Oksana81

My wife and I will be celebrating our one year anniversary on the 30th of March. The first few months were a little rough but the past 6 months have been great! Thanks for all of the help everyone provided on here. It keeps getting better every day. I never thought a city girl from Kiev would love fishing so much! She told me a week ago that the weather was getting nice, it's time to go fishing.

Congratulations to you and your wife on your 1st anniversary!

It's so nice to see that so many people found each other. I wonder what would be the best online dating sites if a man was looking for a serious relationship domestically? Besides match.com, what else is out there that really works?

Thanks for your input!

As I said above - the problem may be getting back into America through an EU POE. Based on our experience it makes things easier if you take a marriage certificate when the ticket and passport do not match - just so the POE officers can connect the dots easier.

Edited to say that a translation of a Russian marraige certificate would just make it a faster process if there are questions. No requirement at all, but if they have to go find an employee who can translate it seems to me you could miss a flight.

Brad, how can she have a Russian marriage certificate if she got married in the US?

Speaking from the personal experience, if the Russian Embassy in DC refused to put a stamp in her passport "the matrimonial name of the holder of the passport is...", then all she needs is her US marriage cert to cross the border (in addition to the Rus passport, ticket and GC). I also recommend to put an Apostile to make it internationally recognizable.

I haven't been here for a while and I see that nothing changed around here. Same "hot" topics

Мария, когда поедешь в Россию, возьми с собой сви-во о браке, переводить на русский ничего не надо. Желательно поставь на сви-во апостиль (Apostile) у секретаря штата.

Билет можно покупать на любую фамилию. Я в свое время покупала на русскую, чтобы совпадало с рос. паспортом.

Удачи!

Did not read all 19 pages, but there are couple of sites you also can try.

www.holostyak.com

www.russianhearts.us

Just like with any web-site, be mindful about scammers.

I am a US citizen. The last batch of documents (Immigrant Visa Application for my Mom, with all of her supporting documents) was submitted to the NVC in very early February. I am just trying to get sense how much longer to wait for the interview in Moscow.

2 months.

Are you a US Citizen or LPR ? When did you submit the file the last batch of docs?

LPRs can't file for parents.

I was reading the Moscow Times article about the record heat in Moscow. There were pictures of people visiting a local beach. Look at this http://www.themoscowtimes.com/photogallery/html/3296/410965/ I thought the girls from Russia were supposed to be beautiful and slender! I am in shock. Can't believe they even had this in the "paper".

how about this picture? ;-)

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/photogallery/3296/410970/

I have never heard of such a thing, or related requirement, but my fiancee stopped by the marriage office in Russia and they said they can give her a paper saying she has never been married and is not currently registered to be married in Russia. She said it isn't expensive, but the notarized copy is expensive.

Ever heard of such a thing? I told her why not get the non-notarized copy, but she is afraid it's useless if not notarized. Her interview is July 23rd in Moscow and she is worrying herself to death I think!

???

Thanks!

ZAGS (Russian marriage office) may ask for that piece of paper if you are going to register your marriage in Russia. If you are not, then just ignore what they said.

In a couple weeks, we are going to have our first child and we are planning to obtain for him two citizenships. Since he will be born in the US, I don't anticipate any trouble with US citizenship. His birth certificate will say New York and that will be the end of that.

Does anyone have any experience or information about how to get Russian citizenship for the son of a Russian mother born abroad?

If you are in NY, then unfortunately you are assigned to Consulate General of Russian Federation in NY. I say "unfortunately" because it's the busiest and the craziest consulate of all Russian ones in the US.

Read their requirements here:

http://www.ruscon.org/cons_citizenship_RUS.html

You, as a non-Russian parent, will need to prepare a notarized statement that you consent that the child will have a Russian citizenship.

hello, RUB! long time no read. just thought i would check in and update my old friends on all my new excitement.

• Dima and I celebrated 1 year in the US together April 27th.
  
• we celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary on May 19th.
  
• and,more importantly, we welcomed our son on April 11th!
  

we are enjoying this little angel and adjusting to being a family of 3.

Amber, congratulations! The baby is so cute!! How did you and Dima name him?

Gary, if you stop being a pretentious know-it-all for a minute, you will realize that generalizations (such as "all Ukranians graduate at 16") cannot be made on bases of Alla and Sergey.

Here's some math for you.

Start school at 7. 10 grades of school.

I started at 6, so I graduated at 16 and 3 months. But MOST of the population starts at 7 and graduates at 17.

Casper, your step-son should definitely start the 9th grade.

My MIL went to an immigration lawyer who told her that in 2009 most of the applicants who went to the U.S. on a tourist visa to visit their relative's newborn did not return to Ukraine, so the U.S. is now denying ALL tourist visas for this purpose. Has anyone else heard of this?

Ah yeah I just saw this.

Insane. And completely illegal in my opinion, can't wait til this is tested in court.

Sorry, mox, but for the first time I have to disagree with you. People should respect the law!

Hi

My wife's Russian International passport expires in the next few motnhs. We are in the process of renewal at the Seattle Consulate. She has to apply in person and she also has to fill out an on-line application within 3 days prior to her visit. Question # 8 of the online application asks for the purpose of geting the passport- there is a drop down menu with 2 possible answers - 1) For temporary visits abroad and 2) For living abroad. So ehere are our qeustions: if she checks the living abroad option [she actually leaves here in the US] does that mean she will have to register in the consulate and loose her propiska in Russia?? Or should she check the "temporary living abroad option because of the fact that she is a Russian Citizen implies that she is here in the US temporarily?? We are not sure how the consulate would interpret the answer?

Can anybody help??

Thank You in advance

If your wife has a propiska in Russia, she should choose "for temporary visits abroad". Her permanent status in the US in this case is irrelevant.

I second the suggestion about local Community college.

Also try local library to see if they offer any free ESL courses for adults.

It is anticipated that the same rule will apply in the Russian Consulates in the US.

According to the new law, if your Russian relative is traveling with you, the Russian Consulate/Embassy can issue a visa based on the written request from the Russian citizen.

It ziz on zale!

are you making fun of our accent?

We appreciate you, and hope you have the best IWD ever.

Thank you Brad!

Went to the local Immigration office yesterday. Both Alla and Leonid had their fingerprints taken as well as photos.

No problems, no hassles, in and out within 30 minutes.

Biometrics were for both their GC and EAD applications.

they require finger prints for 2 year olds???

Damn, I must say I'm happy for Canada and all, but I was expecting that game to go to the shootout or at least overtime.

Completely destroyed Russians.

Now let's hope they beat Slovaks and go to the finals

Since Russia is gone, I am cheering for Team Slovakia and her captain Zdeno Chara (from Boston Bruins). Go baby!

Oksana,

My wife got it just presenting the passport and her I-94. No birth certificate required at all.

She got an SSN (the actual card in the mail) three weeks after arrival.

Ditto....

My wife still hopes we will move back to Russia, at least to spend the summers there. Now that "we" have our own apartment there our plan is to be able to do that some time in the future. At least that is the plan...

Same here! We're going to try to work here for a few years, save up a little money, then move to Russia.

really? wow!

Baron,

I wanted to ask you. When Alla went to apply for a Social Security Card, was she required to present an original birth certificate or they accept a certified translated into English copy?

Thanks.

I take this same approach, but believe it or not, my wife prefers flowers over heat, electricity, cell phone, etc. When she asks why she didn't get a gift on New Years or her birthday or something like that I try to explain to her how every day is like a gift. "You're warm, aren't you? You're welcome. See ya next year."

One thing I have noticed about other Russians in the USA (not all, but many) is that they do not like to see a Russian girl married to an American man, so they try to brainwash the girl to get out and "take advantage" of the relationship.

Why is it their business who my wife married?