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I have a final update: I finally was able to Skype with my wife after after her 17 hour bus ride back to Ukraine. My wife's interview was June 5 at 8:20 AM. She received a message Wednesday afternoon saying her visa was ready to be picked up. If she had been in Warsaw she could have picked it up late Wednesday afternoon. When she received the message she was at her Sister's house which is a two hour train ride to Warsaw. She ended picking up her visa Friday afternoon.

I have a final update: I finally was able to Skype with my wife after after her 17 hour bus ride back to Ukraine. My wife's interview was June 5 at 8:20 AM. She received a message Wednesday afternoon saying her visa was ready to be picked up. If she had been in Warsaw she could have picked it up late Wednesday afternoon. When she received the message she was at her Sister's house which is a two hour train ride to Warsaw. She ended picking up her visa Friday afternoon.

Thanks for your message. My wife’s visa interview was 8:20 AM Monday. Before my trip to Warsaw, I had read the post about the couple that picked up their visa the next day at the Mail Boxes Etc. store on Wiertnicza. Even though my wife didn’t receive a message stating that her visa was ready we went to the Mail Boxes Etc. store right before they closed on Tuesday hoping her visa would be there. Unfortunately her visa was not there. An employee at Mail Boxes Etc. said that visas are dropped off at his store only once a day at 3:00 PM. Wednesday morning I left Warsaw to return to the United States and my wife took a train to her sister’s house which is a two hour train ride from Warsaw. Early this morning (Friday 12:09 PM Warsaw time) I received a message from my wife saying that she was on her way to Warsaw to pick up her visa. I don't know yet when she received the message saying the visa was ready to be picked up. Congrats on receiving your visa!

My Wife’s visa interview was Monday morning at 8:20 AM. Before my trip to Warsaw, I had read the same post you were referring to about the couple that picked up their visa the next day at the Mail Boxes Etc. store on Wiertnicza. Even though my wife didn’t receive a message stating that her visa was ready we went to the Mail Boxes Etc. store right before they closed on Tuesday hoping her visa would be there. Unfortunately her visa was not there. An employee at Mail Boxes Etc. said that visas are dropped off at his store only once a day at 3:00 PM. Wednesday morning I left Warsaw to return to the United States and my wife took a train to her sister’s house which is a two hour train ride from Warsaw. Early this morning (Friday 12:09 PM Warsaw time) I received a message from my wife saying that she was on her way to pick up her visa. I don't know yet when she received the message saying the visa was ready to be picked up. When I find out I will let you know.

I got back from Warsaw yesterday night. I was going to respond to you after I Skyped with my wife today but that will not be for awhile. Below is what I remember what happened and I will update this if I have anything wrong. I will also update this to tell you when my wife's visa is available to be picked up: My wife brought copies of my AOS, this year’s tax return, last year’s tax transcript, my last two 1099-R documents, and an income verification letter, and none of these were collected or even looked at. She brought originals and translations of her birth certificates, marriage license, change of name document, Ukrainian police report, and her Polish police report and she also brought copies of all of those documents. They looked at all those documents but only kept the original police reports. My wife brought two passport photos and they didn’t keep them (maybe they made copies of them but I don’t know that). My wife also brought photos of us, copies of emails, and copies of Skype calls and none of these were looked at. My wife was in the embassy for about 2 hours and 15 minutes and she said the interview lasted about two minutes and she was asked about 6 easy questions. I’ve heard many people say it’s better to be over prepared rather than underprepared I would agree with that.

My wife had her interview on June 5. As of today (June 7) she has not received her visa. She was told at the interview that it would take 3 to 5 days to get her visa.

My wife went for her medical exam yesterday. The computer system was not working so my wife had to stay an extra day in Warsaw and return to the doctor’s office today to finish her paperwork. Yesterday my wife also had her x-ray done at a different office than the medical exam. My wife was not given any paperwork or x-rays to bring to her interview. Everything is sent to the embassy electronically.