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My husband and I on a whim decided to elope when I was last visiting him in the US. I think that may have been a big mistake. We decided to forgo a big wedding because both our parents are elderly and sick and our families are so far apart we just didn't see how we could ask them to go to the expense of traveling for a wedding. I then returned to Canada to get things clued up for myself and then realized that we'd have to go through this whole K3 visa process for me to get back to the US. We've only been together 8 months. We have tons of phone bills and photos and emails and cards and our friends and relatives all know about our relationship but other than that, at this point we haven't been able to co-mingle finances or live together so I'm worried that we're sunk even before we start our application. My husband is going to get a new apartment and he'll put my name on the lease. Should we bother to file papers at this point? My husband wants to hire an expensive lawyer but I feel like there isn't much a lawyer can do for us. What do you think our chances of getting approved are? What happens if it gets denied? Will I ever be allowed to enter the US again?
I would not worry about attorney. Your case is easy if you just follow guides and file I-130 with everything the guides here tell you. Just be prepared to wait now for several months. My friend was married over the holidays and his petition is still at the NVC while they gather everything needed before scheduling the interview. Figure on it taking at least 9 months before you can enter on a CR1.
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Hi everyone im new in this site and i would like someone to answer me or help me, i will ask this simple question but hard to answer.
What is better to take a K1 or a K3?
I will appreciate your kind response
Thanks!
Depends on the goal. If you want the quickest route to a couple being together, fiancee K1 visa. If you want the fiance(e) to be able to work quickly upon entering US, the CR1 (marriage outside US and I-130). K1 marriage inside the US, which has given some heartburn over foreign family members unable to attend wedding in US. All depends on how you want to proceed.
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Passports are now in hand!! Very impressive considering the interview was Wednesday afternoon and they were shipped via DHL 4 hour plane flight away from Moscow. Now to find flights that will work and her to wrap up things at her job. July 25th or 27th are likely dates of entry into US.
YAHOOOOOOOO!!!!
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Hello VisaJourney friends,
My Ukrainian fiance recently arrived from Odessa. I am 47, she is 39. Also, her young teenage daughter came with her.
Since she got here, she has been ice cold physically to me, with a few exceptions, and seems to be trying to use withholding sleeping with me to get me to marry her immediately. I have read several of these types of scenarios on VisaJourney, involving Russian/Ukrainian women, and to me it seems they always turn out badly for the man, especially when he gives in and marries her promptly. Am I wrong, and can this ever turn out well? I feel like just sending my girl back, as I will NOT be in a relationship with any woman who uses withholding of physical affection as a way to try to manipulate me to get what she wants. I have plenty of other options in the USA for women, but I really thought this girl could be the right one for me. She has created phony conflicts and used excuse after excuse to avoid me physically, and for 8 of the 10 nights here so far, has slept in a separate room with her daughter, avoiding me. Should I wait this out and work through it, or pull the plug now? Are Russian/Ukrainian women "coached", by Internet discussion, and Russian friends who know US laws to use this tactic to get American men to marry them quickly, so as to be in position to manipulate the man, get a VAWA 360 petition, etc.? Or is this normal behavior from a scared and insecure woman?
I visited her twice in Ukraine, (Odessa area) in the last 18 months. First time in April 2010 for a week, and I proposed to her at the end of the visit. Second time was in April 2011 for two weeks, and this time the relationship turned intimate, sort of. After a few times early in the visit, she created arguments, and slept in with her daughter for several nights. She was very nervous and emotional for much of the visit. It was only when I told her I had lost interest in her with only a few days to go that she "rediscovered" what a desirable man I am. I decided to bring her to the USA anyway, and see if she could just be a normal calm woman here.
Day 1: I pick them up at airport, we stop and shop and get marriage license on the way home from airport. Intimate relations that night.
Day 2: More shopping and getting things for them, visits to SSA, etc. At night she "needed her space" from me in bed.
Day 3: Morning, I attempt to initiate intimate relations, in morning, based on her statements in Ukraine, "Phil, TAKE what you want". I get shut down, she gets up. I put on a porn movie (she asked for this when in Ukraine) rather than just meekly accepting the shutdown. I ask her what happened to "take what you want", she complains over and over again about how messy the room is, no way could she possibly have relations in such a room, it kills her feelings, etc. I ask her to create a list of 10 things that need to be done to the room to make it more comfortable, so I can work away at those.
Later that day, a major fight, she created over an outing I arranged for her daughter to meet a pen pal, I wanted to get daughter there on time, mom wanted 5 more minutes of instruction to daughter. She blew up at me, for trying to get out the door without the (repeated) 5 minutes of instructions, and then decided that her daughter would not go at all, to punish me (and her daughter) for being so insensitive towards her. I confess I let an F-word slip at that point, as I was utterly disgusted. She then said she would call the police on me, she had rights, etc. Then she went up to our room, began screaming she wanted a ticket home, not in 3 months, but tomorrow. I was ready to send her home right then, and I moved her bag into the room that her daughter was staying in.
My adult children were visiting later that day for dinner with us for the first time, and I wound up preparing a lame dinner and my kids were puzzled at why she wasn't cooking and I was doing all the work. (She was phony-social with them, they were unimpressed)
Things seem to ease. I tell her I want her things back in my room and her to be with me. I grab her hand and she pulls away and says tauntingly to me that I am not a "good man" and I will never be f--ing her and I can only kiss her a--. I slept alone that night, of course.
Day 4: She moves back into my room. But "no touch" in bed, she needs her space fully separate from me. On this day, she also tells me she has learned that she apparently has no rights in this country until we are married.
Day 5: I take her and daughter to a very romantic ocean beach. They can't tell difference between "beach" and "######" and we joke about it as I say the words for them. Later, driving to a different beach, requested to stop at ladies room, it is on the left, beach is ahead, I point to beach and say "beach" then to ladies room and say "ladies room", back and forth a couple times. She decides that I am saying "bitches to ladies room" and insulting them. I get the shun and silent treatment from mom (and daughter, not daring risk mom's disapproval) for the brief beach visit, I get out of car and walk on the beach, they don't, and then I get silent, pouting treatment all the way home, 1.5 hour drive, while they converse in Russian. About an hour into the drive, thinking things may have settled down, I pat her on the shoulder, at one point, affectionately, and she reaches out and slaps my hand. That night, she decides to stay in with her daughter and not with me in "our" bed. Again, in hindsight, almost feeling like a manufactured argument to avoid me.
Day 6: My last day off. I decide to go visit a friend to talk things over, and I visit from 11am to about 4pm, leaving her at home. She protests why I need to leave and talk to someone, when my new family needs my time here at home. I tell her it is needed for my own happiness and sanity. I go anyway, and have a great time. I get silent, pouting, avoiding treatment when I get home, and eventually she tells me I love myself, and I enthusiastically agree. I think she was trying to say I was being selfish and I love "only" myself. I sleep alone again, of course.
Day 7: I'm back to work. I come home at noontime. She says she wants to show me something upstairs. It turns out she wanted to give me a quickie nooner. I happily oblige. Afterwards, she asks when we will be married, why not right away. I eventually agree to marry her in 5 days, the next Monday, after she agrees she will return to our bed, and will create time for us to spend together each evening, "intimate time" just to hold each other and talk. That night, I find that her idea of "intimate time" is fully clothed cuddling on the couch in the bedroom, and then going to sleep in her daughter's bed again, leaving me to sleep alone. I feel manipulated and betrayed. I change my mind about marrying her so soon within a few minutes after she left and tried to rewrite our understanding.
Day 8: A very nice and pleasant day, the best in many respects. I've arranged for her daughter to go to a sports camp. She is almost affectionate with me while we are out shopping. I wait until that evening right after dinner when we are alone, to tell her that Monday is too soon for me.
She asked me for three reasons. I said that we still do not know each other well enough. Then I said that it is not possible to get to know each other fully while she still sleeps in her daughter's room. She answered that this will not change, it will be this way until after we are married, and abruptly went upstairs. I cleaned up after dinner. She brings up the moving-her-suitcase from Day 3 as the reason, even though she stayed with me in our bed a night after that.
Day 9: I come home from work at noon, to take her daughter to day 2 of the sports camp. She begs off, saying she is not feeling well, and without her there, her daughter cannot go. But she is well enough to be cleaning the refrigerator with incredible energy! (She is a clean freak) Interesting...
I tell her that it is OK this time, I do not doubt, but if this becomes a pattern, it will seem like excuses. She acknowledges.
That night when I come home I tell her I am going out dancing (swing dance lessons) and then to the gym. She scolded me that I should be home with my new family. I told her I need this for my own health and happiness, and it was unfortunate she missed out on my time and attention by cancelling on the sports camp. She did not pursue it much further, even resigned. I asked if she would like to come to the gym with me, she declines.
When I get home, about 9:30, from dancing lessons, skipped gym, she is avoiding me, but eventually I find her while she smokes outside. She tells me angrily that maybe I can just have my life, since having my life is so important to me. It was almost a logical tone, rather than screaming. I told her that my time was hers tomorrow night and all weekend. She curses me out in Russian, with violent gestures. I jokingly translate as different tortures she wants to do to me. She smiles and laughs wickedly and says more emphatic Russian words with emphatic gestures, then leaves a few moments later. Later I knock on the daughters bedroom door where she is again staying, to share information about plans for the next day, and she ignores my knock.
Day 10: I come home from work at noon, she seems to be in a good mood, wearing new jeans she got when shopping on day 8. We make plans for the weekend to clean and rearrange the master bedroom.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- My girl is totally fluent in English and worked as an interpreter and translator. Language is not a problem, though cultural differences abound
- She has two higher educations, but was unemployed and in dire economic circumstances at home
- She served as the interpreter for another American man who married a woman from her city, and this man told me about her and is a great friend
- She has many friends who married American men, and she sees that they seem happy. Many she also was an interpreter for when their husbands courted them in Ukraine.
- She is very cautious with my money now that she is here, very frugal. She is not trying to milk me for a lot of cash.
- She spends her time cleaning, cleaning, cleaning all things in my house, especially the kitchen and laundry room.
- I believe she may have some emotional/psychological issues involving emotional control.
- She is an extremely emotional girl in any case, but also very practical at the same time.
- She is extremely stubborn and it is very difficult for her to give in or admit wrong in any disagreement.
- She has moments of clarity and insight and love and spirituality that floor me from time to time.
- When she is calm, she is like a different person
- Our strengths are complementary and we have the potential to be an amazing team, if we can survive each other. I chose and pursued her because she is my polar opposite in many ways. I knew some parts would involve disagreeing and trying to meet in the middle.
- I think she picked me because I was the one man who was able to deal with her emotions and not run away, screaming
- I met her online on a very reputable Russian dating site, and we clicked very well by email and phone, she "got" my humor
- I believe that she is similar to a widow, psychologically, as she lost a long-term boyfriend suddenly about 3 years ago.
- She has "tested" me, as women do to men, in so, so many ways, and it's wearing me out.
- I am a reasonably desirable and attractive man, very fit, and have good options in USA for women. I liked her and chose to pursue her...
- I say we are a well matched couple in attractiveness when out. She seems to still think she is a hot 25 year old all men want, but is 20 kilos and 15 hard years past that. I think part of her mind is convinced she should be with Vin Diesel or Antonio Banderas, not me.
- I love her. But I am not sure I can survive her...
- Her daughter is a wonderful child, cool teenager, and we get along great. The only problems are when mom puts her in the middle.
QUESTIONS
1) Trying to use withholding of intimacy to pressure me into a quick marriage, how huge a red flag is this? Has this scenario ever turned out well for a man, that people know of? I've read so many stories where it turned out awful for the man.
2) Is her erratic behavior within reasonable bounds for a very emotional Ukrainian woman adjusting to life in a new country? What are the odds she will settle down and we can have a normal, happy marriage, based on what you have read above?
3) What other advice do people have for me about this situation? Run for the hills? Hang in there? I'm especially interested in feedback from Russian/Ukrainian women, who have gone through this adjustment to a new country, and their point of view.
4) Where else, other Russian/Ukrainian women bulletin boards, might I post this circumstance to get thoughtful advice and feedback?
Thank you VJ'ers for thoughtful comments, insults about my insensitivity, etc. All welcomed.
I am sorry, but what you describe is nothing what being with my Oksana is like. I understand there will be cultural differences. But honestly, it sounds as if there are several issues, none of which are good at all. Finding the right woman is sometimes hard, and it sounds as if this is not what is best for either of you.
But to answer your questions, no, I have not nor do I ever see a situation that withholding intimacy to gain some advantage is a good thing. I can understand when a person is upset or something, but if you feel she is using it to gain the marriage, then you already know in your heart what is going on.
I can tell you from my experience, while Oksana and I have had our minor differences, we are both mature adults that WANT to be together and WANT to do ALL things that bring our relationship closer. Love is patient, kind, understanding...and it does not seem that is what you guys have.
I will not give you any advice on what to do, it is your choice. But no, a mature and healthy relationship with anyone is nothing like this. And with the right person will make you feel like screaming to everyone how great life is. If you can't do that most of the time (all the time is not realistic), then it is not right.
Good luck, I hope everything works out.
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Again, it's not fair. I don't want him becoming a USC just because his father is one!
I think you fail to realize, your son IS a U.S. citizen. Whether or not he has a passport to the US is irrelevant to him already being a US citizen by his birth to an American citizen. And if memory serves me correctly, I do believe his birth must be reported to US consulate. The reason for this is he IS a U.S. citizen and should something happen in your country or to you, he DOES have U.S. rights and protections afforded to him like every other U.S. citizen, and thereby the consulate should be informed. If he wishes when he is of age, he can renounce is U.S. citizenship in front of a US consulate officer. However, everyone in this forum is correct, for him to travel to the U.S., it will be using a U.S. passport as he IS a U.S. citizen...like it or not.
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I just checked DHL, and passports are already on their way here!! WOW, less than 48 hours from approval and the passports are released to DHL. That is just awesome.
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I have received my NOA2 notice in the mail but the notice says "The above petition has been approved, and forwarded to the listed consulate" Is this statement normal and it goes to the NVC regardless of what the notice says? Please advise. Thank you!
All K1 go through NVC. They must to get the case number assigned to them. It is usually a quick pit-stop and then onto Moscow.
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I also want to share my good news!! Approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was so freaking easy. Guatemalan interviewer... Im soooo happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAAA!!! Great news
VISA APPROVED!!!
I was very anxious untill I heard the news. Mario said it was the easiest part thus far. He got there early and didnt bring electronics that way they let them in ahead of the others with electronics. Once inside he spoke with a very nice lady who took his birth certificate and copy along with the I-134 and all supporting documents for that. Gave all originals back after looking at copies. Then he was asked to sit and wait to be called again. A nice gentlemen called his name, he went to window and was asked only 2 questions: 1) When did you meet. 2) When did you last see eachother. That was it he looked at pictures that were sent in with proof for I-129F and did not look at one piece of evidence Mario had prepared not even new pictures of our last meeting in April. He then told Mario he was approved and would get his visa in the mail. THAT WAS IT, WOW!!
Congrats guys!
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Hi everyone!!!! I extremly need to share good news!!!! I just got a call from US Embassy saying me that I have my interview date on 15th of August....it's just one month left!!!!!! The officer told me not to wait for envelope from NVC as post offices in Russia are horrible at work and probably I won't receive it before my interview date...so she told me to go to web site and check the list of docs I need to bring and call them if I have any questions...she was very nice.
I was SO impatient I wrote to NVC couple days ago asking the date when my case was sent to Russia...and was hoping to get answer today....but INSTEAD of it I got a CALL from Embassy with good news!!!!! They were calling me 100 times yesterday but I couldn't pick up as I was passing medicals at the hospital for our visa...luckily they called me back today!
Thank you everybody for help....YOU ALL have know idea how ypou helped me!!! Now I know it's so important to stay calm and be happy with what you have!!!!
I wish luck to all who waits for their beloved! I really hope that my interview will be smoothy and easy!!! God bless me please!!!
Excellent! Congrats. Now things will fly by. Make sure all the evidence and paperwork is ready and organized. Review everything several times and ask yourself if you were the CO questioning, what gaps do not not make sense and then fill those gaps in the evidence.
Good luck!
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after his first visa was granted (which they canceled a few weeks later).
I would make sure you know exactly why they cancelled his visa. Also make sure the reason he was cancelled does not prevent him from ever being able to get one. If they determined he purposefully lied on visa application, he may now have a ban from a future visa. I would get you local congressman involved. They will be able to help you understand best if this is a simple misunderstanding that can be explained, or if it was a ban. Do not get discouraged, just take action and become educated. I have heard of no good stories that involved attorneys, so you know what my opinion of having one is. Your best avenue is congressman and making sure both of you are completely transparent and forthcoming about everything, and explain everything to embassy.
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There won't be any rejection......just a delay. As you get closer, email the Embassy. Do not be afraid to do this. Trust me.
I agree with baron, US embassy will work with you, but do try to get it back if you can before the interview.
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Hi, I was just going through various threads here and wondering - how common is it that someone gets denied or stuck in lengthy AP (3+months) after round 2? Say after refiling an expired K-1, or interviewing again after a reaffirmation of a petition returned to USCIS, or after marrying and filing for CR-1 following a K-1 denial?
I am dreading the thought that we might get through this whole process again only to end up back at square 1...
Moscow is one of the easier places to interview. I think the keys are to have a solid relationship, be able to show that in a variety of ways, pictures, chats, phone. I think it helps being able to do the interview in English as they can deny based on there not being a common language, although they have approved others. Keep in mind do do not base what you will on what others. Daily pick the most likely thing they could attack and plan on how to make it easier and better in an interview. Love conquers all, so I would say allow this to help you, and to reassure you that true love will find a way, and your way will be found.
One thing I did as the US citizen, is I sent in a complete package to the embassy of all the paperwork my fiancee took in. I also communicated with them to get her interview moved up for the children schooling sake.
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Approved!! Waiting in airport to fly back to her home and wait for passports. YEAAA!!!
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Hi All
It has been a while since I have posted here, you were all a great help thoughout the whole visa process. My wife is noe ready to apply for citizenship. Her son, who is 16 yeares old has his 10 year GC also.
My question. I could not find anywhere on the USCS site about him getting his citizenship along with her. I thought for some reason that if he was undwe 18 he would automaticly become a citizen. I askes a lawyer and he said that her son would have to wait until he was 18 and then apply. That does not make sense to me. Any input? Thank you
Any children under the age of 18 at the time of the naturalization would become US citizens. Sending in a copy of the naturalization along with form N-600 and the dependent child should get a certificate of citizenship. This then can be used to get a US passport for the child. This does not apply to children over the age of 18.
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you know life in Moscow is freaking expensive
No doubt it is expensive. Fiancee and I will be there starting this Sunday and wow, hotel cost are out of this world. At least for the places that her and I would want to stay at. I am just glad it is only until Wednesday then we return to Novosibirsk to await the visas.
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Adding:
My divorce records will be in my fiance's hands during the interview. The records spell out the custody, visitation & child support agreements, so I don't want to mess this up.
I currently make 300-400% of the poverty level, do you know what the ramifications answering "partially dependent" will do? Any idea how they calculate, "partially dependent"?
TYIA for your advice,
Leo
Do not know the full ramifications, worst case they are all counted. But it sounds like you make enough that matters not for your children being listed. Since you do pay support and have a legal obligation, yes you must list them. That is what the 134 cares about anyways, is those people that you are legally required to support, including you new fiancee and any children she may bring with her. I do not think it matters how often you see them or not, if you are court ordered to support the kids, then they go on there.
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You should find out from the embassy first, if you are allowed to get your medical exam completed ahead of time. Make sure you know.
I do not believe they prohibit you from this, but if you do not live in Moscow, then I would suggest doing this a couple days before hand. The reason being is panel physicians are ONLY in Moscow. The Embassy knows this and typically does not schedule immigrant interviews early in the week for this reason, to allow for the medical. Keep this in mind also if they give you an option to re-schedule, that if it is a Monday or Tuesday, this could mean being in Moscow the Friday before for medical to ensure results are back in time.
Also, something else to consider is the visa fee. The Embassy allows for payment in dollars, but they must be very crisp or nearly new bills. If they are worn or marked on in any way, they will not accept them as it is hard to exchange them at Russian banks. You can pay in rubles, but the Embassy sets the rate at 30 rubles per dollar, when the exchange rate right now is 26.6 approximately. So you will pay more for paying the fee in rubles than in dollars. If the US citizen petitioner is coming, I would suggest he bring very new bills to pay the fee to avoid paying more in rubles. Just keep in mind as I was once reminded, flights can be delayed or cancelled...so arrival early by both parties is not a bad idea, especially if the US citizen will be coming.
Also, make sure an entire copy of paperwork is in the hands of beneficiary before the interview. I took mine to my fiancee so I can't advise how to get it there best.
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You said that you have all your papers finished but dont want to wait for packet 3. Packet 3 contains all the items you will need for your interview. It is an important document. If you have everything, just check off all the boxes and mail back. They WILL NOT schedule an interview until they have this packet back. They need to know you are ready to go. Once received you are put into a date/time slot for an interview about one month later. It is almost impossible to RE-schedule when you don't have any schedule yet. Also, the embassy receives both an electronic and paper copy from the NVC. The electronic version gets there pretty quickly. A few days. The papers can take a few days more. Then they will need to review them before sending out the packet 3. I know there are reason you want to be here quickly, but sometimes these things take time and better to do it properly then rush and something gets messed.
NO, this is not how Russia does it. My fiancee did not have to wait and return packet 3. She just received the instructions and interview yellow envelope the other day. Many go without the envelope because the mail in Russia is unreliable. Belarus may do it this way, but not in Russia.
This is everything that needs to be done in English. Get the police certificate done now while you wait as it can take a while sometimes.
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Hi, everyone! Basically it refers to VJ members who is going to have interview at US Embassy in MOSCOW. I really ho[e to have some advice.
We've just known our new moscow case #, the NVC oficer said it's going to be sent to moscow withoin 3 business days. I don't what to wait for till last moment...I mean don't wait for receiving packet 3 or 4. I called to Embassy and lady said to me that it take a MONTH the case to be delivered from nvc to embassy...omg is that true AND that I can't know the info about the date of interview earlier than in a month or 1.5....but I saw so timelines and ppl postings about interview date is WAY closer.....HOW they got this info about upcoming interview.
We got case # like on 07/05 ...but I want to leave Russia before 08/10 due to some reasons...is that possibility to get interview date before 08/10 so I can go ??? )))
ANY advice or comment are MORE than welcome ...I just need to talk to it with somebody!
I emailed them every three or 4 days with my case number asking for an interview date and gave a reason. They did not give an interview date until the AP at the embassy was done. Once it was and they issued a interview date in the computer, a day later they emailed back and gave an option to move the interview up from August 5th to July 13th. As someone else said, have the US citizen to email and be nice about it, and they will work with you as much as possible.
Based on what I know of others dates, I would not plan on having an interview before August 10th. Keep in mind it takes typically 3 business days for the embassy to get the passport(s) to DHL and then delivery time.
Also, be careful as the embassy will tell you they have not received the packet from the NVC, when it has been delivered just not put into the computer system.
Also, have the US citizen call this number starting a week after sent from NVC and see if an interview date has been assigned. I did this daily and how I got the August 5th date given to me before the embassy came back and offered to change it.
Call (202) 663-1225. Press 1, then 0 to speak to a visa specialist
Good Luck!
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Now I'm going to always ask twice, or even 3 times and try to get the information from different sources.
The thing is that I have read on Russian forums that some people had the same problem (also August 1-2), but I figured that I should probably wait for Packet 4 to arrive. Packet 4 still didn't arrive and, well, i was concerned about that... and I also decided to ask them about the interview date. Good thing that I haven't done the Medical appointment yet and hadn't booked the tickets or the hotel yet.
Yeah, I have confirmation from DOS, Embassy and congressman's office. My fiancee has not received the packet either. She is just following the instructions on the embassy website. I also send an entire copy of all the evidence, I-134 with financials, etc to the embassy directly as well as left her a copy. From what I heard, they already have an opinion formed before the interview, so I tried to make sure the opinion they have is that my fiancee will likely get the visa. Did not hurt that my congressman's office followed up even though I had not asked them to.
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I am extremely disappointed with the US Embassy in Moscow. I called them today to ask a question and I found out that they made a mistake when they sent me an e-mail with my interview date, so the real date is August 2nd, not August 1st. I mean, one day is not a big deal, but what if I didn't call???
This is a good reason for following up with the Department of State to confirm the date. Never trust just what 1 person says. When 2 people say it from 2 different sources, then it is a better chance it is accurate. They should be more accurate, but they are human as well. At least you now know. I thought it was odd having an immigrant type interview on Monday when they know the medical needs to be before this.
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I believe there is a minimum amount of time per year a person with a green card must be in the US. If your wife moves back, it is possible that she will loose her green card. This would of course make it difficult for her to travel back here and if you guys every attempted to come back, you would have to go back through the immigration process for her another green card. I am unfamiliar with the rules on working in Russia, or even obtaining legal permanent residence. As with everything in Russia, nothing is ever easy and the rules for such from what I understand are constantly changing.
From an economic perspective, unless you can work remotely for an American company and thus have an American salary, I would say you will be worse off financially. Even when you can work and jump through the hoops that allow this (and learn the language), employees over there are often shafted by not getting paid and what they do get paid is not very much.
My two cents worth. I understand the drive to be with your wife. I too have this for my fiancee. I hope you guys can make the best decision for you.
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Two weeks from now, I leave for Russia. If all goes well at the interview, my fiancee will come back with me. Working hard to get the house ready, as 14 days is not much time to get everything done. But it will all well worth it, having my Ксюшка here!!
Congrats to everyone that has had good news. Hoping for many more good news stories!
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I think you will be fine. Likely interview would be Septemberish. Entry in January or even February would still be under the 6 months and then you have 90 days to marry. Although I would not push it too close to the 90 day mark.
Became a US Citizen while wife and daughter in AP!
in Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)
Posted · Edited by James And Oksana
If the child is yours by birth, then you would be able to apply a N-600, and she would get a certificate of citizenship and then could have her own US passport. I am unsure otherwise what would happen if she is not your child biologically. I do think the NVC needs to be aware as well as the Embassy.