US Immigration from Russia

My wife is still breast feeding can she get the covid vaccine waived?

We have a panic, because we got the mother in law approved for green card - and we were uploading documents before interview. We were waiting for police certificate which was not easy during Russian Christmas (people drinking). We have it now. But it says our application not found! It hasn't been 90 days, we got notice early November. We are with NVC and they don't have a phone anymore, we emailed them. Help!

My wife and I have run into an issue regarding the scheduling of the medical exam. I was hoping someone could provide some guidance. Last Friday, 13 January, 2023, we received the letter scheduling the interview for my wife s CR-1 visa for February 2, 2023. The interview will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, and my wife is Russian and lives in Moscow. I ve been trying to schedule the medical exam for my wife, but given such a short notice on the interview, the soonest that either of the two panel physicians can see her is February 3. I went ahead and requested an medical exam appointment for my wife on this date.

In regard to the approval and issuance of the visa, will there be any significant problems with scheduling the medical exam after the visa interview, or should we go ahead and just reschedule the interview?

I was hoping someone could give me some insight into how taxes returns are reviewed during the visa interview and how they affect the approval of the visa. My wife lives in Moscow, Russia, and today, we received the letter stating that her interview for the CR-1 visa had been scheduled for February 2, 2023 at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia.

When I submitted all of the financial documentation to NVC last May, I included tax return transcripts for 2019 and 2020 along with a copy of my Form 1040 for 2021. I filed taxes jointly with my wife, and when I mailed in my Form 1040, I included the W-7 form to get my wife an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), which was necessary to file jointly. We did not have the proper photo identification for the W-7 to be approved, and with no secure way for her to mail her documents from Russia to the U.S. and no opportunity to meet in person, the W-7 and subsequently the Form 1040 were rejected.

I was planning on meeting her in Dubai next month and resubmitting the tax return for last year at a Certified Acceptance Agent (CAA) there, but now, with only 3 weeks until the visa interview, there isn't really any time to do anything. Does anybody recommendations or know how this might affect the visa process?

Thanks, I appreciate any responses.

So, heads up. If you take a Russian beneficiary on a trip, you may run into a case where US trade sanctions kick in.

This specific itinerary involved going on a cruise ship registered in Bahamas, with the cruise company having physical presence in United States. The itinerary did not include any US ports.