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14 hours ago, JurisDoctor said:

So how long did the AP took? When did you get your visa and passport?

It took a week  

21 minutes ago, GarrettB said:

Currently it says "Administrative Processing" still.   And that the passport hasn't been sent. It's only been a few days (interview was Friday)

We are in AP too  Hopefully everything moves along quickly! 

25 minutes ago, GarrettB said:

The interview was realitively easy and we were approved.    It was realitively fast, the whole process was about 2.5 hour.  We arrived at 7 and were near the front of the line, the line behind us was 1/2 of a block long.    Definitely leave phones at hotel, the van that stores your phone wants a ridiculous about of money to hold your phone for a few hours.   Most of the time was spent waiting.  The actual interview itself was about 10 minutes and the woman spoke perfectly English and Russian was was friendly.  The medical appointment was a lot longer and more difficult than the interview   We are glad it's over!

Are you guys in "Administrative Processing" right now, or does it say "Application Received" on the CEAC website? 

11 hours ago, Art25 said:

 

Congrats! What did she ask you guys? Also good to know that you can come with your fiancé to the interview 

She just asked some general questions like how we met, she asked me where I lived and what I do for work, and she asked my fiance how old he is and a few other things I really can't remember. It was honestly like five minutes and so stress free, it was beautiful! 

On 9/7/2019 at 8:55 PM, GarrettB said:

We have our interview in Moscow next week.  Any tips or suggestions?    How tough are they? Based on the reviews, they didn't sound too horrible so I am crossing my fingers...........

How was it?? 

On 9/7/2019 at 8:55 PM, GarrettB said:

We have our interview in Moscow next week.  Any tips or suggestions?    How tough are they? Based on the reviews, they didn't sound too horrible so I am crossing my fingers...........

We just did our interview today! Try to get in like no later than 7 (that's when we got there and the line behind us was crazy). Don't bring your phone unless you wanna spend 500rub to stow your phone in a van across the street. We were in at 8:00 and out by 8:40, but we were also the first or second K1 case today. The lady collecting documents was very sweet and didn't ask for as much as we were prepared for. Also, the interview was quick and easy and the woman was really sweet! She spoke English to me and Russian to my fiance   We left approved and very, very happy! 

Good luck! 

11 hours ago, taoofmike said:

Are we all seeing the same thing?   I can see a calendar with quite a few dates available.  I click on a date and it drops down many, many time-slots for that day... but when I choose one it then says "There are currently no appointments available. Please press the Back button and choose a new OFC appointment Date."

 

No matter how which date I choose, this is the message I get.   Is this normal?

 

You're advising we call.  Could you tell me who you are calling and would you mind sharing the phone number please?

 

 

 

The number my fiancé called was 8(800)100-25-54. Hope this helps!

On 8/31/2019 at 11:12 AM, GarrettB said:

It's ridiculous that the site has a lock out,  I've paid all their fees, filled out their forms, and in general jumped through all the hoops.   It shouldn't be a fight to get an appointment, especially when there are so few.. 😣 Thanks for the info, once I can enter the site again I will check.  My fiance found a group like that on Telegram.

My fiance and I were lucky enough to get an appointment next week, but we had a lockout two times! It was so unbelievably frustrating. I would advise against checking the website at all and just calling them. One of the operators my fiance talked to was really nice and she said he could call to continue to check the availability. Just try to stay off the website at all costs. My fiance tried to log in one time after the first lockout and it immediately locked him out again. 

Hey guys,

My cause is en route to the Moscow Embassy as of yesterday’s shipment and I just had a question about the letter of employment. My uncle is going to be my cosponsor who makes well above the poverty level, but he lives in a different state. My mom recently visited him and gathered his tax transcripts, w2 from last year, a scan of his passport, etc, but didn’t get a letter of employment or bank statements. He currently works and has money every year from

being ex-military and I have proof of that in the form of w-2. Do you think this will be an issue for the Moscow Embassy? Have any of you gone without letters of employment?

thanks! 

32 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Gathering from reading the past posts it's been recommended that I download the pdf file from the first post in this thread and I will find all kinds of things to do now that I have my case number and I will know what is happening next with my case. Sweeeet!

I did that a while ago and have been looking at it a lot very much and it's incredibly helpful, thank you. 

Got our case number from the NVC yesterday after waiting a whole hour and 5 minutes listening to that horrible music, but soooooo worth the wait! 

Gathering from reading the past posts in the thread, the next ship date is the 20th? 

NOA1 - 04.22.2019

NOA2 - 07.17.2019 Notified via the old website!!! So excited!! 

Was lucky enough to be with my fiancé when I saw the website was updated! So so so thrilled

2 hours ago, zrdn2019 said:

Congrats! What was your NOA1 date?

NOA1 was 04.22.2019

Hey there, 

I have been searching the forum but can't find the exact answer to fit my situation. 

I currently do not meet the income requirements, so I will have my mom be my co-sponsor. The situation at hand is that her and my dad file taxes jointly and they run their own business together. The issue is that business has gone way down and my mom's income at this point is pretty much non-existent. 

She has all of her tax paperwork for the past four years which is nearly double the 100% mark of the poverty guideline. Do you think this will be sufficient as well as bank statements even though she doesn't have current income? I am definitely worried. 

On 6/20/2019 at 7:09 AM, Sarah n Ryan said:

Good Morning! 

NOA 1 - April 1, 2019

NOA 2-  June 20, 2019  

case was just approved. 

Good luck to all April filers and to everyone that is awaiting approvals. 

 

Thank You so Much for all the great information from all of you ! 

🎉😋❤️

Woooo!!! Congrats!!! 

Sent in our packet on 04.12.2019

Packet Arrived on 04.17.2019

NOA1 Received via Text on 04.22.2019

Check Cashed 04.23.2019

NOA1 Hardcopy Arrived in the Mail on 04.26.2019

Now the (not so fun) wait begins! Good luck everyone

Hi there! I have a quick question. I am the sponsor and I filed my taxes under "Freelance" last year. I am likely going to have my mother be my co-sponsor as I read that it's usually better for someone who works freelance. I do work as a camera assistant on short films, movies, etc. and I also freelance studio manager work. Should I list the companies I do this work for or should I just list "Freelance Camera Assistant" and "Freelance Studio Manager"? I also work for my mom and am registered through her company as an employee and will definitely be stating this too, but I am just curious about how I should write out my freelance work. Just to note, I have been doing camera assisting since 2016, but I only do a handful of shoots every year, so listing each individual job may be a bit complicated. And I have retail work experience to list as well. Sorry if this is a jumbled mess! Please help!  

Hey there! 

I am in the beginning stages of filling out all of the I-129F paperwork and I just want to make sure I am doing everything correctly. I apologize if my questions are kinda stupid, but there's so much mixed info out there that I just want to get some additional opinions. 

Question 1: My beneficiary is in Russia and he has lived in a handful of places over the last 5 years. He wasn't officially registered at one of the places, he was just renting out a room. Should we only list places he was registered or everywhere he has resided? Also, the place he currently works is where he currently lives and it isn't technically built for people to live in. Should we still list it? 

Question 2: My beneficiary has had a few different jobs in the past 5 years and again, some of them weren't officially registered. I know the work wasn't illegal, but I guess in Russia, they don't often make people legitimate employees (please correct me if I am wrong) and do things "under the table". Should we just list this work as a freelancer, list it as what it actually was, or should we just not list it? 

Again, I am sorry if these questions are a bit stupid, but I would really appreciate any input!