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E) After you received the passport with the visa

A) Once you new the interview day

B) After Interview

C) Once Kiev had your filed

D) Other

I was planning to buy the ticket after I get the interview date. I'm thiking of buying a tiket departing from Kiev 15 days after the interview. What do you think???

Thanks

Thank-You all

I would like to know if you are approved for a K1 visa at the time of the interview, How long does the embassy take to send the passport with the visa. I see that some people get it the next say other 2 to 3 weeks after. What is a good average??? Also do they tell you if you are approved that day or do you have to wait for the passport to see if you got the visa???

US Embassy in KIEV

I would like to know if you are approved for a K1 visa at the time of the interview, How long does the embassy take to send the passport with the visa. I see that some people get it the next say other 2 to 3 weeks after. What is a good average??? Also do they tell you if you are approved that day or do you have to wait for the passport to see if you got the visa???

I was told by e-mail that Kiev has received my case. The e-mal was sent by the consular office in Kiev. However, when I called to make the appointment they are telling me that they have no record of my case. Also I was told that right now once the case is in the system is taking approximatly 4 weeks to get an appointment.

Thank -you to all of you for the great information you have provided

Im so happy I got out of NVC in only 5 days. I was told last week that my file had been selected for AP and was already preparing to wait at leat 3 weeks before my file got out. So, if NVC tells you that you are in AP there is no reason to panic. I guess the next step is to wait 2 -3 weeks for Kiev to put my case in the system before I can call them so we can get the interview right?? Also once they have the case in the system how long do we have to wait for an Interview???

Under the substantial presence test, an alien individual who is present in the United States for at least 183 days during the taxable year is a resident for tax purposes, and an alien present in the country for fewer than 183 days during the current year is a resident if she is present for at least 31 days during the year, spends substantial portions of her time in the country during the three-year period ending with the taxable year, and has a closer connection to the United States than to any foreign country.

Normally, the substantial presence test is met for a particular calendar year if the taxpayer is present in the United States on at least 31 days during the year and meets a 183-day test. The 183-day test is satisfied only if the sum of the days present in the United States during the taxable year, one third of the days present during the immediately preceding calendar year, and one sixth of the days present during the second preceding year is at least 183. The 183-day test is met, for example, if the taxpayer has been present for 122 or more days during each of these three calendar years (122 plus one third of 122 plus one sixth of 122 equals 183).

An alien individual who meets both the 31-day test and the 183-day test is nevertheless a nonresident if she (1) is present in the United States for fewer than 183 days during the current year; (2) has a tax home in a foreign country during the year; and (3) has a closer connection to that country than to the United States. An individual has a “tax home” at a particular place if she would be allowed a deduction under § 162(a)(2) for expenses incurred in traveling away from that place on business. According to the regulations, this means that an individual's tax home is at her regular place of business or if she has more than one regular place, at the principal place of business. An individual has the closest connection with the country with which she “has maintained more significant contacts,” including the location of her permanent home, family, personal belongings, and personal bank accounts, the location of the social, political, cultural, and religious organizations “with which the individual has a current relationship,” where she obtained her driver's license, where she votes, and the country of residence designated on documents filed by the individual. However, the closer connection exception is not available if the individual has applied to become a permanent resident and this application is pending at any time during the taxable year.

To the person that mentioned social security benefits that is cover in a treaty

Under the US Canada Income tax Treaty:

Social security benefits paid by one country to a resident of the other and, in the case of Canadian benefits, to a U.S. citizen are taxable only by the country where the recipient lives [ Article XVIII(5) ; 1997 Protocol, Article 2 ]. In this regard, U.S. social security benefits paid to a Canadian resident are taxable in Canada as though they were benefits under the Canada Pension Plan, except that 15% of these benefits is exempt from Canadian tax. Similarly, Canadian social security benefits paid to a U.S. resident are taxable in the United States as though they were a payment under the U.S. Social Security Act, except that a type of benefit that is not subject to Canadian tax when paid to Canadian residents is exempt from U.S. tax

Under the substantial presence test, an alien individual who is present in the United States for at least 183 days during the taxable year is a resident for tax purposes, and an alien present in the country for fewer than 183 days during the current year is a resident if she is present for at least 31 days during the year, spends substantial portions of her time in the country during the three-year period ending with the taxable year, and has a closer connection to the United States than to any foreign country.

Normally, the substantial presence test is met for a particular calendar year if the taxpayer is present in the United States on at least 31 days during the year and meets a 183-day test. The 183-day test is satisfied only if the sum of the days present in the United States during the taxable year, one third of the days present during the immediately preceding calendar year, and one sixth of the days present during the second preceding year is at least 183. The 183-day test is met, for example, if the taxpayer has been present for 122 or more days during each of these three calendar years (122 plus one third of 122 plus one sixth of 122 equals 183).

An alien individual who meets both the 31-day test and the 183-day test is nevertheless a nonresident if she (1) is present in the United States for fewer than 183 days during the current year; (2) has a tax home in a foreign country during the year; and (3) has a closer connection to that country than to the United States. An individual has a “tax home” at a particular place if she would be allowed a deduction under § 162(a)(2) for expenses incurred in traveling away from that place on business. According to the regulations, this means that an individual's tax home is at her regular place of business or if she has more than one regular place, at the principal place of business. An individual has the closest connection with the country with which she “has maintained more significant contacts,” including the location of her permanent home, family, personal belongings, and personal bank accounts, the location of the social, political, cultural, and religious organizations “with which the individual has a current relationship,” where she obtained her driver's license, where she votes, and the country of residence designated on documents filed by the individual. However, the closer connection exception is not available if the individual has applied to become a permanent resident and this application is pending at any time during the taxable year.

I'm a CPA and international a tax specialist and a US resident for income tax purposes is tax on their worldwide Income. However, the meaning of residence for income tax purposes as defined on Title 26 USC (Internal revenue Code) has nothing to do with US residency for immigration purposes. There is a formula that looks back three years weighted to the current year and if you exceed 180 days you are a US resident for income tax purposes and should file a US Income tax return.

I just called NVC right now and they got my case yesterday and they also provided me with the KEV#; However, the bad news is that my case was selected for AP. How long is that???. This people did not want to give me anymore information as to why my cas was selected and how long it was going to take.

I just called NVC right now and they got my case yesterday and they also provided me with the KEV#; However, the bad news is that my case was selected for AP. How long is that???. This people did not want to give me anymore information as to why my cas was selected and how long it was going to take.

I understand but i thought that you get the KEV# form NVC. If NVC never get the applocation in the system when i call kiev how do i reference my case. Do I give them my last name or hers??. I'm asking thi because you mention in many instances NVC never updates their system and one should contact the embassy directly by e-mail. I guess the quetion is without NVC's responce who provides the KEV#.

Thank-You again for the Info

Thanks again Gary. If i write the e-mail to the embassy in Kiev how do I reference my case. Do I use the recepit # since I do not have a case # from NVC(KEV #)?

I spoke to a person

I was approved on 09/29/09 and i got the letter by mail also. NVC still has not received he approval. I have seen some that for some people it took only 1 or 2 days. How long does it nomally take?

Thank-you Gary

Thank-You so much Gary. The reason i asked is because unlike american airports in France and zurich they have a security agent once you exist the plane. In fact the agent is nest to the plane before you even get to the terminal they check your passport. I had a frien that went from colombia to kiev and she had to stop in paris for 2 hours. They told her the day of the flight that france require a transit visa for some countries.

If my fiancee is comming tofrom kiev with a fiancee visa and her ultimate destination is Miami, FL but her intinerary includes a stop in zurich, is she required to have a swiss transit visa. I want to avoid having her go to JFK. My only options to make her go by Zurich (swiss airlines) or Madrid (Spain - Iberia). Thanks in advance

She did mention the J1 on the original post. I think a retraction is in order