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Sure. We heard back from the Warsaw Embassy in 1-2 days. It was supposed to take 3-5. We picked up her passport (with the visa stamp) at the pickup location. It took about an hour to drive to due to traffic. Next, we flew to France since that was the best location for us to fly to the US from. The flight was long (11 hours) because we flew to Los Angeles. Arrival was smooth and the wait at passport control took about 30 minutes. He congratulated us and asked us if we had any questions. He explained what our next steps were. The actual conversation was 2-3 minutes. Now, we're in California and heading to Nevada soon. My wife's social security card arrived in the mail about a week after arrival. We've been meeting family and friends while seeing as much as we can. Our plans are to go and visit Russia in a few months. The next steps for us are to remove the conditional requirements of her green card (CR1), open up a bank account / credit card, and see if we can get clients for my wife's business here in the US. Having our first child would also be wonderful.

Thank you. Everything appears okay. There wasn't a definite "yes", but there wasn't a refusal or a request for more info. My wife also received a green paper that has information about immigration. It's in Russian. There were a few dozen people waiting by the Embassy in the morning. Mostly older in age. A mask is required for going in and this wasn't something we considered. While my wife was waiting outside, I ran to find a store that sold masks — but didn't have any luck. But my luck was found again when I entered a cafe and asked to buy a mask. They didn't have one for sale, but gave me one for free instead. I then ran back, in the 0-1 degree C temperature, to give my wife the mask in time. I think there were a few other people doing these quick runs, but I noticed they continued down other streets in search of a market. Our route was Moscow -> Istanbul -> Barcelona -> Berlin -> Warsaw. All were done via flights except Berlin to Warsaw, which was by a 6-hour train. I spoke with someone else whose mother got a Schengen visa for Italy. They met there and flew to Warsaw. No passport was checked once they were in the Schengen zone. I knew this was the case, but I took the train to be as safe as possible. We're enjoying Poland the most out of all the European countries we've been to this trip. Spain and Germany were underwhelming; expensive and the service was lacking. Maybe they're more enjoyable during the summer. Anyway, now we wait.

Interview less than 12 hours away. Checked every document as much as possible. We've been together almost every day since we met 3 years ago and have hundreds if not thousands of photos together. It's now a matter of making sure we've not forgotten anything. Getting to Poland was an adventure, for sure. No matter what happens, we'll continue to enjoy our time here and in other countries in Europe until my wife's Schengen visa expires at the end of December.

Medical exam done. They wanted the original copy of my wife's immunization records. This means you can't have someone scan and email it. Fortunately we found this out just in time and had my wife's mother get the records and send them via courier. It took 4 business days and they arrived the same day as the exam. My wife waited for me in the hospital while I waited for the courier. Once I had them, and brought them to her, the rest of the exam went smoothly. She did need three additional vaccinations which were around 1100 RUB each. About getting a COVID19 vaccine, they were unable to provide the one she would need for the US. I don't know if this excludes her from having it be a requirement. The doctor in Moscow asked if she needed it for Poland (the answer is no) and recommended she get it elsewhere just in case.

I don't think Sputnik (the Russian vaccine) is accepted. If the exam is done in Russia, there's an option that basically says "vaccine unavailable" and that should be okay. If the exam is done in Poland, then they'll provide the vaccine that's approved for America. I'm not 100% sure on this, so don't take my word for it. I guess we'll find out more information tomorrow when my wife has her exam.

The date for our case review was November, but there were a few documents that weren't correct -- my 1099s and a scanned version of our marriage certificate. After uploading these, we waited 4 more months for another review. That review happened today and the response was odd. It's saying that I need to upload all of my 1099s, which I already did. The 1099s under my name say ACCEPTED. However, in my wife's name, it has new Passport and Police Certificate notifications that say INCOMPLETE. What's strange is both of these files were uploaded and ACCEPTED. So basically: NVC inbox says to upload all 1099s from 2020 Uploaded 2020 1099s back in November were ACCEPTED Spouse has new INCOMPLETE documents, but both were already accepted I plan to call today and see what happened. I wanted to check and see if this is something that's happened to anyone else before. The police certificate will expire in June and I'm hoping we can get our interview before then.