US Immigration from Russia

Hi there!

We do AOS and we got RFE about our income is not enough for sponsor and we should find co-sponsor or submitted additional documents.

But we submitted form 1040/2021 with Total income $31070 for 1 person( household size 2)

Is it some USCIS mistake or what?

We have been DQ for an IR-1 application since June 30th, 2022 with Frankfurt as our Consulate (140 days ago). I can't shake the feeling that something has gone wrong with our case, because I'm seeing other Visa Journey members' timelines noting a later DQ date (even for Frankfurt, specifically) but have already had an interview scheduled (I'm extremely happy for them all of course ). But I can't help but wonder what is going on with our case that it continues to lag behind. Of note, we have received no communication from NVC about any issues with documents or anything, with the last communication being the DQ email.

Is such a long wait time normal for an IR-1 visa interview currently? Checking the "Case Complete to Interview Spreadsheet" on Visa Journey seems to make it out that we are already over double the average wait time for an interview to be scheduled. Is anyone else having a similar experience? Am I going crazy over here waiting? Certainly, but it might help to know whether this amount of waiting for an IR-1 is normal.

Since citizenship has become a factor in 2022 when it comes to travel, it may help to have a dedicated logistics thread for petitioners / beneficiaries attempting to access / leave Russia, Belarus, and other impacted countries in the region for the purpose of eventual travel to the United States.

Essentially, a repository of stories of success and incurred hurdles, a library of events related to visa acceptance at border crossings and airline / train / bus companies, and so on.

After all, petitioners and beneficiaries still have to get to Warsaw or Frankfurt somehow to go forward with their visa progress, unless they have succeeded with a case transfer elsewhere.

We did a K1 and now we are both US Citizens, we sponsored Russian Mom to come here and it's approved (she will interview in Poland). What kind of interview can we expect? Her English is basic at best, she has visited for 6 months at a time.

My wife (beneficiary) has 2 kids and we are planning on having the kids immigrate later because they need to finish school (1-2 more years). My wife's case is already Documentarily Qualified and she is waiting for an interview date. We paid one AOS fee and all the cases are linked. We have not filled out any of the documents for the kids yet but we have paid the fees.

We have been told that the US Embassy won't proceed with scheduling an interview unless the kid's applications are also Documentarily Qualified. We contacted the US Embassy in Tbilisi and they told us to contact NVC and when we contacted NVC, they told us to wait for the US Embassy to schedule an interview.

Our questions are as follows:

1. How can we proceed with my wife's visa interview first without the kids?
2. If we submit all the documents for the kids, are they obligated to enter the US at the same time as my wife?
3. If we submit all the documents for the kids and they are Documentarily Qualified, can the kids choose a different interview date than my wife?

Thanks all,

We searched around Visa Journey and weren't able to find anyone in a similar situation but apologies if this is a duplicate post.