We have a date!

[Tim n Irina 29]

Its been awhile since I last stopped in, TBH I've been in a real funk being apart from my bride.

 

The GOOD NEWS:

I finally got into the Interview scheduler and we have a date set for Apr 29 in Kyiv.  Major load off my heart there.

I already registered for PP delivery (its on our Dash Board at least).

 

I'm trying find whether or not I need to schedule the Med Exam tho or is just walk in?

 

I'll keep digging, but if anyone chimes in, I'd be much obliged.

 

Stay safe out there,

Tim

[Tim n Irina 29]

Found it!

 

Its amazing what one can find when looking through all those saved site links. 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/KEV-Kyiv.html#med_exam_instructions

[Myroslava 21]

Congratulations for getting your interview date! There are two clinics that are accepted by the embassy in Kyiv, Medikom and IOM. You need to contact them to get an appointment date. It's good to do your medical like 2 weeks before the interview. 

[Tim n Irina 29]

4 minutes ago, Myroslava said:

Congratulations for getting your interview date! There are two clinics that are accepted by the embassy in Kyiv, Medikom and IOM. You need to contact them to get an appointment date. It's good to do your medical like 2 weeks before the interview. 

THANKS!  I thought a day or 2 prior was the norm.  I'm returning to UA the 20th so I suppose we could schedule it for the 21st. 

 

Must discuss it with her first, but it would reduce the number of nights spent in a hotel.

 

Tim

[uapilot 70]

I just saw the announcement today, and I don't know if appointments were available yesterday for K-1, but the appointment list is once again empty. 😒

[uapilot 70]

12 minutes ago, uapilot said:

I just saw the announcement today, and I don't know if appointments were available yesterday for K-1, but the appointment list is once again empty. 😒

And now it's telling me "you're approaching the maximum amount of times you can view this page." (referring to the appointment scheduling page) These people really don't want appointments to be scheduled, do they?

[SVS2020 0]

Yes they must've enabled the system since I'm getting the same notification and last week I could check as many times as I wanted

[Tim n Irina 29]

Yeah, I considered a divine miracle after trying this since August and smacking a wall all the time.  Seriously, if it hadn't been for that "small still Voice" nudging me to try, we might still be in visa limbo.

 

For now I have transport all booked and paid for thru to KBP.  Will likely book a room in Ibis near Vokzalna.  Hoping to get booked at the IOM clinic at Tarasivska, awaiting a reply from them to confirm.

[Tim n Irina 29]

On 3/12/2021 at 10:25 AM, Myroslava said:

Congratulations for getting your interview date! There are two clinics that are accepted by the embassy in Kyiv, Medikom and IOM. You need to contact them to get an appointment date. It's good to do your medical like 2 weeks before the interview. 

Got the clinic booked for the day after I arrive, pick up the exam results the next day.  Hotel Ibis Vokzalna will be our home for 3 nights then off to Kramatorsk.

 

All we need now is a Yes from the CO.

[uapilot 70]

Hey, we got ours scheduled recently for Mar 26, so we're on a tight schedule. We found out the hard way that a police report takes 1 month (!!) to complete, in case you haven't done that yet. There are paid agencies that can do an expedited report that takes between 3-7 days, however. But still, information we wish we had earlier.

[Tim n Irina 29]

23 minutes ago, uapilot said:

Hey, we got ours scheduled recently for Mar 26, so we're on a tight schedule. We found out the hard way that a police report takes 1 month (!!) to complete, in case you haven't done that yet. There are paid agencies that can do an expedited report that takes between 3-7 days, however. But still, information we wish we had earlier.

 

I didn't see anything that indicated we needed a new one, but we decided to go get one just in case.  Plenty of time to get it done for us.

[uapilot 70]

4 minutes ago, Tim n Irina said:

 

I didn't see anything that indicated we needed a new one, but we decided to go get one just in case.  Plenty of time to get it done for us.

Ah, I missed that you were doing a CR-1/IR-1. Sorry, that may have been the wrong info.

If it's required for you, then it's valid for one year from the date of issue.

 

[Tim n Irina 29]

2 hours ago, uapilot said:

Ah, I missed that you were doing a CR-1/IR-1. Sorry, that may have been the wrong info.

If it's required for you, then it's valid for one year from the date of issue.

 

No worries.  I'm pretty sure the last one has expired so good we're doing a fresh one.  Oh and we're up for the IR1 since we passed the 2 year marriage mark in 2019.

Edited March 16, 2021 by Tim n Irina

[Tim n Irina 29]

THEY SAID APPROVED and her passport is with TMM.  TMM called and told her Fri or next Tuesday, Monday is Victory day.

 

I didn't get to go in with her (rona restrictions), but she came out and gave me a smile and a nod and we went to celebrate with some friends in Cherkassy for the weekend.

 

So...

-  We did the Med Exam (at IOM/MOM) the week before - 21 Apr.

-  They didn't request a new Police Report from her, but we did one anyway.

-  They DID request (by phone no less) a new tax return from me.  Great I'm in Ukraine and all my stuff was in Maine.  Got pics of the 1099s sent and did the return, emailed and submitted at CEAC.

-  And of course the day before while packing for the trip to Kyiv my original Divorce docs were nowhere to be found!  SERIOUSLY?  There were copies, but no originals.  Turned out to be a nonissue.  They were more concerned that there weren't any couple pics in the stack of docs. lol.

 

So now we have to wait for the UA Pension Dept. to grind out her retirement.  She just hit 60 Apr 26th.

 

I was hoping to be back in Maine by Memorial Day, but not so sure about that now.

 

[TBoneTX 45,308]

Victory!  Congratulations!