Jim1969

I just booked my fiancee and her dog on an Aerosvit flight from Kiev to NYC. It was only $100 and yes you can bring them on board. They also said that each airline has it's own rules regarding the number of pets on the airplane. For mine - they only allow one dog per plane - good thing I booked her ticket a month in advance There are also size limits and they need to be under a certain size.

The airline made it very clear that they did not have an issue with the size of the carrier. Only as long as it would fit under the seat. However, they did say that as soon as you arrive in the US you will now be under the jurisdiction of various animal cruelty laws. If your carrier is not an approved one then you may be busted.

Since they do not sell FAA approved carriers in Ukraine I had to buy her one here and mail it to her. The postage for the soft carrier was almost as much as the carrier itself.

I just got an answer from the government yesterday regarding this so I will share with everyone her responses.

Dogs, cats, and most other warmblooded animals transported by air are

protected by the Animal Welfare Act. The U.S. Department of

Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),

Animal Care (AC) enforces this law. Their web site is:

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac.

For additional information, see their brochure:

Traveling by Air with your Pet

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/travel.pdf

These IATA cat and dog container guidelines meet or exceed those

required by USDA:

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/LAR_33rd_CR1.pdf

These are USDA standards for primary enclosures used in the

transportation of dogs and cats:

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/publications/AWR/9cfr3.14.txt

Each airline may have its own set of standards as well.

Additional information on international importation of pets can be found

at these 2 USDA sites:

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ac/pettravel.html

http://awic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index...amp;tax_level=2

&tax_subject=181&topic_id=1131&placement_default=0

Here is a great book if your fiancee is from a Russian speaking country. It's over 1,000 pages and it written in English AND Russian and goes over everything anyone would need to know to survive here. From credit cards, to weddings, to getting a college degree

It was written by two Russians that moved here many years ago and how to view America thru their eyes - and not an Americans.

Welcome to America: The Complete Guide for Immigrants. (Hardcover)

by Vitaliy Demin, Olga Demin-Lambert

We almost had the same issue with our police reports at her interview on Tuesday. The report was in her old married name and not her maiden name. They still gave her the stamp and paperwork - but they will not send the packet until she has a new police report sent to the embassy.

Also met before March 6th and checked yes to MB.

No problems at the interview and passed on Halloween day - how spooky

Nobody dressed up at the embassy for the holiday - how boring

Yeah keep the love flowing for everyone else Everyone needs an approval tonight !!

Поздравляю !!

Woo hoo this is a great night for all of us

Congrats - let's keep this feeling going!!

I had to have my daughter check my approval but it was indeed true tonight - finally

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status:

This case has been approved. On July 31, 2006, an approval notice was mailed. If 30 days

have passed and you have not received this notice, you may wish to verify or update your

address. To update your address, please speak to an Immigration Information Officer

during business hours.

If you have questions or concerns about your application or the case status results

listed above, or if you have not received a decision or advice from USCIS within the projected

processing time frame*, please contact the National Customer Service Center.

National Customer Service Center (800) 375-5283.

*The projected processing time frame can be found on the receipt notice that you received

from the USCIS.

*** Please do not respond to this e-mail message.

For the stats I put that I used a "MBA" before the 3/6/06 cutoff and was a NSC transfer.

Now onto the next phase.

Good luck to all - there is not enough vodka or tissue boxes to handle all this stress

I just got off the phone with Senator Levin's office again. The office did confirm that from what they were told.........NO2s are being processed in order the RFEs have been coming back. It sounds like they are so slammed at CSC that they just want to get them completed.

As she points out that is assuming that there are absolutely no problems with your case. Any additional background checks, IMBRA issues, etc.

She also said that she knows for a fact that CSC is processing cases right now. We just cannot see them at our website and these are people that she has been talking to in her district.

Has anyone else seen this while checking your status?

USCIS Director Gonzalez to Participate in "Ask the White House"

On Monday, July 24, USCIS Director Emilio T. Gonzalez will be featured on Ask the White House, an online, live interactive forum. You may submit questions for Director Gonzalez in advance at the White House website.

Here is your chance to flood their forum with questions. I posted one question and I did not see a limit.

So fire away with the questions on the website