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Sorry, Yulia17- I havent been checking this in a while. Agree with Ana.M’s info on the pick up location. Good luck with the interview. KZ Consulate seems pretty nice in IR-5 cases I am sure it’ll go smooth for you guys as well.

Congrats, @Ana.M! 🎉So happy for you guys also! 🙂

I dont see why you cant use a local notary. Sorry didnt catch your question earlier.

Hey guys- we knew we’d most likely be going to the Almaty consulate so we followed their instructions - “notarized and certified” translations. So all of our docs were. Not sure if they would have accepted unnotarized versions.

Thank you, @M_GlaD I am sure you guys will have a smooth experience as well! Good luck to you guys as well.

Of course! Glad someone started this blog, it was helpful for us too. We actually had a mix of translations between US, Russia and KZ (Astana, but I am sure Almaty will have plenty options as well). You have plenty of time yet

Hey @Ana.M- thank you! I stand corrected, my mom said they asked for all of the originals of birth /marriage/death certificates, spravki o ne sodimosti (we had two from two different countries), translations of everything ( I did have them notarized and certified per the website guidance). Questions were: how did I get to the US? Where would she be living? And then said her visa was approved. Mom said there were lot of people that were not getting approved as they were missing one or more docs. I am sure everything will go well for you guys next week! Good luck! Please post an update, keeping fingers crossed for you!

Hi all- wanted to share our update on our IR-5 interview in Almaty on 10/24/23. Everything went smooth just like many peopelle posted here. Med exam was on 10/16/23 ( others in line did it a day before the interview, we chose to do it a week earlier). Interview was on 10/24/23. It took 2.5 hours with all the logistics but the actual apt was 2 min. We had all the docs and were asked for some of the originals. There were many people in line who were not getting approved due to the lack of the original documents. We got a notification 5 hours later that the passport was ready with visa at the pick up location. Hope this helps and good luck to you all! I met my mom in Istanbul to give her all the orginals. They did ask for it at the apt.

Hi all- wanted to share our update on our IR-5 interview in Almaty on 10/24/23. Everything went smooth just like many peopelle posted here. Med exam was on 10/16/23 ( others in line did it a day before the interview, we chose to do it a week earlier). Interview was on 10/24/23. It took 2.5 hours with all the logistics but the actual apt was 2 min. We had all the docs and were asked for some of the originals. There were many people in line who were not getting approved due to the lack of the original documents. We got a notification 5 hours later that the passport was ready with visa at the pick up location. Hope this helps and good luck to you all!

Congrats on the IL! 🎉 Will post our update. 🙂

Some of us have been exchanging the latest on Almaty experience in this thread- “Medical Exam in Almaty”

I know it doesnt help you at all, but we booked a return ticket on day 5 after visa apt just to be sure…good luck to you guys as well!

Hey Ana, my mom’s interview is on 10/24 in Almaty and I’ll let you know. The other two people I’ve been talking to got their passports back on the second day after the interview.

hey there- I didnt see your question earlier. No, we got DQ’d within 2 weeks and then maybe 4-6 weeks after DQ got an email with IL. Btw- only my mom got the email I didnt. She wasnt even sure if it was spam when it came thru… please check all emails just to be sure. Hope you guys hear soon.

🎉🎉🎉 Thank you, @ITBOB for the awesome news and great update! Congrats guys! So happy for you! Thank you for sharing all of your updates! It’s been so helpful! I’ll post my updates from Oct 24 apt as well. Our apt is on Tues, so we are thinking of getting a return ticket for Sat also. Safe travels to you all! 🙂