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From your other post, your mother is still an LPR. If your brother was born in 2018, then his visa category is F2A. Unfortunately, his case PD is no longer current on Table A of the Aug 2023 visa bulletin. F2A (Philippines) PD retrogressed to 08 Oct 2017 -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-august-2023.html Until his PD becomes current again on Table A, he will not be in line for visa interview, even if his case is already documentarily qualified (DQ) at NVC.

August 2023 is the current visa bulletin, not the current Priority Date (PD). You will see the current PD for each visa category when you click on that visa bulletin link. For F2A, it's 08 Oct 2017.

USCIS will send a paper receipt in the mail. Could take a couple of weeks more or so.

That only applies to cases that are current according to the visa bulletin. Your case is not current. It doesn't matter even if your embassy has 0 cases in process right now. Based on US immigration law, they can not grant you a visa until your case PD becomes current, so there's no point interviewing you until then. Here's a recent report of an F2A applicant who was turned away at the embassy, because F2A retrogressed after he already had an interview schedule and his case PD was suddenly no longer current -- Again, your only option to get an interview appointment quicker is for the LPR petitioner to become a US citizen, assuming they are eligible. For IR1 (spouse of USC) cases, the visa bulletin is irrelevant.

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Unfortunately, your PD is no longer current on Table A of the Aug 2023 visa bulletin. The F2A date regressed to 08 Oct 2017 -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-august-2023.html Until your case PD becomes current, you will not be in line for visa interview. You may need to wait 3 years or so. There is no expedite for cases that are not current, not even for life-or-death reasons. I recommend the LPR petitioner apply for US citizenship ASAP when they are eligible. As soon as they get their naturalization certificate, they may request the case to be upgraded to IR1 and also request for expedited interview appointment.

No need for the I-130. Just the copy of the I-485 receipt.

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Congratulations on the successful interview! Your efforts to collect the additional evidence are not in vain because you'll need them anyway for Removal of Conditions in 2 years.

No need to return to Russia, unless she cannot acquire any of the required civil documents from abroad.

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K1 do not send any documents to NVC for processing. For most consulates, the I-134 and other required documents must be hand-carried by the applicant to their visa interview. A few consulates require documents to be sent by courier some days prior to the interview. Check your consulate's instructions.