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Two things I forgot to mention.
 
My interview was scheduled for 8am too, I figured we'd be outta there maybe in an hour.  We arrived at 7:45am and there were only a few people in front of us.  Well, she was still in there for just about 3 hours, and none of the people who went in right around 8am with her came out sooner than 2 hours, so plan on it being a while.  Also, when they were fixing to open the doors, a girl walked up and down the line with a sign that said "8am" and took everyone with an 8am appointment and put them in the front of the line, then did the same with a sign saying 8:30, and then saying 9am... so honestly there is no point really in showing up early, certainly no more than a few minutes.
 
EDIT: I should make a separate post about my experience with the doctors office in Warsaw.  What an absolute freaking FIASCO and totally uncaring and unprofessional.  That guy should be fired from working for the embassy ever again!

My fiancee and I are in Poland right now and had our K1 interview last Thursday (May 5th).  To answer your questions
 
1) Not so much problems, just some general "huffyness".  The woman at passport control was very nice when she saw my little daughter but then started to scowl when my fiancee pulled out a Russian passport.   A worker at Sephora refused to help my fiancee find some makeup she was looking for as she recognized my fiancee's accent, made a comment about Ukraine and said she can't help and walked away.
 
2/3) Her interview was only 10 minutes long and they focused on the birth certificate of my daughter where I am not listed.  That's because I was not a US citizen when she was born and she was born in Korea.  Long story but they kept harping on how she shouldn't be coming on a K2 visa if I am the father and I am a US citizen.  Finally they understood and all was OK but every... single... person brought it up and made a big deal about it.   I was worried about affidavit of support (I did not bring tax returns or pay stubs, just a 1099 for my side job and letter from my employer, they were fine with that).
 
4) We still have not got the visa, today is Tuesday at 1pm here.  We did have to drop off daughters medical results on Friday.  They told us the visa will be issued this week... fingers crossed, I am mildly nervous as flights are booked for this Saturday.
 
5) We said we would pick it up at the drop box, which is a Mail Boxes Etc store that's a ways outside of town, over by where the doctors office is.
 
6) She entered the EU in Greece and we stayed in Athens for a couple of weeks before coming to Poland.
 
7) FYI my fiancee got a lot of grief entering Greece.  She had an ongoing flight booked to Poland and a further flight to the USA.  Their problem was that she did not have a USA visa and her Greece->Poland flight didn't take her out of the schengen zone, so basically she had no concrete proof she was returning to Russia or that she could actually leave the Schengen zone.  They ultimately relented but in hindsight I might have tried to book a fully refundable ticket somehow from Warsaw to somewhere outside the Schengen zone that she can enter without issues (like Thailand) so they could shut up about the matter.
 
It seems things are tightening up... they are getting more strict and Poland has said they want to stop issuing schengen visas to Russians period... so just make sure you leave no stone unturned or leave any opportunity for them to deny you/her travel.  They don't give a ####### that you are here for diplomatic/embassy business at the border... they seem to be extra-scrutinizing Russians.
 

My fiancee and I are in Poland right now and had our K1 interview last Thursday (May 5th).  To answer your questions
 
1) Not so much problems, just some general "huffyness".  The woman at passport control was very nice when she saw my little daughter but then started to scowl when my fiancee pulled out a Russian passport.   A worker at Sephora refused to help my fiancee find some makeup she was looking for as she recognized my fiancee's accent, made a comment about Ukraine and said she can't help and walked away.
 
2/3) Her interview was only 10 minutes long and they focused on the birth certificate of my daughter where I am not listed.  That's because I was not a US citizen when she was born and she was born in Korea.  Long story but they kept harping on how she shouldn't be coming on a K2 visa if I am the father and I am a US citizen.  Finally they understood and all was OK but every... single... person brought it up and made a big deal about it.   I was worried about affidavit of support (I did not bring tax returns or pay stubs, just a 1099 for my side job and letter from my employer, they were fine with that).
 
4) We still have not got the visa, today is Tuesday at 1pm here.  We did have to drop off daughters medical results on Friday.  They told us the visa will be issued this week... fingers crossed, I am mildly nervous as flights are booked for this Saturday.
 
5) We said we would pick it up at the drop box, which is a Mail Boxes Etc store that's a ways outside of town, over by where the doctors office is.
 
6) She entered the EU in Greece and we stayed in Athens for a couple of weeks before coming to Poland.
 
7) FYI my fiancee got a lot of grief entering Greece.  She had an ongoing flight booked to Poland and a further flight to the USA.  Their problem was that she did not have a USA visa and her Greece->Poland flight didn't take her out of the schengen zone, so basically she had no concrete proof she was returning to Russia or that she could actually leave the Schengen zone.  They ultimately relented but in hindsight I might have tried to book a fully refundable ticket somehow from Warsaw to somewhere outside the Schengen zone that she can enter without issues (like Thailand) so they could shut up about the matter.
 
It seems things are tightening up... they are getting more strict and Poland has said they want to stop issuing schengen visas to Russians period... so just make sure you leave no stone unturned or leave any opportunity for them to deny you/her travel.  They don't give a ####### that you are here for diplomatic/embassy business at the border... they seem to be extra-scrutinizing Russians.
 

My fiancee and I are in Poland right now and had our K1 interview last Thursday (May 5th).  To answer your questions
 
1) Not so much problems, just some general "huffyness".  The woman at passport control was very nice when she saw my little daughter but then started to scowl when my fiancee pulled out a Russian passport.   A worker at Sephora refused to help my fiancee find some makeup she was looking for as she recognized my fiancee's accent, made a comment about Ukraine and said she can't help and walked away.
 
2/3) Her interview was only 10 minutes long and they focused on the birth certificate of my daughter where I am not listed.  That's because I was not a US citizen when she was born and she was born in Korea.  Long story but they kept harping on how she shouldn't be coming on a K2 visa if I am the father and I am a US citizen.  Finally they understood and all was OK but every... single... person brought it up and made a big deal about it.   I was worried about affidavit of support (I did not bring tax returns or pay stubs, just a 1099 for my side job and letter from my employer, they were fine with that).
 
4) We still have not got the visa, today is Tuesday at 1pm here.  We did have to drop off daughters medical results on Friday.  They told us the visa will be issued this week... fingers crossed, I am mildly nervous as flights are booked for this Saturday.
 
5) We said we would pick it up at the drop box, which is a Mail Boxes Etc store that's a ways outside of town, over by where the doctors office is.
 
6) She entered the EU in Greece and we stayed in Athens for a couple of weeks before coming to Poland.
 
7) FYI my fiancee got a lot of grief entering Greece.  She had an ongoing flight booked to Poland and a further flight to the USA.  Their problem was that she did not have a USA visa and her Greece->Poland flight didn't take her out of the schengen zone, so basically she had no concrete proof she was returning to Russia or that she could actually leave the Schengen zone.  They ultimately relented but in hindsight I might have tried to book a fully refundable ticket somehow from Warsaw to somewhere outside the Schengen zone that she can enter without issues (like Thailand) so they could shut up about the matter.
 
It seems things are tightening up... they are getting more strict and Poland has said they want to stop issuing schengen visas to Russians period... so just make sure you leave no stone unturned or leave any opportunity for them to deny you/her travel.  They don't give a ####### that you are here for diplomatic/embassy business at the border... they seem to be extra-scrutinizing Russians.
 

Two things I forgot to mention.
 
My interview was scheduled for 8am too, I figured we'd be outta there maybe in an hour.  We arrived at 7:45am and there were only a few people in front of us.  Well, she was still in there for just about 3 hours, and none of the people who went in right around 8am with her came out sooner than 2 hours, so plan on it being a while.  Also, when they were fixing to open the doors, a girl walked up and down the line with a sign that said "8am" and took everyone with an 8am appointment and put them in the front of the line, then did the same with a sign saying 8:30, and then saying 9am... so honestly there is no point really in showing up early, certainly no more than a few minutes.
 
EDIT: I should make a separate post about my experience with the doctors office in Warsaw.  What an absolute freaking FIASCO and totally uncaring and unprofessional.  That guy should be fired from working for the embassy ever again!

We did Russia -> Thailand -> Greece -> Poland -> USA but that was more because of the war breaking out and me wanting her and my daughter to get the heck out of Russia ASAP in case they closed borders or before plane tickets skyrocketed any further.  That meant we had several weeks to kill before the interview so we did 3 in Thailand, 2 in Greece and 3 in Warsaw.
 
In my opinion, minimize your time spent in Athens, the place is a dump.  Thailand was picturesque and very inexpensive... Warsaw is gorgeous and comparatively inexpensive to the USA.

My fiancee and I are in Poland right now and had our K1 interview last Thursday (May 5th).  To answer your questions
 
1) Not so much problems, just some general "huffyness".  The woman at passport control was very nice when she saw my little daughter but then started to scowl when my fiancee pulled out a Russian passport.   A worker at Sephora refused to help my fiancee find some makeup she was looking for as she recognized my fiancee's accent, made a comment about Ukraine and said she can't help and walked away.
 
2/3) Her interview was only 10 minutes long and they focused on the birth certificate of my daughter where I am not listed.  That's because I was not a US citizen when she was born and she was born in Korea.  Long story but they kept harping on how she shouldn't be coming on a K2 visa if I am the father and I am a US citizen.  Finally they understood and all was OK but every... single... person brought it up and made a big deal about it.   I was worried about affidavit of support (I did not bring tax returns or pay stubs, just a 1099 for my side job and letter from my employer, they were fine with that).
 
4) We still have not got the visa, today is Tuesday at 1pm here.  We did have to drop off daughters medical results on Friday.  They told us the visa will be issued this week... fingers crossed, I am mildly nervous as flights are booked for this Saturday.
 
5) We said we would pick it up at the drop box, which is a Mail Boxes Etc store that's a ways outside of town, over by where the doctors office is.
 
6) She entered the EU in Greece and we stayed in Athens for a couple of weeks before coming to Poland.
 
7) FYI my fiancee got a lot of grief entering Greece.  She had an ongoing flight booked to Poland and a further flight to the USA.  Their problem was that she did not have a USA visa and her Greece->Poland flight didn't take her out of the schengen zone, so basically she had no concrete proof she was returning to Russia or that she could actually leave the Schengen zone.  They ultimately relented but in hindsight I might have tried to book a fully refundable ticket somehow from Warsaw to somewhere outside the Schengen zone that she can enter without issues (like Thailand) so they could shut up about the matter.
 
It seems things are tightening up... they are getting more strict and Poland has said they want to stop issuing schengen visas to Russians period... so just make sure you leave no stone unturned or leave any opportunity for them to deny you/her travel.  They don't give a ####### that you are here for diplomatic/embassy business at the border... they seem to be extra-scrutinizing Russians.
 

My fiancee and I are in Poland right now and had our K1 interview last Thursday (May 5th).  To answer your questions
 
1) Not so much problems, just some general "huffyness".  The woman at passport control was very nice when she saw my little daughter but then started to scowl when my fiancee pulled out a Russian passport.   A worker at Sephora refused to help my fiancee find some makeup she was looking for as she recognized my fiancee's accent, made a comment about Ukraine and said she can't help and walked away.
 
2/3) Her interview was only 10 minutes long and they focused on the birth certificate of my daughter where I am not listed.  That's because I was not a US citizen when she was born and she was born in Korea.  Long story but they kept harping on how she shouldn't be coming on a K2 visa if I am the father and I am a US citizen.  Finally they understood and all was OK but every... single... person brought it up and made a big deal about it.   I was worried about affidavit of support (I did not bring tax returns or pay stubs, just a 1099 for my side job and letter from my employer, they were fine with that).
 
4) We still have not got the visa, today is Tuesday at 1pm here.  We did have to drop off daughters medical results on Friday.  They told us the visa will be issued this week... fingers crossed, I am mildly nervous as flights are booked for this Saturday.
 
5) We said we would pick it up at the drop box, which is a Mail Boxes Etc store that's a ways outside of town, over by where the doctors office is.
 
6) She entered the EU in Greece and we stayed in Athens for a couple of weeks before coming to Poland.
 
7) FYI my fiancee got a lot of grief entering Greece.  She had an ongoing flight booked to Poland and a further flight to the USA.  Their problem was that she did not have a USA visa and her Greece->Poland flight didn't take her out of the schengen zone, so basically she had no concrete proof she was returning to Russia or that she could actually leave the Schengen zone.  They ultimately relented but in hindsight I might have tried to book a fully refundable ticket somehow from Warsaw to somewhere outside the Schengen zone that she can enter without issues (like Thailand) so they could shut up about the matter.
 
It seems things are tightening up... they are getting more strict and Poland has said they want to stop issuing schengen visas to Russians period... so just make sure you leave no stone unturned or leave any opportunity for them to deny you/her travel.  They don't give a ####### that you are here for diplomatic/embassy business at the border... they seem to be extra-scrutinizing Russians.
 

Thanks, got medical docs for fiancee... docs office is sending over docs for child tomorrow, hopefully the visa will just issue a little bit delayed.

Does anyone know of a service that is currently working to send money to Russia?
 
PayPal does not work, Western Union does not work, and Moneygram just stopped offering service to Russia it seems.  So what are people using?

Steve,
 
My case (K1) was transferred from Moscow to Warsaw right around Thanksgiving.  Just yesterday my fiancee got the documents from the Warsaw embassy by mail.... so that was 2 months.  Be patient, they are going out it seems but not nearly as quickly as usual.

I am in a similar situation - my stuff was sent from NVC on November 24th and status is "Ready" with NVC.  I did the DS160 and paid the fee and could see the form to schedule interviews, but we couldn't do it yet because my fiancee has to get her police report and we dont have it yet.  The embassy had some interview dates in mid-January but those are all gone and nothing shows for the next 24 months, but I think that must just be because they haven't added them to the system yet.
 
I did NOT get the letter from the Warsaw embassy yet... so we are in the same situation, they have had our case for 30 days (almost) too and haven't heard a peep from them.
 
My understanding was there is around 650 cases transferred from Moscow to Warsaw and they were processing about 50 cases per month... so I hope we are not looking at a 10-month wait here

I got approved today!  It feels SO GOOD!  

NOA1 was December 24th, approved today, August 9th.  

I got approved today!  It feels SO GOOD!  

NOA1 was December 24th, approved today, August 9th.  

I got approved today!  It feels SO GOOD!  

NOA1 was December 24th, approved today, August 9th.  

I am in a similar situation as you.  This whole thing is untenable... I have a child with my fiancee and I haven't seen them in almost a year and a half.  My daughter is growing up and I am missing it... first it was COVID, now the deterioration of US-Russia relations.
 
I don't know how long this situation will last and I don't even know what options I have.  What are you thinking in terms of options?  My partner is open to moving to another country but I don't know where Russians can move to and quickly/immediately be citizens.

Thank you - I sent out some messages for consultations with a few lawyers.  If recommendations are allowed and someone has a suggestion in the greater Boston area, please let me know.  
 
Also curious to hear others' stories that relate to my situation and how things went... good, or bad.
 
Thanks all.