NeneSpark

Yes, he went back in and they took his passport, put the visa in it, and gave it to him!

They didn't denied and to just come back tomorrow. Do thus and all will be fine.

Hello all,

My husband had his interview today. Everything went fine, but my husband did not know he had the DHL slip in with all the papers so he said he didn't have it. So the interviewer told him to come back the next day at 10 with his passport, i.e. she gave him back his passport.

He called me from outside and I told him, you have the DHL slip! He went back inside and gave it to the interviewer, she thanked him and said "this helps a lot." He said, do you want my passport? She said no, come back tomorrow at 10.

He thinks she approved his visa but we're confused about why she didn't take his passport when he went back in with the dhl slip. At the end of his interview, she told him, I'm going to cancel your tourist visa because you're getting an immigration visa. However, she never said directly (or he didn't understand) congratultions, you visa is approved!

So we're confused! He thought she meant they would affix the visa tomorrow at 10. I have never heard of such a thing! Has anyone had a similar experience?

I thought I would chime in, as this was a problem for us too. My husband did not think he would be able to get a vaccination record. I called, and for him, they said all he needed was MMR and a combined Tetanus/Diphtheria- at least four shots, with the last shot recently- within the last year I think, I don't remember exactly.

His family did eventually get his vaccination record- we're waiting for the original now- and he got a tetanus booster before we went to India earlier this year- so we're good!

They said if he did not have his vaccination record he would have to get all these shots. (Or you can get some kind of reaction test that shows if you were vaccinated/had the disease- though I don't think this is realistic in Russia).

Hope this is useful for someone! I called IOM about 5 times to get all this info straight.

You are fine for the visa (thanks for the update) The problem comes in for the AOS. If she does not have the DS 3025 filled out by the panel physician at the medical clinic she will have to get either the vaccines or titre tests AND have a civil surgeaon sign off on an I-693 before you can file the AOS. The civil surgeons in the US are basically another form of parasite (along with attorneys) that prey on immigrants and will often require her to have another medical exam, yada, yada, all at the expense of hundreds of dllars becuse she is missing a vaccine and the piece of paper.

We made SURE everyone had the needed vaccines (free in Ukraine) the records and got the DS 3025. Ths was all we needed for the AOS. Worst case, you are in for some additional hassel and expense. Otherwise, the vaccines are not needed for the visa.

He went with his uncle, a Russian citizen, and everything went fine, even without the translation of his passport! It will be ready in a month.

Are you going with him? They might treat him better if he has an American with him.

Thanks for info! I wrote up a letter already, just in case. But now he can't find the notarized translation of his passport to bring in with him... so now he has to do that, guess he'll go to MVD tomorrow.

My husband is so not excited about going to MVD- being from the Caucasus, it's like going into the lion's den

From what other people said we thought it was going to take 3-4 months to do everything through DCF, and now it's only 2. After working so hard to get all the documents together for the I-130, we were taking a little breather before doing the police certificate, medical exam etc- but then packet 4 arrived and now we're running to get documents both here and in Azerbaijan. USCIS here was great, hoping for a good experience with consular too.

correction - he didn't actually have to write the letter. that was for voenniy bilet. passport only - they wrote up the form themselves. he says it was pretty simple.

they approved your I-130 on the spot?? that's awesome! if i had waited just 2 more months in russia we could have done DCF... bummer. well anyway, good luck to you and your husband!

Does anyone know what to bring to the MVD to request the police certificate (spravka ob otsutstvie sudimosti)? Specifically through the Main Information Center, because my husband (the beneficiary) is a foreigner in Russia too- he's a citizen of Azerbaijan- and we have to go through this specific office.

Do you write up an official letter requesting the spravka, or just go in and ask for one?

Big surprise- the office that does these does not EVER answer the phone. Since my husband has to get time off from work to go all the way down to their office at Novye Cheremushki we don't want to do it twice- hopefully some one here has done the same thing!

We're doing a DCF as we live in Russia and the whole process has been excellent so far- we went in together and submitted the I-130 and were approved on the spot after an interview with an officer. We received packet 4 in the mail 2 weeks later, with a visa interview 6 weeks after that- so all told the process will take only 2 months which is faster than we ever expected! Working through the paperwork now- police certificates, trying to dig up his vaccination record which doesn't seem to exist....

Hello all!

I have a question in the same area- I'm a US citizen, my husband is a citizen of Azerbaijan, we live in Moscow, and are doing a DCF through the embassy- I-130 already accepted and got packet 4 in the mail today- May 31 interview!

We need to submit for the spravka from the police ASAP.

My question is, should my husband write his address as being his address on his registration? We don't live there. But obviously they can check where he's registered, so we should write this address, correct?

Also, he's been registered at a lot of addresses in Moscow- does he have to list them all? That would be difficult because he didn't keep all his old registrations....

Also what's the address of the Russian language forum?