US Immigration from Ukraine

Jenny had her interview on Monday. The officer kept her passport and said the "consul would consider and send my documents to me." This seems a little unusual.

We asked that her visa be sent to a pickup location.

CGI Federal shows that the passport is still with the consulate (Frankfurt for Ukrainian applicant)

There is no change to the CEAC site.

What type of notification should we expect of the consul's decision.

Thanks

We got married and got he marriage certificate. Now we are ready to apply for the SSN for my spouse. Could someone let me know what option I need to select on the SSN form? 2nd or 3rd option from below? I think option 2 but just wanted to make sure if she is allowed to work or not as we have not yet started her Green Card process.

Does anyone have experience of temporarily moving out of the US after getting their green card? My wife has an interview scheduled for the AOS (via K1 visa) soon, and we've debated living in Canada while working remote US jobs. Or maybe even spend most of the year in Canada, with a a few trips to the US. I'm trying to figure out what options are safe vs having the potential to cause issues for returning to the US if decided to live here in the end.

https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-820?language=en_US this says a PR can leave as long as it's not for over a year. I take that to say that if we return the to the US every year (most likely 2-4 visits a year), there shouldn't be a problem.

Does anyone have experience or advice on if my take on this is accurate, or about other info I may be missing?

Thank you.

I scheduled an appointment for my wife and daughter at an embassy approved doctor in Frankfurt a few months ago because of the long wait for appointments. As it turns out, we are getting their exam done in Lithuania for scheduling reasons.

I plan to cancel my Frankfurt appointment on June 27th after the Lithuanian one is complete. This will free up two slots in the doctor's schedule. If anyone is interested in these appointments, I'll work with you to see if we can transfer the name on the appointment, or coordinate the cancellation with your booking. First come - first served on this public thread. I will not cancel prior to June 27th because I don't want to risk the Lithuanian one falling through.

If Lithuania is an option for you, I would suggest that doctor. He is half the price and very helpful. See another post I made 6/9/2022 about my experience with him.

The medical exam in Frankfurt is over 500 Euros and the waiting time is excessive. I contacted a doctor in Vilnius, Lithuania and his medical is 250 Euros and I was able to get a quick appointment. I emailed him on June 2, 2022 and the doctor personally responded with a very detailed set of questions. We exchanged several emails and I ended up with an appointment on June 27, 2022. He suggested my wife and stepdaughter remain in Vilnius until July 1 in the event any results were abnormal or follow-up vaccines were needed. I would be surprised if the Frankfurt doctor would see us under similar circumstances. Additionally, the doctor reviewed the vaccine records and informed us what we were missing, and provided guidelines on getting them in Ukraine, or all at one time during the exam. He said there is a two-week waiting period between vaccines, four in the case of Chickenpox. He also speaks Russian and Ukrainian I suppose because he said no interpreter would be required and no vaccine card translation needed.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/VIL-Vilnius.html#medical_exam_instructions

Private Clinic Medicina Generalis
Gedimino 1A-19, 01103 Vilnius
Tel: (370)(5) 2613534
Email: medgen@liepkiemis.lt
Website: www.clinic.lt

We have not had the exam yet, but I am very impressed by this doctor thus far.