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| Moscow, Russia |  Review on April 18, 2007: |
semga
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
My fiancee walked out from the Embassy in Moscow, where she had very strange interview. She was told at the end, they will think whether to give her visa or not. The thinking process will last between 2 to 3 weeks.
Not sure about sequence of questions, but these are some of those she was asked:
1. She was asked (with raised voice) whether she knows that I filed two petitions for Russian fiancees before. She said, yes she knows because I told her a while ago, and she has no problems with this.
2. Another question: why she wants to marry me. I hope she answered well :-)
3. How many times I was in Russia meeting her? She said: three times: July, August, November, and we spent 10 Christmass days in Europe together. Apparently, this is not enough, in interviewer's eyes. She (interviewer) was not interesed in seeing our photos together (about 20 from all these visits).
4. My fiancee was asked where is her daughter's father. She said they broke up before her daughter was born (which is true) and she does not know where he or any of his family members are. He is not interested in his daughter.
5. Interviewer asked her daughter HOW MANY TIMES she had contacts with her father. 8 years old answered: No, SHE HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM OR HEARD FROM HIM. My fiancee has shown daughter's birth certificate with both her full name, and that man's first and middle name, and her last name again(not his last name - that would be against the law) on it (8 years ago, she was advised by employee of the Registry office ЗАГС to put man's real name there. Sometimes women do not put any name in "father" space there). She has also shown Russian internal passport with no marriage stamp in it. (For those who does not know: Russians have internal passports and fact of being married or divorced is stated there, in addition to having mariage certificate or divorce decree). She also produced a SPRAVKA (information letter) from Social Security Office that she is single mother (this status makes one eligible for "help" for kid from government - about $8/month). This did not impress interviewer either: she said she DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS AND HEARING FIRST TIME ABOUT SUCH STATUS. She said my fiancee SHOULD CONTACT DAUGHTER'S FATHER!!!
5. Interviewer asked girl if she knows my name. Girl proudly said my name and smiled. She smiles all the time. Among those 20 photos, there were 3 photos of girl and me together (she was hugging me) made in November, but I am not sure interviewer was interested.
6. My fiancee was asked whether she has relatives in USA. Answer was NO.
7. She was asked if she ever been in USA. Answer was NO.
8. She was asked if she met my friends and I met her friends and relatives. She said yes. It was all true.
At the end of interview, the interviewer said she does not know how the proof of not having contacts with girl's father can be produced.
Six days later, letter with visas arrived.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #1511