LaszloSz

The medical exams must be done in Hungary.
 
U.S. Embassy Budapest, Hungary - BDP (state.gov)
 

@slavaskii Thank you! No worries, you gave me good information to go on. 😁
 
@allu, it was not prominent in my post, but my family has the Hungarian visa already. It was not hard at all, but it was done before the war, so the situation might be different for people who are applying now. Most likely, it's still much easier than for most other EU countries. 

Yes, your wife will need to have a Schengen visa to enter Poland. If Poland is not very friendly toward Russians then you can try Hungary. They are the most Russian friendly country in EU right now. They have consulates in many cities in Russia and our experience was always pleasant with their staff you can call them up and ask about visas. My wife is also Russian and we moved to Hungary. We have been here for over 2 months and so far have not experienced any kind of negativity toward Russians. People here seem to understand that Putin is the bad guy and the average Russian people are also suffering because of his craziness.

Yes, your wife will need to have a Schengen visa to enter Poland. If Poland is not very friendly toward Russians then you can try Hungary. They are the most Russian friendly country in EU right now. They have consulates in many cities in Russia and our experience was always pleasant with their staff you can call them up and ask about visas. My wife is also Russian and we moved to Hungary. We have been here for over 2 months and so far have not experienced any kind of negativity toward Russians. People here seem to understand that Putin is the bad guy and the average Russian people are also suffering because of his craziness.

Yes, your wife will need to have a Schengen visa to enter Poland. If Poland is not very friendly toward Russians then you can try Hungary. They are the most Russian friendly country in EU right now. They have consulates in many cities in Russia and our experience was always pleasant with their staff you can call them up and ask about visas. My wife is also Russian and we moved to Hungary. We have been here for over 2 months and so far have not experienced any kind of negativity toward Russians. People here seem to understand that Putin is the bad guy and the average Russian people are also suffering because of his craziness.

My fiancee and I are in Poland right now and had our K1 interview last Thursday (May 5th).  To answer your questions
 
1) Not so much problems, just some general "huffyness".  The woman at passport control was very nice when she saw my little daughter but then started to scowl when my fiancee pulled out a Russian passport.   A worker at Sephora refused to help my fiancee find some makeup she was looking for as she recognized my fiancee's accent, made a comment about Ukraine and said she can't help and walked away.
 
2/3) Her interview was only 10 minutes long and they focused on the birth certificate of my daughter where I am not listed.  That's because I was not a US citizen when she was born and she was born in Korea.  Long story but they kept harping on how she shouldn't be coming on a K2 visa if I am the father and I am a US citizen.  Finally they understood and all was OK but every... single... person brought it up and made a big deal about it.   I was worried about affidavit of support (I did not bring tax returns or pay stubs, just a 1099 for my side job and letter from my employer, they were fine with that).
 
4) We still have not got the visa, today is Tuesday at 1pm here.  We did have to drop off daughters medical results on Friday.  They told us the visa will be issued this week... fingers crossed, I am mildly nervous as flights are booked for this Saturday.
 
5) We said we would pick it up at the drop box, which is a Mail Boxes Etc store that's a ways outside of town, over by where the doctors office is.
 
6) She entered the EU in Greece and we stayed in Athens for a couple of weeks before coming to Poland.
 
7) FYI my fiancee got a lot of grief entering Greece.  She had an ongoing flight booked to Poland and a further flight to the USA.  Their problem was that she did not have a USA visa and her Greece->Poland flight didn't take her out of the schengen zone, so basically she had no concrete proof she was returning to Russia or that she could actually leave the Schengen zone.  They ultimately relented but in hindsight I might have tried to book a fully refundable ticket somehow from Warsaw to somewhere outside the Schengen zone that she can enter without issues (like Thailand) so they could shut up about the matter.
 
It seems things are tightening up... they are getting more strict and Poland has said they want to stop issuing schengen visas to Russians period... so just make sure you leave no stone unturned or leave any opportunity for them to deny you/her travel.  They don't give a ####### that you are here for diplomatic/embassy business at the border... they seem to be extra-scrutinizing Russians.
 

Yes, your wife will need to have a Schengen visa to enter Poland. If Poland is not very friendly toward Russians then you can try Hungary. They are the most Russian friendly country in EU right now. They have consulates in many cities in Russia and our experience was always pleasant with their staff you can call them up and ask about visas. My wife is also Russian and we moved to Hungary. We have been here for over 2 months and so far have not experienced any kind of negativity toward Russians. People here seem to understand that Putin is the bad guy and the average Russian people are also suffering because of his craziness.