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Hello, I am an American citizen and my wife is from Russia. She was able to get to the US on a K1 visa. Things have gone well so far. Her 90 days is up in less than a week, and we got married yesterday. We had to hold off on getting married for a few weeks because I lost my job and we had to move. Thankfully, I got a job last week so we are able to fill out the I-485 and I-864. I plan on submitting that before her 90 days runs out. My question is: How is she able to travel by plane in the next few days/months while waiting to hear back about the I-485? All airports check IDs and she doesn't have a SSN yet or any other form of ID except for a passport which will show soon that she has been in the US longer than 90 days, thus potentially creating trouble if there are any TSA agents who look closely. I've been reading about advanced parole but that seems to only apply to people looking to travel outside of the country which is not what we need.

How long did it end up taking for them to give you back your passport? My fiancee and I plan on staying in Warsaw for 5 days and leaving after but if it takes longer it could be kind of a mess to reschedule flights/hotels.

Thank you for your response! What should be included in the request email? I was thinking I would include: Applicant name, passport number, case number and then a quick sentence explaining that I would like to transfer my case. s there anything else?

Just posted about this in another thread but can anyone offer advice on getting a Schengen visa appointment? Our visa interview in Poland is scheduled for mid July, we have plane tickets and hotels booked but upon looking for Schengen appointments at the Spanish visa center in St. Petersburg this weekend, I saw that there were absolutely none available. Are there certain times of the week/month that we should look? On their site, it says that they take walk ins but I'm not sure about that. Can anyone offer any guidance on other countries to apply to? Worst case scenario, we can try to get the case transferred to another country (hopefully it won't have to be Israel with the fighting going on there).

We are going through the process of trying to get a Schengen visa to go on to Poland and things are not looking good. Spain was our first choice and what I bought (refundable) plane tickets for but when we login, we only see "there are no appointments available." The same is true of Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Iceland. Italy has one appointment available but it is days away from our scheduled visa interview in Poland. Greece is another option that we are looking into. Can anyone offer some guidance or a success on securing a Schengen appointment, preferably from Spain? Are there certain times of the month that new appointments are released? It seems that there are walk-in appointments but that is no guarantee. I also understand that going to a travel agent wouldn't help either. I feel incredibly stupid for not looking sooner for Schengen appointments during the "busy" season for tourism and don't want this to sink the rest of our plans.

For those who have SUCCESSFULLY gotten a schengen visa for themselves and/or their beneficiary, I have a few questions about the process- Is it true that you should not mention during the schengen process that you are going to Warsaw for the visa interview? I've had lawyers tell me this and withholding info at any stage of any visa process seems strange. Does my Russian fiancee need a return ticket for a Schengen visa? Related to the above, should I buy a refundable return ticket back to Russia for my fiancee and then cancel it and get a refund if we are hopefully issued the visa? Our plans are to fly together directly back to the US from the Schengen Zone. Has anyone successfully received a Spain Schengen visa from the Saint Petersburg office? Spain looks like our best choice because of flights and statistically they seem to have approved a lot of Russians.

What was the process like to get a spanish schengen? I'd realllly not like to transfer to Jerusalem with the conflict going on.

Hello, I want to reach out again and ask if anyone has any advice or guidance on how I can expect to hear from the Polish embassy (Will it be via email, physical letter and will it be sent to me in the US or my fiancee in Russia)? Also am I already able to schedule an appointment? I don't want to waste any time obviously and waiting on this is stalling everything else in the process (Schengen visa, Europe travel plans, travel plans to the US, etc)

I only meant that in that I don't plan on trying to transfer my case to some other embassy and plan on sticking with Poland as my fiancee is in the city vs living in some other country. I wish there was a service, but I haven't found any. I have also done a lot of research as to what country is best for Schengen and still haven't found an answer.

Hello, sorry if this has already been answered somewhere but I'm really unsure of what to do and don't want to waste time. I'm applying for a K1, I am American, my fiancée is Russian. Our petition was approved, we received our NOA2 and were assigned to the Warsaw embassy for the interview. This should be doable as my fiancée currently lives in St. Petersburg and barring any bureaucratic oversights or unexpected circumstances, should be able to get a Schengen visa. The last contact I received was from the NVC that they approved our petition and were forwarding it on to the embassy. I wanted to ask- When am I able to schedule a visa appointment and how will I receive notice from the Polish embassy? I logged in to the CEAC tracker and using the case number and was able to see that the case is READY. However, I haven't received any notice from the Polish embassy and haven't been able to find a clear answer on how to receive notice. Will it come via my email? My fiancée's? Will she receive physical mail of this notice? If so, that may take weeks (or months) coming from Poland to Russia. Any insight would be appreciated. I'm aware that it may take a few weeks but I want to know what to expect.

I am an American citizen living in the US. My fiancee is a Russian citizen living in Russia. Living so far apart is really not ideal, and I just submitted the K1 packet so I've been trying to think of ways to live together while the visa processes for the next 12-18+ months. I'd definitely like to go to Mexico first but am looking into Canada as a place to go afterwards... Canada has a visitor/temporary resident visa which allows recipients to stay as tourists for up to 6 months. This seems like a great option as it is close to where I live and I can work remotely without having to deal with different time zones or find a job that will allow me to work such hours while also being close to the US if I have to go back for any reason. Has anyone here applied for this visa? I have a few questions: Can you apply on another person's behalf despite not being a Canadian citizen? Can you apply from a country other than where you reside (i.e. Mexico) Can you submit financial information on behalf of someone else to satisfy the visa? https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/kits/forms/imm5484e.pdf