Attending the interview with your fiancee

[dkrivosheyev 0]

Did anyone try to attend the interview with your fiancee? I know it says on the Moscow website that no one is allowed to the interview, is it actually true? I know some other embassies allow USC to attend. Did anyone personally check this out for Moscow?

Thank you,

[Turboguy 6]

Did anyone try to attend the interview with your fiancee? I know it says on the Moscow website that no one is allowed to the interview, is it actually true? I know some other embassies allow USC to attend. Did anyone personally check this out for Moscow?

Thank you,

It is definately true. You have to wait outside. There is a decent cafe down the street while you wait. Usually they finish up between 10 and 12 depending on her order.

[Jasman0717 8]

Did anyone try to attend the interview with your fiancee? I know it says on the Moscow website that no one is allowed to the interview, is it actually true? I know some other embassies allow USC to attend. Did anyone personally check this out for Moscow?

Thank you,

It is definately true. You have to wait outside. There is a decent cafe down the street while you wait. Usually they finish up between 10 and 12 depending on her order.

They won't let a USC wait in the embassy???? That isn't right they have to allow the USC in the embassy.

[Satellite 1]

I know some other embassies allow USC to attend. Did anyone personally check this out for Moscow?

I tried, but the guard won't let you in without an invitation / appointment. I even tried asking for one in advance by email, I got a "no" reply from consulMo@state.gov

They won't let a USC wait in the embassy? That isn't right they have to allow the USC in the embassy.

I don't know about the "have to" part, but yes, they do let you into the US Citizens side of the embassy on the other end of it. But it's only open between 9am to 12:00pm and again from 2pm to 4pm. So yes, they won't let you in until 9am, and the Russian citizens are allowed in some time before 8am, can't say how early, because we came 15 minutes late . Honestly it was worth it, she went ahead of the line.

http://moscow.usembassy.gov/consular/acs.p...rd_id=hlocation

[Jasman0717 8]

I know some other embassies allow USC to attend. Did anyone personally check this out for Moscow?

I tried, but the guard won't let you in without an invitation / appointment. I even tried asking for one in advance by email, I got a "no" reply from consulMo@state.gov

They won't let a USC wait in the embassy? That isn't right they have to allow the USC in the embassy.

I don't know about the "have to" part, but yes, they do let you into the US Citizens side of the embassy on the other end of it. But it's only open between 9am to 12:00pm and again from 2pm to 4pm. So yes, they won't let you in until 9am, and the Russian citizens are allowed in some time before 8am, can't say how early, because we came 15 minutes late . Honestly it was worth it, she went ahead of the line.

http://moscow.usembassy.gov/consular/acs.p...rd_id=hlocation

The embassy is considered American soil and they can't deny a USC entrance. My friend had a real pissing contest with the guard at the embassy in Manila and was finally let in.

[rentvent 0]

Dress warmly if you decide to accompany her to the interview. Some days can be cold/windy/rainy and you won't be going inside the embassy.

[Milenka 0]

It says on the website that you can't go inside. I would have liked to go in, but I wasn't going to argue with anyone about it We got there really early and he was one of the first people inside, and we stood there in line together until they let him go in, I slept in the car for a while, then I just walked around, and found a cafe that was somewhere near the zoo... So there are definitely places to wait, if you walk around a little. Our interview was August 23 so the weather was luckily still very warm then.

[Turboguy 6]

I would imagine you can go in the embassy but not the part where the interviews are conducted. I think to go in you probably would have to have some business there. I am sure if you lose your passport you could go in the other part and take care of that while she is having her interview. The oval office is american soil too but I don't think you will get in there either.

[mendeleev 68]

I couldn't get in last week. There is no convenient place to sit nearby. There are decent cafes and coffee shops nearby. The guards are not particularly friendly toward Americans hanging around the visa line -- and it did not feel at all like I was anywhere close to US territory.

Moscow is different from other posts.

[slim 1,514]

The embassy is considered American soil and they can't deny a USC entrance. My friend had a real pissing contest with the guard at the embassy in Manila and was finally let in.

You guys have seen too many movies. Of course, the embassy is where you can go to seek refuge in a foreign country if you're under duress. However, to just "hang out" while they're conducting their official business, paying taxes alone doesn't give you that right.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

No, you can not go to the interview. You can enter the Embassy as you are a citizen, but you can't attend the interview. My belief is it's done to keep things under their control and one on one. Probably a long time ago, they did allow it and some overly anxious man starting coaching his fiancée wih answers and they didn't want that. They want to hear your fiancée's replies without you being able to clue her.

[Satellite 1]

They want to hear your fiancé's replies without you being able to clue her.

Agree, but simply put because Russia is a high fraud country for marriage with foreigners this is a method of weeding out the really bad cases.

[dkrivosheyev 0]

They want to hear your fiancé's replies without you being able to clue her.

Agree, but simply put because Russia is a high fraud country for marriage with foreigners this is a method of weeding out the really bad cases.

Is Russia still a high fraud country? I understand it was five years ago, but now it's a lot different...

[Satellite 1]

Is Russia still a high fraud country? I understand it was five years ago, but now it's a lot different...

What makes you think marriage fraud is no longer a problem from that part of the world? I might be wrong on this, but there seems to be a direct correlation between how many international marriage broker websites a country is associated with and how much fraud there is. Not too many websites with German, Australian, Canadian. French, and British gals dying to find a US man and wanting to the move the US.

If you meant fraud in general, there is still plenty of corruption from scales at the bazaar, racket in foreign cars, and of course the high end at the government level.

[Nancy2015 2]

I might be wrong on this, but there seems to be a direct correlation between how many international marriage broker websites a country is associated with and how much fraud there is.

I for one don't understand the mentality of people who post their profiles on a marriage brokerage site. I mean, come on, if a woman (or a man) explicitly states that she/he wants to marry a foreigner, isn't it obvious that this has nothing (or very little) to do with looking for love? (gee, hope I didn't start anything bad on here...)

I'd say there's a lot less fraud in Russia now than 10 years ago though. I think Sat just doesn't like Russia that much