US Immigration from Russia

Searched around but couldnt find a December Thread for N-400.

Filing date: 12/15/2025

Receipt Date: 12/15/2025

Filing method: Online

Local office: Dallas

Qualify: 5 Year Rule

Type: EB based GC

Exciting about finishing the final step for the immigration process and get done with it

Any of you oldies but goodies still around? Haven't logged in or posted for ten years, which incidentally is right around when our first kid was born

After having finished TWO of the new "90's/2000's" TV shows, Lixariye and Comeback, I am wondering if I'm not being forgiving/understanding enough with my Russkyi wifey . She seems to have HUGE control issues yet always twists things around to make it seem like *I am being unreasonable! It seems like the controlling behavior is over-the-top but after being reminded (in these two shows) of the HELL that the nineties were for so many kids who were in their formative years, now I'm wondering if it is ME who is phucking things up by not being compassionate enough!

Do y'all's Russkiye (Frmr Svt Union) wives also exhibit over-the-top, unacceptably controlling behavior? What helps you cope with it? How do you separate the excessively controlling behavior from accurate, healthy boundaries from a spouse that you would expect from anyone?

This is a shot in the dark but I wasn't sure where to post this and after logging in for the first time in a decade it was refreshing to see that familiar faces were still actively posting. LMAO after doing a search for 'controlling Russian wives" and finding this thread it was hilarious that I actually REMEMBER these posts!!

These Russkiy wives of ours who were 6+ yo for a significant pat of the nineties went through hell-acious turmoil and uncertainty....what goal posts do you notice for when your Russian wife is acting far too controlling!?

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for any/all replies!!!!

hello! recently we got our NOA2 confirmation (yay!) for a K-1 visa, didn't receive a physical letter or anything yet.

i have a question, since recently there was a change about visa interview appointments: it's stated that the designated NIV location for interview for russians is Warsaw and Astana, and for IV is Warsaw, Almaty and Tashkent (for IR-5).
getting a schengen visa for me would be extremely hard, extremely expensive, the worst logistical nightmare ever, and i feel like i have low chances of approval. which part of this change is applicable to K visas? they are listed as a non-immigrant kind everywhere, does this mean i can ask for a transfer to Astana? if so, at which point should i submit a public inquiry? do we need to have an NVC number?

Hello, my Fiance is currently awaiting her new scheduled interview on October 23rd in Almaty Kazakhstan. She has a new medical appointment on October 20th. Originally, she was supposed to be in Warsaw Poland but was denied her Schenghen visas and was accepted a transfer to Almaty. The only question we have is her K1-FTP still says Warsaw Poland on it. She has a new interview date and a completed Ds-160 through Kazakhstan. I have reached out to my lawyers and to the NVC inquiry form to see if we can get another one if needed.

Has anybody experienced another embassy accepting the original K1-FTP in regards to a transfer case? Thank you all for your time.

Any changes to this process recently or what to expect before or after the interview?

I'm specifically interested in K1 interview stats, but interested in any recently experiences interviewing in Poland.

The general advice was to apply for the schengen visa to somewhere like Italy and then buy separate tickets to Italy and Poland. (Though it was never clear to me whether the tickets could be bought at the same time.)