kyiv embassy open?

[jollyswagman 0]

My fiancee went to get her medical done and was told to get direction from the embassy first before they would do the exam.  She said she went to the embassy and it is closed for the summer.  She said the visa office was open though.  Is there any reason why she needs to go to the embassy before the medical?  Is the embassy in Kiev really closed now still?

Has anyone else heard of this happening?

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

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[SalishSea 17,827]

27 minutes ago, jollyswagman said:

My fiancee went to get her medical done and was told to get direction from the embassy first before they would do the exam.  She said she went to the embassy and it is closed for the summer.  She said the visa office was open though.  Is there any reason why she needs to go to the embassy before the medical?  Is the embassy in Kiev really closed now still?

Has anyone else heard of this happening?

Why would she be having the medical done while the embassy is closed for routine visa interviews?  Medical exam results expire after 6 months.  It is generally not recommended to have the medical exam until you have an interview date.

[GP1977 288]

No need to go the embassy before she gets her medical done.

 

YOu will need your KEV number from the NVC so make sure she has that.

 

As mentioned above the visa expires 6 months from whatever date you do the medical so take that into account.

 

Pre-covid Kyiv has had a pretty good history of relatively quick turnaround times for interview appointments.  Who knows what the backlog will look like and how many interviews they will do per day during Covid times.

 

 

 

 

 

[jollyswagman 0]

thanks, anyone out there know specifically if the kiev ukraine embassy is open yet? or is it still closed? if closed when it will open again?

[GP1977 288]

2 hours ago, jollyswagman said:

thanks, anyone out there know specifically if the kiev ukraine embassy is open yet? or is it still closed? if closed when it will open again?

The embassy is open for emergency matters but if you went to their website you will see the following:

"We will resume routine visa services as soon as possible but are unable to provide a specific date at this time. The MRV fee is valid and may be used for a visa application in the country where it was purchased within one year of the date of payment. If you have an urgent matter and need to travel immediately, please follow the guidance provided at https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ua/ or send an email to support-ukraine@ustraveldocs.com to request an emergency appointment."

[Zaichik&Miska 44]

Yeah, they closed routine visa services back in March. I was in Kyiv with my fiancee and we finished her medical. The day before the interview they called us to cancel until further notice because of the pandemic and Ukraine's decision to shut down all flights. Been waiting all this time. We just needed that final interview.

 

Maybe some light at the end of the tunnel though: 

 

Looks like Travel at the Dept of State is urging Embassies to do phased resumption of routine visa services depending on local conditions. 

 

[SteveInBostonI130 3,434]

The Kyiv embassy is partially open - for emergency US citizen services and mission critical visa services.  They are closed for the purposes of K1's.

 

This is the normal process once the embassy starts routine visa services, or allows K1 visa services as an exception:

 

If your K1 application was approved, and the NVC has sent your case to the embassy, the embassy will send an email to your fiance with instructions to complete the online DS-160, how to pay the visa fee at Raiffeisen bank, and how to log on to the interview scheduling website with the receipt number from the bank, as well as scheduling the medical.

 

 

Right now, they are not accepting any online interview requests (the online site shows "no interview dates available"), other than spouse visas, which they started this month.

 

Edited July 18, 2020 by SteveInBostonI130

[SteveInBostonI130 3,434]

The embassy is currently scheduling spouse visa interviews.  As of yesterday, they have a couple days in Aug open - Aug 20 and 21.  It's for those who have cleared the NVC stage and are already scheduled for interviews, and for those who had interviews cancelled.

 

As of Aug 12, the embassy will resume routine nonimmigrant visa services for student visas (from the embassy facebook page):

 

[qwer123we 1]

On 7/17/2020 at 10:14 PM, SteveInBostonI130 said:

If your K1 application was approved, and the NVC has sent your case to the embassy, the embassy will send an email to your fiance with instructions to complete the online DS-160, how to pay the visa fee at Raiffeisen bank, and how to log on to the interview scheduling website with the receipt number from the bank, as well as scheduling the medical.

 

Right now, they are not accepting any online interview requests (the online site shows "no interview dates available"), other than spouse visas, which they started this month.

 

I don't see the calendar page for scheduling a K1 interview date anymore. Just shows "Your Transaction Is Complete".

 

Does anyone have the same page?

 

 

 

 

[SteveInBostonI130 3,434]

Unfortunately, the embassy is not conducting K1 interviews.  Only spouse (CR1/IR1) and student visa interviews.

[mikefromNJ 5]

Does anyone have any updates here? 
When will the k1 visa interviews be resumed? After December 31 as proclamation states?

 

Edited August 20, 2020 by mikefromNJ

[Annie R 1]

23 hours ago, mikefromNJ said:

Does anyone have any updates here? 
When will the k1 visa interviews be resumed? After December 31 as proclamation states?

 

I called them a couple of days ago, that said they didn't know when the k1 visa interviews will be resumed... I assume in 2021

[USUK8 72]

The adaptive quarantine in Ukraine expires on August 31st, so there will be some announcement about conditions in the next few days I would assume. If Kiev becomes a green zone, there should be no reason that the embassy isn't back to 100%. They should be 100% now in my opinion, but according to the rules of " Embassies rely on local conditions" to paraphrase, if Kiev goes green, nothing should stop them from opening. They need to open.

 

Most of Ukraine is green so I hope things continue to get better, or at least not get any worse. 

[USUK8 72]

Welp, Ukraine extended the quarantine until October 31 and banned all travelers. Not good.