Wait for our Interview or Seek Asylum?

[MrHologram 0]

Hello All,

 

My fiancé and I have had our application in review since April.

 

With everything going on in Russia, should we wait for our review and interview, or should we try to get her here and seek asylum?

 

It is an uncertain time, and I would like a second opinion on the idea.

 

It seems as if we do not try asylum, we will never get the chance to get her out.

 

Thank you for the help.

[SalishSea 18,077]

19 minutes ago, MrHologram said:

Hello All,

 

My fiancé and I have had our application in review since April.

 

With everything going on in Russia, should we wait for our review and interview, or should we try to get her here and seek asylum?

 

It is an uncertain time, and I would like a second opinion on the idea.

 

It seems as if we do not try asylum, we will never get the chance to get her out.

 

Thank you for the help.

Asylum from what?     Asylum has definitive criteria, not just that access to a US immigrant visa interview has been complicated by her country’s own actions.

 

If she is Ukrainian, that’s totally different, and yes, she could seek asylum via the program the state department has for Ukrainians.

[Pinkrlion 2,724]

27 minutes ago, MrHologram said:

Hello All,

 

My fiancé and I have had our application in review since April.

 

With everything going on in Russia, should we wait for our review and interview, or should we try to get her here and seek asylum?

 

It is an uncertain time, and I would like a second opinion on the idea.

 

It seems as if we do not try asylum, we will never get the chance to get her out.

 

Thank you for the help.

Your fiance does not have to come here to file for asylum.  Other countries have opened their borders to allow Russian citizens to flee Russia.  Have her go there and then have your file transferred to another country.  

[Boiler 45,932]

How would you get her here?

 

Has she been arrested?

[Crazy Cat 42,056]

42 minutes ago, MrHologram said:

It seems as if we do not try asylum, we will never get the chance to get her out.

How did you come to that conclusion?  Has Russia banned travel out of the country?  

[Carpe Vinum 2,330]

3 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

How did you come to that conclusion?  Has Russia banned travel out of the country?  

It's getting close))))

[slavaskii 886]

Asylum has very particular grounds; simply being "afraid" isn't enough for relief. If you think you have a good case nonetheless, you should consider trying an expedite first on your I-129F while she relocates to a third country. As others have said, if she's never actually been persecuted (arrested), I don't think the asylum, or even expedite, claim has much merit.

[ChristynVic 0]

20 hours ago, MrHologram said:

Hello All,

 

My fiancé and I have had our application in review since April.

 

With everything going on in Russia, should we wait for our review and interview, or should we try to get her here and seek asylum?

 

It is an uncertain time, and I would like a second opinion on the idea.

 

It seems as if we do not try asylum, we will never get the chance to get her out.

 

Thank you for the help.

Not sure if I understand everything correctly, but there was a similar situation on here. The petitioner expedited his K1 due to the war. His fiance was Ukrainian and they were approved in 4 months. I'll try to find the profile and attach.

 

If it's not the same as your case, sorry for  misunderstanding

[Lynxyonok 316]

20 hours ago, MrHologram said:

Hello All,

 

My fiancé and I have had our application in review since April.

 

With everything going on in Russia, should we wait for our review and interview, or should we try to get her here and seek asylum?

 

It is an uncertain time, and I would like a second opinion on the idea.

 

It seems as if we do not try asylum, we will never get the chance to get her out.

 

Thank you for the help.

 

So, based on telegram chats, not a single person has been stopped from crossing the border so far.

 

Does she live within 100 miles of the border with Ukraine? Does she have a military-grade occupation (ask for "Voennyi Bilet" / "Военный Билет")?

 

An expedite request is a logical choice here, yes, but so many are getting shot down that you'd genuinely need to have all the ducks in a row first.

Edited September 23, 2022 by Lynxyonok

[ChristynVic 0]

14 minutes ago, ChristynVic said:

Not sure if I understand everything correctly, but there was a similar situation on here. The petitioner expedited his K1 due to the war. His fiance was Ukrainian and they were approved in 4 months. I'll try to find the profile and attach.

 

If it's not the same as your case, sorry for  misunderstanding

Here's the profile of the petitioner that got his  case expedited successfully for Ukrainian fiance.

 

 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=351187

[Lynxyonok 316]

2 minutes ago, ChristynVic said:

Here's the profile of the petitioner that got his  case expedited successfully for Ukrainian fiance.

 

 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=351187

 

Sadly, Russians are treated quite differently than Ukrainians in this war. For example, several bordering countries have flat out refused to accept Russians fleeing mobilization.

 

I'm aware of two successful expedites of Russian K-1s. Both were in March; one fiancée was able to claim Ukrainian heritage despite living in Moscow, and in case of another, American fiancé appeared to have had troubles at the border when visiting Moscow after the war had started.

[Crazy Cat 42,056]

4 minutes ago, ChristynVic said:

Here's the profile of the petitioner that got his  case expedited successfully for Ukrainian fiance.

 

 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=351187

OP's fiance is not Ukrainian. 

[ChristynVic 0]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

OP's fiance is not Ukrainian. 

Ahhhh, now how did I miss that 🤦‍♀️

[Mbfernandes 95]

For what I read from immigration lawyers on Twitter, seeking asylum is an even bigger headache than the K1 visa. Hope your fiancé can stay in a safe place while waiting and have her interview soon.