US Immigration from Russia

Hello,

I am in the middle of administrative processing and it is approaching the 2 month mark. Is there a certain time period where it is okay to contact the embassy, and what would an email like that even look like? I want to avoid aggravating the person on the receiving end, especially if nothing can be done. "Can I ask how my application is going" sounds bad too, as the CEAC website has the status.

Is it advised to just not ask, even if months in the process?

Me and my Fianc e are trying to figure out which country Is the best to apply for shengen visa? We have our k1 visa interview in Poland next year February. Anyone have any good info on countries with good acceptance rate, low time to issue visa?

Thanks!

Received an e-mail from NVC today telling us that Mom's IR-5 eventual interview location has been changed from Moscow to Warsaw.

I was under the impression that all Russian IR-5's were now being assigned to Almaty by default. Apparently that's not the case.

Almaty would be preferable to Warsaw for us, so I guess I'll need to work on seeing if we can get the case transferred.

Hello everyone! My wife's CR1 visa interview is in 5 days. As we were preparing our checklist, I realized that I made a huge(I think mistake) in filing I-864. So my income isn't sufficient enough to support my wife so we added my mom as a joint sponsor. When I was scanning both my mom's and mine I-864's I scanned my mom's page 4(employment page) twice for both hers and MINE I-864. SO basically my I-864 contains identical page as my mom has. I skimmed through what other people say about this issue and usually people just bring the corrected version to the interview. Should my wife tell about this issue right away or should she wait until she will be asked(I'm most certain they will) about my employment. I'm really afraid that if I submit the correct version under additional documents on the NVC website then it will be even worse. Do you think it's a good idea or should we do something completely different? Also, I'll try calling the embassy tomorrow to clarify things.

Hey guys,

I'm going in for a I-751 and N-400 combo next month, and I wanted to have your opinions on my paperwork package. I had a pretty unpleasant interview for the first green card, and after that experience I'm probably more nervous about getting interviewed again than I should be. At the time of my first interview I was in my 3d trimester of pregnancy, and an officer kept asking my husband if he was sure the baby was his. Not a single question about our relationship timeline. I'm sure this interview will be different as our son is 3 yo now but because I don't have an experience of a "normal" relationship-focused interview I'm really nervous.

Here's what I have so far in terms of proof (not including copies of all sorts of IDs). Since my RoC has been pending for almost 2 years my N-400 and I-751 contents for the most part overlap.

- Marriage license

- Birth Certificate of our son

- Divorce Certificate for my previous marriage

Financial:

- Tax return transcripts for 2019-2022 filed jointly

- Joint rent agreements for 4 properties from 2019 to present

- Transaction history over the years for 4 different joint bank accounts, investment and credit included

- 2 joint car loans

- My life insurance stating my husband as a beneficiary

- My husband's life insurance stating me as a beneficiary

Other:

- 2 car registrations with both of our names on it

- Insurance for 2 cars with both of our names on it

- Medical insurance cards for all three of us through my husband's employer

- Apple Family Sharing Plan

- Document that states my husband as a legacy contact to access all my digital data in the event of death with an access key

- Same document that states me as a legacy contact for my husband's digital data

- Amazon Household Plan

- Google-Fi Family Plan

- Netflix Family Account

- Copies of plane tickets from 2 trips we took with our son

- Photos

I don't have utility bills under both of our names because I never thought it was important.

Also, if you could think of any tricky questions they might ask us based on my package, please let me know. When I read topics where someone gets asked about breakfast a day before and what their partner was wearing, I do get nervous because our family life is pretty chaotic and we don't focus on these tiny things. Breakfast is usually on the go while we get ready for work and get our son ready etc. My husband definitely won't remember things like what I was wearing the night before because our brains are in a permanently exhausted state and don't register these things.