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Congratulations!!!

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As of:


June 26, 2012 - The Hubbs received his 10-year Permanent Residency Card (aka THE Greencard) in the mail today!




At long last, this highly stressful leg of our journey has come to a close - for now - and we couldn't be more grateful and appreciative for all the tremendous help and support here on VJ! Without VisaJourney I doubt we would be where my husband and I are today! Thanks to all!



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awesome!

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Dina and Craig's timeline:

08-27-2010 Met through a mutual friend

04-17-2011 Married

08-01-2011 AOS Packet sent (I-130,I-485,I-765) via USPS Priority mail

08-03-2011 Package delivered via USPS tracking

08-08-2011 Received Text/Email that all 3 apps were accepted/Checks cashed

09-06-2011 Biometrics Appt. in Philly

09-14-2011 RFE Sent for 485. I forgot to sign one section of the 485

09-21-2011 RFE Mailed back to USCIS

10-14-2011 Card production of EAD ordered

10-17-2011 Interview notice (I-797C) received for 11-16-2011

10-22-2011 EAD Card received

11-16-2011 APPROVED. Card Ordered, Passport Stamped.

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Congratulations! Please keep us posted on the MIL visa process. We don't see as many of those.

Regarding MIL visits, I think that it must be getting easier to get tourist visas now. Either that or we were just lucky. We got a visa for my MIL to visit this summer for 2 weeks. She had never had a visa here or to Europe. They gave her a 1 year multiple entry visa, no problems.

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Regarding MIL visits, I think that it must be getting easier to get tourist visas now. Either that or we were just lucky. We got a visa for my MIL to visit this summer for 2 weeks. She had never had a visa here or to Europe. They gave her a 1 year multiple entry visa, no problems.

Really good to know. Any one have current news about this regarding the Kiev embassy?

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Regarding MIL visits, I think that it must be getting easier to get tourist visas now. Either that or we were just lucky. We got a visa for my MIL to visit this summer for 2 weeks. She had never had a visa here or to Europe. They gave her a 1 year multiple entry visa, no problems.

Yes, Moscow Embassy looks pretty easy. My parents are flying to the States with me for the wedding!

Kiev Embassy seems to be more difficult though...

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Yes, Moscow Embassy looks pretty easy. My parents are flying to the States with me for the wedding!

Kiev Embassy seems to be more difficult though...

What makes you think Kiev is more difficult? We are thinking about trying to bring MIL for a visit, the need to possibly get a Schengen visa in her passport first, etc.

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What makes you think Kiev is more difficult? We are thinking about trying to bring MIL for a visit, the need to possibly get a Schengen visa in her passport first, etc.

I read Russian-speaking immigration forums, looks like there are a lot more denials in Kiev. Also, my relatives live in Kiev and I invited them for the wedding, but they didn't even try to apply for the visas, cause they knew many people, who got denied.

But you never really know until you try. Plus, if you do get your visa approved in Kiev, it's possible to get a multiple-entry visa for 5 years! In Moscow it's valid for either 1 or 2 years.

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I read Russian-speaking immigration forums, looks like there are a lot more denials in Kiev. Also, my relatives live in Kiev and I invited them for the wedding, but they didn't even try to apply for the visas, cause they knew many people, who got denied.

But you never really know until you try. Plus, if you do get your visa approved in Kiev, it's possible to get a multiple-entry visa for 5 years! In Moscow it's valid for either 1 or 2 years.

Thanks again ONA. I guess we are back to thinking about an EU/Schengen visa of some kind, to load the deck. Maybe MIL and my wife to take a (relatively) short journey to Romania or Hungary before she applies. That seems to work in some cases we know about.

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Were going to try to get the MIL a visa next year. Hopefully it goes through and she can teach her daughter some simple things like where the kitchen is located.

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Were going to try to get the MIL a visa next year. Hopefully it goes through and she can teach her daughter some simple things like where the kitchen is located.

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Wife's uncle who lives in Kyrgyzstan got a tourist visa last week to come visit us. He has never traveled outside of Russia and Kyrgyzstan and has next to nothing and no family to go back to in his small town. Seems that the interview was easy and that really surprised me. I had tried to prepare them for the high probability for a denial.

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As of today, she's officially an American! Just want to say thank you to all the VJers and especially the RUB forum for helping me keep my sanity (mostly) throughout this process! Oleksandra's VisaJourney is finally done! Now her mother's is just about to begin! :D

Congratulations!!!!!

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Congratulations!! Ukraine lost another beautiful Ukrainian woman!smile.gif

Yeah, but that's the thing with Ukraine. Take one beautiful woman away, and there is millions more to choose from!!!!! :thumbs:

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Yeah, but that's the thing with Ukraine. Take one beautiful woman away, and there is millions more to choose from!!!!! :thumbs:

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