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The US may not extend tourist visas, but I know other countries do. My mother spent 4 years on Canadian visitor status, extending online every 6 months whilst her PR app was processed.
 
Perhaps it's just the usual problem of tone not being portrayed well in the typed word, but your responses are coming across as aggressive and rude to somebody that was simply trying to help. I wish you luck but I think I'm done here. 

No I don't have a separate EAD, I've only ever had my original I-551 passport stamp and then my 2 yr GC. Good to know you got by ok with your extension letter, even if it did take some convincing!

Do you have a valid EAD? It looks like it's one of the accepted documents:
https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/04/21/Acceptable Forms of Identification online 041818.pdf
 
I got my DL in California with an extension letter although it took some convincing and speaking to the supervisor.

Apparently she saw it on the Russian Embassy in DC's Facebook page, but here's the most recent update and links:


 
https://washington.mid.ru/ru/consular-services/consulate/consul_sessions/?fbclid=IwAR3bj9qHE7OLpdXCr2dSAEWrk7ckBdIDZhk8oMJI1SArp1PYQtFh5D3wR0Q
 
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0QKSQmJSkgPmez5JqtTf49WNEZ2Fo94VrP6mFY1uBCfsojZEpNUokhT4LvYNC1Tryl&id=100069066524980&mibextid=Nif5oz

Just wanted to post this here in case it's useful for anyone. You can check the processing time of your Russian international passport here:
https://info.midpass.ru/
 
And in case anyone was still wondering, the 3 locations there are confirmed to be Houston, TX, Washington, DC and NYC.

I think it's fairly simple. What happens is, they ask where you are coming from. If you say "the US" then they'll ask how you were able to go to the US and to show your relevant document. That question will open up if you have citizenship there or not, as you'll have to show whatever document you used to get there. (Green card, US passport, US visa etc)
 
I assume it would be the same for Ukraine, since they also require visas to the US.

It truly baffles me when VERY experienced folks like yourself try to opine on such specific situations and such specific country laws they're not familiar with. 

Once you renounce your citizenship - you need to apply for a visa, like any other foreigner. 

How is the border agent going to know you're a Russian citizen if you show up with a passport from another country? 
 
Also - you're implying not only that everyone on Russian border patrol is aware of laws but that they also follow them.\?
My guy! 😬

On a US passport on the biometrics page it has a line that says "Place of Birth".
The only reason you wouldn't be a citizen of that country would be if you renounced your citizenship.

How did she enter with US passport? By sea assuming the stay was under 48 hours or did she have a Russian visa in her US passport?
 
While the former is somewhere plausible, the latter is not.

Ive a colleague whose Russian born wife successfully entered Russia on her U.S. passport, but was blocked from leaving until she could produce a Russian passport. Which she did after at least several weeks.
 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_citizenship
 
 
Ukrainian law currently does not recognise dual citizenship, while not explicitly banning it. Citizens of Ukraine who hold multiple nationalities are only recognized as Ukrainian on Ukrainian soil, and their other citizenships are ignored. In the past, bills to criminalize the act of holding two citizenships in 2014[180] or to automatically revoke the Ukrainian one upon obtaining another in 2017[181] have been submitted, but none had been made law. As of 2021, the bill being worked on aims to allow multiple citizenships as long as they are reported and such citizens do not work in governments. Dual citizenships are planned to be fully established with the European Union and, in the context of the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas, explicitly forbidden with Russia.[182][183]  
 

Russia recognizes dual citizenship in that they don't care how many other citizenships you have, as long as you report it. You don't have to give up Russian citizenship to acquire another.
 
By contrast, I was under the impression Ukraine prohibited dual citizenship or acquiring another citizenship of any kind, but maybe things changed. 

Clarification: while Russia recognizes Russian citizens holding another citizenship solely as Russian citizens (as many other countries do) - its laws don't forbid one to have dual citizenship. 
 
Ukraine laws strictly forbid having a dual citizenship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_nationality_law#Acquisition_and_loss_of_citizenship
"Citizenship may be involuntarily deprived from individuals who acquire foreign citizenship without renouncing their Ukrainian citizenship"

Clarification: while Russia recognizes Russian citizens holding another citizenship solely as Russian citizens (as many other countries do) - its laws don't forbid one to have dual citizenship. 
 
Ukraine laws strictly forbid having a dual citizenship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_nationality_law#Acquisition_and_loss_of_citizenship
"Citizenship may be involuntarily deprived from individuals who acquire foreign citizenship without renouncing their Ukrainian citizenship"

Clarification: while Russia recognizes Russian citizens holding another citizenship solely as Russian citizens (as many other countries do) - its laws don't forbid one to have dual citizenship. 
 
Ukraine laws strictly forbid having a dual citizenship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_nationality_law#Acquisition_and_loss_of_citizenship
"Citizenship may be involuntarily deprived from individuals who acquire foreign citizenship without renouncing their Ukrainian citizenship"

Russians have 2 passports:
- Internal 
- Traveler's passport
 
Assuming the one expired and the one she needs is traveler's one (internal means nothing in the US), hopefully she brought her internal one with her as she'll need it to apply for traveler's passport renewal via the service provider above (I've used them twice by the way, they're really good). 
 
I don't know if anything has changed now, but few years ago when I applied for renewal via russian passport services, I had to go to the embassy in-person, there was no other option (many years before that the agency did everything for the applicant but they have since shut that down). So depending on where you live, you'll likely looking at $200 + the cost of travel to the nearest embassy. You can certainly skip the $200 and complete the forms and submit paperwork yourself. I used the agency more recently because it was really hard to make an appointment in the embassy, but the agency could get you in whenever you needed.

She has to have 2 passports.
If she only has her expired traveler's passport then she will need to obtain proof of citizenship via the Embassy (not sure about procedure):
"Если заявитель не имеет действующего внутреннего российского паспорта, а срок действия загранпаспорта истек, необходимо предварительно сделать запрос о принадлежности заявителя к российскому гражданству."
" В случае если срок действия загранпаспорта заявителя истёк до подачи заявления на оформление нового загранпаспорта и заявитель не может представить оригинал действующего внутреннего российского паспорта нового образца, то в такой ситуации необходимо пройти проверку принадлежности к российскому гражданству через Посольство России в США."
 
San Francisco consulate is long gone.
Friend had to go to Washington one for passport renewal. Consulate vs embassy situation (one accepts passport renewal application, one doesn't). 
 
Yes, I've used russianpassportservice twice. Last time was in 2018, and they stopped processing all remote appointments by then (before you could grant power of attorney to their agency, and they went in and submitted everything on your behalf, was not an option as of 2018). 

I'm curious if anything changed after Covid, but I sort of understand why they want people to go in person, with the whole biometric passports and whatnot, they need fingerprints.
 
That one closed ages ago sadly along with the Seattle location, during the whole Trump madness when the consulates were shuttered. Now the only ones left are NYC, DC and Houston. 
 
 

Russians have 2 passports:
- Internal 
- Traveler's passport
 
Assuming the one expired and the one she needs is traveler's one (internal means nothing in the US), hopefully she brought her internal one with her as she'll need it to apply for traveler's passport renewal via the service provider above (I've used them twice by the way, they're really good). 
 
I don't know if anything has changed now, but few years ago when I applied for renewal via russian passport services, I had to go to the embassy in-person, there was no other option (many years before that the agency did everything for the applicant but they have since shut that down). So depending on where you live, you'll likely looking at $200 + the cost of travel to the nearest embassy. You can certainly skip the $200 and complete the forms and submit paperwork yourself. I used the agency more recently because it was really hard to make an appointment in the embassy, but the agency could get you in whenever you needed.

Russians have 2 passports:
- Internal 
- Traveler's passport
 
Assuming the one expired and the one she needs is traveler's one (internal means nothing in the US), hopefully she brought her internal one with her as she'll need it to apply for traveler's passport renewal via the service provider above (I've used them twice by the way, they're really good). 
 
I don't know if anything has changed now, but few years ago when I applied for renewal via russian passport services, I had to go to the embassy in-person, there was no other option (many years before that the agency did everything for the applicant but they have since shut that down). So depending on where you live, you'll likely looking at $200 + the cost of travel to the nearest embassy. You can certainly skip the $200 and complete the forms and submit paperwork yourself. I used the agency more recently because it was really hard to make an appointment in the embassy, but the agency could get you in whenever you needed.

Ok, I called the largest Accredited testing center in Nigeria( listed on the embassy website), They closed at 5, and I just got in before they closed. If you have your case number, you can call and talk to them. they have a person that specializes in the DNA testing for the US embassy, and for USCIS. They do it all the time. You do not have to go to the embassy for collection, they laughed pretty hard when I asked them that. You call and make an appointment with them for your kids, they can get you scheduled within a few days easy they said. You will do testing at a location in the US near you ( They are all over). They said it's a 5 min process for each person, and they will take your results, and the kids results, put them all together, and they have to deliver them to the right department/person at the embassy. They maintain the complete "chain of custody" thru out the whole process, and they have to deliver the results to the embassy. Whole process takes about a week usually, so not 5 years. It's not cheap from my understanding, they told me 200,000 N to 300,000 N per test. Sounds like a lot of cash to me, but I didn't convert it. Here is the website with all the contact information. If your in the US you can contact the closest center to you, and they should be able to help. Get started on Monday, and you can have the results at the embassy by the following Monday.
https://www.dnacenternigeria.com/immigration-dna-tests

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From my understanding, police has already been notified. 

Most asylum claim ares fraudulent, this is a very long process, I assume the current stage is showing a credible fear.
 
I think they are booking IJ appointments for the mid 2030's.