MrMonk

Had a relative that I have not seen in a long time request a copy of my spouse's GC for their Military/contractor security clearance. I feel uncomfortable handing out copies of the GC. As a USC, I never ran into this, but I would not send out my DL to anyone and there is less info on that than a GC.I do completely trust the relative, but feel this is not a reasonable request. This person has never met my spouse and see no reason that our info needs to be provided. I just also don't want to make family waves.

Not sure what form they are using but a SF-86 asks for info about all foreign nationals that you know, but then asks for the first and last time you met with them. This case would be never on both. So, my thought is they can list name if they want to over report, but I know and am close to other people that are not USC. Should I get copies of all of their GC as well?

Any thoughts, suggestions? I plan to call the inspector generals office on Monday to see what they say. In my job I have to ask for peoples GC (but cant ever imagine asking for other peoples GC that they know) and I do have access to USCIS data, so maybe that is why I am more protective about it???

You being at the interview will help definitely! It's just not a necessity. Personally I would try to make the time of work with your job, but if it is not possible, I would stick it out. Personally I would like to see that the two of you meet in person more than once, but I guess I am not working on your case. Our interviewer seemed very pleased that I made 3 trips totaling 2 months together in Russia (it helps that I am very flexible on time off).

As for finances our interviewer asked nothing of finances. Granted she did not ask much. I supplied my w2, job letter, last 2 ck stubs, bank letters. No one said a word about it. Granted I did not need a co sponsor so that can possibly change things.

I had a great flight back...But as of now I have still not gotten used to my regular time zone (hence why I am awake in the middle of the night). however on a positive note we got our visa in the mail 2 days ago and purchased her flight "home" :-) :-) :-)

Good luck! We provided more than enough docs and I don't think they were all needed, but on the other hand everything went great so I guess I would not change anything and we did it perfectly.

Your age really is not an issue unless it causes then to believe that your relationship is fraud. So if you are really young (let's say under 20) or if you have a huge age gap between you two. But they will not deny your application because you are 23 and not at the interview. Just make sure you know plenty about your SO and that you have lots of proof of your relationship.

I personally see plenty of people in their early to mid 20s getting married. Quite a few people are married by age 27 so if 23 is suspect that does not leave much of a open window there. No problems with age, really.

Lowens8- Honestly, as long as you have done your due diligence you should be fine not being there. You are really not needed or expected to be at the interview. It just shows you are for real.

Btw they really do not care how old you are as long as you prove that you are sincere and can prove your relationship. Dont worry, you will be fine.

If it gets to the point that your job is in jeopardy think carefully about going. It will be easier if you are there... but if you lose your job it will be hell. The interview is something that she can handle on her own if she needs to. I am in Paris right now on my way back to the States, she will be coming in about a month. She still needs her passport/visa. We will not book her flight until we get that. Then we will wait a little while for çheaper (non last minute) flights and for her to spend time with her family. My concern is for her to come alone and navigate customs/Airports alone. Some flights not only had layovers but change in airports. The flights that we found available as one way FROM Russia we very different than round trip from us - both in cost and in availability. Good luck

We had some "issues" with address due to registration and her moving. So we never actually got anything in the mail and I am not sure if anything actually does come in the mail. Her friend (whose address we used) never got any mail for us. That being said, as soon as we got the iv email saying that we can schedule appt- we did. We stetup all of my travel, her medical appt for 2 days earlier, hotel, her travel and our travel to the Caucuses for after. The young lady that interviewed us had already read our file when she came in, asked usa a few questions and that was it. Tonight my fiance checked and her visa is now "ready" and to check back in 2 business days for more updates. We waited in the many lines for 3hrs or so, no usc VIP treatment for us. Personally if I were you I would go with her.

We just did our interview yesterday (I am standing on Moscow city streets as I write this) and I was at the interview and was able to participate. Interviewer was very pleasant and interview literally took 5 minutes. Very simple. If you go it will help, but if not it will still be easy for her (nice if you are able to be there for moral support though).

As a government employee that deals with confidential data, HIPPA, USCIS, DHS, VA on a daily basis I can tell you that data security in the US is not very good, I can only imagine how horrible it is in a foreign country. US govt is hardly above corruption/data leaks. So, YES I am concerned anytime I give out all of my confidential data and I only release it when it is needed. People that are not vigilant or concerned about their confidential data are called fools and victims. There is a reason that data is need to know.

So back to my original situation- as long as other members have redacted parts of their SSN and did not have problems then it should be ok.

By the way there are generally much stricter/efficient security measures in place for electronic data like the 129f than there are for paper docs like the copies of my taxes that I will be bringing in.

Yeah I know they already have a lot...but the more that I give the more nervous I get. I guess I just need to suck it up since it is probably too late if someone wanted to do something bad. Fraud is everywhere.

Thanks for the thoughts.

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We are heading to our interview in Moscow Russia soon and I am bringing along my W2s and income taxes as per the consulate instructions. My question is that I am getting a little nervous that I will be handing all my info to who knows who. Can or should I be redacting all or part of my SSN on my taxes or W2? With all the ID theft out there it is starting to make me a little nervous.

I forgot to mention that my understanding is that in Moscow the medical results are given to us and we hand carry them to the interview ourselves. I did find another thread that leads me to believe that it will be ok to do it close together.

We have to have medical appointment and the interview completed in Moscow. They recommend that the medical appointment is scheduled 10-14 days before the interview. Can you think of any really good reasons to not schedule the medical appointment only 5 days before the interview? Due to the long travel distance to travel to and from Moscow we would like to try to get both completed as close together as possible.

WOW! That is a lot of info. Thanks to all of you. Hopefully this benefits others as well.

I am sure there will still be plenty of boring time for her but this should help us transition smoother.

Thanks for the beneficial replies.

Actually she is not here yet, I just want to get things in order before she gets here. If it were up to her, she would get a job the first week. She has a few college degrees and really wants to put them to good use.

I will have to check the local CC to see what they have for Eng classes. She actually has fantastic Eng skills, but the overachiever in her wants to be perfect.

Sadly we do not have that awesome of a public transport system, so that makes it more challenging for her to get around.

So I am trying to think of this that my fiance can do while I am away at work during her first 3 months in the US while waiting for her to get approved for employment status. Luckily this will only be 9 hours per day...but still that adds up. Being alone all day, in a strange country, away from all family, and no "normal" comfort foods has to be stressful.

Obviously she can explore the city and go sightseeing...but I doubt that will be much fun alone, plus could be scary.

I was thinking she can study some more on her English skills, talk to her family, look at what interests her for jobs, work on Resume and learn US history for Naturalization. While all that is more than enough to keep her busy for 3 months I would have to imagine that being unemployed for 3 months would make me stir crazy and I would need a break from all of that.

So if you have any other ideas that would be positive things to keep her focused and not isolated...would be greatly appreciated.

Hello!

I filed a k1 visa application for my fiance in Russia and was looking at the info needed later on and noticed something odd.

On the Moscow embassy page it states that I need the following verifications and it appears that I need them all. My question is do I really need to get a letter from my employer if I bring all the other stuff? And if so what is the letter supposed to say??? I understand the other items needed but not sure why I need an employer letter if I am bringing in my taxes. Thanks for any help!!!

http://moscow.usembassy.gov/iv-fiancee.html

12- Financial documents from a US citizen petitioner:

Copy of original, signed tax returns for the last year (both W-2 and 1040). If copies of tax returns are unavailable, provide transcripts from the IRS.

Form I-134 (Affidavit of Support)

Bank statements

Employment letter