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millefleur

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  1. My understanding is you are obligated to provide info on links to any social media you have now. This is the same for the DS-260 (so spousal visa) application. ESTA might be different, but even on the tourist visa DS-160 you have to list you social media accounts now. https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Enhanced Vetting/CA - FAQs on Social Media Collection - 6-4-2019 (v.2).pdf
  2. It would be the US embassy in Italy as embassies are the ones that handle immigrant visas. Looks like that would be Rome. https://it.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/
  3. Supposedly a new round of sanctions is about to drop. Not sure what else they can throw at it that they haven't already.
  4. Noticed that too. Seems like there's been absolute crickets on this story shortly after the initial news broke.
  5. Gotcha. There are different visa centers all over but they can only do so much since it's up to the embassies/consulates to issue Schengen visas. We had a recent thread on the topic, you might find it helpful:
  6. I'm just curious what you mean by this as my whole Russian family is from St Petersburg and being located there has not made it any easier to get a Schengen visa? Is there some service or office you know of where people have been having success?
  7. You can translate yourself as long as you are qualified to do so and include a note saying you certify the translation to be correct and that you are fluent in both languages. From my experience hiring a translator in Russia was generally pretty cheap, but it's your call. The times I did my own translation most of the work went into formatting the documents to match the originals, so sometimes it is worth outsourcing it just for that.
  8. Having done a previous K-1 means choosing the spousal visa was probably the smart choice anyway. You won't regret going that route, everyone here who has opted for spousal visa vs K-1 has been happy with their choice.
  9. There's been a lot of changes since we last updated this thread. It seems nothing much is going to change unless the US funding goes through. Not that it would lead to huge change either, but I guess it being stalled has really soured the mood. NATO boots on the ground seems fantastical. Apparently Europe is struggling to attract new recruits as well.
  10. Crazy. I too would be very curious to see the snake, but TBone it appears you left out the link to the story? Never been scared of snakes except cobras and rattlers.
  11. Sorry to hear this news. Thank you for updating us. Manila does seem like a very tough embassy for tourist visas.
  12. I'm curious, is it actually logging the info somewhere or is this just some canned message to scare people?
  13. Why Poland? From news around here, this is one of the most difficult countries to get a tourist visa to right now. It seems Greece or Italy are much easier. We have a thread on the topic here:
  14. The best and clearest answer would be direct from the source: contact the college(s) you are interested in and ask what California's residency requirements are. It varies hugely from state to state. Usually the Financial Aid office will be able to inform you all you need to know to qualify. They can probably even assist you with filling out the FAFSA.
  15. Are you still planning the "marry in Poland" thing you mentioned in your post from last year? Is there some particular reason why Poland? Many others have had better luck with Schengen visas to Greece or Italy.
  16. **Moved from Off Topic to RUB regional subform; OP is more likely to get relevant answers there**
  17. Yeah, I doubt the case will go far. In general seems like the Epstein case keeps getting buried under other news headlines. The least victims can do is try and keep it newsworthy.
  18. Jeffrey Epstein victims sue FBI, allege coverup NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the FBI of covering up its failure to investigate the late financier, enabling his sex trafficking to continue for more than 20 years. The victims, using Jane Doe pseudonyms, said the FBI received credible tips as early as 1996 that Epstein trafficked young women and girls, yet failed to interview victims or share what it knew with federal and local law enforcement. Victims said the FBI finally began a probe in 2006, but ended it two years later after Epstein pleaded guilty to a Florida prostitution charge, and kept ignoring tips until his July 2019 arrest. Epstein committed suicide a month later. Read more here: https://www.reuters.com/legal/jeffrey-epstein-victims-sue-fbi-allege-coverup-2024-02-14/
  19. I still haven't experienced it. Using Brave browser, maybe I should try another browser and see if it pops up for me there. What browsers are you guys using?
  20. Getting two wrong seems fair, not everyone has an encyclopedic knowledge of everything. 98/100 would still be an A!
  21. In cases where the USC has lived abroad for many years, it's "proof of intent to re-establish domicile in the US" - basically you need to provide evidence that you will be permanently moving to the US and abandoning your residence abroad. If you have any kind of proof of leaving your current residence in the UK, you can include that. This could be end of contract/letter of resignation from employers abroad, proof you are cancelling your residence permit/long stay visa abroad, end of lease/sale of property. You can also include a letter explaining your situation and plan to move back to the US permanently. Sometimes they just want to make sure you are truly leaving behind the residence abroad, it doesn't hurt to include proof of this especially if you're been out of the US for 10 years.
  22. I'm curious, do they always have to give out the slip of paper with the denial reason or do some consular officers just verbally explain it only?
  23. They know. The issue is the Moscow embassy was huge and it's hard for them to find a "replacement" to handle the same capacity (this is the supposed excuse.) I think DoS needs to divest completely from the Moscow embassy and reinvest/expand somewhere else like Almaty because for all intents and purposes there seems to be zero will to strengthen diplomatic ties between Russia and the US, thus meaning the closed Moscow embassy problem is going to linger on for years, maybe even decades? Warsaw was most likely chosen last minute because it's the default embassy for Belarussians, so they probably had Russian speaking staff and some capacity to process the cases there. However, Belarus is tiny and has barely any applicants compared to Russia so it's obviously not a long term solution at all (not to mention the annoyance of the Schengen visa.)
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