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  1. Hi! Can you go into more detail regarding this? We were working with someone from the state department who was referred to us by our senator. We have a unique situation. Could you help me with how you contacted them and actually got through?
  2. Great info. And thanks to everyone else who has pitched in, too. I'm reading all of the comments and considering everything. I have residency in Russia. However, we of course would not be applying in Moscow since they've essentially shut down. Would another country recognize this residency? Belarus would taking into account a law between the countries that was just passed, but operations there are also shut down. I also suppose it wouldn't too difficult to get residency in Turkey if it really came down to it. Is the only way of knowing whether we qualify for our case being heard is showing up at the door or via email? Lastly, I want to ask a hypothetical question here. Others have mentioned some extenuating circumstances as a way of speeding up processing. Is that solely dependent on the CO or is there someone else who determines that
  3. This all seems truly insane to me. So, the fastest option for my wife and child to join me in America is 7 months to one year? The only other variant is to wait in a 3rd country. Is that right? I was under the impression that before if I lived in the U.S. that the green card would be expedited to one month. Also, the same if I were to receive a job offer in the U.S. while abroad. Was this never the case? Fortunately, Russia has never given me such problems because then I'd truly have no idea what to do. My wife owns two apartments in Russia with a well-paying job, but her being married to an American and having an American child would basically destroy any chance she has at a visa, right?
  4. Didn't know about this an neither did my wife. Could you tell me how my wife could find this group via whatsapp?
  5. So, update. Daughter has her passport. No idea how to get my wife and myself out. If I am in America and my wife is in Russia, is there a procedure that expedites her green card or visa?
  6. Would be great if we could leave politics out of this completely. Thanks. I am American. I married my now wife who is Russian. We have a child who is 2. The Moscow embassy is closed. There are no flights out to Poland or anywhere in Europe. We can go to Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan. We flew to the country of Georgia. We planned on getting my daughters American passport. After we got her CRBA, they told us that they could do her passport that we had to go to Poland, which didn't sound right, but after nearly two months of waiting, we were just happy to leave after getting the CRBA. My wife and I have been trying to plan to go to the U.S., not live, but visit, for sometime. Some people have told me it's impossible, since I am American and that she'll never receive a travel visa. Others have said that it's possible. I don't know. 1. Am I forced to go to Poland to obtain my daughter's American passport? 2. Do both parents have to be there with our daughter? 3. How can we do that when Poland and the EU will not issue visas to Russians? 4. Is it truly impossible for my wife to get a travel visa? She owns two homes and makes a good a salary and our daughter is enrolled in their version of pre-k. 5. Can we not do my daughters passport via mail? 6. Can we visit another country? If so, how do we know which country we can go to do a passport and attempt a travel visa? Thank you.
  7. Searching via the internet should have been easy enough, but it seems like there are conflicting answers. I am American. My wife is foreign. Our child was born in her home country. We received a CRBA. A Consular Report of Birth (CRBA) is evidence of United States citizenship issued to a child born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent or parents who meet the requirements for transmitting citizenship under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Can we simply fly to the U.S. and use my infant daughter's CRBA to enter?
  8. The embassy in Georgia finalized our CRBA request after a couple of months. Now, we are back in Russia. There is no functional embassy here. How do I apply for my daughters passport and SSN. Can both be done online? or can we visit any embassy?
  9. Tbilisi embassy has been a nightmare. I guess being overly rude is par for the course for consulars, so I won't get into that. They asked for supplemental verification that I've been in the u.s. for 5 years. I supplied an addition 10 years worth nearly two weeks and they have yet to approve it. We scheduled an appointment to do my daughter's passport. We emailed them first, they said yes, it's fine. They also said we can have the crba document mailed to us in batumi. When we got there, the cashier lady said the crba was not ready and therefore we cannot apply for a passport. Additionally, they said we had to go to DHL and prepay to have it shipped to batumi. When we said the email said they can FedEx it and we pay upon receipt, she raised her voice and angerily repeated to go to dhl that "they know what to do". We leave the embassy, get in a taxi, arrive at DHL only for them to confirm that this lady was wrong. They only ship internationally, not within Georgia. Our flight is in less than 24 hours and they have not replied to my last email. They refused to take the address when we were there too, insisting we give it to DHL. In the event they never get the address, how do we ever obtain this document? Are they just going to hold onto it forever? Is this usual behavior from the embassy? Every trip has been a complete mess on their end.
  10. I ended up getting my both my high school and university transcripts. They accepted my diploma as 4 years, but given how they've been sticklers so far, I figured that they'd probably reject my diploma after the fact. I also made photocopies of my passport stamps which should account for another 1, giving me 9 in total. Do you know what we should receive from them?
  11. Immediately prior, no. Prior, yes. My wife is not an American, but I am, so I think that changes it. Vax records. Interesting. I'll look into that now. Hopefully, it's not too difficult to get a digital copy for while abroad.
  12. We went to file the CRBA and passport, but the consular rejected the passport submission and requested more documentation of my status in the U.S. She requested that we email bank statements. I do not live in the U.S., but I called my old bank to ask, and they said that there would be a 451 usd fee to process this, even if it was digital. I tried checking my social security and it seems since I am in a foreign country, I cannot access my account. She accepted my university diploma but said I need to prove another year. Can I just send her my high school transcript or is that too far in the past? (25 years) Is there anything else? I've been in and out of the U.S. for the last 8 years or so. Is there another digital document I can send them that I am overlooking? Apparently, my passport showing me flying into the U.S. was not good enough and neither was my old driver's license.
  13. It's just wild. How do they expect someone to get to Poland during the war with all of these sanctions plus all of the COVID restrictions? It seems intentional. Also, I am assuming if we go through with this route then we should get my daughter's birth reported and passport sorted out or would be daughter (1.5 years old) be able to get a visa despite qualifying for citizenship?
  14. You guys were super helpful with my last question. So, I am American. My wife is Russian. We have a child (1.5 years old). The embassy in Russia is basically closed. We eventually want to get my daughter American citizenship, and as I've understand the first step in that process is filing a CRBA. We also want to get a social security number for my daughter. The lady at the Tbilisi embassy told me that the passport comes first, which seemed odd to me. I just want to be able to do my taxes. Tbilisi is booked until next month and we've already been in Georgia for over a month now and I cannot extend and wait any longer. Is there a way to get my daughters' ssn via the internet or mail as well as do the CRBA through the mail?
  15. Thank you for all of the answers. October 2023 is when we would want to be in the U.S. for my sister's wedding. Can Minsk service Russians? I never considered them as I just always assumed that it would be closed like Moscow. Based on the replies, it seems the spousal visa is the only way, but if it's in Poland, that's just a nonstarter for us, unfortunately.
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