David & Yulya

Ah ok, seemed much quicker then that the other times we filed. Thanks!

We sent in our paper work and it was received on the 19th. We haven't heard anything and the check hasn't been cashed yet. I'm sure they took a few days off for the long weekend, but still shouldn't we have heard something by now?

It's good for a year. Yulya got hers in December and had no problem with the Embassy on Tuesday.

Thanks so much everyone!

I think you need to save it as a PDF then print that.

My Yuliya's interview was this morning and she passed with flying colors! So happy and excited! It's 3am here and I have no idea how I'll sleep tonight! Our long wait is finally over!!

Yes, you are correct... They do encourage it now if possible. If we could somehow get an interview appointment that week, it would be great and our only realistic chance to do it together. Otherwise, she would have to return later alone. I am just wondering if there are usually openings so soon after they get you "in the system", since we would be cutting it so close. It seems that most appointments I see are much further out than that. I guess we will try...

We set our interview not that long ago and nearly every day for the next two months were open. Moscow is very easy as far as scheduling goes. We could've had an interview the next day if we wanted. All depends on how fast NVC works, how fast the Embassy gets you into their system, and how fast your payment goes through. And remember too, medical needs to get done before the interview.

Interviews are open almost every week day, except for holidays. But you can't do anything until the Embassy not only has your files, but enters them into their computer system. If you just got approved, September is very doable. All depends how fast the NVC works.

да, конечно.

I've heard and read that evidence is not something they really even look at. My fiancee is taking all our pictures together and that's all.

My fiancee had her medical today and they found something they didn't like in her blood work. They said it's no problem, but she will need a series of 3 vaccinations over the next 3 weeks. Our interview is scheduled for the 25th, they told her it is still ok to go to the interview, just to tell them the medical is not complete yet and when the vaccinations are finished they will forward the results to the Embassy. The doctor told her they do this a few times a month, that it is fairly common. However, she is really nervous about not having everything 100% before the interview. I've told her we could reschedule if it would make her feel better, but we are both really unsure about the best course of action. Does anyone have any advice on this matter?? it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks so much for the answers! Very helpful!

The hospital lost my fiancee's records. So she'll need to get new vaccinations. She was told she only needs two, but one is given in two doses and need to be a month apart from each other. We were hoping to get her interview before then. Is it true the vaccinations are only required for the AOS and not for the visa itself? Therefore, she would be able to get them here in the US?

Yeah every time I used USPS it took about a month. I went with UPS and it was less than a week. It was expensive, but I like that I could track it all around the world and it did arrive in time.

One of the options is to pick it up at the Pony Express office.

In the next few days I'll be sending my fiancee all the supporting documents and everything she needs for her interview. I'll be using DHL because I've had a few bad experiences with the regular post. Anyone have any experience with DHL? How quick are they? It's gotta be faster than the regular post.

Finally got our case number tonight! It's about time!

Well, I just got an email from CSC saying my petition is at the NVC, just not in their system. Which is not what I have been hearing from the NVC. Then they said to call or email NVC in 5 days. Really sounded like they're tired of my emails and calls! haha! So we'll see...I'll call later tonight and see what happens.

5 weeks since my approval. Still nothing today. Beyond disappointed. We thought 2 months after our approval would be a good estimate that we'd be back together. Now we're back to having no idea. It's like the approval never came.

And there really isn't any evidence that a block of cases got sent to the NRC. As far as I can tell, one person here was told that and they were approved in late April. I did a little research and it looks like in 2009 the CSC had a slow down like this too; petitions taking 2 months to get to the NVC. No idea what the hell they're doing over there.

I received that same email last week and haven't heard anything since. Don't bother calling USCIS, they are less then helpful.

I've seen people link to Russian language immigration forums here before, but I can't seem to find the links. My fiancee is interested in checking them out. Can anyone provide a link for me? Thanks!

I got an email back from them after about a week. It didn't say much, just that they don't have it and they'll contact the CSC to see what's going on. That was almost a week ago and still nothing. I can't blame the NVC, every time I call they couldn't be more pleasant. Why CSC wants to sit on 2 months worth of approved petitions is beyond me....

Still nothing. Tomorrow is 5 weeks since the petition approval.

Ok cool. I know the Embassy sees a lot of crazy stuff with the transliteration from Cyrillic. I just wasn't sure if different spellings on documents would mess something up. I'll just email the embassy and let them know. Thanks!

CSC has been having issues. Many of us with May NOA2 receipts have yet to get to the NVC yet. Get ready to wait for a few weeks.