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They changed their rules. As of October 15 you need to submit DS-160 instead of 3 old forms. If you checked old forms, they had a lot of duplications of questions. Now you only need to fill out one online form. That makes your life easier.

Yes, you're right. DoS can only provide you with basic case status, without being on hold for 30-40 minutes. That was my point. Once you get your case number you can check the rest on line. Once your case is sent to the embassy, give it 5 business days, and if you don't receive any notification from your embassy, send them email. Keep in mind, this is all consulate specific. Some embassies don't send emails and send pocket 3 to the beneficiary. Moscow embassy sends out email to the petitioner with instructions.

Good luck to all of you.

Hi, guys,

I filed in the end of July (July 26-petition date), got approved 62 days later and in 2 days received email that my case was shipped to NVC.

NVC received it and entered in the system pretty quickly (check my timeline for dates) and sent to the consulate in 2 days.

I was calling NVC and listened their on-hold message every day, but someone on this website advised me to call DoS phone number instead (202-485-7600) wait time is much shorter and they give you the same information. I received my case update from them.

Hang in there, guys. Your time will come too. Once your case is scanned by the NVC it will only takes few days before it is shipped to your embassy.

K1 visa beneficiaries don't have to pay this fees

Welcome, Rainina.

This forum was a real mind saver for me. Good luck on your journey

You do NOT need to translate one. They speak Russian at the Embassy too, so they will be able to read it.

Yes I do need to bring translation for the Police report. Please see the bottom of the first page in the instructions for the embassy.:

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/supplements/MOS-SUP-ENGL-0007-1310.pdf

Thank you guys.

My fiancee called the embassy and they said that they do need translation for birth certificates, military records, and police reports. Other documents do not need to be translated if they are in Russian.

But thank you for your reply and your input.

i've translated mine but i don't know if i've done a good job on it (eh, very specific vocab they're using there). I'm attaching it.

Thank you very much. I really appreciate your reply with a sample file.

Hi guys,

I called DoS today and got a good news . My application was receive and entered in the system yesterday, and my case will be forwarded to Moscow embassy shortly (probably by the end of this week, according to the representative). I also received embassy case number, so now I can pay the fees and schedule the medical appointment and the interview.

The service centers seem to be on different time frames when it comes to sending out the cases to NVC. Mine was out of CSC and it took 43 days for it to get over to NVC... Looks like you are TSC so maybe you will have better luck. And calling DOS is much faster than calling NVC, same info but NO holding time! and just an FYI, once my case got to NVC it was gone off to Ghana the next day for us!! So if you do have a wait, likely NVC/DOS will be quick to send it out!

Thanks for the information.

I tried calling them 3 times since last week's note that my application was forwarded to NVC. Every time I called I have to try 5-10 times before it gets connected (not busy) and average waiting time is like 30-40 minutes.

I asked them how the government shut down is effecting processing of our petitions USCIS and visas in the NVC. They said that it's not effecting it at all.

It worked in my case. I was approved in 62 days NOA1-NOA2 .

You are not modifying call records, just filtering it to the relevant numbers/recipients. I don't think USCIS is interested in the whole call history of your Google Voice activity. You need to present them with evidence that you called.

When I submitted my call records I also attached print out of the contact information, displaying all phone numbers for my fiancee (mobile, home, work). It will show reviewer that the numbers you called are actually phone numbers for the beneficiary.

Thank you very much , guys for your input. I'll keep calling them twice a week first 3 weeks, then every day

Hi VJers.

I'm sure many of you have past that stage already.

Does anyone have a sample of the translation of the required police report (from Russian to English)? I just want to see how it should be done (of course all names and dates could be fake) before I start re-inventing the wheel.

Hi VJers

I also filed in the end of July, got approved last week and received my NOA2 notice by mail today (62 days from NOA1-NOA2 ). Also, today I received status update email stating that case was sent to NVC.

My question is how long does it take for NVC to receive and enter the case into their system to issue embassy case number?

Is there any website to track the status or just by phone with representative?

I filed in the end of July and my file never went to VSC. It went directly to TSC.

I've received the same message on Aug. 29.

I've received the same email (Alien Registration Number was changed) today. Hope to see NOA2 soon

That's exactly what we did. In putting this evidence of ongoing relationship, ii have a copy of my current bill as of Dec. 22 to today's date, and this shows all the calls coming from the Google Voice Number. I also took a screenshot of her Google Voice account settings which shows the Google Voice number (the US number), and also her name on the account. This will match the number on my call history in my phone bill.

Do I also need to add her call history? The reason being that I can't export the call history from Google Voice. I can only do screenshots, which will include about 7 pages of screenshots to match the time period as my call history. (total of about 75 calls ).

Please advise if the account settings is sufficient enough to match my call history. Also, if the time frame is also sufficient (12/22/2012-Present.

You can print Google Voice call history. I explained how to do it here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/427582-printing-google-voice-history/#entry6457391

Good luck to you.

I described how I printed out Google Voice calls history here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/427582-printing-google-voice-history/#entry6457391

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South Florida, Fort Lauderdale.

Plenty of russians here, specially in Sunny Isles (between Miami and Fort Lauderdale).

I loaded whole Google call logs. Here is how:

• go to Google account settings here: https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount
• Click on Download Your Data :https://www.google.com/settings/exportdata
• Select Download your Voice Data: https://www.google.com/takeout/#custom:voice
• Click Create Arhive on the bottom of the page.

After file is ready (you can select Email me when file is done) you can open it in Excel and extract data whatever you need.

I searched and copied only phone numbers what I called.