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Clarification: while Russia recognizes Russian citizens holding another citizenship solely as Russian citizens (as many other countries do) - its laws don't forbid one to have dual citizenship. Ukraine laws strictly forbid having a dual citizenship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_nationality_law#Acquisition_and_loss_of_citizenship "Citizenship may be involuntarily deprived from individuals who acquire foreign citizenship without renouncing their Ukrainian citizenship"

She has to have 2 passports. If she only has her expired traveler's passport then she will need to obtain proof of citizenship via the Embassy (not sure about procedure): "Если заявитель не имеет действующего внутреннего российского паспорта, а срок действия загранпаспорта истек, необходимо предварительно сделать запрос о принадлежности заявителя к российскому гражданству." " В случае если срок действия загранпаспорта заявителя истёк до подачи заявления на оформление нового загранпаспорта и заявитель не может представить оригинал действующего внутреннего российского паспорта нового образца, то в такой ситуации необходимо пройти проверку принадлежности к российскому гражданству через Посольство России в США." San Francisco consulate is long gone. Friend had to go to Washington one for passport renewal. Consulate vs embassy situation (one accepts passport renewal application, one doesn't). Yes, I've used russianpassportservice twice. Last time was in 2018, and they stopped processing all remote appointments by then (before you could grant power of attorney to their agency, and they went in and submitted everything on your behalf, was not an option as of 2018).

Russians have 2 passports: - Internal - Traveler's passport Assuming the one expired and the one she needs is traveler's one (internal means nothing in the US), hopefully she brought her internal one with her as she'll need it to apply for traveler's passport renewal via the service provider above (I've used them twice by the way, they're really good). I don't know if anything has changed now, but few years ago when I applied for renewal via russian passport services, I had to go to the embassy in-person, there was no other option (many years before that the agency did everything for the applicant but they have since shut that down). So depending on where you live, you'll likely looking at $200 + the cost of travel to the nearest embassy. You can certainly skip the $200 and complete the forms and submit paperwork yourself. I used the agency more recently because it was really hard to make an appointment in the embassy, but the agency could get you in whenever you needed.

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From my understanding, police has already been notified.

I agree but not my fight to fight.

Thank you, Mike!

Hi VJ-ers! I have a question on behalf of someone who I'm acquainted with but by no means am close with. She lives outside of US, and has former close friends who recently crossed the Mexico/US border and presented themselves in front of the asylum judge? Court? I'm sorry, I'm not really familiar with the process. In any event, they filed for political asylum and are currently in the US (since May I believe). Their case is fabricated (my acquaintance has proof), and, furthermore, she suspects they might have smuggled drugs and are definite users right now (illegal heavy drugs). I don't want to learn too much because I'm not close with any of these people nor do I care to insert myself in that story; however I told her that I'd ask this community about proper ways to alert the right authorities about this and present whatever proof she might have. Do any of you have any experience or advice for her? Thank you all in advance! ❤️

How long have you been an LPR? If 5 years (minus 90 days for early filing) then choose the 5-year option (less documents to submit, arguably faster approval).

Ask your spouse to check Forum Vinskogo | Форум Винского to get the latest on the experience in crossing a border into Poland.

Oy I don’t know thought many interviewed in Poland because of the short queue but I’m not an expert for sure 😅

Ukrainian likely interviewed in Poland?

I'm not seeing him mentioning his biological children in his post?

So you were scammed before yet you are committing to marrying a woman having never met her in-person? You know what they say - fool me once...

BS. I submitted one page statements for 3 random months out of 2 years and no RFEs (and approved w/o interview). But then again, I do care about our planet so...

One of the comments above is incorrect: they don't need it to verify your legal entry to the US, it's just a 2nd form if ID + proof that you have another nationality. By the time I had my Oath ceremony, I was on my 3rd passport which was completely blank 😅

I haven't heard of many in my circle but the few I have were all fabricated. That said I know about a lot of people from former Soviet Union countries who have legitimate asylum cases (I don't know them personally but it's mostly political activists, bloggers, etc.).

The most recent one: family I know is applying for EB-1a claiming that the husband is a world-known scientist (which he is not so I assume that all of the "proof" is fabricated - I didn't ask questions nor was I interested in hearing their fake story but it baffles me that it's even possible).

No, you need to apply for ROC 2 years since your "Resident Since" date so 12/12/24 (your application window opens 90 days before that date). That form is I-751. Then on 12/12/25 minus 90 days your N400 application window opens. Your I751 might or might not get approved by then (likely not). But applying for N400 usually helps move things along. N400 will be dependent on I751 approval so you will either get a combo interview for both N400 & I751 or I751 will be adjudicated before your citizenship interview. N400 is probably taking 12 months on average right now so looking at the end of 2026. OP = original poster.

One happens before the other. OP needs to get that out of the way first then focus on citizenship. There's no 'ASAP', there's a timeline. ROC happens before N400, very simple.

Assuming this is a typo, I would say everything you're bringing is correct. I was in the same boat: received an N400 interview notice with a very short list of required documentation to bring with me and no mention of ROC interview (spoiler alert: the officer did not ask to see any of it). Like you, I brought my husband and my ROC packet with me just in case. Hopefully this is where our case similarities end, and you actually get a combo interview unlike me, and don't have to wait much longer.

Because plenty of people forget to file for it altogether (seems OP didn't even know about it), and it needs to happen way before filing for citizenship. I'd say it's sort of an important topic to focus on. Not to mention that she needs to start gathering evidence for ROC pretty much right away. It took me a week to compile a packet for I-751 before sending it out. It took me less than 15 minutes to complete N400 form online and click 'Submit'.

When filing online for N400 alone, I submitted bare minimum (only the required documents e.g. taxes, marriage certificate, etc.). I submitted a bunch of evidence when filing for I-751 and also had it ready for the interview itself (which ended up being waived).

Food is entirely different: lots of restrictions of what you can & cannot bring back to the US (and most countries have restrictions on what kind of food you're allowed to bring e.g. bring back to the US cheese from France - no problem, but cured meat - absolutely not). That said, I've never declared petty purchases like the ones described by OP.

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