Infoman

Hmmm...so let's say she wants to go back to Russia to visit family.  This can not be done until she gets a green card?  If so, how long does it take, generally speaking, to get a green card?

She is from a city / town MUCH smaller than St. Pete's or Moscow.  The help you can get from certain travel agents in her area isn't good, to say the least.  Yes, I think I'm aware of the documents that she will need.  She is going to do the Schengen in Moscow in May, during which time she will also go to the Embassy-approved doctor for the medical exam.  Before she goes, she is calling the place in Moscow for Hungary schengen visas to double-check what documents she needs to bring with her.  And this is only for the schengen.  For the Warsaw interview, it's a whole other list of things that must be brought to the interview.

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I'm a K1.  I've tried the following:  Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Jerusalem - all say residents only.  Hungary never replied back to me.  I'm trying to keep it within a not-too-far distance from Russia, but I am coming up empty.  I am thinking about calling the US Embassy in Warsaw - NOT their USTRAVELDOCS third-party ZERO HELP that they have listed for contacts on all embassy websites - to actually talk to someone at the embassy to see what they have to say.  Other than that, my fiancé talked to multiple travel agents in Russia RE: Schengen visa.  One said they are not doing this - another said "France, no - Spain - August - Italy - September".  This process is nearing two years and I can't get to the finish line so far.  I also don't want to wait another number of months for a Schengen visa.  My fiancé is calling the Italy consulate in Moscow on Monday to see what they can do.  If possible, we would go to Italy for a couple of days and then fly to Warsaw and get this over with.  This part of things is a complete nightmare and the US EMBASSIES are blind to the fact that they moved the interviews to Warsaw while Poland is not issuing Schengen visas.  I am scrambling and I'm running VERY low on options.