US Immigration from Russia

Hi everyone.

As we all know, a CDC approved vaccine is required to enter the U.S. for nonimmigrants. My fianc is from Russia where no other vaccines are available besides Sputnik. He is vaccinated with Sputnik but it is not approved in the EU or the U.S. so it wouldn't count towards the CDC requirement.

My question is would a Russian fianc be exempt from such requirement according to this waiver? His medical exam will be in Moscow.

1.5 years and 60000$, I traveled to Moscow to meet her and her daughters, did all things to please them, buy all gifts to her, her daughters and mother, medical equipment to her mother and we finally got the embassy letter, just a little argument and she kicked me out and blocked me, she said love me all the times and pushed to meet me in Moscow in such a difficult time and I brought 10000$, bought 3 new iPhones, used my money to repair her apartment, after all these, she kicked me out and blocked, I always trusted her and think she is different, never imagine this happen, Russian women are so ruthless, lessons learned.

What is the current processing time for NVC to send the case to Warsaw, based on your personal experience?

It has been a month since we received our NOA2 and no news since then. I'm wondering what to do in the meantime and how to plan our trip to Europe. My fianc will also need to get a Schengen visa, which we cannot start applying for until we get an approximate travel date.

In before it's pointed out:

- Yes, it's my first post here

- No, I don't have any internal USCIS, NVC data sources

- I'm just like everyone here, with a petition that's a really long way out from being decided on

That said:

We're all waiting. That's the game. Reasons, causes irrelevant, we're longing for an individual hundreds of miles away to finally say something, hopefully approving our petition.

In other words, we have time on our hands. Lots and lots of time.

We can spend it on routine stuff. We can watch a bunch of YouTube videos.

We can spend it writing thorough and thoughtful letters to our special others - I've seen that on this forum already, what an amazing idea! Apologies, I didn't catch who had said it.

And we can spend it preparing for what's next.

Out of curiosity, I tried checking how many I-129F forms had been filed in the 72 hours prior to mine. Lo and behold, it was almost 500. A'ight, that's a lot, but let's look for the lemonade we can make out of lemons we'd been given. There are hundreds of thousands of people out there in the same boat as us. What issues are they facing?

1. Quite a few petitions are being struck down for sending a wrong amount. So, verify it carefully before sending forth the next form. Amounts have been changing frequently.

2. And some petitions are being declined for using the wrong form. My personal guess - it's the missing barcode on the bottom of each page. I had to print my forms from Adobe Acrobat to get it to come out.

3. A few forms feature name and address changes right after filing. So please be crystal-clear when submitting them.

But that's just the start.

A lot of people are going to be in the same bucket that you (or I) are as we all stumble through the K-1/K-3 process; and these people aren't going to be silent - I appreciate VJ information, but - admin, please don't ban me for this simple fact - there are many, many other sources of data on the Internet. They do not replace Visa Journey database, they complement it.

Facebook has a ton of groups dedicated to the matter, all easily searchable.

Telegram has numerous chats - again, quite easy to look up.

So does WhatsApp, but those aren't searchable and may have to require knowing a member of the chat to join.

I'm sure that I've missed a lot more options - each lawyer site, each social group would have something.

We have time on our hands, so: read, read up, again and again.

There are many brave individuals who are stepping up every day to share their experiences.

About a document they forgot to bring to an interview, which led to a RFE at the embassy rather than a visa.

About learning how their partner did not end up being who they truly thought they were.

About saying the right words during an expedite request that got them to the front of the line.

About their life outcomes upon arriving in the United States, ones they may not have been prepared for.

About the difficulty and means of procuring a visa and travel plans to the embassy that would hear their case (that's specifically for my Russian friends).

VJ is an amazing database of such examples; all I'm saying is that Internet is vast and full of many sources, ones we can read up on and use that knowledge to answer questions posted on Visa Journey forums.

We have the time now as we wait. Please use it wisely. And we... you... I... we will persevere and be prepared for what's next.

Hello!

I have filed for divorce against my spouse in Russia and just want to move on with my life.

I successful wrote the Warsaw embassy and cancelled the case before the interview was ever scheduled and got confirmation. However the I-864 I signed is only valid if he would have gotten his visa is that correct? He s coming after me for money/ alimony and I hope he doesn t try to collect that amount for 10 years in alimony.