K1 visa fees in Moscow

[Altair17 9]

MY k1 got to moscow embassy and we're trying to schedule an interview; looks like we need to pay the $240 fee to some VTB24 in Russia to get a receipt number which would be entered into the website to allow scheduling screen to show up.

As you all know Russia gets unreasonable number of holiday days, and it would be a noticeable ~2 weeks delay before this can be done unless one of the branches would be working.

The question is... is there any humanly way to pay this fee online using credit/debit/check/certified check (hek, Im willing to go to my bank and make them wire money). Anyone done this before for Russia embassy?

[griffy 0]

MY k1 got to moscow embassy and we're trying to schedule an interview; looks like we need to pay the $240 fee to some VTB24 in Russia to get a receipt number which would be entered into the website to allow scheduling screen to show up.

As you all know Russia gets unreasonable number of holiday days, and it would be a noticeable ~2 weeks delay before this can be done unless one of the branches would be working.

The question is... is there any humanly way to pay this fee online using credit/debit/check/certified check (hek, Im willing to go to my bank and make them wire money). Anyone done this before for Russia embassy?

Hello, I am not aware of another way to pay other than the VTB24 or Russian post. They do not allow payments at the embassy and they do not allow credit card payments for the immigrant visa. They have not opened up any appointments yet for February. My fiance and I are waiting for those times to open up. Currently they are not showing any interview times available. You have time to make the payment. It only takes 2 days for it to show up at the embassy.