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Medical Exacm Passed on July 27th

Interview on the 15th of August

Aeroflot direct flight Moscow - LA on the 31st of August

All I got to do now is cross out the days as the day near until my baby is here...

Skoro vsyo budet, narod !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy ####### another RUB hottie! Nice catch. I swear...looking at the avatars and profile pics on the RUB forum is like thumbing through a Victoria Secret catalog. B-)

btw congrats ! :)

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Congrats! I passed the medical yesterday with Olya, she's wonderful, I wish you, guys, all the best! :)

Вiрити нiкому не можна. Hавiть собi. Менi - можна ©

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Thank you ALL!

Any recommendations on shipping vs paying for extra baggage?

FEDEX and UPS are ridiculously over priced. Haven't checked DHL yet

Someone said its usually cheaper to just pay the fee at the airport but she is saying that they may want to charge for an additional seat

thank you!

Meest has their main office I'm Lvov. We will be sending aout 50 kilos for around 300 USD. Meest.com

We were lucky, there is a Meest office in Kharkov.

September 7, 2009 - met Lena online
October 20, 2010 - First Meeting in Kharkov
Oct 20, 2010 - Engaged
December 3, 2010 - Filed I-129F
December 16, 2010 - NOA-1 notification
December 30, 2010 - Second Visit to Kharkov
February 8, 2011 - Touched
April 18, 2011 - NOA-2 notification
April 18, 2011 - Petition at NVC
April 25, 2011 - Medical Exam
April 26, 2011 - Received at Embassy
April 27, 28, 29, 2011 - Repeat medical (passed medical)
May 5, 2011 - Packet #4 received by mail in Ukraine
June 17, 2011 - Interview scheduled 9:00 AM
June 17, 2011 - Visa approved
June 18, 2011 - Interview Review posted
July 11, 2011 - POE - Detroit
July 17, 2011 - Applied for Marriage License
July 17, 2011 - Applied for SSN
August 17, 2011 - Married in Russian Orthodox Church - Detroit
November 11, 2011 - Submitted AOS/EAD/AP
January 3, 2012 - NOA 1
February 7, 2012 - Still no Biometrics appointment
February 10, 2012 - Service Request - no Biometrics appointment to date
February 29, 2012 - Infopass appointment Detroit (no Biometrics appointment letter - over 40 days)
March 9, 2012 - Biometrics
March 12, 2012 - EAD card production email received
March 23, 2012 - EAD received
March 24, 2012 - AOS interview appointment for April 24, 2012 (Detroit)
April 24, 2012 - AOS approved!
May 2, 2012 - 2 year provisional Green Card received
June 2, 2012 - First job - Russian Kindergarden in Oak Park, Michigan

Feb 5, 2014 - I-751 sent

Sept 19, 2014 - RFE

Nov 3, 2014 - Case moved to Detroit Field Office

Dec 29, 2014 - ROC Interview - Detroit Field Office

Feb 16, 2015 - I-751 approved after 2nd interview

Feb 18, 2015 - I 551 stamp in passport

Mar 5, 2015 - 10 year Permanent Resident Status

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slim Grand Master

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looking at the avatars and profile pics on the RUB forum is like thumbing through a Victoria Secret catalog.

I'm sure thumbing through the other forums would be the same if they'd post their real pics instead of cartoon characters or just their eyeballs.

Русский форум член.

Ensure your beneficiary makes and brings with them to the States a copy of the DS-3025 (vaccination form)

If the government is going to force me to exercise my "right" to health care, then they better start requiring people to exercise their Right to Bear Arms. - "Where's my public option rifle?"

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Meest has their main office I'm Lvov. We will be sending aout 50 kilos for around 300 USD. Meest.com

We were lucky, there is a Meest office in Kharkov.

We used Meest and yes it was for a ton of books that my wife wouldn't leave behind either. In fact she went and stocked up before leaving because she was sure she'd never have access to another book in her native language ever again. ;) Anyway...we always had great luck with Meest and found them to be very reasonable. We also had the max amount of luggage we could bring (in terms of size, weight, AND number haha) and a cat and dog.

I'm sure thumbing through the other forums would be the same if they'd post their real pics instead of cartoon characters or just their eyeballs.

Just being modest I'm sure. I mean who doesn't like cartoon characters.

Wife's visa journey:

03/19/07: Initial mailing of I-129F.

07/07/11: U.S. Citizenship approved and Oath Ceremony!

MIL's visa journey:

07/26/11: Initial mailing of I-130.

05/22/12: Interview passed!

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Felya and Olya   3

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She will not leave her books. They are limited edition autographed books.....

Everything else I will try to get her to leave behind =)

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K-1 Visa Journey

03/15/2011 - I-129F sent via USPS

03/18/2011 - NOA1

06/14/2011 - NOA2

07/11/2011 - NVC In

07/11/2011 - NVC Out

07/18/2011 - Consulate Received

08/15/2011 - Interview - Visa Approved

08/31/2011 - Aeroflot - Moscow > Los Angeles

11/19/2011 - Married =)

03/01/2012 - AOS, EAD, & AP packet submitted

03/07/2012 - AOS, EAD, & AP - NOA

03/29/2012 - AOS, EAD, & AP - Biometrics

04/30/2012 - EAD & AP Approved

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Felya and Olya   3

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Thank you everyone... Its been nerve wrecking but I am cool and collective now =) Just need to figure out what to do for the next month =)

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K-1 Visa Journey

03/15/2011 - I-129F sent via USPS

03/18/2011 - NOA1

06/14/2011 - NOA2

07/11/2011 - NVC In

07/11/2011 - NVC Out

07/18/2011 - Consulate Received

08/15/2011 - Interview - Visa Approved

08/31/2011 - Aeroflot - Moscow > Los Angeles

11/19/2011 - Married =)

03/01/2012 - AOS, EAD, & AP packet submitted

03/07/2012 - AOS, EAD, & AP - NOA

03/29/2012 - AOS, EAD, & AP - Biometrics

04/30/2012 - EAD & AP Approved

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Thank you everyone... Its been nerve wrecking but I am cool and collective now =) Just need to figure out what to do for the next month =)

Drink beer, eat pizza and go out shooting at the range.

Phil (Lockport, near Chicago) and Alla (Lobnya, near Moscow)

As of Dec 7, 2009, now Zero miles apart (literally)!

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Medical Exacm Passed on July 27th

Interview on the 15th of August

Aeroflot direct flight Moscow - LA on the 31st of August

All I got to do now is cross out the days as the day near until my baby is here...

Skoro vsyo budet, narod !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome congratulations.:star:

In Arizona its hot hot hot.

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Congratulations!!!!

Kilogram for kilogram, it's going to be cheaper to just pay for the extra luggage rather than Fedex/UPS/DHL. We occasionally will use DHL, but the costs add up quick.

“Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life’s cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.” — Emerson

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Felya and Olya   3

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Yeah I agree, I dont mind paying at the airport but I was told that those ####### want you to buy the seat as well.... and put the money in their pockets..... when i was flying back, i had to shell out about 400$ for a small extra bag.... assssss holes =)

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K-1 Visa Journey

03/15/2011 - I-129F sent via USPS

03/18/2011 - NOA1

06/14/2011 - NOA2

07/11/2011 - NVC In

07/11/2011 - NVC Out

07/18/2011 - Consulate Received

08/15/2011 - Interview - Visa Approved

08/31/2011 - Aeroflot - Moscow > Los Angeles

11/19/2011 - Married =)

03/01/2012 - AOS, EAD, & AP packet submitted

03/07/2012 - AOS, EAD, & AP - NOA

03/29/2012 - AOS, EAD, & AP - Biometrics

04/30/2012 - EAD & AP Approved

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That sucks. :\ And you know that if you'd have just come earlier or later and got a different person, it would have been a completely different experience. You can never count on consistency. It's a different world over there, ain't it?

“Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life’s cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.” — Emerson

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slim Grand Master

slim   1,525

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Drink beer, eat pizza and go out shooting at the range.

Huzzah!

Русский форум член.

Ensure your beneficiary makes and brings with them to the States a copy of the DS-3025 (vaccination form)

If the government is going to force me to exercise my "right" to health care, then they better start requiring people to exercise their Right to Bear Arms. - "Where's my public option rifle?"

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Yeah I agree, I dont mind paying at the airport but I was told that those ####### want you to buy the seat as well.... and put the money in their pockets..... when i was flying back, i had to shell out about 400$ for a small extra bag.... assssss holes =)

What did you guys decide to do about the additional luggage? My fiancee will hopefully have her K1 interview in a month or so and we're trying to figure out how to get her stuff to US without going bankrupt. My understanding is that Meest doesn't do Russia to US parcels anymore, just US to Russia. I checked with Russian Post and they said it's about $120 to ship a 20kg parcel with seamail, $250 for airmail.

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