US Immigration from Ukraine

The US Consulate wrote in response to my inquiry about missing police certificate saying it could be waived. They did ask Jenny to try to get one at the consulate. We went and it is impossible. The database is off-line. When you consider cyber warfare, it makes sense to take any comprehensive database of Ukrainians off line.

I will update this post as I get more information. Germany has created many provisions for Ukrainians.
Good overview here. You should review every section that applies to your situation.
https://www.germany4ukraine.de/hilfeportal-en

Travel on trains and buses is free to Ukrainians throughout Germany.

Lodging is expensive. Jenny and I ended up at Panorama Hostel, Mainzer Landstr. 341, Gallusviertel, 60326. 950 Euro for a double room for a month. Shared kitchen facilities and a smoking room in the facility. It is in a good area. panoramahostel.eu; PANORAMAFRANKFURT@GMAIL.COM +49 152 25649080 . They are on Wattsapp. Only one staff member speaks good English so email or Wattsapp is best.

Coordination center for Ukrainians is Mainzer Landstr. 293. An easy walk from the hostel.

Both are on the 11,14 streetcar (S-Bahn) lines. Free to Ukrainians and apparently free for 4 stops or less for everyone else. When you exit the front of the Hauptbahbhoff, cross over and take the cars going to the left. A day pass is 2.75 but you do not need it if you are just going to the coordination center. I don't know if it also applies to the U-Bahn (subway)

If your Ukrainian needs housing assistance, they will send them back to the Hauptbahnhoff. (No need to go to the Coordination Center). Go the Refugee Intake indicated in the top left of the map. We started down this process in error (on the recommendation of a helpful Lithuanian). After processing (receiving a laminated document) Jenny was taken to an intake center at Messe Frankfurt where everyone is on cots. Food is provided. It is austere, but a lot better than any of the frontline cities. They told her after three days she would be taken to a similar facility in Giessen and there she would receive assistance with requesting the remaining documents.

Realizing our mistake she left the center - they told her that she could return with her current pass. Now there are a few paths:

If you are going to stay longer than 90 days or you want to work, then you want to get a temporary residence permit. this is the process that you initiate at Mainzer Landstr. 293. A reservation is required but I misplaced the phone number.

In Jenny's case, we hope she will be there less than 90 days. We will simply register her presence in the city at the city hall. Your Ukrainian will do this in the city in which they end up residing.
Stadt Frankfurt am Main | B rgeramt H chst
Dalbergstra e 14, 65929 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone is +49 69 115 ???
reservations are required. I guess government offices get special speed codes.

We also want her to have health insurance (free). She applies for that just to the right of Mainzer Landstr. 293 (295?) we will try to do both tomorrow. Other social services are also available there.

I highlight Rossman on the Hauptbahnhoff map. A sundries and food store. Google maps calls it Ali and says it is open 24 hours. It is not - 6-22 7 days a week. Almost anything you need.

Pepper spray and tasers are apparently permitted for self defense, We will confirm. I think Germany is a very safe country, but situations like this bring out the best in the vast majority of people, but the worst in some people.

A German couple approached Jenny and offered her housing and a job as a domestic. She declined but it was a good experience. I think that as long as they agree to help your Ukrainian register at Mainzer Landstr293 (work permission). Burgeramt (local residence), and for medical care, it would be fine.

Public toilets are paid. 1 or .5 Euro Deposit coins, grab any change, and hustle through the opening gate. You can ignore the receipt that is printed. At Haupbahnhoff, they are downstairs near track 10. there is also a free location to wash hands down there.

Jenny's PrivatBank dollar card worked fine in EC GeldAutomat and at a couple of other retail locations we tried.

I will be here another week or so. Post your Frankfurt questions here and I will try to find out.

Hello,

My 16 year old nephew had a B2 visa interview scheduled for May 4 in Kyiv. The 101% rosy glasses side of me thinks the interview will not be cancelled and he can attend.

Back in the real world, I am trying to help him transfer the interview to Vilnius. I chatted with online support and they said they can transfer his UStraveldocs profile from Ukraine to Lithuania, but he would need to pay the MRV fee again. The fee needs to be payed to SEB bank, Swedbank and one other bank that I cannot recall.

Does anyone know if I can pay the fee via SWIFT or IBAN transfer? Or does the fee need to be paid in person at a bank branch location?

Based on what I've read, it looks like I can file the I-864ez (two copies) in my situation:

I-130 CR1 for my wife (she is the only one on the application)

I-130 CR2 for my step-daughter (she is also the only one on her I-130)

My understanding is that if the daughter was a derivative on the wife's I-130 then I would need to file the I-864. I just have not found anything that specifically says the I-864ez can cover two I-130s.

Thanks.

Has anyone received their NVC case number and Invoice number after March 2nd? My case number (assigned March 21) begins with KEV and the embassy shown is Kyiv. I understand we will be working with Frankfurt, but I'm curious whether other people are getting Frankfurt as their consulate in the portal or Kyiv?

Hi,

I'm also in a relationship with an Ukrainian woman and we are at NOA1 receipt. Due to the war in Ukraine my fiance and her kids moved to Poland to save themselves from the ongoing war. Here are my questions and appreciate your responses for each of them:

1) Will I receive the NOA2 approval by US mail or by email?

2) Will the USCIS send a copy of the NOA2 approval and the entire application package to NVC at the same time?

3) When I Google NVC, I get the address 32 Rochester Ave, Portsmouth, NH 03801 so is this the only location? I applied at the Texas location but it got transferred to the California Service Center.

4) What will happen at the NVC? Will they send the entire application package to the US embassy where we want to go for an interview?

5) Now that my fiance and her kids moved to Poland, can I ask NVC to suggest a US embassy in a different country for the interview or they direct her where she needs to go?

6) As she fled to Poland in a rush she don't have all the documents such as police certificate etc with her. The police personnel in Ukraine is also fighting the war so they are not in a position to give one. Will that still be ok for her to attend the interview?

7) What all documents are needed for sure for her to attend the interview?

8) My fiance called the US embassy in Krakow, Poland and came to know that neither they nor the US embassy in Warsaw are processing K1 visa stamping and are forwarding cased to Frankfurt, Germany. Is this true?

I'm trying to get as much information as possible so that I'll be geared up and ready when the NOA2 arrives and for the next steps after that. I apologize for so many questions and I hope you understand where I'm coming from. Look forward to your responses.