Interview at Warsaw embassy - case transfer from Moscow

[marpolsdofer 7]

8 minutes ago, millefleur said:

This is beyond frustrating. I would reach out to your local representatives and senators to deal with the NVC. It seems like they are the problem. I know you mentioned a senator's aid, but did you try both senators and the representatives in your distinct/city?

I should say house representative aid I just get use to telling my wife senator since she really only know that.  I only talk to just the one to just make it easier and prevent conflicting information and requests.

Anyway the aid has contacted around 10 embassies. Two said let us clear up first and contact us in about two months. Did that now they say go to Warsaw or no. She has made multiple attempts for information from the state department again nothing from them at all. She has also talked with the NVC and she summed up them as being useless.

 

I do not know if this means anything or not. I will just copy what I posted on another post.

 

So I deiced to check the CEAC website and now they want a police report. What the heck when have been DQ since May 2020 I checked the CEAC website about 2 months ago and nothing about this. Never got email or letter about it. Even on the CEAC web portal there is no message of it.

At the time we did all this he was not even 16 yet and now he is 17. I wounder if that means Moscow might interview him.

[millefleur 5,047]

9 minutes ago, marpolsdofer said:

She has also talked with the NVC and she summed up them as being useless.

Your case would so benefit form a DCF-like stuation where the NVC was not evolved at all, only the embassy directly. Since Moscow seems to be the most responsive, maybe contact them again and stress the military situation with the son. I think it's worth a shot. Maybe even get the aid involved with contacting Moscow, backing up the criticality of the situation. Don't give up! Often the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[ninjakid 13]

17 hours ago, millefleur said:

Forget emails. Try calling:

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/pl/en/contact-us

https://pl.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/

 

Also, call Moscow. This is getting critical because of the army situation. Moscow is still handling "emergency" cases.

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ru/ru-main-contactus.asp

https://ru.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/

 

After I kept trying to contact the US embassy in Warsaw for the last two weeks to transfer our case there, I heard nothing from them. I decided to call them this morning and went to the website and I saw this: https://pl.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/. Now, they officially announces they are accepting IV applicants from Russia. 

 

Edited October 28, 2021 by ninjakid

[solstice 6]

It definitely sounds like your in a tough position and I know how frustrating it can be. I'd have to go along with the rest of the folks here and say just keep calling and emailing. We contacted our state senators and congressman and basically got lip service from both, but your situation is totally different since you have a minor involved. The politicians really need to get involved, are there any news agencies you could contact that might take up your dilemma? 

[Yuliya.99 28]

Hello everyone! My husband finally got his visa! I know many of you are going through similar situations and I appreciate everyone who posts here with helpful information. I hope to also help anyone with questions like ours so here is a detailed description of how things went for us. 

 

We requested to transfer our case from Moscow to Warsaw august 21 2021 and they accepted our transfer august 23. On august 27 we got our Warsaw case number from NVC. 

We started preparing by gathering information on how to get to Poland. We knew that Russians cannot easily get to Poland because of covid and my husband didn’t have a schengen visa. So we decided that buying a tour to another schengen country and going to Poland through that country would be the best option. I knew that this is how many people did it by going to Greece first. 

October 15th we got an email saying that my husbands interview is scheduled for November 2nd. We had to hurry because that meant we had less than three weeks to get his medical exam done, apply for and receive his schengen visa, fly to somewhere in Europe and then to Poland. 

The same day we bought a tour to Hungary because it’s cheaper than Greece and closer to Poland. We also scheduled his medical exam for October 25th in Moscow (yes, you can do the medical exam in Moscow). We decided to go to Hungary because it is cheaper and closer to Poland. My husband applied for a schengen in Krasnodar on the 19th because that is the closest Hungarian visa center to where he lives. We requested that we pick up the visa by ourselves in Moscow since we would be there for the medical exam anyway. He was able to do the medical exam with his internal passport because his travel passport wasn’t ready with the schengen visa yet. Then we flew to Moscow, did the medical exam and picked up the schengen visa all on the 25th. We were very surprised and blessed to receive the schengen so quickly. Also Moscow sends the results of the medical exam automatically (we did have an issue with this later but I’ll explain when I get to that) to Poland and we didn’t have to come back to get the results. We did call and email them to make sure his results were sent to Poland. Also at the IOM they only used my husbands old Moscow case number even though we had a new Warsaw number. We were asked to write both numbers on all the forms. They told us not to worry and that it was only for the IOM and they know he has a new number. 

On October 31st we flew to Hungary.

November 1st we flew to Poland. 

November 2nd was the interview. My husband was asked about where he works, where I work, how we met and how he proposed. He was told that his visa is approved but they didn’t receive the results of the medical exam so he could r receive his visa yet. They said it wouldn’t take long to receive it and it will be okay. We were still worried because his schengen was opened for only 6 days. 

We walked out of the embassy and tried calling the IOM to make sure they’d sent the medical results. However, since Moscow is on lockdown since October 28th, they didn’t answer so we emailed them. They quickly responded saying they resent the results. We also got an email saying that the Warsaw embassy requested the results as well and they sent them to the embassy. It was all okay and we came back November 3rd (the next day) and picked up his passport with his visa! All is good and we flew back to Hungary because the tickets from there to Moscow were already payed for because of the tour. But I’m pretty sure you could get back to russia from Poland without any issues as well. Now we are on our way home. 

I hope that all made sense, and I’d be happy to answer any questions that I can. 

[ninjakid 13]

10 minutes ago, Yuliya.99 said:

Hello everyone! My husband finally got his visa! I know many of you are going through similar situations and I appreciate everyone who posts here with helpful information. I hope to also help anyone with questions like ours so here is a detailed description of how things went for us. 

Thank you very much for sharing the detailed information and I'm very happy for you and your husband finally getting his visa 😆

[TBoneTX 45,598]

11 hours ago, ninjakid said:

Thank you very much for sharing the detailed information and I'm very happy for you and your husband finally getting his visa 😆

I echo this.  Great news, and very helpful for others!

[yul250 9]

15 hours ago, Yuliya.99 said:

Hello everyone! My husband finally got his visa! I know many of you are going through similar situations and I appreciate everyone who posts here with helpful information. I hope to also help anyone with questions like ours so here is a detailed description of how things went for us. 

Congratulations! What did you do about the vaccine?

[IraLada 7]

On 11/5/2021 at 8:02 AM, Yuliya.99 said:

Hello everyone! My husband finally got his visa! I know many of you are going through similar situations and I appreciate everyone who posts here with helpful information. I hope to also help anyone with questions like ours so here is a detailed description of how things went for us. 

Congratulation!!! And thanks for shearing, it is helpful.

What kind of transportation did you use in Warsaw? And how did you pay for this?

[Yuliya.99 28]

On 11/6/2021 at 9:06 AM, yul250 said:

Congratulations! What did you do about the vaccine?

My husband isn’t vaccinated and no one asked about it. We were told at the medical exam that he is exempt from it because they don’t have a vaccine that is approved in the US. On all airport check-ins we were asked to show a pcr test done within 72 hours and from Poland to Hungary we just had an antigen test. 

[Yuliya.99 28]

19 hours ago, IraLada said:

Congratulation!!! And thanks for shearing, it is helpful.

What kind of transportation did you use in Warsaw? And how did you pay for this?

We used Uber and taxi. Uber is much cheaper. But we didn’t have to use it much because our hotel was 5 minutes walking distance from the embassy. We payed for everything with my US bank card and we never had any issues with it. 

[IraLada 7]

18 minutes ago, Yuliya.99 said:

We used Uber and taxi. Uber is much cheaper. But we didn’t have to use it much because our hotel was 5 minutes walking distance from the embassy. We payed for everything with my US bank card and we never had any issues with it. 

Thank you! Good idea!!!

[Strawberrymermaid 346]

@Yuliya.99 congrats to you both and thanks for sharing! Did you have to cancel the tour in Hungary once you arrived? And Hungary only issued schengen for 6 days total? Also, did the medical clinic in Moscow have open times online or did you have to call and specifically ask? 

[Corp668 16]

So I emailed the Warsaw embassy asking to transfer my case and got a reply which says:

 

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Effective May 12, 2021 U.S. Embassy Moscow does not offer immigrant visa services due to the government of Russia’s April 23, 2021 notification prohibiting U.S. Embassy Moscow from employing foreign nationals in any capacity. U.S. Embassy Warsaw is currently accepting transfer of ALL categories of Russian immigrant visa cases on a case-by-case basis thus your request has been approved. If you are a Russian immigrant visa applicant and your case is still with the National Visa Center, you may also request transfer of the case to U.S. Embassy Warsaw by contacting the National Visa Center.



Russian DV cases will be automatically allocated to Warsaw for immigrant visa processing and will be scheduled by the Kentucky Consular Center according to law mandated rank number and date of document submission. Please do not contact us regarding transfer of DV cases to Warsaw.

 

So the big question is what is rank number?  Date of document submission I guess means the date I submitted my I-129F?  Does anyone have an idea how many K1 cases are waiting from Russia now in Poland?  And the big question.... when could I expect to get our interview scheduled?  

[Yuliya.99 28]

11 hours ago, Strawberrymermaid said:

@Yuliya.99 congrats to you both and thanks for sharing! Did you have to cancel the tour in Hungary once you arrived? And Hungary only issued schengen for 6 days total? Also, did the medical clinic in Moscow have open times online or did you have to call and specifically ask? 

We didn’t cancel our tour because we were afraid that if we did that we would have issues getting into Hungary. And we couldn’t cancel the tour after arrival. We spent 2 nights there, but the rest in Poland and just had to come to terms with the fact that money was waisted because of all of this. And yes his schengen was open for only 6 days because that’s how long our tour was and my husband has never had a schengen visa so they usually give first timers only the dates of their trip. Of course it was a risk, but it was cheaper that’s why it was only 6 days. If you buy a tour for 10+ days I’m sure your visa will be open for that much or more. 
 

About the medical exam, we called the day our interview was scheduled and they had several open slots so we booked it over the phone and the people were very nice, they answered all our questions and made any changes that needed to be made without any issues. 

Edited November 9, 2021 by Yuliya.99