Caboose29

My fiancee got her K1!!  Well she was approved yesterday anyway.  She was told to pick up her passport on Monday afternoon.  She also got vaccinated yesterday as well.  Looks like she'll FINALLY be here with me early next month.  I didn't think this day would ever come.

Hello! Yes, we did get it taken care of! The third verification finally worked. The entire process to get my husband’s documents verified took around two weeks.
 
You will receive a letter in the mail from DPS once everything has been squared away. Take that letter with you to the DMV and they will issue your license. You can also track your verification status on the DPS website. That’s how we found out that the process was completed. We didn’t bother waiting for the letter. You do need to be mindful about setting your appointments at the DMV. When we first attempted to renew my husband’s DL, we went to the DMV in Fort Worth (we live 20 mins North of Dallas). The staff there assured us that once my husband gets verified, we could go to any DMV location to finish the process without an appointment. That wasn’t the case. We went to two DMV locations that wouldn’t take my husband in without an appointment and had to drive all the way back to Fort Worth to finish the process.

Congrats Caboose!

Steve,
 
If it helps, tell your wife the interview is quite short.  My fiancee also mentioned that the CO was friendly.  She and I had spent a considerable amount of time prepping her for the anticipated interview questions.  My fiancee likes being prepared.  Her interview literally was 5 minutes long, very likely less.  He asked only 4 questions:
 
Where/how did we meet?
When was the last time wet met in person?
What does your petitioner do for work/living?
Where will you reside in the US?
 
The interview was seemingly a formality.  I would imagine a spousal interview would be even easier since you are already married.  So don't worry too much about interview prepping.
 

My fiancee got her K1!!  Well she was approved yesterday anyway.  She was told to pick up her passport on Monday afternoon.  She also got vaccinated yesterday as well.  Looks like she'll FINALLY be here with me early next month.  I didn't think this day would ever come.

🎊🎊🎊Congratulations Keith!!🎊🎊🎊

My fiancee got her K1!!  Well she was approved yesterday anyway.  She was told to pick up her passport on Monday afternoon.  She also got vaccinated yesterday as well.  Looks like she'll FINALLY be here with me early next month.  I didn't think this day would ever come.

She did it!!  Well they said she was approved!  I did not sleep last night until 2:30am central.  But the adrenaline and grace received to me will be the fuel to drive my day today.  The KEV case # did not read anything when she was in the interview (yes I was checking it like i would the WAC # on the app, except this was on the ceac site) last night, but I just checked and it says nonimmigrant AP .  And it was created today.  That means the visa should issue in the next couple days.  I will provide her review of the embassy process once we talk.  (It was a true Kyiv winter morning and her mom was there holding her stuff while her and son went into the embassy, so yeah I and they wanted them to be back home ASAP.) 

My fiancee got her K1!!  Well she was approved yesterday anyway.  She was told to pick up her passport on Monday afternoon.  She also got vaccinated yesterday as well.  Looks like she'll FINALLY be here with me early next month.  I didn't think this day would ever come.

Steve,
 
If it helps, tell your wife the interview is quite short.  My fiancee also mentioned that the CO was friendly.  She and I had spent a considerable amount of time prepping her for the anticipated interview questions.  My fiancee likes being prepared.  Her interview literally was 5 minutes long, very likely less.  He asked only 4 questions:
 
Where/how did we meet?
When was the last time wet met in person?
What does your petitioner do for work/living?
Where will you reside in the US?
 
The interview was seemingly a formality.  I would imagine a spousal interview would be even easier since you are already married.  So don't worry too much about interview prepping.
 

@millefleur is correct on all points, but I'd like to add that the COVID vaccine requirement does not apply to US citizens, permanents resident or immigrants.
So when you fly to the US on a CR-1/IR-1 visa you are not yet a permanent resident but you are an immigrant so the vaccination requirement does not apply for that reason. (My wife was not vaccinated and flew Aeroflot from Moscow (SVO) and at check-in they were aware of this rule and it was no problem she was not vaccinated. Of course she did need a negative COVID test less than 24 hours old.)
 

My fiancee got her K1!!  Well she was approved yesterday anyway.  She was told to pick up her passport on Monday afternoon.  She also got vaccinated yesterday as well.  Looks like she'll FINALLY be here with me early next month.  I didn't think this day would ever come.

My fiancee got her K1!!  Well she was approved yesterday anyway.  She was told to pick up her passport on Monday afternoon.  She also got vaccinated yesterday as well.  Looks like she'll FINALLY be here with me early next month.  I didn't think this day would ever come.

My fiancee got her K1!!  Well she was approved yesterday anyway.  She was told to pick up her passport on Monday afternoon.  She also got vaccinated yesterday as well.  Looks like she'll FINALLY be here with me early next month.  I didn't think this day would ever come.

My fiancee got her K1!!  Well she was approved yesterday anyway.  She was told to pick up her passport on Monday afternoon.  She also got vaccinated yesterday as well.  Looks like she'll FINALLY be here with me early next month.  I didn't think this day would ever come.

Millefleur is indeed correct in her responses.  Your wife will need a Schengen Visa to fly to Warsaw.  It's most common for people to fly to Greece then transit the next day to Poland.  I think Greece is one of the few Schengen zone countries issuing Schengen visas.  I don't think you can fly directly from Russia to Poland right now. Of course things change frequently.  My fiancee had to fly through Greece to get to Warsaw, although when returning to Russia, she will be flying directly back to Russia.  No need to go back through Greece.
 
EDIT: I realize CR1 is different than K1, but for what it's worth it was about 10 calendar days from when the application was delivered to the embassy until my fiancee got her instructions email, and official go ahead to schedule the interview.  I think CR1 the embassy schedules your interview.  K1s are allowed to make their own appointment.  Don't know why there's a difference.
 
Also, if anyone here is interested, my fiancee got her visa approval on Friday.  She'll pickup her passport with visa on Monday!!  We're almost finished!!!

Yes about the CO.  I suggest calling the Warsaw embassy right when they first open, or later in their afternoon.  I only had to call once, and I was on hold less than 10 minutes.  The woman spoke English well enough, and was professional, but not super friendly.  I'm sure she was very busy.  She was also knowledgeable as well.

Yes about the CO.  I suggest calling the Warsaw embassy right when they first open, or later in their afternoon.  I only had to call once, and I was on hold less than 10 minutes.  The woman spoke English well enough, and was professional, but not super friendly.  I'm sure she was very busy.  She was also knowledgeable as well.

Steve considering how long you've been waiting, I'd like to think that the staff there would get you taken care of at or very near the "front of the line".  I think it might be worth a call to the embassy and ask a live human about the updated passport, but I'd be reluctant to change anything on the website.  It could likely lead to more delays.  A real CO may just tell you to bring the new passport to the interview with you.  I highly suggest calling and asking before doing anything about the passport.

Steve considering how long you've been waiting, I'd like to think that the staff there would get you taken care of at or very near the "front of the line".  I think it might be worth a call to the embassy and ask a live human about the updated passport, but I'd be reluctant to change anything on the website.  It could likely lead to more delays.  A real CO may just tell you to bring the new passport to the interview with you.  I highly suggest calling and asking before doing anything about the passport.

Of course we're interested.  Yee-HAAAAA!   
When the visa is in hand, update your timeline, and keep us posted thereafter.

TIP:  If you want to "page" someone put an ampersand in front of their screen name "@Caboose29". 
 
To answer your question, yes she will need English translations of the documents (BC, police report, etc.)

TIP:  If you want to "page" someone put an ampersand in front of their screen name "@Caboose29". 
 
To answer your question, yes she will need English translations of the documents (BC, police report, etc.)

Congratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳

Millefleur is indeed correct in her responses.  Your wife will need a Schengen Visa to fly to Warsaw.  It's most common for people to fly to Greece then transit the next day to Poland.  I think Greece is one of the few Schengen zone countries issuing Schengen visas.  I don't think you can fly directly from Russia to Poland right now. Of course things change frequently.  My fiancee had to fly through Greece to get to Warsaw, although when returning to Russia, she will be flying directly back to Russia.  No need to go back through Greece.
 
EDIT: I realize CR1 is different than K1, but for what it's worth it was about 10 calendar days from when the application was delivered to the embassy until my fiancee got her instructions email, and official go ahead to schedule the interview.  I think CR1 the embassy schedules your interview.  K1s are allowed to make their own appointment.  Don't know why there's a difference.
 
Also, if anyone here is interested, my fiancee got her visa approval on Friday.  She'll pickup her passport with visa on Monday!!  We're almost finished!!!