help! K-3 interview 3 weeks

[AZSUN 2]

My wife has the same document. Does anyone have confirmation from past interviews at Kiev US Embassy that this document is correct? Also maybe a silly question but my wife is working on her International passport and she is putting my step daughter in the passport. Is this the correct way for the visa's? Will they put both visas in my wife's passport. Our daughter is 3. Any other advice for step children? Thanks in advance for any comments or advice.

Well she is 3 now and can't imagine she will travel without us for at least 10 years or so. So am I correct in saying it is ok she is in moms passport and they will just put daughters visa for the both of them in the one passport. Just want to make sure I do everything correctly. Hate to get to JFK and they say I need separate passport. Thanks again for the response.

Sorry, forgot to answer that question. Yes, children under 18 can be in her passport. I am sure your daughter will not travel by herself any time soon, but in our case our son was going to travel with me and could not. So imagine, if 3 years from now, your wife wants to go over ahead of you and you and the daughter join her later, say for reasons of the daughters school classes (exactly our situation) then you will not be able to do that. It isn't so much when you think she may travel ALONE but when you think it might be possible she travel without Mom.

Thanks for all the information. Good idea about the passport in the future. I assume this is the same document that we want to show passport control as we leave ukraine.

[I Miss Her 0]

The embassy wants a document showing sole custody of our child. When the birth was registered, the mother was alone and made up the name of the father (Ukrainian family law act 135) and used her family name as his last name) She has a document to this effect fron Central Registration. I am not sure this document is enough because the embassy asks for a court order. All the lawyers we asked about this tell us this is not done in Ukraine. This has been going on for months. In addition the wife has a document that shows she recieves a small amount of money evey month as a single mother. Am I worried about nothing?

Sh has made this name for the father because I am told in Ukraine the fathers name cannot be blank, even if it is ficticious.

Thanks much to everyone

For interview, both parents required to attend, if the child is below 14-years of age.

If one parent cannot attend should write a letter to other parents about no objection letter about child visa application.

[AZSUN 2]

My wife has the same document. Does anyone have confirmation from past interviews at Kiev US Embassy that this document is correct? Also maybe a silly question but my wife is working on her International passport and she is putting my step daughter in the passport. Is this the correct way for the visa's? Will they put both visas in my wife's passport. Our daughter is 3. Any other advice for step children? Thanks in advance for any comments or advice.

Well she is 3 now and can't imagine she will travel without us for at least 10 years or so. So am I correct in saying it is ok she is in moms passport and they will just put daughters visa for the both of them in the one passport. Just want to make sure I do everything correctly. Hate to get to JFK and they say I need separate passport. Thanks again for the response.

Sorry, forgot to answer that question. Yes, children under 18 can be in her passport. I am sure your daughter will not travel by herself any time soon, but in our case our son was going to travel with me and could not. So imagine, if 3 years from now, your wife wants to go over ahead of you and you and the daughter join her later, say for reasons of the daughters school classes (exactly our situation) then you will not be able to do that. It isn't so much when you think she may travel ALONE but when you think it might be possible she travel without Mom.

Thanks for all the information. Good idea about the passport in the future. I assume this is the same document that we want to show passport control as we leave ukraine.

Biological father not listed on birth certificate and also have document from register office that father is missing. So not sure how this would even be possible.

[Brad and Vika 129]

My wife has the same document. Does anyone have confirmation from past interviews at Kiev US Embassy that this document is correct? Also maybe a silly question but my wife is working on her International passport and she is putting my step daughter in the passport. Is this the correct way for the visa's? Will they put both visas in my wife's passport. Our daughter is 3. Any other advice for step children? Thanks in advance for any comments or advice.

Well she is 3 now and can't imagine she will travel without us for at least 10 years or so. So am I correct in saying it is ok she is in moms passport and they will just put daughters visa for the both of them in the one passport. Just want to make sure I do everything correctly. Hate to get to JFK and they say I need separate passport. Thanks again for the response.

Sorry, forgot to answer that question. Yes, children under 18 can be in her passport. I am sure your daughter will not travel by herself any time soon, but in our case our son was going to travel with me and could not. So imagine, if 3 years from now, your wife wants to go over ahead of you and you and the daughter join her later, say for reasons of the daughters school classes (exactly our situation) then you will not be able to do that. It isn't so much when you think she may travel ALONE but when you think it might be possible she travel without Mom.

Thanks for all the information. Good idea about the passport in the future. I assume this is the same document that we want to show passport control as we leave ukraine.

Biological father not listed on birth certificate and also have document from register office that father is missing. So not sure how this would even be possible.

You are correct, don't sweat it. And I was thinking of a variant of Gary's situation above, where your daughter might travel with grandparents (Vika has relatives in Russia), or when older as an unaccompanied minor. We don't have kids together yet (and so this will never apply), but it seems to me that carrying the extra passport would be worth it - expense aside. Happy to see you have a solution.