US Immigration from Russia

I just wanted to share this here because my husband found it. Biden passed a new EO, which to my understanding, makes it illegal for an US person to send money in USD to any person in Russia. Please read here:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/03/11/executive-order-on-prohibiting-certain-imports-exports-and-new-investment-with-respect-to-continued-russian-federation-aggression/

Section 1. (a) The following are prohibited:

(iv) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person, wherever located, of U.S. dollar-denominated banknotes to the Government of the Russian Federation or any person located in the Russian Federation;

I'm not 100% clear on the "banknotes" thing, does that mean we can still wire money/do digital transfers? Does it mean cash only? It's super unclear, if anyone has insight let me know.

Hi guys!

I hope everyone is doing well.

I have "a situation" I applied for i-130 for my father, but during that time he decided to get married, that makes me happy for him, but now I got an issue with his i-130. it was approved couple days ago and I dont know what to do.

He would like to bring his wife to US and live here together happily many years.

But it makes my headeacke even worse. How can I help him, is it any chance to add her into current process, or we have to wait until he physically comes here, got his passport stamped and apply for i-130 for her?

Thank you for help!

We can t goto Russia to meet due to the sanctions, no credit card can be used in Russia.

my fianc is afraid of moving to America especially with school kids since she is worried about hater to Russia people everywhere

I can t send money to Russia anymore due to the sanctions and my fianc family need my financial support

it s hard for Russia to get Schengen visa and where to apply?

where is the best place to meet? My fianc is also worried about questioning by customs officers asking her too many questions in case flee to overseas

Hello,

All the petitions we've submitted in the past were through the mail but now that an online submission is available we were looking to submit our next petition, that being I-130 for my naturalized husband's mother, online. However my husband, being the petitioner, doesn't seem to be able to access his online account. Like the password can't be found and when he selects forgot password, there's so option to reset, it just says contact help desk but when you do that it sends you back to the same place. My question is, does it matter if he uses a different account? I understand he has an USCIS account number and we don't really want a new one created because this account number is asked for in form I-130 and we want everything connected.

Furthermore I would like to know if anyone has anything to say about their experience submitting form I-130 online verses the one way?

Thanks in advance!

Hello, my husband was naturalized a few years ago and now we are starting form 1-130 to bring his mother over to the States from Russia. I just have a few questions regarding this form that I wasn't able to find exact answers to in the instructions so I was hoping to get some opinions. Thanks in advance!

1. Alien Registration Number - Since my husband is now a citizen, was naturalized in 2019, I was assuming we no longer have to enter an A- Number and we should enter "none" for that field. Is that correct or should we throw in the old Alien number he has associated with himself back in the day?

2. Can you leave field blank if they don't pertain to you, or do you absolutely need to enter write N/A? The reason I'm asking is because the instructions mention saying "N/A" but on the actual form sometimes they say "leave blank".

3. When asked to provide information about the beneficiary's (my husband's mother) children, do we need to list my husband again even though he's the petitioner and it should be evident that he is her child? (Page 6, Part 4).

4. The supporting documentation we have per the info from USCIS regarding this petition is my husband's birth cert and his naturalization cert. In your experience, should this be enough, or is more documentation or "proof" needed?

Thanks again for your help!