MikeAndIryna

As info, we had a similar problem getting the Passport many moons ago. When my wife was born, the Dr was hammered (surprise) and the date he wrote on the Birth Cert was different than what was filed at the Oblast Registry by 1 day. No one noticed it (including me) until after the Interview. So the Embassy had to go back to the State Dept, ICE etc. to see if an Iryna Maidenname ever had a Visa over stay, K-1 filed before etc. Took an additional 3 days to get word back. I was there and we had to change plane flights 3 times, rent an apt 3 additional days and way to much time over thinking what the delay was etc. so we went to the Embassy (afterr calling twice) to see what was the delay, they explained the birthday issue, got Passports that night, left the following AM.

Thank you everyone! Дякую

As info for others in the future, I was at the Embassy Interviewe w/ my now wife & daughter. Because I was there, they did pull me up to the window and ask me a few questions, just to alidate the petition. No big deal, but if you plan on attending, you might get asked questions as well.

Change it here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?app=core&module=usercp

THANK YOU!! Updated info and good to go.

Not sure if this is a bug or not, but in our profile it shows "Naturalization Pending" and both my wife & daughter are Citizens for a while. Looks like I have all my entries in and correct. Thought it may skew timelines for people looking at the averages.

All the documents we needed and friends of ours required, we scanned as a color PDF file and printed here for submission to the various agencies. Then on the next trip there, secured and kept the originals.

You might want to llok at LOT (Polish) airlines as another option. They are pretty cheap and you change planes in Warsaw. That being said, I took LOT my first trip 10 years ago, and my wie took LOT last year to see her family. Both lights were late leaving Chicago and we missed the plane in Warsaw to Kiev - but they do put you up in the Hilton at the airport in Poland. Sucks that you lose a day. Not sure if the schedule and departures are more on time out of JFK, but might want to look into it.

And like the other post had, remove all tags. I used to take like a portable CD player as a gift. So I would remove the CD player and put them in my carry-on, and the carefully opened package in my checlk-in luggage, so I could re-package. And bringing in a diamond ring is a likely duty item they will notice. I brought a tennis bracelet once and got hit with duties. A friend of mine who went a couple years later had a receipt he did on Photoshop showing it was a cubic zirconia and only $35.00. Not advocating trying to fool thier Customs Agents, but the last thing you want to do is get detained over a gift/ring. I ended up buying an engagement type ring and matching wedding bands in Ukraine. Granted the engagement ring is a lot different looking there, since they really don't use them, but it was cool & symbolic of her country that we bought the rings there and been wearing them almost 10 years now.

You can't take anything that Zhirinovsky says seriously. He's their main clown in parliament. Everything he says is ridiculous and I think the only reason they keep him is so that they can have some fun in politics. I have yet to hear anything remotely normal come out of his mouth.

He's been around a while and in Putin's circle. Clown or not, he spreads his own form of propoganda that some will lsten too. Just like reading Pravda - it's the antithesis to what we read here.

Oh from Russia. I never really know how serious to take guys like this, just like I don't take guys like John McCain that seriously. Looks like a lot of them never made it out of the cold war. Still it's disconcerting that there are people out there who think like that.

I originally thought you meant someone from Crimea did that.

Read this link and then scroll down where it talks about Reshat Ametov,. They already are segregating Crimea. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-crimean-tatars-ethnic-cleansing/25306118.html

Crimea has senators? That's interesting.

What specifically happened?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/ukraine-crisis-partition-letter-idUSL5N0ML1LO20140324

My In Laws are currently about 90 miles from where the troops are, and they are not letting anyone go to Crimea unless you have a Crimean passport and or Russian passport. Even with the Crimean passport, they want you to convert to Russian. And what ever she does, don't say anything about the referendum and that it's not legit etc. Look what happened to one of the Senators that spoke out and sent a few letters to Poland, Hungary, Romania etc. Not good.

You also mention you porposed in 2012. Have you been back there since so you are keeping current of your 2 year requirement?

While it's been a while, we had an issue with my wife's birthday. Her birth certificate says 3/2 and her Ukraine passports and all my paperwork say 3/3. So while we passed the interview, the Visa/Passport was not at FedEx that evening. Back and forth a few times with the Consulate to find out why, since at the time we had no clue, several expensive palne ticket changes & apartments and 3 days later finally got the passport/Visas. Turns out because of this anomaly, they had to go back to the state Dept in the US & NSCIS to see if an Iryna M... born 3/2 ever had a K-1, overstay etc. Once it came back as No, it was approved.

There was a similar situation w/ a young girl who was turned away before us. Her dates of employment in Russia didn't match her passport stamps and/or date of issue. She had to go home and provide proof to support the dates and make corrections. Perhaps one of these reasons is why she was asked to provide additional info.

My wife was on Skype bothe Saturday and Sunday for 4-5 hours like she does every weekend, no problems, except slow due to dial-up access in Ukraine.

There are a lot of other prblems over there, with certain web pages, the banks etc. but Skype seems OK>

Hi guys!

Last summer I went to the states with a J-1 visa which allowed me to work and got a social security card. I heard that's valid for life and you only need to change your maiden name once you get married,so one of my first questions would be this : Can I bring that SSN with me to get my marriage certificate(because as now I've been approved a K1 visa and am traveling to the states on the 18th- my wedding date being set on November 3rd), if yes do I need to change my address on that one?(I will not live at the same address as I did last year).

Do I need to go to their office and ask for change of address? does it take long if so?

Secondly, like everyone else I got my medical examination done on embassy's request, in my country they ask you for a prenuptial paper(which is a medical test that shows you don't have any STD's)before you get married. Do they ask for the same thing in US when you apply for a marriage license, or the medical examination for the K1 is enough?

What documents do I need exactly and how long before my wedding I need to apply for a marriage license in MD?

Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter!

Congrats first off. You will have to go to SS and change your name, address etc. once you are married. Might be a good idea to see them before you get married so the address they have on file matches your K-1 paperwork.

For the Maryland marriage requirements, try this site. Seems to do a pretty good job summarizing what you will need, time frame etc. Good Luck. http://marriage.about.com/cs/marriagelicenses/p/maryland.htm

Discuss this with your wife before you talk to your daughter. Without your wife's support it will not go anywhere.

Totally agree with this, need the wife/mother support to get the point across. Maybe use the old American adage with her, regarding dating "Why buy the cow, when the milk is free" and see if that doesn't help get the point across.

Many of us have just the one plane flight to the country of our fiance', since in many cases, they cannot travel to the USA. You guys should be just fine, so don't panic. I did go back twice after we filed our initial petition, but my (now) wife just took those photos, tickets, etc. with her to the interview as additional proof of our relationship. I was also there for the interview, and they also asked me some questions, but all went well and I am sure you guys will do just fine. Good luck.

Hubbys interview is finally here!! 9AM tomorrow at the Federal Building downtown. Will post results after were done!!

CONGRATS!! If you want to get a good seat with the kids, might want to get there a little early and sit in the middle section, closest to front. They take the petitioners first a couple of rows at a time, then their family members a couple of rows at a time. I was toward the back, but stood up for the ceremony so I could videotape it. Good luck, and enjoy your ceremony.

Hope I didn't mess this up, again. Had our Oath Ceremony today in Chicago along with 132 others. Went great, and we are finally DONE. Good luck to everyone else and thanks for all the support.

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UserName.............|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|NOA......|Fprints..|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Oath.....|FieldOffice.........|

Katiushka............|04/02/12.|04/10/12.|04/06/12.|05/01/12.|--/--/--.|06/20/12.|--/--/--.|Austin, TX..........|

Zee Bee..............|04/03/12.|04/09/12.|04/05/12.|05/08/12.|05/19/12.|06/20/12.|06/29/12.|Dover, DE...........| EB: 04/18

sealedkiss...........|04/03/12.|04/10/12.|04/06/12.|05/03/12.|06/18/12.|07/23/12.|07/23/12.|Newark, NJ..........| Placed in line for interview scheduling 05/07.

RVP10................|04/05/12.|04/12/12.|04/11/12.|05/21/12.|07/14/12.|08/16/12.|--/--/--.|Charlotte, NC.......|

WARPed...............|04/05/12.|04/11/12.|04/10/12.|05/31/12.|06/21/12.|07/26/12.|08/10/12.|Tampa, FL...........|

Duck_Hunt............|04/06/12.|--/--/--.|04/10/12.|06/06/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|West Palm Beach, FL.|

gtg349n..............|04/07/12.|04/17/12.|04/12/12.|06/07/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Atlanta, GA.........|Placed in line for interview scheduling 06/21

Tuchy................|04/08/12.|04/17/12.|04/12/12.|05/02/12.|05/30/12.|07/05/12.|--/--/--.|St. Albans, VT......|

rocks................|04/09/12.|04/16/12.|04/13/12.|06/01/12.|06/13/12.|07/17/12.|07/26/12.|New Orleans, LA.....|US Citizen!

forever_green........|04/09/12.|--/--/--.|04/19/12.|06/08/12.|06/18/12.|07/23/12.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ..........|

AudreyBella..........|04/10/12.|04/17/12.|04/13/12.|05/30/12.|07/12/12.|08/13/12.|08/24/12|Oakland Park, FL....|US CITIZEN!!

HuggyApple...........|04/10/12.|04/18/12.|04/13/12.|06/04/12.|06/11/12.|07/17/12.|07/17/12.|Mt. Laurel, NJ......|"I'm A United States Citizen"

frali................|04/11/12.|04/17/12.|04/13/12.|05/29/12.|06/08/12.|07/18/12.|07/18/12.|Dallas, TX..........|US Citizen!

VivianNYC............|04/11/12.|04/18/12.|04/16/12.|05/16/12.|06/29/12.|07/31/12.|09/07/12.|New York, NY........|

xeni455..............|04/11/12.|04/20/12.|04/18/12.|05/02/12.|--/--/--.|07/27/12.|--/--/--.|Newark, NJ..........| EB: 05/02

~PalmTreeGurl~.......|04/12/12.|04/19/12.|04/18/12.|05/07/12.|06/12/12.|07/19/12.|--/--/--.|Houston, TX.........|

cave-canem...........|04/12/12.|04/18/12.|04/13/12.|05/07/12.|06/19/12.|08/03/12.|--/--/--.|San Antonio, TX.....|

Damian&Kelly.........|04/14/12.|04/20/12.|04/19/12.|05/25/12.|07/06/12.|08/10/12.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA....|

monagoz..............|04/16/12.|04/22/12.|04/23/12.|06/06/12.|07/18/12, 08/24/12.10/01/12--.| New York, NY........|

Vsp..................|04/16/12.|--/--/--|04/24/12.|06/07/12.|06/25/12.|07/27/12.|08/03/12.|Philadelphia,PA.....|US Citizen!

visaqna..............|04/17/12.|04/19/12.|??/??/??.|06/15/12.|06/25/12.|08/13/12.|08/23/12.|Houston or San Antonio, TX|U.S. Citizen!

cEzYcHiC.............|04/17/12.|05/23/12.|05/26/12.|06/21/12.|07/06/12.|08/14/12.|--/--/--.|Philadelphia, PA....| EB: 06/11

bdp777...............|04/17/12.|--/--/--.|04/18/12.|06/01/12.|07/13/12.|08/09/12.|08/18/12.|Fairfax, VA.........|

teddy000.............|04/19/12.|04/26/12.|--/--/--.|05/15/12.|--/--/--.|07/10/12.|--/--/--.|San Antonio, TX.....|

Dbears...............|04/23/12.|04/27/12.|04/26/12.|06/20/12.|07/05/12.|08/07/12.|--/--/--.|Raleigh-Durham, NC..| EB: 06/05

Harry_Sidhu..........|04/24/12.|05/01/12.|04/30/12.|06/01/12.|07/12/12.|08/01/12.|--/--/--.|Pittsburgh, PA......|

Cloudy9..............|04/24/12.|05/03/12.|05/01/12.|05/23/12.|07/13/12.|08/13/12.|--/--/--.|Oklahoma City, OK...|

manou_and_med........|04/25/12.|--/--/--.|05/02/12.|06/20/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Stephen Chu..........|04/25/12.|05/02/12.|05/01/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Dallas, TX..........|

Dagobert.............|04/27/12.|--/--/--.|05/04/12.|06/21/12.|07/14/12.|08/14/12.|08/17/12.|Raleigh-Durham, NC..|US Citizen

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UserName.............|Sent.....|ChkCashd.|NOA......|Fprints..|Int Ltr..|Intview..|Oath.....|FieldOffice.........|

Khushi81.............|04/03/12.|04/10/12.|04/09/12.|06/21/12.|07/05/12.|08/02/12.|09/06/12.|St Paul, MN.........|

SQtoUS...............|03/29/12.|04/03/12.|04/03/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

Celikkanat...........|04/03/12.|04/05/12.|04/06/12.|05/11/12.|07/13/12.|08/16/12.|08/31/12.|Chicago, IL.........|

musiclover621........|04/03/12.|04/09/12.|04/10/12.|05/01/12.|06/07/12.|07/16/12.|07/16/12.|Omaha, NE...........|

Mymee13 .............|04/04/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

BillandNicky.........|04/05/12.|04/12/12.|04/11/12.|06/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Detroit, MI.........|

New Beginnings.......|04/06/12.|--/--/--.|04/23/12.|06/20/12.|07/09/12.|08/09/12.|09/06/12.|St Paul, MN.........|

MikeAndIryna.........|04/09/12.|04/18/12.|04/17/12.|06/04/12.|07/19/12.|08/23/12.|09/04/12.|Chicago, IL.........|"She is a U.S. Citizen"

Mitchamy.............|04/09/12.|04/16/12.|04/17/12.|05/31/12.|07/05/12.|07/30/12.|--/--/--.|Salt Lake, UT.......| EB: 05/25

cleverodra...........|04/12/12.|04/19/12.|04/17/12.|05/08/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Los Angeles, CA.....|

boschev..............|04/12/12.|04/18/12.|04/17/12.|05/18/12.|05/23/12.|06/26/12.|--/--/--.|San Jose, CA........|

Nineta...............|04/16/12.|04/23/12.|04/18/12.|06/28/12.|07/05/12.|08/09/12.|08/09/12.|Denver, CO..........|

Bogartthexplorer.....|04/17/12.|04/24/12.|04/20/12.|06/20/12.|08/02/12.|09/04/12.|--/--/--.|Detroit, MI.........|

Lady Bug.............|04/17/12.|04/24/12.|04/23/12.|05/31/12.|06/25/12.|07/31/12.|07/31/12.|Sacramento, CA......|"I'm A United States Citizen"

Kailin Husband.......|04/21/12.|04/27/12.|04/26/12.|--/--/--.|06/09/12.|07/10/12.|07/26/12.|San Jose, CA........|The journey is over!

Kiwi123..............|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|04/30/12.|05/25/12.|06/21/12.|07/27/12.|--/--/--.|St.Louis, MO........| EB: 05/15

let-it-be............|04/23/12.|--/--/--.|04/25/12.|06/22/12.|08/04/12.|09/06/12.|--/--/--.|Portland, OR........|

Mks1981..............|04/24/12.|04/27/12.|04/29/12.|06/20/12.|06/28/12.|07/30/12.|--/--/--.|Seattle, WA.........|

Mommy2ZaidnSalma.....|04/24/12.|04/30/12.|04/29/12.|05/25/12.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|--/--/--.|Chicago, IL.........|

jlogajan.............|04/25/12.|05/03/12.|05/02/12.|07/02/12.|07/16/12.|08/16/12.|09/06/12.|St Paul, MN.........| EB: 06/26

mzagorski............|04/27/12.|05/04/12.|05/02/12.|06/04/12.|--/--/--.|08/07/12.|08/28/12.|Honolulu, HI........|

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Congrats and way to go!!

We know how you feel. My wife should have her ceremony next week and we will be done and her a proud citizen. My buddy just got his NOA2 yesterday for his fiance' (friend of my wife). But they have only completed 3 of the 28 steps the rest of us have. Don't envy him, but glad for you and my wife.

Enjoy this special moment & day as a Citizen.

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It is stuff like that, that keeps guys trying to find the drop dead gorgeous woman that will be their wife and sex slave...

Not that ANYONE ever deserves this kind of treatment, on either side of the relationship, but they were both wrong.

Here is a link to her YouTube video - she looks like a Frog.

Ribbitt.

My lovely wife had her interview today and passed with flying colors. Since everyone has always been helpful over the years and it seems like us VJ'ers never can have enough info, here is what she experienced at the Chicago office this morning.

Appointment time was 9:45, we got there at 8:30. Form said to go to the 3rd floor, we did and checked in, then were told to go to the 2nd floor and sit by Door #1. Not sure why there are two areas, but where they tell us to go, we go. At 10 AM the nice man called out my wife's name, asked her for her invite letter and off they went. 10 minutes later, she came out with a smile on her face, she had passed. We had taken all of the documents that were requested on the invite letter, original marital documents, divorce papers, birth certificates, translations, you name it. She was not asked for any of that. He only wanted to see her original Ukraine passport w/ the K-1, my passport and her green card. He then told her "I am going to ask you 10 questions, you need to get 6 correct in order to pass". Iryna has been studying and knew them well, and went 6 for 6. He told her she had passed and did not ask any more questions. He then asked her to read one sentence, which she did, then write a sentence, she also did that with no problem. He then asked her what was her birth date (to confirm I guess), that she was indeed divorced before - of course, and would she like her name changed (assuming more Americanized) to which she replied no. He printed out the N-652 naturalization Interview results form stating "Congrats", he shook her hand and told her she would be receiving a letter for her Oath ceremony in 2 weeks. In her opinion, very easy, very polite but man was she glad it was over and done with.

One note, be ON TIME. One couple showed up 5 minutes late, they met their adjudicator and was told they had to wait until the next available opening where someone missed their appointment - so always be early. That was at 9:05 AM, at 10:15 they were still waiting. A couple of other people walked out and did not look very happy, and I overheard one adjudicator tell a family member "she needs to study a little more, then can retake the test". I think the unhappy ones fell into this category.

For those of you VJ'ers who want to know every step, the questions Iryna was asked were:

* Who wore the declaration of Independence? (her reply was Jefferson, the adjudicator asked for the first name as well which she replied Thomas - she forgets everybody's name, glad she remembered this time)

* What is the political party of the President now?

* What are the two major political parties of the United States

* What is one promise you make when you become a U.S. citizen?

* Name one branch of the Government.

Question she had to read: What are two rights of the Declaration of Independence? Question she had to write: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Hope this help sooth some nerves for everyone. Just be on time, and study. The people at the Chicago office couldn't have been any nicer and the process was pretty easy overall. Granted it seems like it took forever, but like so many others, it was worth every step. Glad we are DONE!!! And when we have our Oath letter, we'll update the timeline so it doesn't skew the data.

Here's a new twist I'd like to share. So Iryna was approved last week Thursday in Chicago (see above details). We thought we'd get a letter this week and her Oath Ceremony would be in two weeks. She gets a telephone call from USCIS on Monday, asking her if she could come in Tuesday for her Oath Ceremony. Of course I was out of town for business, so we had to pass up this opportunity, which the USCIS contact said was OK, just wait for the letter then. Never heard before of the phone call for an Oath Ceremony, but it looks like it can happen!!

My wife begins citizenship class next week at local Jr. College. She is not happy with her English but I believe she has nothing to lose. It is free after all.

But as for her ESL studies, she claims that she can do better at home. She knows the language rules very well and many students in her class are close to illiterate even in their own language so some of it seems like a waste of time for her. She is very dilligent at finding and studing English on line. It will be about level 4 for her.

So should she also study for citizenship test at home and on line ? To confuse things more, this year the gov't. has new rule that no enrollement in citizenship classes unles you are enrolled in ESL at the same time.

My wife took ESL classes at a local church out here is the Chicago suburbs. In her words, there were a lot of Spanish people in the class (only 1 Russian woman, and her the lone Ukranian) so a lot of the conversation to teach was done in Spanish. Now it did help her some, from a noun, verb & sentence structure standpoint. But she will tell you the biggest thing that taught her English, sub-titles on the TV. We have a 24 disc English set (Russian & English) and once she got to like CD 3 and the phrase was "I have a dog, but not a cat", that did it for her and she stopped the CD's (anyone want to buy a hardly used CD set?). Wasn't practical in the applications. Watching movies where she knew the plot & conversation, but heard and read it in English made it much easier than discs or ESL.

For her citizenship test, she had it on her Ipod to listen at work, the online tests and the written questions & study material. For her, the Ipod & written Q & A worked best and she went 6 for 6 in her interview question response. BUT, everyone learns a different way. Some people are visual, others require sound and others want to write so whatever seems to be the easiest form for your wife, support her on it and go with it.

My lovely wife had her interview today and passed with flying colors. Since everyone has always been helpful over the years and it seems like us VJ'ers never can have enough info, here is what she experienced at the Chicago office this morning.

Appointment time was 9:45, we got there at 8:30. Form said to go to the 3rd floor, we did and checked in, then were told to go to the 2nd floor and sit by Door #1. Not sure why there are two areas, but where they tell us to go, we go. At 10 AM the nice man called out my wife's name, asked her for her invite letter and off they went. 10 minutes later, she came out with a smile on her face, she had passed. We had taken all of the documents that were requested on the invite letter, original marital documents, divorce papers, birth certificates, translations, you name it. She was not asked for any of that. He only wanted to see her original Ukraine passport w/ the K-1, my passport and her green card. He then told her "I am going to ask you 10 questions, you need to get 6 correct in order to pass". Iryna has been studying and knew them well, and went 6 for 6. He told her she had passed and did not ask any more questions. He then asked her to read one sentence, which she did, then write a sentence, she also did that with no problem. He then asked her what was her birth date (to confirm I guess), that she was indeed divorced before - of course, and would she like her name changed (assuming more Americanized) to which she replied no. He printed out the N-652 naturalization Interview results form stating "Congrats", he shook her hand and told her she would be receiving a letter for her Oath ceremony in 2 weeks. In her opinion, very easy, very polite but man was she glad it was over and done with.

One note, be ON TIME. One couple showed up 5 minutes late, they met their adjudicator and was told they had to wait until the next available opening where someone missed their appointment - so always be early. That was at 9:05 AM, at 10:15 they were still waiting. A couple of other people walked out and did not look very happy, and I overheard one adjudicator tell a family member "she needs to study a little more, then can retake the test". I think the unhappy ones fell into this category.

For those of you VJ'ers who want to know every step, the questions Iryna was asked were:

* Who wore the declaration of Independence? (her reply was Jefferson, the adjudicator asked for the first name as well which she replied Thomas - she forgets everybody's name, glad she remembered this time)

* What is the political party of the President now?

* What are the two major political parties of the United States

* What is one promise you make when you become a U.S. citizen?

* Name one branch of the Government.

Question she had to read: What are two rights of the Declaration of Independence? Question she had to write: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Hope this help sooth some nerves for everyone. Just be on time, and study. The people at the Chicago office couldn't have been any nicer and the process was pretty easy overall. Granted it seems like it took forever, but like so many others, it was worth every step. Glad we are DONE!!! And when we have our Oath letter, we'll update the timeline so it doesn't skew the data.

We bought ours so we could leave the night after the interview. Went to FedEx to get passport, nyet. After several days, lots of phone calls and visit back to consulate, we found out her BC was a day different than everything else (Dr. was drunk when she was born and put the next day, didn't catch that). So they had to go back to the State Dept and see if Iryna .... had an overstays, violations blah, blah, blah so several plane ticket changes, lots of money for the changes, we finally left 3 days later. Basically don't do it until you have the Visa in hand,

The problem that not all the offices conduct interviews, for example, my office in Cincinnati is in a federal building that also have the other room for interviews (ROC, CITIZENSHIP ETC ), I guess the reason you were scheduled 55 miles away is that this is their office for interviews, IF and only IF this is the case, nothing can be done, you will need to get your self there some how.

Wait and see once they send you back

We have the same issue as No_where_man. The office where we do biometrics, updates etc. is 5 miles away, but for the Citizenship interview, we have to go to the Federal building in DT Chicago. Maybe see if you can schedule an info pass meeting, bring up your pregnancy (if it isn't already obvious) and see if they can re-schedule or give you an alternative. Couldn't hurt.

Did u do the adoption before starting the AOS process?

I will have the same issue too since i will go to US as K1 and my eldest daughter as K2. My fiance wants to adopt her so she can use his surname too.

Please guide me with the process.

1. Did u go straight to the court?

2. what documents did u bring and filled up?

3. how much is the total cost of the whole process?

4.How long is the entire process until the final judgement?

thank you in advance.

Not sure if this is of help, but I adopted our daughter as well a few years back in Illinois. One thing that made it "easier" was her biological Dad died so there was no issue getting his approval. However, my wife was/is the custodial parent and this is what my daughter wanted, which is what the Judge was concerned about. We had to run a name change in the local paper for a few weeks, file for a Name Change/Adoption hearing in Family Court, all of us went (including my son) to the hearing, Judge couldn't have been any nicer, asked her if this is what you wanted, she said "yes", and she approved - simple.

We took the signed Court document and used it to file her Citizenship as a child of a US citizen and sent in the forms and she did not have to take the test, just the swearing in ceremony. Cost was about the same as going the normal route (like my wife is going through), she was 13 at the time and not only an American citizen, but as Americanized as any of her friends.