How fast the letters are delivered in Russia

[Lilly.Pon 1]

Hi everyone,

I got a notification yesterday - a first-class mail is waiting for me! I rushed to a post office to receive it, and was amazed when I opened it. No, not by the content (it was a standard letter inviting me to pay a fee and schedule a K1 interview), but by the PROCESSING TIME.

The letter was dated 7-May-13

It was sent from Moscow 22-May-13 (that was the date on the stamp) So it spent 2 weeks just laying on smb's desk.

It was received in Vladivostok 26-JUNE-13 (I was in the airplane by then going to my interview) !!!

It took another 12 days by our post office to sent me a notification that an envelope is waiting for me.

I'm a happy owner of K1 by now and ready to travel to US 13Jul..but I thought I would share this ridiculous story with you.. Good thing the Embassy also sends out an email to the Petitioner, because if we all waited for a letter - we'd hit over a year waiting time.

[Alex+Nastya 11]

thanks for the heads up! Congrats on your visa =)

[paws057 9]

Hi everyone,

I got a notification yesterday - a first-class mail is waiting for me! I rushed to a post office to receive it, and was amazed when I opened it. No, not by the content (it was a standard letter inviting me to pay a fee and schedule a K1 interview), but by the PROCESSING TIME.

The letter was dated 7-May-13

It was sent from Moscow 22-May-13 (that was the date on the stamp) So it spent 2 weeks just laying on smb's desk.

It was received in Vladivostok 26-JUNE-13 (I was in the airplane by then going to my interview) !!!

It took another 12 days by our post office to sent me a notification that an envelope is waiting for me.

I'm a happy owner of K1 by now and ready to travel to US 13Jul..but I thought I would share this ridiculous story with you.. Good thing the Embassy also sends out an email to the Petitioner, because if we all waited for a letter - we'd hit over a year waiting time.

Congratulations!

Sounds about right. My fiancee got a letter from the Embassy in Moscow last week and I got that same letter (email) on the 28th of May. She only lives 500 miles south of Moscow and it took 5 weeks to get to her. So much for speed of the post office!

[NikLR 13,227]

*** moved from process and procedures to progress reports ***

[Abell 11]

yep, that is how russian post works we've got same letter one month after they sent it and already after we've got visa )))