US Immigration from Russia

We filled our AOS package (i-130, i-485, I-765, I-131) on October 28 2021, and I still did not receive my biometrical appointment. Is it someone in the same boat here?

And general question, if i-130 have to be approved first and only after biometrical appointment can be scheduled or it is not necessarily liked that?

Also a bit concerned about I-797 Notice of Action, as we are from Texas, I thought our national Benefit Center will be Texas National Service, but i received 797C from Lee's Summit, MO, is it common?

Hello,

My wife immigrated on her CR-1 visa on Nov 13th, 2021.

I know her stamped visa is proof of her permanent resident status (for one year) and allows her to work.
She also already received her Social Security card (I have to compliment SS on that).

We expected the actual Green Card to come within a few weeks but it has been more than a month and still no card.

I understand that with the stamped visa there is no real urgency to get the card (although we already ran into a few instances where not having the actual card caused confusion and problems).

It would just be nice to finally have the card in hand and be done with all this for at least the next one-and-a-half years. How difficult is it for USCIS to just produce the card and send it in a timely manner, they have all the information and there shouldn't be any further 'processing' or 'decision to be made', right?

I am hoping some VJ'ers have recent experience in receiving their GC so we can have some expectations (and my wife can stop watching the mailbox every day )

Thanks,

Wouter

Hello all,

I need a little help trying to get some answers for my wife(applicant), who is the Russian citizen, I am the American US born citizen (petitioner)trying to bring her here to the US. My apologies in advance for the long post but thought maybe better to have one post versus posting 7 different ones trying to collect the needed information.

We have met all the documentation requirements well over a year ago for her IR1 visa/immigration to the USA. Our NOS I-797 priority date is 6/21/2019. We have been legally married in the US for over 3 years now. All the fees have been paid (to this point) and the NVC has acknowledged we have met all the documentation requirements as of November 2020. We're just waiting for over a year now for the interview to be scheduled.

THEN COVID hit and everything came to a halt.

To avoid being called off base too long, we have both been logging in to CEAC at least once a month to 'stay in touch'. I have sent 4 inquiries during the last year using the ASKNVC system. I get only canned responses it seems.

The US embassy in Moscow closed due to COVID, all but one of them in fact it seems have closed in Russia. Recently the US embassy/consulate in Moscow re-opened but they are no longer processing immigration visa's it seems. Those operations have just been moved to Warsaw Poland. Why would they move this operation to another country? Anyway....my wife is hammering me with questions now and I am trying to get answers to via the ASKNVC, but I'm basically getting canned responses after 10-14 days that don't actually answer the specific questions. All I get is a canned response "you have met all the documentation requirements, you will be contacted for an interview in Moscow". I'm hoping maybe another sage VisaJourney member might have some of the answers. So...we've been waiting over a year for the interview that was going to be in Moscow.

We just this week (December 15th) got an email from NVC/CEAC that the interview has been moved to Warsaw Poland and they also gave us a NEW case ID number. This email arrived just days after she finally got through to a human in the Moscow embassy. It seems that after her voice inquiry with a human, the case was sent to Warsaw almost immediately.

The questions are:

1. Does anyone know how long after a case arrives at the Warsaw embassy how long before we might expect to get an interview date?
2. Her original international passport, the one that was used during the application process expired during our wait. She has received her new international passport. Should we submit this copy of her new passport to the CEAC system or hold it till it is requested? We don't want to delay the process by submitting documents that might reset the clock, nor do we want to come up short if it needed to be update in the application. The askNVC response was "you have met all the necessary documentation requirements"
3. She is required to get a police and criminal report, which we did. It is now over 6 months old and I remember reading that the criminal report had to be no older than 90 days old...I think it was 90 days. Should she get a new report now, wait for an interview date to be set and communicated or use the one already obtained?
4. Will the interview in Poland be conducted in English, Russian, or Polish? My wife speaks intermediate level English already but she is VERY concerned she's not quite good enough and will want/need an interpreter. She has questions about the language used in the interview and how to obtain the interpreter. I researched this a bit and it seem that an interpreter is common, the immigration office/embassy does not provide interpreter services, but they do have information how and where to get one for the interview, either in person or via a telephone conference call I assume. So what language is used in the interview?
5. A medical exam is also required. Will she have to have this medical exam in Poland or in Moscow Russia? I would think in Moscow and the results would be sent to the office in Warsaw or given to her to submit as part of the interview.
6. COVID vaccine requirements. She just got Sputnik vaccine, both doses. It was rough, but Sputnik is not (yet) recognized by the World Health Organization. If it never is and there are news reports that it should be WHO approved in January 2021, will she simply get a WHO approved vaccine in the US or have to take a vaccine excursion to another country to get a US approved/WHO approved vaccine before entering the US?
7. Is there any point in trying to reach the Warsaw embassy to ask these questions and get a non-automated reply? It seems that the process would cause us to think that only AskNVC is the way to communicate.

Thanks in advance for any sage, current advice.

Best wishes,

StevenInAtlanta

I am in the US starting from 2010. I applied for political asylum in 2010, had one interview, but the case was denied. They froze the case (PD) and they never got back to it.

Then I got married to an American citizen in 2016, bona fide, we had a real relationship and lived together. We proceeded with the alien relative form I-130, and then filed I-485 while political asylum case was still open. USCIS approved a I-130, but I got denial for I-485. The reason of I-485 denial was that USCIS has no jurisdiction under the case, because political asylum case jurisdiction belongs to the Immigration Judge.

Then we got divorced in 2021, and my husband didn t do anything to help me to figure out how to proceed with my documents and immigration status, which I was really confused with. In April 2021 I got an email about master court hearing scheduled for May 2021, but then it was rescheduled to December 2022.

I know that my case is really complicated. My lawyer suggested to file VAWA, because I have evidences based on real events. I m not really sure how to proceed and what to expect in the court, so I would really appreciate any advice that can help me with my case or suggest any other possible options.

Our daughter just got notice for an interview on her AOS. SHe has had two Russian Spudnik shots but dont think those are acceptable in thhiere US. Neither CVS or walmart will mix thier phizer with Spudnik. What can we do?