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    K1 Visa

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    I agree with the rest, having two visas doesn't hurt you at all. Just understand that you will only be able to enter the US on that K-1 and not the B1/B2. Otherwise I have no experience on this subject and will learn from your experience.

    visa to travel together but son does not want to come

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    It only works until someone puts the pieces together.... It will be some day at a POE when she attempts entry and the CBP officer takes the green card or when they need to remove conditions.....
    I have rather silly but technical question. How do the POE entry officers know how long you have been out of the country when you are returning on a Greencard? No one swipes your card or enters that data upon leaving the US, based on my wife's personal experience here. They do ask you how long was your trip, but there is no real way to verify it and what would trigger them to get suspicious if you said I was gone two weeks rather than say 50 weeks?

    Questions regarding medical for interview

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    If you do your medical at MOM you can arrive at 6 am that day go to the medical exam and get your results that day. Hit up DHL while waiting for your results during the same day. Next day you go to the interview. Only possible if you use this clinic and your interview is on any day but Monday.

    No vaccinations are required for K1.

    Kids also need medicals.

    inflation

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    With gasoline prices in Russia around $3.80 a gallon their not doing a great job with government subsidies for a petroleum producing nation.
    Perhaps that is what the price at a Moscow gas station is selling it for, but my relatives are doing just fine getting diesel on the black market at 7-8 rubles a liter.

    Friend Gets Goodbye Email from Fiance

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    I was talking to a friend this morning and he told me that one of our friends had gotten an email from his fiance telling him she wished not to leave Russia and hopes he can find his happiness with another Russian girl....she was to have her interview in Moscow in about two weeks.
    Yeah, we haven't seen him on this forum for a while and it was pretty abrubt. There are a million things that could've happened and who knows what really did.
    Hmmm, I wonder if it's MOX.

    Are you sure it is MOX?

    http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showuser=38377

    His timeline says the interview was scheduled for:

    http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=38377

    May 14, 2008

    Unless there was a change of date with no update, bruc must be talking about someone else.

    inflation

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted · Edited by Satellite

    When oil gets to $200 a barrel, at least it should start cutting demand, and boosting output - which should in theory start to lower prices...
    I wish this was true. But in reality, when demand drops so will production both in oil producing and refining thus artificially maintaining a high price as demand falls. The oil folks aren't idiots and have now grown accustomed to the high profits.

    The real solutions lies in alternative energy for our vehicles, mainly the electric car that costs under $25,000, gets 300 miles to the charge, is easy and cheap to dispose of, and runs under warranty for 10 years. Secondly, developing nations like China, India, and even Russia, lifts their government subsidies on gasoline, thus forcing all their citizens to cut back.

    CR1 Vs K3 Moscow

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    To clarify: I have been living in Russia for 9 months and will be married in a week.
    How are you able to prove you have been residing in Russia for 9 months? Registration stamps?

    I-129F isn't close to being "free". Bring in cost of adjusting status and no money from working as soon. Way more expensive than a CR or IR!!
    The OP asked about "speed" and not price, and as far I can tell from the directions the I-129F filed with an I-130 application for a spouse is indeed free, please read the directions again.

    "There is no fee for petitions for K-3 status based on an immigrant petition filed by the same U.S. citizen."

    So.... how are the driving lessons going?

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    Want to try an experiment. Go on the website of the Smart ForTwo car and look at the prices. You will see base prices for this tiny two seater car with 45 GPM starting at $12,???,00 Now go on eBay and see if the prices you see for used ones don't hit in the $ 19,000-28,000 range.
    Try another experiment:

    Go to http://craigslist.org/

    Then go to sales.

    Then type any combination of:

    "Salvage Civic"

    "Salvage Echo"

    "Salvage Carolla"

    "Salvage Golf"

    All very fuel economical cars, all well below prices you would pay at a dealership or Ebay.

    AOS kicking my ###

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    For someone who talks about "practicality vs. legality" on the Russian side so often, you seem almost fearful of what the U.S. govt. is capable of. I know you're only presenting "possibilities" in the off-chance something like this theoretically could happen, but in reality, when does it happen? Get that yahoo search bar working, if you can present one single case where a K-1 fiancée was deported for no other reason than failing to submit AOS, you'll get the :star: Until then, quit scaring the newlyweds!
    What I've noticed both in my immigration clients and my bankruptcy clients is that the more you tell them all the possibilities and all the things that can go wrong, the more likely they are to retain you.

    Besides getting AOS done ASAP is worth the investment. Speeds up citizenship, gets your lady the right to work and travel, and it locks in your USCIS rates, as fees can only go up from here.

    name change - passport change?

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    Oh wow....so what did you finally do? did you finally change the passport or not?
    We just stuck with the Amendment. AK I think got the best of both worlds, by getting them to change it here, they probably spelled it correctly based of the green card.

    You are right, if you went the long route, by showing them your "Russia Acceptable" marriage certificate, they would make up some Russian spelling of the English name in the internal passport because it is all in Russian. Then taking that name and making an international passport would most likely result in a misspelling unless you have some clout in that office.

    Likewise, the amendment is very handy in Russia when flying on Maiden Name tickets and using a Marriend Name Green Card to justify boarding.

    name change - passport change?

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    Getting an amendment in your Russian passport is easy.

    Getting the actual named changed is a different story.

    AK had success convincing the Russian Consulate in Seattle to change his wife's passport.

    I have had not the same success. I was instead told to get our Marriage certificate translated, apostiled, and then certified by the Russian consulate. Have my wife go to Russia with that document. Then change her Internal Passport to show recognition of her American Marriage. Then with a new Internal Passport she could then apply for a new International passport. Quite the troublesome path when you consider it also takes about a month to change the internal passport and then another for the international passport. Not to mention the unnecessary trip to Russia.

    Back after a Long Break

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    As for AOS fees -- don't get me started. I've been enormously disgusted with the money sunk into this process for the government, to which I pay taxes. The notion of spending another $1200 (and more) is outrageous. And for what service? The pushing of paper through the bureaucracy
    Actually, USCIS, is not sponsored by your tax money. The agency, according to law, must get all of its funding from fees.

    www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/FinalRule.pdf

    The real problem is that USCIS has a monopoly over immigration services and does not have to compete in a market economy for its services, thus fees never fall and service never increases.

    AOS kicking my ###

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    First of all, ICE isn't going to come and haul her away. She has the legal right to stay here as your wife. In truth, she could stay indefinitely without ever doing AOS.
    That's not true. If she commits a deportable / removable offense she is subject to deportation. And if she leaves the country and tries to return she will not be allowed in. Technically speaking if ICE was to do a random immigration raid, she is deportable for having an expired I-94. She gets out of custody after posting bond and showing the judge proof of filing for AOS. That may or may not work for crimes however.

    So.... how are the driving lessons going?

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted · Edited by Satellite

    Hell, look at what CR rated as the best SUV of 2008. The Mirauno or whatever. Give me a break. Like anyone is going to take that thing off road. If they did, it would never make it back. This video pretty much sums it up:
    Ak, is the trail featured in the video indicative of the road conditions where you live?

    Probably not. For the average American living in the Urban / suburban jungle, their vehicle is never going to go off road, and many will never even use the 4 wheel drive option. In todays market and rising fuel costs, the sub compact car is looking a whole lot better than a large vehicle whether it be the H1 or the Jeep. I tend to disagree with the video, mostly because the average consumer is on the road and all cars should be rated based on some basic features like handling, acceleration, space, safety, fuel economy, reliability, towing abilities, and off road abilities. But one having only one decent feature should not automatically elevate it above all others simply because the others vehicles might be lacking in that same category. I think consumer reports is right for looking at the whole of the car and practicality of the car. And a category of "SUV" is sufficiently small to characterize those types of vehicles. Because if we break them up any further then each car will have its own category or "purpose" it will make the rating system even more worthless.

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