US Immigration from Russia

It's been a bit quiet on this topic lately, and recent timelines aren't helpful since there aren't many of them in Warsaw within the last year.

We found out today, that it's nearly impossible to get a Schengen visa in the short time span from NVC informing us of our interview date, and the actual interview date (usually about a month and a half).

We spoke to a visa center today who said the absolute fastest it could take is about a month and three weeks to get the visa in hand to Spain (France is super backed up, the next appointment time at the consulate is early May, Hungary is super strict with their requirements, require the trip to be fully paid, and Italy takes 2-3 months). This also leaves almost no time for the medical exam.

Another thing, my husband has never had a Schengen visa, so maximum he could probably get is a 30 day visa being a first time applier. This gives us a potential window of 30 days to just guess when his interview will be, try to get the visa for that time frame and hope for the best? What other options could there be.

I would be so thankful to hear anyone else's stories and timelines, especially recent ones.

Anyone have any insight or can recommend me Visajourney users who had similar experiences post interview?

I'm wondering if there's any need to include the full tax return (~8 pages) or just the 1040 form, which is only 2 pages. The additional pages still show both of our names, but so does the main filing, the only thing the extra pages are for is EV credit, interest income, HSA statement...

hello! i'm russian, and me and my partner are preparing to send the application for a k-1 visa. i've been researching about the possibility of transferring my case from warsaw, because getting a schengen visa is extremely hard, i don't have the ability to get the necessary savings for it, and my partner had already been supporting me a lot financially and would have to sponsor me for that too, so i was hoping to make it easier on us by asking to transfer the case to a country that doesn't require a visa. however, i've seen very mixed info, for some people it worked out, and for some it didn't and they ended up having to apply for a visa anyway, regretting wasting their time. so my question is, is it worth it to try and ask other consulates to accept our case, at which point in the process we can do that if so, which countries might accept russian k-1 cases, OR should we just accept the visa route and try to save up enough money? let me know what you think!

also, i saw people mention a russian telegram chat, if anyone here can send me the link i would greatly appreciate it!

I've seen a few comments about this here, but no concrete results.
So I wanted to start a thread and discuss our experience - and see if anyone has any feedback/suggestions/similar experience.

My spouse and I live in one of the 14 states listed in the DACA lawsuit (though we are in no way connected to DACA).

The way Healthcare.gov is treating that,it appears we are not eligible for insurance through the exchange period (the subsidy is not a factor for us - we simply want to buy and pay for health insurance).

(We are in AOS from a B2).

We have spent several hours on the phone with two different insurance companies (a BCBS regional member, and a separate more regional insurance company). In both cases they seem to be confused about the lawsuit and visa situation - they want a special enrollment period (which we do qualify for based on marriage) and proof of her visa (which as AOS from a B2... is messy). Any the other 36 states this would not be a problem - the 797 is fine documentation. But in the 14, it seems there is lots of confusion about whether we can even buy a policy at all??

Based on other comments here, I am pretty certain the same situation/problem would apply to a K1 AOS process at least before marriage?

If it comes down to it, I own a small business (solely owned and operated, no other employees) and can likely go about setting up a small business plan for myself (I currently have insurance personally instead of through the business) and adding her as spouse. But I'd rather prefer to avoid that if possible - cost and complication

Any thoughts from anyone in similar situation?