captainofiron

You are welcome! Here is one more bill by Poroshenko that I mentioned but didn't give the link, in case you didn't find. 
 
http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=61320

Don't worry, usually Ukrainians "overthrow" a government once in 10 years - 2004, 2014 ....  so you have some years to go  
 
 

I was like.... 

The bill 4116 was from 2014 and withdrawn 
here is the link to the official website
http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=49734
 
The bill 5433 is stuck at the stage "in process" for a while 
http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=60558
 
There is another bill that the president proposed but nothing has been  legally adopted or voted for as of yet. 
 

Would the Ukrainian authorities know about her Russian citizenship? If she is not coming from Russia on this trip or doing anything that involves Russia, I don't see why she would need to show or declare that she has Russian citizenship. Show the US passport, show the Ukrainian passport...that's all they need to know. It says she was born in Ukraine, she has a Ukrainian passport...i don't see any reason why they'd ask if she is somehow also Russian.
 
The US citizenship should be no big deal at all. They see such dual citizens all the time at airports.

is that 14 days from her arrival in the US or 14 days from the date of marriage?
the I-94 is the little paper they stapled to the inside of her passport right?
Thanks, fortunately the SSA office is pretty close to my house.
Yes we had been trying to get her a state ID, but you need 1 photo ID (visa) 1 proof of ID (SS card) and 2 proofs of residency in NM
so we had 2 out of the 4, so we were waiting on the SS card name change which would then let us put her name (new not maiden) on my bank account which would give us all 4 for the state ID

AFAIK, the Russian law requires citizens to be registered temporarily if they spend 90+ days in a certain place in Russia and 7 days in their new residence. So i don't see a person with consulate stamp in the passport being fined for not being registered (because i think it means they're not 'residing' in Russia). Source.

Exactly. Having registration is important only if you're residing in Russia, unfortunately Russia still doesn't want to get rid of this stupid law dragging from USSR times. There you can have some troubles, because if you have no registration you can be fined if you will be lucky enough to get a documents check up by Russian police and you can't do many legal actions without registration since if you don't have registration in your passport, from the point of law you're homeless there. But if you're permanently residing abroad, it doesn't matter for you. I actually cancelled my registration in Russia to make it easier and not to get in situations like you're described. If by some circumstances we will have to move to Russia some day, I can get another one, but for now I don't see any benefits I could get from keeping my Russian registration while permanently living in the US.
- Victor from Russia

Eso es señor! Doble ERE jajajajja I am also fluent in spanish without any accent at all - but thats cos i lived and spent time in spanish regions.... (can not say same with english jajajaja this i have and need to work on it reallllll hard ) but I keep on telling him to try, say words with ¨R¨ and he says: I am not like you, i can´t roll it like in spanish or even worse in ukrainian..........to what i say: keep calm and roll

We will have to go the marry immediately and file for AOS route. she will have to understand.. I appreciate the replies!)

, what are our options?
1. Enter the US, marry immediately (quickest is at the county courthouse) file for AOS and AP, wait about 2-3 months, then go back.
2. Marry here and then go back there get married, then you come home, she stays in Russia for about a year while you apply for the CR-1 visa for her.
3. Do neither?
What have you guys done?
Number one but didn't go back to Russia to get married again. Our families understood that international relationships and immigration forces the couple to do things differently. As long as we are happy was most important to our families.
How long does it take for her to be able to travel back to Russia after her POE in US?
2-3 months after you get married. Usually it takes about two days to obtain the marriage license and then about a week later to schedule the marriage with the county judge.

The K-1 is for getting marry in the US. Tell your fiancée that you must get marry in the US first and then apply for an AOS. After filing the AOS, it will take 2-3 months to get AP.
She can leave anytime she wants. If she leaves without AP, she will spend a year in Russia until you can obtain another visa.
Your fiancée needs to understand that there are immigration rules. If she want what she wants, then there are immigration consequences to her choices.
She can wait 2-3 months for AP (after getting marry in the US) and go back to Russia to have a big formal wedding, or she can go back to Russia without AP and wait a year for another visa.

You should have no problems as long as she has her passport with visa and your marriage certificate.

Russians and Ukranians seem to be big on the apostille for documents.
On our trips to and from Russia, my wife's green card was in her new married name and her Russian passport was in her maiden name. We brought the certified copy of the marriage certificate and never had any problems. In fact the border guard in Russia did not even care. It was the airline that was interested to see the documents to be sure that she could enter the US without any issue.
Hopefully others will share their experience.

Just like any other government

This is usually the point where I wash my hands of the whole situation and say, "You deal with it."
Good luck.

Yes, but only if they are registered as permanent residents of another country at a local embassy. most people keep their Russian registration.
Neonred, you didn't even have to call anybody... ALL information you might have needed can be found on the website of the embassy. ALL OF IT. They also tell you what to do if both of your passports expired or you don't have your internal passport with you. How do I know? I looked it up a couple of weeks ago, because my travel passport expires in December. Luckily, my internal passport expires in 22 years, so I have nothing to worry about.
It's just like with the immigration process: read the guides.

I guess the truth is we (my wife and I) hate the Russian embassy. We needed to go back to Russia to take care of a few things, renew my wife's internal passport and sell our apartment. My wife nagged me all last week about buying the air tickets and, before that getting me to apply for my visa. Now that all that has been done and appropriate gifts purchased for all her friends I have been asking her to be sure everything is in order for the trip. Turns out not only is her internal passport expired, her international passport expired yesterday....she was thinking it was good until October 9th! Told her to call the Russian embassy to be sure there would be no problem for traveling or to perhaps get an extension for travel.
The embassy told her that since her internal passport is expired she has no proof that she is still a Russian citizen...#######? She explained that she was going over to renew her internal passport. They told her she cannot travel to Russia as she will be arrested at the border and then sent back...#######? Then she asked the person at the embassy if they can help her renew her internal passport...they said no. She asked the person at the embassy what to do and they said the cannot help her. She asked if she were stuck in the USA and the answer was....maybe. We were able to verify with two other sources that the arrest and return were in fact accurate.
I tried calling the embassy and had no luck. The woman I spoke with said to me in very good English " I don't speak English" and then gave me a phone number to call. I called that number but the message said no one can take your call, good bye.
I had my wife call a company in Chicago that can renew a Russian passport for a fee. They were much more helpful and directed her to a Russian embassy site where she can download a form and submit it along with numerous documents and $65 and, after 2-3 months she will get a document that will verify she is a Russian citizen. Then this company in Chicago will be able to renew her passport.
Told my wife it may just be easier to renounce her citizenship so that she can use her US passport and a visa. Looked into that too but it takes as much effort and time as renewing the internal passport from what I can tell.
Now I need to get busy cancelling flights.
Don't let your wife's passports expire. Avoid the headaches that can crop up. See my other thread about how my wife makes everything so difficult

Russian and Ukrainian citizens (which she is) are required to register their address with the government. Not that it is a big deal but it seems someone is extorting money from her parents for the privilege. This is much more a personal issue with her parents than a government issue.
She mau be able to update her registration to her US address at the Russian consulate in the US. US immigration does not care and it makes no difference in her immigration process

My first piece of advice on the subject is that you need to take this seriously. As an American, it's easy to see the Russian system as a non-sequitur since we don't have anything analogous (at least not for citizens). You really need to dig into what the options are and what the consequences will be. In particular, if you ever decide you want to live in Russia, you would want to make sure that this is all in order.
That said, you do have options. It is possible for a Russian to register at the consulate as living abroad. This effectively removes the requirement to be registered in Russia. However, this can make returning more difficult as you become a sort of transient if you can't purchase an apartment for yourself. Additionally, if you wanted to own property in Russia, register potential children, or otherwise use government services in Russia, not being registered in Russia would be a barrier. Also, it would become more difficult for your wife to register you as a foreigner when you come to visit (of course, her parents could likely register you with just as much ease).
If you don't think that you will want to live in Russia in the future, moving her registration to the consulate might be a good idea. It will make things easier, but will close some doors (or at least make those doors more difficult to open in the future). I'm not an expert on the process and haven't done it myself, so it would behoove you to find someone who has or at least make sure you understand all of the consequences. Depending on the relationship with her parents, you may have to consider how they will view things.
Good luck.

Don't tell your wife... but she was right.

It's a problem. Could be a big one or just a little delay depending on the agency and clearance level. For me, it just delayed things a bit, and there was some more investigating, but I still got it in the end.
IMO, the problem is worse if you have close friends/relatives in Russia, or if any of your wife's family members work for the Russian government.

From receiving green card

For your case it is 3 years since the GC, but it is actually a combination of being married to a USC for 3 years AND being a LPR for 3 years. Also, the USC spouse must be an USC for the past 3 years as well. Then there are the residency requirements and time outside the US that needs to be looked at, but for most people those are non-issues. Also, your wife being a USC will make getting your security clearance easier.
Dave

Any spouse that is not yet a USC will be put under a microscope for your security clearance. How much depends on the level of the clearance, the industry involved, and the country the spouse is from. Back when I received my clearance there was still a Soviet Union. The FBI contacted my friends and who knows who else. It was a long process, but I was finally granted the clearance. I do not think having a wife who is a citizen of the FSU will cause too much problems as she has already undergone some background checks just to get her visa. Besides, there are some FSU countries that the US is buddy-buddy with and then there is Russia, IMHO it may take a bit longer, but I do not see why it would be a problem.
Good luck,
Dave