BastillaShan
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Your mileage may vary on this, BUT I emailed a pdf, had my wife sign and scan it and send it back. I submitted it with no problems whatsoever.
HOWEVER
It does say it must be original so I don't know if we were just lucky or what.
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Looks like the mods axed that thread.
Good on them for doing so.
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I found that really hard to watch "so do you not like my food" , everyone has their own strange little anxieties and people need to be more sensitive to them. that mum generally seems like an idiot anyway though
I was fairly certain after watching the way Azziza behaved around food, that she had a real anxiety or disorder. (It was even obvious the first night she arrived when they were in New York City). Mike even said that he knew about it. So, yeah fairly shitty of the family to be such douchenozzels about it.
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I had a look, howd she get her green card so quick???
I think the show was filmed something like last August, so it's entirely possible- I'm still in AOS document assembly phase, but isn't it like 3-4 months?
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SPOILER:
So it looks like Mike and Azziza did in fact stay together and get married:
Vkontact is like Russian Facebook.
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My wife has only been here for three months, but the changes I've noticed:
>She loves peanut butter after never having heard of it- and actively seeks it out in all of it's forms..
>Despite getting the Russian Television package (RT1) On Comcast, she is addicted to HGTV and our TV pretty much stays there. (she was never a big TV person before).
So- no real changes yet but she's picked up some American addictions. I'm curious to see how this all develops... okay maybe changes isn't the right term in the spirit of the thread, but these are 'Aha' things for me.
Oh, I just remembered. One epiphany she had is that she really doesn't like Russians in America (at least here in Portland) and would prefer to meet Americans to interact with. We went to Mount Hood's Timberline Lodge for brunch and there was a Russian couple nearby- she walked up and said hello in Russian, and asked where they were from (Obviously meaning in Russia). They responded with a snooty look and replied "Portland". She responded, without missing a beat "Of course I should have known from your thick Portland accent." before walking off. But she's really noticed that Russians here at least tend to be very aloof and even cold to other Russians.
Okay maybe I veered too far from the thread context, but I was trying not to.
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The situation is tense there now. My fiancee has her interview in Kiev in about 2 weeks, but told me that, thankfully, the embassy is in a different part of town away from the protests. She was very upset about it when I spoke to her today and doesn't know what will happen - it's not just a small faction that's furious at the government. Police using live rounds on protesters brings it to a new level.
Best wishes for both her safety and her interview. I'd be going crazy with worry. Good luck.
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We watched The Hunger Games: Catching Fire last night. We both enjoyed it and it stayed very close to the book which is rare in Hollywood. Good stuff.
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Actually Viber has a PC/Mac client as well that syncs with your phone. I talk to my wife on Viber from my compter while I'm at work.
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I'd suggest moving from Whatsapp to viber. It works about the same (Except you can make voip calls too) and it has a handy 'email conversation' feature.
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Actually I was insulting those who came onto the CR1 forums to get a reaction. Do try harder.
Do try harder?
I'm not in a fight with you. Not everything on the internet is a battle.
You want to make a point, make it but you don't need to call people idiots.
Anyway, I've said what I wanted to say, I'm going to head on out of this thread, because I sure as hell don't come to these forums to fight.
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We used the App Viber which is available on iPhones/Android/WP8.
It's essentially a lot like Skype but we've had better luck with it. It works like a standard VOIP tool so that if you are both using the app you can talk all day long and are only limited by your data cap (I've never come close). It also has a robust chat client and video beta.
The only caveat is that you both need a smartphone. http://www.viber.com
It's 100% Free.
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In particular the little detail about meeting a man on a dating site
At my interview in Moscow (Where you can actually hear and see everyone else's interviews) there were two people who were approved who met on dating sites.
I don't know that it's any kind of a red flag now that 1 in 5 married couples begin their relationships begin online.
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Check with your local consulate. Moscow only wanted one.
But they were far more interested int he letter from my employer and 3 months of paychecks.
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I was fully prepared to use a lawyer at the outset of this whole process.
Before we started our K-1 I was going to have my Fiancee come visit me here in the USA for a few weeks, the lawyer I had been bouncing my future K1 plans off of, advised me to be blatantly honest when I wrote her letter of invitation... including the fact that we intended to file for our K1 after she returned to Russia. Apparently that was the red flag that brought us down. on her tourist visit. After that I discovered this place and it really dawned on me that because I had a straight-forward case, a thorough mind and a willingness to investigate and check my work- this was completely doable solo. We did it ourselves, had no RFEs and no problems and had our interview scheduled after 5 months. Any questions or concerns I had were quickly put to rest through this great community.
I don't know what the result would be if I had gotten a lawyer as I'd intended originally, but I'm really glad now, that I didn't. (If nothing else we turned his fee into a week together in Spain over the summer).
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95% of visa decisions at US embassies are made before the interview; it seems the consular officer did not believe she had sufficient ties to her home country.
This is 100% Accurate. The same thing happened to my Fiancee before we got our K-1. She was going to come and visit, brought proof of job, a copy of papers showing she owned her condo, her car and a few other random things. The interviewer didn't even want to look at them and still issued a denial based on "Not enough evidence tying you to your home country.".
I suspect that it came from the wording of my invitation, but yes it really does speak to the fact that the decision is made before you ever go to the interview.
It's kind of unfortunate. With time off work, flights to Moscow and the Embassy fees we lost well over $1000 for what I really do believe was a pre-determined outcome. It's unfortunate but that's the way things go.
You could try to contact your congressman, but really they will only give you the same info you already have.
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One final update, the status changed to Issued today. So it looks like the formula is AP-Ready-AP-Issued.
Or something....
Who knows?
Thanks all for the words of advice and encouragement!
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AP - Ready - AP
Yep I looked it up also. Saw the same. Aggggh why can't they make more common sense descriptions???
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According to my fiancee' the status changed to 'Ready' overnight, but was back to AP when I woke up (With a change to today's date). I've almost given up trying to understand what the changes mean
. Of course we already did the interview and were told approved so I don't even know what this means:Your case is open and ready for your interview, fingerprints, and required documents. If you have already had your interview, please check your status after two business days. If no interview was required, please check back in two business days for the status of your application.
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She barely know anything about me or Even bother talking to me long enough to know me better
This is a little bit sad. I'm curious why you would marry someone who you feel doesn't know you- or why you would even be thinking about future plans (to marry another lady from abroad)in the middle of what is likely a very upsetting time.
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Mathlover, unfortunately I'm not sure. This whole Administrative Processing thing is so confusing. It seems like there should be a different classification for temporary processing.
That said, I got an email back from the Embassy this morning. I guess everything is okay!
:)The visa has been approved , and will be printed shortly. We do not recommend to make any final arrangements beore the applicant has her passport with a visa in hand.
Sincerely,
Public Liaison Unit
Consular Section
U. S. Embassy, Moscow
http://moscow.usembassy.gov/
Stories of Scammers....
in Effects of Major Family Changes on Immigration Benefits
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Whenever I see a post on VJ where one party is complaining about another party, I automatically assume the old literary trope that the poster is an unreliable narrarator. We only ever get half the story and I swear that for every story that rings true there's a second story that is from a 55 year old man complaining while shocked that his 22 year old Filipina was just using him for a green card. Or a "My husband SUDDENLY decided to start abusing me... do I have a case against him?"*
My point here is, doing something like showing photos, or having a blacklist is of VJrs is potentially a hotbed of assertions, lies, or stories that are obviously exaggerated.
*That's not to say that allegations of abuse should be taken lightly, but often these stories are circumstantial and often libelous at best and it is not OUR job to pass judgement one way or another.