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I have been getting a lot of questions about the interview process. Because Belarus citizens must travel to Warsaw for their interview it is not only unfair to them but very confusing to all involved. Instead of have numberous conversations with many, I would like to start a tread just for members that have loved ones in Belarus. It has been 6 months now since my fiancee and I went thru this process but most of it is still fresh in my mind. I wanted to post everything that I remembered about the process and a few tips. I welcome others that have recently gone thru the process to add comments.
After you have received your NOA2 wait 4-5 days and then call the NVC 603-334-0700 to find out if they have received the petition and if your fiancée has an embassy case number yet. Once you have the case number you can ask if it has been sent to the embassy. After a few days call the US Embassy in Poland +48-22625-1042 between 2-4 pm local time.
Once they have the petition in their system they will send the fiancée IV-F04 “packet 3” http://poland.usembassy.gov/poland/processing_fiance.html . Packet 3 is just a check list of everything she should have at this time. She does not have to actually wait for packet 3 to arrive before she completes it and returns it. Once the list has been completed and signed she will return it and DS-230 PART 1 only to the embassy. She can attach scanned copies and send as email.
Once the embassy has received packet 3 checklist they will mail “packet 4”. This is just instructions on how to go about getting her medical and how to set up the interview process. You don’t have to wait on this before you act and may not ever actually receive it. At any time after she has her case number she can set up a medical appointment in Minsk.
Once the medical is complete and all forms, documents, certificates and police reports have been completed and translated your fiancée is ready for the interview. She will also need your I-134 Support paper and supporting documents prior to the interview. If you will not be joining her at the interview it is a good idea to send this information as soon as posssible.
Here is the confusing part about having a Belarusian fiancée. As you probably know they have to travel to Warsaw for their interview. They also have to get a Schengen visa to travel to Poland. My advice is to have the fiancée use a travel agency to get the Schengen visa and order it a about a month before her trip to Warsaw. I also advise to plan on arriving in Warsaw on a Monday. She will have to go to the Main postal office and pay for the interview process there with Polish currency. Make sure she has her embassy case number and a pre-printed receipt from US Travel docs. These have expiration dates on them so make sure it is printed right before she travels. Once it is paid the postal office will give her a receipt number that she will use the following day to call the embassy and set up her interview for Wednesday. When the interview appointment has been made the embassy will send her an invitation via email. I would advise her to call the embassy from a location where she has internet access and make sure that she gets the emailed invitation before hanging up the phone. This invitation letter will have to be printed out. It has a bar code on the bottom and she will not be able to get in the embassy without the complete invitation and bar code.
If all goes well at the interview she will be able to pick up her passport with the visa the following day. It is at a different location all the way on the other side of Warsaw. If she uses a taxi tell her to have the taxi wait while she picks it up. In my case my fiancées passport and visa was not there. I was told it had not been received and the TNT company didn’t know where it was. I called the embassy and a general employee told me that it may be done the following day. This was not an option for us and I went back to the embassy and they had her passport there. They were able to go ahead and print up the visa and return her passport. When your fiancée is approved make sure they send the information that day.
I will add comments about the process as I remember them and if you have any question feel free to PM me. Gary

I agree with this. I would add that even if France is a super easy consulate, it never hurts to take as many proof of ongoing relationship with you for the interview.
Chances are, they won't ask for it at all, but what if they do and you don't have it?
To the OP, don't stress about your petition. If you do have a RFE for one reason or another, you should probably follow T-Bone advice and take this opportunity to send all the additional proofs you want the embassy to have.
If you don't have an RFE (which you probably won't have), then make sure your fiancé walks in the interview with all the proofs you have. Even if they don't ask anything, this is also a very reassuring thing to have!

Your pictures will be fine if both of your names are on them along with a date and location. Digital dates are not requiered.

The Phillipines are treated as a "high fraud" country. This has absolutely no bearing on the approval of the petition which is merely the acknowlegement that the petitioner (USC) meets the requirements to petition a fiancee and a K-1 visa can be applied for.
In filing the I-129f there is NO requirement to show an "ongoing relationship" that will occur at the interview stage, the application for the visa your foreign fiancee makes. You need only show, with the I-129f filing, that you have met your fiancee, in person, one time in the last two years. A brief description of where, when, and how accompanied with some primary evidence (a photo, boarding pass for travel and/or passport stamps) is usually all you need.
The additioanl scrutiny which comes with a high fraud country will occur later at the interview