US Immigration from Russia

Good morning

I have been reading the forums and searching, but do not see any comment on this.
We submitted a I130 online for AOS from a B2 (the situation changed - no intention to immigrate on time of arrival for visit on B2). As it is online, we can immediately access a PDF of the receipt notice.

I have previously dealt with the USCIS for some work based visas for coworkers, so I am roughly familiar with the process. It has been a few years though, but the receipt notice is nearly identical to what I remember on 797 notices in the past.
The only difference I see (besides minor changes in formatting) is that it does not actually say 797 on the top of the page?

I have seen a lot of posts on here where people are missing their 797, but could not find anything discussing whether the online receipt notice is considered equivalent (even without the 797 header)

For example, the attached image is from the PDF receipt notice (personal information removed). There is no 797 or USCIS header above this information like there is on the old paper 797s I've worked with in past

Any ideas? Thank you

I don't feel so good, visajourney. Add in the fact that I filed in February 2021 and I feel even worse.

I'm not sure if links are allowed but this AP spreadsheet is quite useful, I will link it in a comment below - it is a "O1/EB-1/EB-2/L1/B1/J1/F1/H1B visa Administrative Processing statistics list" google sheets spreadsheet, and it is specifically of Russians. While I understand most of you won't be Russian, it may give you an insight as to how things are coming along.

Here is the link: O1/EB-1/EB-2/L1/B1/J1/F1/H1B visa Administrative Processing statistics list

For the NVC stage, which pages of the Russian military ID are needed for the military civil documents? Or is the whole 28 page ID required?

I'm assuming we also need to have it translated into English.

My husband didn't serve in the military, but he still has a military ID, which states he didn't serve, and all the other information. I thought maybe because of this, we wouldn't need to include it in the civil documents, but I'm curious to hear what others did or recommend.

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this! This is my first post and my fianc and I are trying to make sure we have everything in order before going through the entire visa process. I would especially like advice from others who have been in the situation of applying with a Russian beneficiary. We are planning to submit the form next month if we have all of the right documentation.
I'd like to clarify a few things...

1. I'm aware the embassy in Poland has been processing Russian K1 interviews. Does anyone know of anything that has changed in that regard?

2. When I send in the I-129F form, I'll need his official translated divorce certificate and signed letter of intent. Will he need to send these to me by mail or is it enough to scan and email these documents for the form? When it comes time for him to take documents to his interview, will I need to send them by mail or will I be able to send him digital copies? The same question with my US citizenship verification. Can this be a photo of my passport?

3. Are records of financial information not needed until the interview? And at that time, I need to file the affidavit of support alongside my joint sponsor?

4. One of my biggest anxieties is that I need to use a joint sponsor because I do not and will not meet the income requirement. My joint sponsor can exceed the 125% requirement. Can they still deny me for my own financial shortcoming if I have a legit joint sponsor?

5. The medical exam can be done in Moscow?

6. My fianc 's biggest concern is going to Poland for the interview. I realise that something could change as the political situation changes, but this is what I gather: He will apply for a Schengen visa to some place like Italy after he receives a date for his interview. When he is approved for the visa, or at some point, he will also buy tickets to Poland. ?

7. And lastly, if I submit the first form next month, how long until he will be able to arrive in the US? We want to meet again before he will come here. Maybe I'll stay in Russia for a couple months if I'm brave enough. But, we don't know how to time it out. I don't want to be needed in the US for something important related to the visa and be unable to do anything because I am in Russia or some other country. (Or him be in another country to meet me when he needs to be in Russia for something visa related.)

If anyone has any tips, we'd really appreciate it.

Hello, I am confused and frustrated,

She was just notified that her N400 application was denied because "at the time of filing Form N-400, August 18, 2024, you have been living in marital union with your U.S. citizen spouse for 2 years 9 months and 5 days".

We have been married since 02-02-2020. We applied for a CR1 visa shortly after and like so many my wife stayed in her home country while I waited in the US.

When the CR1 was finally approved and issued she entered the US on 11-13-2021 which was also the date on her temporary 2y green card. We filed for removal of conditions before 11-13-2023 and this was approved and she received her permanent 10y green card without problems.

On 08-13-2024 we filed her N400 application for US citizenship, which is 88 days ahead of the 3 year mark of my wife being here with me, under the assumption the 90 day early filing rule would allow this.

She just had her interview on 12-11-2024 and was denied as I mentioned above. Not because her residence in the US at time of filing was less than 3 years but because she hasn't been living in "marital union" with me for 3 years at time of filing! Don't those two things go together for every CR1 situation? How can you be allowed to file 90 days early but then get denied because you didn't live together with your spouse for the full 3 years at time of filing?

It does say that you can request a hearing to overcome the grounds of this denial, but we would probably need a lawyer to help us with that and I have my doubts this would be successful. Should we just file the N400 again now that it definitely has been more than 3 years?