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I think you are forgetting that you must also send your naturalization certificate to the SSA office. You have to wait ten days to complete this. They will hold your certificate and mail it back to you. This will complicate your travel plans. they told us we need to do this prior to getting a passport.

It’s always the same people making the catty comments too. Congratulations!

My wife has been waiting for ROC for a year and a half. Her N400 interview is Tuesday (in two business days). She waited about 5 months for her N400 interview. I know you are required to file both the ROC and N400. You can’t skip the ROC step. So consider it a formality and hope the N400 solves your problems. Good luck.

Thanks, I didn’t catch that. That lawyer should refund OP their money. I’d be furious. $6000 is way too much to pay for something you can file on your own. When we got an RFE it was because I sent my birth certificate which wasn’t official enough. I sent in a better one and RFE was fixed in a week.

I’m confused, why wouldn’t that be an RFE instead of denial? You can have a few RFEs before it gets denied. Something isn’t right here… also, how did your attorney miss that? I never used an attorney. This is why.

Is your wife part of the Russian girls chat group for American spouses?? If not, you may want to get her enrolled in the WhatsApp group because those girls have all the info she needs, in Russian

It is unfortunate that the embassy in Georgia did not give you a passport with the CRBA, did you apply for both at the same time like recommended? Gawain’s advice is excellent and pretty much my same advice. “ 1. Am I forced to go to Poland to obtain my daughter's American passport? nope. Any Us embassy would work. Forget Poland. 2. Do both parents have to be there with our daughter? I am unsure and you’ll have to clarify with the embassy. 3. How can we do that when Poland and the EU will not issue visas to Russians? you may need to think outside the box. Forget Poland, forget EU and look at Asia. I know a lot of people use Israel especially when my wife paid for an appointment and told the girls chat group about it and it went viral lol 4. Is it truly impossible for my wife to get a travel visa? She owns two homes and makes a good a salary and our daughter is enrolled in their version of pre-k. no, it shouldn’t be impossible. Maybe impossible in Poland! 5. Can we not do my daughters passport via mail? I doubt it but ask a few embassies and see if they will. Never hurts to email and ask. 6. Can we visit another country? If so, how do we know which country we can go to do a passport and attempt a travel visa? Use Timatic to determine visa requirements per country: https://www.iata.org/en/services/compliance/timatic/widget/ use the state department website to see what embassies can process your wife’s travel visa: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html Almaty currently has an 11 day wait for B2 interviews according to the state department. You could even take a train there if you don’t want to fly. It’s worth a shot. They could probably get your passport for your child too. Email them! “ ** the only way to understand where you can get your wife a travel visa is to email the embassies directly and ask. There is no public information on which embassies process “non-residents”, and they can also change their decision at anytime and stop processing “non residents”. So you absolutely MUST email the embassy first to see if it’s even possible. We did this a few years ago, and they can change their mind and cancel your appointment!!!! They cancelled our appointment in Budapest initially, because they told us there was a glitch in their calendar system and we weren’t supposed to be able to get our interview so quickly. They said it was for residents only, and they process non-residents on different months! So be sure to ask if they process “non residents” and for which months. Good luck

Last summer we sent my wife’s parents to Budapest to interview for their B2 visas. It wasn’t fun. They got Covid there, and were very sick. Anyways, they were approved in Budapest, even though the translator said most of her Russian clients are denied. But Budapest might be an option if they’re still allowing non-residents for interviews. Of course a valid Schengen visa is required, and they did have that prior. They own a house in Greece we visit, so they keep their visa current. Greece loves Russians. also, Azerbaijan or Armenia can get you to Istanbul. From there, you have direct flights to the USA. My biggest question for you, is…where was your child born? I’m assuming Russia. So you will have a lot of work to get her US citizenship. My wife and I are currently doing the opposite, and getting our daughter her Russian citizenship, so she can receive her benefits in Russia, since they’ll provide you with free food and money and doctors etc. way better than the USA in my opinion! forget the Poland embassy as they are handling everything now and are notoriously anti Russian, and denying most people there. I would suggest even looking for US embassies that process non residents like Israel was doing, or Thailand. I’d go to Asia before Poland. But that’s just me. Like others have suggested, you need to email many embassies to determine if they’ll accept you. don’t lose faith and don’t feel trapped in Russia. I hope you figured it out already.

Agreed. You never said that. Some on here are very imaginative… if I were in your shoes, I’d skip the B2 and do a CR-1 instead. You’re going to need to file something sooner than later, in regards to marriage and visa, and the B2 will just waste your time. they can also see that her K1 was denied, and she’ll have to answer that truthfully, so there’s a good chance her B2 will get denied. Then you have two denials to explain on your next application. Good luck

My suggestion, on the B2 visa, is don’t even send a letter. They won’t consider it anyways. They may read it but will not take it into consideration, since it’s not part of the application. Stick with the application rules, answer the questions they ask truthfully, but do not volunteer information they do not need to know.

How would it be on the house if she’s never been in the country??