Ducker

OK thanks, checking the CEAC website now daily.  

@Alabamak1 when you say, "send everything" do you mean copies of all the stuff that I submitted for the I-129F?  Just trying to decide what to send with her to the interview.  I'd love to be there for that part, but not sure if that's going to be possible or not just yet.

We saw these performers in the Ivana Kupala festival in the village of Merefa, they were fantastic!  There were also Romany in the crowd and it was fun to watch them dance.

Things are moving along.  Called the NVC and got the case number last week.  My fiancée picked up a corrected police report today (they misspelled her name but corrected it with no bribes, lol).  We filled out the DS-160 yesterday and paid the application fee today.

Question, if you please, how do I know when the approved paperwork gets sent and/or received by the Kiev embassy?  

Secondly, which documents do I need to Fedex over to my fiancée for her to bring with her to the Interview (tax returns, etc.)?

thanks everyone for such a helpful site.

BTW I’m on a layover JFK alone in the airport tonight after a fun visit to Ukraine last week—we saw Romany/gypsies sing and dance in the village, among other adventures.

Just got our NOA2 today, hurrah!  On the Ukrainian side, we'll go ahead and get the police certificate.

Over here in USA, can I occupy with myself with something in the meantime?  

I'm understanding that in a week or two, I should call the NVC to ask for my case number, and then I can get started on the DS-160.  

As an FYI to others, even with the form you fill out in order to request it, I don't think people are getting email and text notices on their status updates.  However, if you log into your USCIS account, you can configure those notifications and they'll happen.  Thank goodness I figured this out over the weekend, got my NOA2 texted while Facetiming at lunch, and it was a joyous moment for us!

Check out ievaphone.com.  Also, perhaps you could buy a cheap Ukrainian Android cell phone service and then use Wifi Calling within the USA to call her.

Hi there guys.  Where do we apply for the Police Certificate for my fiancee?  She lives in Kharkov and obviously the embassy is in Kiev.  Does she simply go to a police station and ask for this doc?

4 hours ago, Alabamak1 said:

The Visa was issued according to CEAC website. We have to wait for her to receive it next week by TMM courier

That's excellent news as well.  The neccessary arrangements that I'm foreseeing are taking the time off from work to attend my fiancee's interview, but then staying in Ukraine with her in order to come back with her and the visa, which would probably mean taking 2 weeks off from work.  Is this what you're doing?

On 4/17/2018 at 10:33 PM, Alabamak1 said:

Hi @Ducker We got approved yesterday. The interview was easy as apple pie. I highly suggest to go with your fiance to the interview. IMO the process is very smooth, but you being there makes it much more easy. The CO was friendly and i didnt have to answer anything, but I did and since the paerwork was in order...we didnt spend but 6 minutes in the interview. 

 

Read my consulate review and good luck. 

Congratulations, and thanks for the info!  I'll be following to see when you receive the visa.

Best of luck with the interview tomorrow Alabamak1.  Let me know how it goes.  According to your timeline, it looks like the 6 week period between NOA2 and Interview is a reasonable expectation. That will be a sight for sore eyes after months of waiting for progress.   

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As a side note, I've read that the State Department had an online application process that they rolled out for green cards and potentially other visas, but it messed up thousands of applications.  They'll be trying again in 2020.

Hi there, I see this is an old thread and Russian-centric.  I'd like to follow up for any recent changes, and most especially for Ukraine.  My NOA1 was December 4th, 2017, hoping for the NOA2 in early June or sooner.

So let me see if I've got this straight for Ukraine.  Most importantly I want to try to be proactive in monitoring the steps:

1. ~2 weeks for file to get to NVC from USCIS

2. After two weeks I can call to get the case number from the NVC to track the case online.

3. I, the petitioner, may or may not get a letter with this case number, and it's critical towards further tracking of the visa.

2. NVC will process and send file to Kiev - looking like around 15 days currently.

3. Interview is scheduled with Beneficiary (by phone?) once Consulate receives file from NVC

5. Schedule medical exam -- sorry what's the min/max timeframe between medical exam and interview date?

7. Interview (looking like about six weeks on average for Kiev after NOA2 currently?)

8. Acquire visa ~5 days after interview by mail to beneficiary?

Any help in making this list more accurate would be greatly appreciated.