US Immigration from Russia

Just spent some time browsing timelines for folks in Russia, primarily the IR/CR-1's, but k1's as well.

Seems like there are quite a lot from late 2019/2020 which showed noa2 but didn't get updated anymore, guessing because of the lack of interviews after the Moscow embassy closed? But even still, I would have thought those would have gone to NVC/waiting for consulate assignment?

But even out of the noa1s which don't show noa2 (but I would have thought they would by now), not sure how many are folks who didn't continue and just did something else. Or is there really still a big backlog of folks waiting for NOA2? Because it seems like there's been a couple folks from this year who have had success getting processed.

So here is the situation: We are currently in the process of filing for AOS for my wife, who came in on a K-1 visa.

But are planning to travel this summer. From my research, the EAD takes longer to process than the Travel document.

Therefore, I am thinking of filing for the Travel Document, without filing for the EAD.

My only question is: will this raise any red flags?

My wife's son will be going for his family based immigration interview in Warsaw. Can anyone tell me what fees he will need tp pay to get his visa?

Thank you!

From the CDC website:

Categories of noncitizen nonimmigrants that meet the criteria for an exception under the Proclamation and CDC s Order include:

Persons with valid visas [excluding B-1 (business) or B-2 (tourism) visas] who are citizens of a foreign country with limited COVID-19 vaccine availability

So, how is it that Russia has not made the list of limited availability despite having NO approved vaccines? It can't be because they have over 10% of Russians vaccinated, because I don't believe that 10% of Russians traveled to get an approved vaccine.

In my opinion Fauci is cooking the books.

Hey everyone,

I just signed up here on Visajourney yesterday. Place seems like a pretty legit source for info, or atleast the links that source official information, so here I am.

With all of the recent happenings, Warsaw becoming the de facto embassy for the "homeless" Russians, does anybody think that this could be grounds for further lawsuits?

I have yet to even hire an immigration attorney, but at this stage, things are becoming so complex. I'm sure I will need to get one in the near future.

I respect and appreciate the men and women who work these jobs at all these government agencies, and I am not in it to hassle anyone, just, I personally feel this is getting a little bit ridiculous. Some of you have been waiting years and there is still no end in sight. (I am stuck at NVC, NOA2 was the last thing I received, plus a few emails from NVC telling me that covid is causing delays, yada yada, do not take further action at this time.)

It's not something I want to do, but I want to live without my fiancee for another year, even less.