Mis-spelling of beneficiary's last name

[nekotakacho 60]

Thank you this is great information. Our only issue with this is the fact that she has a valid mulit-entry visa already in her current international passport. it is valid for at least another 18 months!

 

if she were to change her spelling in a new Russian international passport, she would lose her valid muti-entry tourist visa to USA, correct?

 

I guess that wont be a big deal after she has the K1 and gets the paperwork going towards her green card? She worked so hard for that multi-entry visa, we are afraid to lose it!!! Any thoughts? Does her multi-entry essentially become invalid after K1 is granted?

Edited June 7, 2018 by nekotakacho

[Juniser 5]

36 minutes ago, nekotakacho said:

Thank you this is great information. Our only issue with this is the fact that she has a valid mulit-entry visa already in her current international passport. it is valid for at least another 18 months!

 

if she were to change her spelling in a new Russian international passport, she would lose her valid muti-entry tourist visa to USA, correct?

 

I guess that wont be a big deal after she has the K1 and gets the paperwork going towards her green card? She worked so hard for that multi-entry visa, we are afraid to lose it!!! Any thoughts? Does her multi-entry essentially become invalid after K1 is granted?

Yes, you answered your own question quite well.

 

It is really good that you visited many times together with the current Russian passport.  Your many visits helps your consul interview immensely. So that passport has done its job quite well. Make sure to copy every page of your current Russian passport and save them digitally as well.  You will want to keep as important documentation for future use.  Do this because in Russia when she applies for a new Russian International Passport containing the "Ксения" and "Kseniya" surnames, they will take her current passport from her.

 

So here are the particulars on the K-1 visa.  Once the K-1 visa is in the passport, previous visas are invalidated.  Your multi-visit visa days are finished for awhile.  The K-1 visa is a ONE time entry visa to the USA.  She has to stay in the USA and marry you within 90 days and you apply for adjustment of status (AOS) with travel and work authorization.  She has to stay in the USA until she gets the travel authorization in her hand in about 3 to 4 months after you file the AOS.  If she leaves the USA before getting the travel authorization in hand (or has emergency authorization) , loads of problems occur ... just don't do it.

 

Back to the new Russian International Passport containing the "Ксения" and "Kseniya" surnames: it's a matter of timing when to get it.  In Russia getting a replacement passport (that's what this is because it is correcting a name) in a major city area takes no longer than 4-6 weeks.  You just need the replacement passport before the approved I-129F gets to the US Embassy Moscow for processing and it is time to fill out the online DS-260 visa and alien registration application and entering in the new replacement passport's control number along with surnames "Ксения" and "Kseniya".

 

So information is king and you two can now determine the timing of getting the replacement passport.

[Juniser 5]

I-129F NOA2 to get to NVC takes about one month for some unknown reason.

 

Then magically in two to three days at the NVC, it gets sent to US Embassy Moscow. Then one week later, the DS-260 will be ready for you to fill out.

 

So once you get your NOA2, time to get replacement passport.

[Juniser 5]

Sorry ... I just can't resist adding this tidbit for us Americans:

 

If in Russia when applying for the replacement passport and the government employee says it will take 2 months, these are code words for "I want more rubles".  Ask how much it will cost for different processing times.  You are in Russia and dealing with a Russian government employee ... this is a negotiation. 

 

And I have done this. I get the employee name, supervisor name and right their in front of him, I called his cellphone and he has my cellphone number.  Then I pay him off (and he pays his supervisor too) and he is really working for me now.  Two weeks later I got a 10 year Russian International Passport (5 year is normal) for my son who also has not met Russia's military requirements.

 

So getting the Russian replacement passport quickly in your case is not going to be a problem ... because you are in Russia !!!

 

However, they must take your old passport from you as I mentioned before, which is part of the speeding up process.

Edited June 7, 2018 by Juniser