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She can just print the application from this website:  https://www.bundesjustizamt.de/EN/Topics/citizen_services/BZR/Resident_abroad/Resident_abroad_node.html
Fill it up, get it notarized, pay the fee of 13€, send the receipt and the application to the address given in the instructions and 2-4 weeks later she'll have the paper. They'll send it to the address you'll provide them. Usual processing time is 1-3 weeks plus the mail delivery times. I got mine in less than 2 weeks from the day I mailed it out.

To be honest, that doesn't much sound like the marriage I would want to be a part of.
 
Why is she disliking your family? What is she planning to do after coming over? Why living in the house where your family has lived would be a problem? Does she plan to work, raise kids at home or something else on the future? Have you guys had a conversation about the life, money and both of your expectations for the future? When did this constant arguing and disrespectful behavior started (before or after filing)? Has she traveled to meet you?
 
As of right now, it sounds like you're a meal ticket. Maybe you should have honest conversation with her about these things and how you feel about her constantly arguing and demanding more and more financially. In worse case, you can try and withdraw your affidavit of support before the process is completed and file for divorce. With 300$ one can pay a month's rent in Ukraine (unless living in a posh area in the city centre). Is she living alone or with a family, studying or something else at the moment?
 
Then again, it might all be just the stress of being separated, the process etc. and things will turn out fine after you guys get to settle. But, adjusting to a life in the different country and culture can be really taxing and rough.

Personally, I'd go and get some testing done too. And if found clean, then I'd reconsider the whole visa process, depending on what STD was found from the partner.

Does of course raise other questions.

To be honest, that doesn't much sound like the marriage I would want to be a part of.
 
Why is she disliking your family? What is she planning to do after coming over? Why living in the house where your family has lived would be a problem? Does she plan to work, raise kids at home or something else on the future? Have you guys had a conversation about the life, money and both of your expectations for the future? When did this constant arguing and disrespectful behavior started (before or after filing)? Has she traveled to meet you?
 
As of right now, it sounds like you're a meal ticket. Maybe you should have honest conversation with her about these things and how you feel about her constantly arguing and demanding more and more financially. In worse case, you can try and withdraw your affidavit of support before the process is completed and file for divorce. With 300$ one can pay a month's rent in Ukraine (unless living in a posh area in the city centre). Is she living alone or with a family, studying or something else at the moment?
 
Then again, it might all be just the stress of being separated, the process etc. and things will turn out fine after you guys get to settle. But, adjusting to a life in the different country and culture can be really taxing and rough.

No, it's not looking for justification. But, immigration process is hard, different people react differently to stress and changes. People do have different personalities, so none of us are the same. So, we don't know. As poster mentioned, most of the time conversations are pleasant etc.
 
But I do worry about what he said about how she is reacting to his family, bad mouthing behind the back and what not. It doesn't say good things about one's character. And we never did hear why she is disliking them, or the house since she hasn't even seen it for real. 
 
She over all sounds very high maintenance and demanding person, and not all pleasant nature either. If I would be in this situation, I'd take a time out and make sure to have prenup drawn and signed before getting her over, since it does sound a bit like divorce happening in close future.

To be honest, that doesn't much sound like the marriage I would want to be a part of.
 
Why is she disliking your family? What is she planning to do after coming over? Why living in the house where your family has lived would be a problem? Does she plan to work, raise kids at home or something else on the future? Have you guys had a conversation about the life, money and both of your expectations for the future? When did this constant arguing and disrespectful behavior started (before or after filing)? Has she traveled to meet you?
 
As of right now, it sounds like you're a meal ticket. Maybe you should have honest conversation with her about these things and how you feel about her constantly arguing and demanding more and more financially. In worse case, you can try and withdraw your affidavit of support before the process is completed and file for divorce. With 300$ one can pay a month's rent in Ukraine (unless living in a posh area in the city centre). Is she living alone or with a family, studying or something else at the moment?
 
Then again, it might all be just the stress of being separated, the process etc. and things will turn out fine after you guys get to settle. But, adjusting to a life in the different country and culture can be really taxing and rough.

To be honest, that doesn't much sound like the marriage I would want to be a part of.
 
Why is she disliking your family? What is she planning to do after coming over? Why living in the house where your family has lived would be a problem? Does she plan to work, raise kids at home or something else on the future? Have you guys had a conversation about the life, money and both of your expectations for the future? When did this constant arguing and disrespectful behavior started (before or after filing)? Has she traveled to meet you?
 
As of right now, it sounds like you're a meal ticket. Maybe you should have honest conversation with her about these things and how you feel about her constantly arguing and demanding more and more financially. In worse case, you can try and withdraw your affidavit of support before the process is completed and file for divorce. With 300$ one can pay a month's rent in Ukraine (unless living in a posh area in the city centre). Is she living alone or with a family, studying or something else at the moment?
 
Then again, it might all be just the stress of being separated, the process etc. and things will turn out fine after you guys get to settle. But, adjusting to a life in the different country and culture can be really taxing and rough.

Considering, that in most countries you need to turn in your old passport when getting a new one, many people don't have their old passports. But, if you do have them, or have a copy of them, would be advisable to take them with you just in case.

Considering, that in most countries you need to turn in your old passport when getting a new one, many people don't have their old passports. But, if you do have them, or have a copy of them, would be advisable to take them with you just in case.

You don't "choose' which category you fall in to, in any other means but by the time you file the petition, it gets accepted and you receive and activate your visa. Might happen in few months, might take longer than 2 years. 
 
You, for some reason seem to be thinking it's better to wait for 2 years after the marriage to avoid conditional green card because you think those who've been married less than 2 years are scrutinized more? Did you stop to think how odd it is to wait that two years for no good reason before filing? I mean, if you willingly wait 2 years separated of your spouse to avoid conditional green card rather that spend that time building life together with your spouse, it's going to raise some eyebrows. It's like practically ask for people to dig in the case deeper than usual to see why married couple would rather be in different countries than in same place living together. Very suspicious.
 
People get denied visa and/or entry for many reasons. Some makes mistakes on filing, some let our little white lie and it's caught, some don't have finical means, list goes on and on. Everyone is scrutinized the same, regardless of the lenght of marriage.

Quite frankly, it's not my job to satisfy you. Not sure what you are looking for if it's not the information. There honestly is no difference on the interview regardless of the visa category. Only difference is on what happens after you get your Visa. 

Quite frankly, it's not my job to satisfy you. Not sure what you are looking for if it's not the information. There honestly is no difference on the interview regardless of the visa category. Only difference is on what happens after you get your Visa. 

Quite frankly, it's not my job to satisfy you. Not sure what you are looking for if it's not the information. There honestly is no difference on the interview regardless of the visa category. Only difference is on what happens after you get your Visa. 

Quite frankly, it's not my job to satisfy you. Not sure what you are looking for if it's not the information. There honestly is no difference on the interview regardless of the visa category. Only difference is on what happens after you get your Visa. 

To help take your mind off things, here's an interesting (?!) look at the END of the immigration process:
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/382775-mrs-t-b-the-citizenship-test/
 

Since the defining factor that determines whether IR1 or CR1 is how long you've been married, it stands to reason people married more than two years are likely to have MORE evidence of a bona fide relationship to present.  Further, the Consular Officer will KNOW the marriage date and thus, the duration of the marriage.  To the extent the additional evidence and marriage duration impact the Officer's thinking ahead of the actual interview, there may well be less scrutiny in an IR1 case than a CR1 case.  This would depend on the difference in the length of marriage.  I wouldn't expect much difference between a 16 month marriage and one of 25 months.
 
Often, when we are not "satisfied" with answers, the problem is in the way the question was asked. 
 

When giving free advice, do it with love. 
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Quite frankly, it's not my job to satisfy you. Not sure what you are looking for if it's not the information. There honestly is no difference on the interview regardless of the visa category. Only difference is on what happens after you get your Visa. 

Quite frankly, it's not my job to satisfy you. Not sure what you are looking for if it's not the information. There honestly is no difference on the interview regardless of the visa category. Only difference is on what happens after you get your Visa. 

Instructions posted earlier, stated he needs to have his visa and photo copy of it, with the passport application, it did not mention it needs to be unexpired visa. They need a proof he entered legally in the first place.
 
In any case, consulate or embassy is the only place that can help him with accurate information about renewing his passport. Embassy can, and will, provide him a valid passport for at least long enough that he can travel back home, because, he can't travel without valid passport. 
 
Note to original poster, would be much more helpful and useful to provide accurate information and circumstances, instead of provide partial and not necessarily true info. Community can't really help if not knowing the facts, like expired passport is different the passport that is about to expire. You probably would of gotten more accurate information quicker with a little more detailed and factual posting.

Instructions posted earlier, stated he needs to have his visa and photo copy of it, with the passport application, it did not mention it needs to be unexpired visa. They need a proof he entered legally in the first place.
 
In any case, consulate or embassy is the only place that can help him with accurate information about renewing his passport. Embassy can, and will, provide him a valid passport for at least long enough that he can travel back home, because, he can't travel without valid passport. 
 
Note to original poster, would be much more helpful and useful to provide accurate information and circumstances, instead of provide partial and not necessarily true info. Community can't really help if not knowing the facts, like expired passport is different the passport that is about to expire. You probably would of gotten more accurate information quicker with a little more detailed and factual posting.

Instructions posted earlier, stated he needs to have his visa and photo copy of it, with the passport application, it did not mention it needs to be unexpired visa. They need a proof he entered legally in the first place.
 
In any case, consulate or embassy is the only place that can help him with accurate information about renewing his passport. Embassy can, and will, provide him a valid passport for at least long enough that he can travel back home, because, he can't travel without valid passport. 
 
Note to original poster, would be much more helpful and useful to provide accurate information and circumstances, instead of provide partial and not necessarily true info. Community can't really help if not knowing the facts, like expired passport is different the passport that is about to expire. You probably would of gotten more accurate information quicker with a little more detailed and factual posting.

He should check the information, from his home country's embassy, how to proceed renewing his passport. The quicker you guys get married and file for visa, the better off he is. 

Oh gosh, I need some serious help finding a rental place in Germany to maintain my residency through the visa process. My husband already had to travel back to States and I'm having serious troubles finding a rental due me not speaking Germany. I have a place to live but I can't do Anmeldung to this place. We already received NoA 2 and now I'm terrified to finish ds-260 because of this.
 
Any and all help appreciated! And please, somebody help!