced her to return on August 27th for further inquiry into her medical history ( which in my opinion, was complete <DELETED>but thats another story). We got her interview date in Warsaw switched and then she went back to Moscow to reapply for a new Schengen visa once her old visa expired.

She reapplied on September 1st and on September 6th she was denied this time, despite having the exact same application as before. The only difference is she doesnt work anymore because she quit her job to leave the country. She had more money in her bank account than the first time and i used myself as a supporter of funds as well. We had a cover letter also that explained our situation and why she didnt have a job compared to last time. Also, we of course had all of our flights and hotels mapped out to where we were staying and we stayed more days in Greece than Poland as well. We also, just like the first time had a flight showing us leaving Europe.

We are utterly devastated because now she cant get to Warsaw. Is there any advice you guys could give me in what we should do? My lawyers are now trying to get the case moved to another embassy but I doubt this will work. Has anybody had any success? I have yet again called my senators office to see if there is something that they could do.

Edited Thursday at 12:47 PM by Crazy Cat

[Crazy Cat 45,245]

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[Boiler 47,885]

Seems quite common to interview in other Countries.

 

She applied at the Polish Consulate? Or the Greek? I thought you applied for a Schengen based on your country of destination.

[Maxwell Stutler 1]

Poland no longer gives out Schengens for Russians for obvious reasons. So you have to enter via another Schengen Country. She applied for a Greek one and was accepted the first time.

 

You have to stay more days in the country that issued you the visa. So we stayed 10 days in Greece and then we were gonna go to Poland. In the first application, we told them this and that we planned to spend some days in Poland as well as the reason.  

[Boiler 47,885]

Well we would be guessing why she was refused by Greece but there seem to be 2 possible reasons. Anyway water under the bridge so she needs to interview elsewhere.

[Maxwell Stutler 1]

yes I agree, i reached out to my lawyers and my state representative explaining the situation to try and explain we are not embassy shopping we just literally can not get to the appointment.

[SalishSea 18,522]

8 hours ago, Maxwell Stutler said:

yes I agree, i reached out to my lawyers and my state representative explaining the situation to try and explain we are not embassy shopping we just literally can not get to the appointment.

Neither a lawyer nor a member of congress has any say over embassy decisions.  The onus is on you to contact the embassy and ask if they will take the case.  Then they would request the file from the previous embassy.

[TBoneTX 47,903]

Thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the Russia/Ukraine/Belarus regional forum, where multiple threads on this topic can be found.

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Maxwell, it's indeed up to you -- Jerusalem and Almaty are two possibilities that have worked for others.