PakistaniRussian

Yikes, that is so frustrating. Unfortunately, you'll have to keep pestering them and emailing/calling to get clarification. Hope everything works out for you soon 🙏🏼

Thank you for sharing. On the state.gov site it doesn't mention apostille anywhere, but other sources have told me I do need an apostille (hence the confusion). 😅

Oh wow. That is good to know. We'll still ask Mexico City offie is a transfer is possible. My fiancee is a resident of Turkey as well, so we'll most likely end up requesting a transfer to Ankara after our K1 visa approval as Plan B, and then the Kazakhstan route Plan C, and worse case scenario figure out a way to get to to Poland. I appreciate the information and I wish you the best of luck on getting accepted in Mexico City!

We are preparing all our documents for our interview in a few months time and wanted to see if anyone had Russian documents that needed an apostille? We have the original birth certificate and we got the Russian Police Clearance from the Gosuslugi system. We will get the Original Birth Certificate translated, the Police Clearance was already translated into English for us. I just need to know if the birth certificate needs to have an apostille? Thank you

Hi everyone, our NOA2 approval is estimated to be any day now and we wanted to know if its possible to transfer our case to Mexico. We are living in Mexico City currently (I'm American, my fiancee is Russian). We aren't residents, but wanted to know the chances of getting the case transferred from the default location of Warsaw, Poland for Russian Citizens and what should we say the reasoning for the transfer request. (I was going to initially say the cost of flights, obtaining a Schengen visa, and travel time versus just going into our local Mexican US Embassy location). Thank you

UPDATE: Turkey just rejected our renewal for a resident permit request for 2023 and now we are going to live in South East Asia while we wait NOA2 approval. Is an Ankara transfer still possible (we were Turkish residents for 1 year and have been going to Turkey on and off for past 2 years). ??

Thank you again @Chancy I appreciate all your help and advice. I'll reach out to NVC after NOA2 and ask them to assign the case to Ankara.

Thank you so much. Okay, we'll wait for NOA2 and NVC case number. We listed her Russian address, but ever since we submitted and gotten NOA1, we moved and have been living in Istanbul, Turkey.

Hi everyone, We applied for a K1 visa and got NOA1 on 1/03/22. We put down the embassy location as Warsaw, Poland based on guidance for Russian applicants. With all the recent issues of Russians trying to enter Europe, we wanted to explore a different option. We both are residents of Turkey and we wanted to see if we can transfer our case to either the Istanbul or Ankara location. Our reasoning is that we are both residents and it would save us time and money (having to fly back to Russia, get a Schengen visa, go to a European country, and then go to Poland - where there is a lot of scrutiny to Russian passport holders.) My question is do I reach out the Turkish (Istanbul/Ankara) locations now or after NOA2 approval? I've heard conflicting information from many sources so I wanted to get someones input from here. Notes: I'm a US Citizen, my fiancee is Russian We both have been living together in Turkey since 2021 as Residents and we both hold valid resident permits We got NOA1 for our K1 visa application and listed Warsaw, Poland as our Embassy Location