Mariya

Forgot to mention - for tourist visa.

Hi guys, does a two year old Ukrainian need to have his own international passport to apply for us visa? Or can they stamp his USVisa into my sister's passport if approved? Right now his info is added to his mom's passport.

My parents had their interview yesterday.. the officer told them they are approved for US visa. So my parents left the embassy.

How will they get their passports? They did not take a tracking number for passport delivery or anything - just left. All they have is the address of delivery office.

As far as supporting documents go - I know that they do not need to be translated.. Can those be copies?

I just hate to think if my parents submit a n original of their house title and it would get lost.

I have scheduled an tourist visa appointment (9am) for my parents in Kiev Embassy. Do you have to wait outside in a line just to get inside the embassy?

Somebody told my parents that there will be a huge line to get inside. I would not think you gotta stand in line for hours if you have appointment, right?

I have scheduled an tourist visa appointment (9am) for my parents in Kiev Embassy. Do you have to wait outside in a line just to get inside the embassy?

Somebody told my parents that there will be a huge line to get inside. I would not think you gotta stand in line for hours if you have appointment, right?

Hi guys,

I am trying to get my Urkainian parents to visit. They have ties to Ukraine etc.

My only concern is that answered YES for my dad on DS-160 to the question: did you ever break the law? etc.

It happened 20 years ago, my dad got in a fight and was on probation, never been to jail.

Does it mean he is likely to get a denial? He is 62 now and never had a problem with law except that fight 20 years ago.

I just filled out visa application. There was a question:

Have you ever committed a crime etc.....

I answered YES for my dad - he got in a fight about 20 years ago, he never went to jail, he was on probation though.

Does that mean he is most likely to get a denial?

I called the service line and they referred me to a portal. where I can track my progress.. did you guys use it?

Cool! There is a form DS-160 I think. can i fill that one out on their behalf?

Do the financial ties papers need to be translated ?

My dearest VJ friends,

I dare to hope that my parents from Ukraine will come to visit me here in US for Christmas/New Year. I have been in the states for 5 years and none of my family tried to visit. My mom was/isclaustrophobic .. she went through some treatments,, had some drugs prescribed.. and now is planning to come see me ))

Where do I start? What form do I need to fill out? Can I do it on my parents' behalf as they dont speak any English?

What are the chances they get their visa appl approved? They have been divorced on papers for years.

What documents they need?

Any advice will be GREATLY appreciated

I can't say either way if they are supportive or not.. they were never excited about me moving to US. So they are just "sucking it up" realizing that I need to go back to the father of my kids and my husband..

So is such airlines policy recent? 'cause I never had a promlem with Delta usignonly return portion. and i did not have a problem with domestic airline - it was Lufthansa who screwed us up. And i just caqn' justify paying $3 000 for a one way ticket for a kid.

Thanks for your responses. I have skype and video talk to my ukr. family almost every day. But it is so sad that my parents cannot watch their grandkids grow.. My hubby and I have two kids (5 yr old and 9 months old). We have been married for 5 years and we have not taken a single vacation together 'cause I always wanna go home. It hurts to see how much my parents miss my kids and me. Every time when I am leaving Ukraine I am in agony - when I gonna see my parents again.. Life is soo short and it goes by without people you love next to you. My parents never gonna move to US- they have their house that my dad built with his own hands, my dad owns a business there and supports all the family over there. On the other hand I have a husband in US who does not wanna move to Ukraine and I understand why. I am a "home" flower. I always thought that I gonna live a mile down the road from my parents. Came here to US to work and experience new culture, but met my hubby, got married. when you are in your early twenties you don't think about your parents too much. Only now I realize and it hurts that they gonna grow old and there will be nobody to take care of them -

i mean proper care, loving care.

When I first moved to US I was told that homesickness will pass ..it has been four years and nothing has changed for me.

I got a job this week. so I have less time to think of home..

I have been living in US for 4 years now. I have been going back home to Ukraine twice a year and stayed a month or longer each time. I just miss my mom, dad, bro and other family so much. I've realized though that it is gonna hurt my marriage if i don't stop going back all the time. My parents cannot come over here as mom is claustrophobic so she does not or will never be able to fly.

Update - I made it to US a month ago - did not have any troubles at the passport control. I was asked to show my urkrainian passport - that was it. The only bump I had was to arrive at the airport around 3 am to find out that Lufthansa cancelled a ticket for my 5 year old as I booked a return ticket for him and was usuing only the return portion of it. My son was in ukraine and i went to pick him up. It cost me additional $1000 to get him on th eplane with me.. Never had tickets cancelled on me like that when flying with Delta etc..

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic.

I can't say I was sarcastic.. Men indeed can do SO MANY things but there are things they can't... mmm..like multi-tasking and giving birth to babies..

I say a woman cleans the actual toilet but the man cleans the floor around it, Why? Because he make a mess there, unless he consistently takes good aim. This requires calculating moment of angle, windage, barometric pressure, etc. Most of us men are not sharpshooters early in the morning.

Totally agree, men are the most amazing beings ever. They can do so many things women can't.

My American hubby can clean the house but never does the toilets. Leaves it up to the Ukrainian labor.

Wait.. looks like this topic is about discussing RUB wives/hubbies. May I post about my American hubby sometimes?

NO you can't claim it on your taxes. The only immigration related decuction you could claim is adoption expenses of a foreign child.

The time and involvement you have with your Mini-bone dealing with illness and discomforts probably does more to make the bond between parent and child an unbreakable one than all the party and 'fun' time!Especially at this age he is learning who he can trust to always be there for him. What he learns now will be the basis for everything else in your future relationship. He may not be able to articulate in words what he is thinking and feeling but he can read your feelings for him very clearly! Some day you will look back on these days and realize that even though sleep was sometimes a scarce luxury, you gained something far more valuable.

Totally agree. We had a premature baby - 2 lb 13oz or 1200g - never forget the feeling I shared with my husband when born on the 29th week our baby cried. His cry was the best thing we were praying for. Of course now I have to remind that myself when he keeps me up till 4am for no reason. And hubby flees to a different room saying he gotta work in the morning. Lol.

I do not cross a border due to a few reasons:

1. I live in Kharkov (Eastern Ukraine)to far from Romania, Poland etc. and have a 5 months old baby that I am nursing - so kinda inconvenient to travel long distances . And I (as a bearer of US passport) need a visa to go to Russia which is geographically quite close to Kharkov.

2. I could leave my baby in Ukraine with my mom and say fly to Romania or Poland etc. In that case there is a possibility Ukraine won't let me come back -according to the law an american citizen can stay in Ukraine for 90 days within 180 day period only. And I've stayed here for 90 days by now.

So I have just decided to "zabit'" (my favourite russian slang word забить means "take it easy") and stay here as much as I need - until my flight (one more month). I moved from Ukraine to US 4 years ago and got used to think the "American way" - to follow the law etc. And forgot that in Ukraine there are more people that break the law then follow it. The laws here are made to break. For example, when I tell people in US that in Ukraine policemen can drive drunk as long as they have a "ksiva" (a license saying they work for the police) nobody believes me but it is 100% true, if you speed - you just "donate" $20-$50 to a cop and he will tell you - thank you and have a good day etc.

Anywho I got distracted again - I gonna stay here till my flight and come what may at the airport )

Gary&Alla, Baron555, thank you for your responses.

Gary&Alla "You do not incur any penalties such as entry bans for at least 180 days, but they are not going to just tell you that if you call. If you get my drift." -- That's what I thought, was nice to hear it from you to confirm my thoughts.

"can get you in touch with Tim, who Gary references above. He moved from the US to Ukraine and have been there about a year now. He goes by "Buckeye" something or other over on the RMP forum and has posted excellent how to live as an expat there" -- we had a thought to move to Ukraine at some point but my hubby, a country boy from TN, stayed here 3 months and was ready to go home..lol..

Update - I called Boryspol passport control services. They told me to go to a local passport agency and get a stamp extending my stay. I went to the passport agency they told me to go to the Immigration Services Center. There is NO phone to reach the center. So I just went there - the inspector in charge for my country was not there. I came next day - she said that there is no way to offically extend my stay and that the only way was to get paperwork ready (extended stay visa) when I was in the USA before I entered Ukraine.

And what is "funny" every time I call Boryspol saying that I am staying in Ukraine more than 90 days and asking what's gonna happen. They tell me I gonna have prombles. Every time I ask what kind of problems - a fine or a prohibition to come back to Ukraine? The answer is "just problems" and obviously nobody knows what kind of..

Are you kidding me? I spent three days "travelling" around the city (trying to find the time inbetween I nurse my baby). I get so mad that I get happy that I am not a citizen of this "wonderful" country anymore.

***A friend of mine in Ivano-Frankyvsk got her American spouse's passport stamped somehow (they are staying in Ukraine for 6 months)

I could show Ukr. paasport when entering Ukraine (no problem with that) What about leaving Ukraine? if i showed my Ukr. passport when leaving they would ask for a green card which i do no tpocess any more.

I am kinda mad at myself. Why was I in such a hurry to get US citizenship?? If I still had my 10 year green card now - travelling to Ukraine and staying here would not be an issue. Now it turns to be a pain in the ... heel knowing Ukrainian bureaucracy.. Just needed to vent.. now feel better..