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FYI they are supposed to give her a copy of the DS-3025 free, but some times it needs to be asked for.

Agreed, that's what we hoped for (to ask for the copy of DS=3025), but they said they are not allowed to give the copy of that form any longer. They used to, but now it's prohibited.

It's too bad she did not get her vaccinations transcribed. That was a mistake.

Other than that all good info.

They said it was totally optional for K-1 visa holders. We will get it transcribed at a civil surgeon's in the US. Same cost, but we get to keep the transcribed records.

This has been such a helpful community. I wanted to contribute something, so I am posting my fiancee's experiences regarding her medical in Moscow, Russia.

There are 2 clinics in Moscow that are approved by USCIS. Filatov clinic and IOM. She went to IOM b/c they offer the results the same day (if you come 8:30am to 12pm).

So she called (495) 797-8723, scheduled an apt. for 9am. She said it took her 20 minutes to find IOM near the westation "1905 street"; however, some people had no issues finding the place..

She filled out a simple form, stood in line for 30 minutes to have a very pleasant lady put her "packet" together. They give you instructions and a map of the place you need to go next (to get the physical done). The lady also said it's optional to get the vaccinations transcribed for a k-1 visa, so my fiancee decided to get her vaccinations transcribed by a civil surgeon in the US (Her reasoning was not having the copy of the medical and not wanting to prove someone later that her vaccinations were already transcribed. Maybe we're overanalyzing, but this has been an intense process). Then she paid $160 (you can pay both in dollars and roubles). Oh, and don't forget to bring 2 3x4cm photos. My fiancee brought standard US passport photos, and the IOM simply cut out the size they needed. Pretty friendly.

Then she did some subway traveling ("Biblioteka im. lenina") and the doctor's building was 3 min walk from the subway. She got lost again. The "Romanov Pereulok, 2" is on the right, right after you pass the library, and then she had issues finding the door because it was not marked. She gave the security guy her pass (given to her at the original stop), and went to the entrance #5, 2nd floor (they give you a print out with instructions). The lady took the huge envelope from my fiancee and told her where to go to get her blood taken, then where to go (another entrance) where to have the x-ray taken (get naked, they put stickers on the nipples, x-ray, ready to go, pretty straight forward, but you have to wait until the x-ray is printed). Then she went back to the entrance #5 and talked to the doctor. Get naked, let's examine everything, ask about the medical history, etc. Pretty standard, even though the examination itself took 15 minutes (the guy [doc] was pretty thorough). Then he said, come back to get your results after 4pm, everything looks good as long as your blood work is good.

My fiancee came at 5:30pm to get her results (envelope). Everything was fine. One step closer to the interview!

Actually, two steps closer, b/c she paid her DHL bill earlier that day.

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Found some info, maybe it will be helpful to some....

American Express checks cost 0.5% to 0.1% of the total sum you want to transfer. You can buy them at the major Russian banks, even if you don't have an account with them (as long as you are buying less than 600,000 RUB in value; otherwise, you need an account with the bank)....

If you're a Russian citizen, to have the wire transfer to your US bank account, you need to go to "nalogovaya" (Russian IRS-type of place) and tell them you have an account in the US (If you opened the account more than a month ago and didn't tell them, they will charge you couple of thousand (RUB) fine). Then you give them the US account info and they stamp the paper. You take the paper to the bank and can transfer any amount of money. The fee of wire transfer varies from bank to bank.

To transfer the money to another person, ... (oops) I forgot what you need. But my fiancee was told they might question you and investigate why you're transferring money to someone else in the US (finacee, husband,etc). Not that you're doing something wrong, but she said it might be annoying to deal with the Russian "nalogovaya"...

Thank you all for your help.

Summary to close the subject:

1) The regular "spravka" will work even though it just says "______ didn't have any arrests etc on the territory of the Russian Federation".

2) The translation is not needed b/c the Moscow embassy has people speaking Russian.

She needs to have a police cert from any place she has live from when whe was 16. So if she moved from city to city or oblast to oblast, she would go to that regional police office and obtain the same thing. Remember they all need to have a translation to go along with.

I'm going to ask a mod to move this to the RUB regional forum where you'll get better answers.

It says it's been checked in the federal database. But it does not have a list of the places she has lived in.

I also read somewhere in here that if the police record is in Russian, no translation is needed...???

Thanks for help.

My fiancee has been trying to get a police report for the interview. However, the report that she was given by the "MVD" (Ministry of Internal Affairs) only has a statement that she didn't have any arrests etc... However, it doesn't say anything about the names she has used (only one) and the places she has lived since her 16th birthday. She asked for that type of letter ("spravka") but they said the only one they give is the one she got. Is that sufficient for the interview???? Thanks!!!

I spent several hours yesterday browsing through forums and learning about funds transferring b/w countries. It seems like the best option is Custom House. BUT...

I tried to sign up and ran into a problem "We are able to send funds to Russia, but cannot receive from."

Has any one had experience with other funds transferring options between Russia and US? Is it possible to transfer funds from the Russian bank to the bank in the US directly?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Thank you very much, guys and gals. It sounds like even people who got everything done (vaccination-wise) in their medical overseas, still have to have their vaccine record re-done by the civil surgeon.

Is getting a copy of DS 3025 problematic? Seems like providing a copy of it with I-485 would prove that the vaccinations were properly completed...

So in the directions to i-485 it says that only the vaccination record is needed, not entire medical record. Can my wife submit the vaccination record signed by her Russian doctor (with translation, certified) or do we have to pay an additional fee to the civil surgeon to copy what we have (she has all the vaccines needed) to the I-693??

Thanks for your help!

PS: I found someone's RFE, and it looks like the civil surgeon has to do the vaccination part... I thought Moscow embassy requires vaccinations before the interview...

Confused.