US Immigration from Russia

Daughter-in-law Applied for police report.They said it takes 30 days. It is now one week past the 30 days and no police report. She emailed the State services portal where she ordered the police report and they said it was not their responsibility. They gave her three other numbers to call. She called one they said it wasn t their responsibility the other two numbers don t answer. Has anyone else had difficulty getting their police report from Russia and do you know who she could go to for help to get this police report she needs?

Part 4, Question 62 of the I-130 form asks to select the US Embassy where the immigrant visa will be applied for. My wife is a Russian citizen and as you all know, Moscow has paused all visa services. Can we put another country (for example Georgia) if we don't have any ties to that country?

Does anyone have any experience doing this in the past 18 months?

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The United States announced last week that it would soon open its doors to foreign travelers vaccinated against the coronavirus, loosening restrictions for broad swaths of global visitors for the first time since the pandemic began.

But the new rules, set to take effect in November, appear to also shut out many people who consider themselves to be fully immunized including millions who have received two doses of Russia s Sputnik V vaccine.

Hundreds of thousands of Russians could be directly affected. Despite frosty diplomatic relations and limited demand for international travel, roughly 300,000 Russians visited the United States in 2019, the last year for which figures are available, according to the U.S. Travel Association.

Read more here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-us-travel-rules-close-door-on-those-fully-vaccinated-with-russia-e2-80-99s-sputnik-v/ar-AAORVex

Finally finally my wife got her CR1 visa and will be moving from Russia to me in the US in 3-4 weeks.

She wants to take a reasonable amount of her stuff that would fit into about 10-15 boxes, no furniture, no kitchenware, no large items.

Just mostly clothes and personal items.

It's too much to fit into 2-3 suitcases so it needs to be shipped.

Does anybody have a recommendation for a good and reliable moving or shipping company from Russia to the the US?

Big international moving companies are geared towards large moves with furniture and stuff that would fill a shipping container. (The will move her stuff but at an exorbitant price)

We looked into DHL but they don't ship large boxes from Russia.

All suggestions are welcome!

Has anyone successfully used assets to offset insufficient income at the AOS interview? I'm curious to hear actual experience stories.

When we filed for my wife, 2019 was my most recent tax year and I had plenty of income, but because of the pandemic my 2020 income, and so far in 2021, is less than 1% of 2019. (Self-employed; sole proprietor in one venture and S-corp in the other.) So, when we filed we went all-out and documented all significant assets, mine and hers, plus got an accredited "USCIS-approved" evaluation of my wife's foreign masters degree in finance. (Our packet to USCIS weighed about six pounds.) The total of the overly-conservative appraisals (minus any offsets) is about $810K. The true cash value of one of my assets is about $2.5M but I'd need to pay a licensed petroleum engineer at least $7.5K for such an analysis and appraisal, so I included some unsolicited immediate-cash buy offers that were for over $200K. Our next door neighbor just sold their equivalent home for $625K, but I sent USCIS the real estate tax appraisal which was for about $500K. Between us we have about $25K left in the bank, but that continues to dwindle. In July my wife found part time work, mainly as a way to get out of the house and practice English, but she grosses only about $1600/month. My wife will begin receiving her pension next summer, and she owns two nice apartments in Russia that she'll rent out if she can get back there and finish renovations. (She included translated copies of the deeds and real estate tax appraisal statements in the AOS packet.) My business ventures should begin to return next year; stuff is finally looking "up" for me... BUT... We just received the I-797C for the AOS interview at the end of October... ???...!!!