US Immigration from Ukraine

who has nvc time ??

I filed an I-130 for my wife and her daughter in late-April 2021. They were independent applications and were filed and paid the same day. My wife s was assigned to NSC and my step-daughter s to PSC. Given the approval estimates I m seeing, there will be a big difference in the approval dates.

Our marriage occurred prior to the daughter s 18th birthday. She is currently 18. Our consulate will be Kyiv Ukraine if that matters to you.

1. Is it normal for two related I-130s to be assigned to different service centers?

2. Is the 21 year old limit for the daughter related to the I-130 file date or it s approval date?

Thanks,

David

how long did you wait for the approval of the NVC documents?

Back in 2013 I filed a K1 visa for my Ukrainian fianc e. It was approved, but I found out she was unfaithful to me and she returned home within a month of arrival to the US.

Ended up becoming close to her best friend over the last 8 years (Met over 4 times in the past 2 years). I submitted my I129F recently and I am recently divorced (within the last month). Anything I should be prepared for down the road or red flags? We have tons of supporting evidence for proof of relationship. Thank you!

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Things our girls say when they first get here?

Well, I married a city girl with a country girl's heart, which is good because we're building a small house (not a tiny house) on a dirt road, in rural Maine. What does she do? What any self respecting Ukrainian gal would do, go mushroom hunting of course. "Hachu les. hachu les." We're surrounded by woods, knock yourself out babe. We now have several lbs of dehydrated shrooms (reduced to several ounces) in the pantry and now she wants an old cheap blender to make some shroom powder for soups.

I took her kayaking (sit on top) at one of my favorite local lakes. Now its "kagda go baidarka apyat?" Next time we're taking the sleek sea yaks out.

Almost every time we get in the Ram to go to town I hear "Kak horosho" in a very contented voice.

And yesterday when we returned to the apartment (10 mins away from the cabin site) on a rather humid day I hear "switch on the conditioner". SCORE!

She has 2 jackets and 2 or 3 sweaters in the Ram so I can crank the AC.

I'm actually a little nervous about when she finally opens that 6 CD set of Pimsler - Eng for Ru speakers sitting next to her laptop. She's still binge watching shroom hunting and thrift shop videos, so I'm safe for now.

Her SSN and Green Card have both arrived. Now if I can get her to understand she needs to have these things WITH her when we go out (and her fishing license). I want to go to DMV and get her State ID card and open a bank account for her.

Life is good

So to sum things up. My gal's transition is going quite smoothly.