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Russia DCF - is it the best option?

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av8or1   246

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Russia
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Hi-

I spent several minutes browsing the VJ forums in an attempt to find the best place to post, and settled on this sub-forum. Hope that is ok.

I have a Russian fiancee who lives in Moscow. Today we learned that she is pregnant. It's wonderful news to both of us, but now I am quite confused about how to approach bringing her to TEXAS. I had planned on a vanilla I-129F. I asked that she get all of the background information that we'd need, but hadn't logged on to VJ yet to get processing times and heck....even where to file the petition now; it seems like it changes periodically. With the pregnancy issue looming, I had thought of filing an I-129F K-3 ... I seem to recall that this is the variant that would allow your beneficiary to bring their child, correct? But of course we don't know anything about the child yet (and there can always be complications...let's hope not!) so I don't know what to do there either. Finally, the thought of doing a DCF in Moscow crossed my mind, but I don't know if it would be the best approach. Is it any faster and/or easier?

Please, any help would be much appreciated. She sent me a picture of the ultrasound today and I must admit to being ecstatic!

Thanks SO much!

ps-The timeline shown in my post was/is a very old one obviously...I couldn't find a way to delete it when I edited my profile. Just as an FYI, Olga dumped me and married a local guy a month later, so that petition never even went to the interview stage.

Edited by adair

9/8/14 - I129F petition sent to the USCIS lockbox via USPS
9/11/14 - Petition received @ USCIS lockbox
9/11/14 - NOA1 Email and text message received
9/15/14 - NOA1 Official notice date
9/18/14 - NOA1 hard copy received
12/9/14 - "Updated" likely because of website repairs, like many of us received
4/20/15 - NOA2 text and email (221 days)

4/29/15 - Sent to the NVC (9 days)

5/8/15 - Arrived at the NVC (9 days)

5/13/15 - Left the NVC (5 days)

5/15/15 - Electronic version arrived at the embassy (2 days)

5/20/15 - Paper copy arrived at the embassy (7 days)

6/4/15 - Status changed to AP (which meant that we could schedule the interview)

6/16/15 - Medical

6/17/15 - K1 APPROVED!!!!

6/30/15 - Passport and sealed envelope delivered via courier

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av8or1   246

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Russia
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Sorry all-

I didn't think to check the DCF information before posting....my bad. I don't live in Russia anymore, so I don't qualify. I had thought that if you lived there for a certain period of time in the past that you would qualify, but no. And now that I think about it, that doesn't make much sense.

Anyway sorry. I tried to find a way to delete the post, but couldn't do so.

Thanks again

9/8/14 - I129F petition sent to the USCIS lockbox via USPS
9/11/14 - Petition received @ USCIS lockbox
9/11/14 - NOA1 Email and text message received
9/15/14 - NOA1 Official notice date
9/18/14 - NOA1 hard copy received
12/9/14 - "Updated" likely because of website repairs, like many of us received
4/20/15 - NOA2 text and email (221 days)

4/29/15 - Sent to the NVC (9 days)

5/8/15 - Arrived at the NVC (9 days)

5/13/15 - Left the NVC (5 days)

5/15/15 - Electronic version arrived at the embassy (2 days)

5/20/15 - Paper copy arrived at the embassy (7 days)

6/4/15 - Status changed to AP (which meant that we could schedule the interview)

6/16/15 - Medical

6/17/15 - K1 APPROVED!!!!

6/30/15 - Passport and sealed envelope delivered via courier

 
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