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It looks like you duplicated this thread… search for the original “Upcoming interview IR5 Almaty”

Hey- there is a thread already where a lot of us posted our experiences with the Almaty location. It was a good and positive experience for us. The only word of advice make is to sure your mom has everything as required (originals of everything and translated certified copies, copies of sponsor income related docs, etc.) And you need to register for the pick up service and have the info with you for your apt. We were asked to show every single item (but some people said they werent asked) and had a quick positive answer. I am sure your mom will have a positive outcome! Good luck and let us know how it goes!

You dont have to worry about visa bulletin. You are good to go! I just saw your mom has an apt soon. Congrats! Once she gets the approval during her apt, she can pick up her passport (takes 1-5 days) and then she can fly to the US asap good luck!

Sorry, Yulia17- I havent been checking this in a while. Agree with Ana.M’s info on the pick up location. Good luck with the interview. KZ Consulate seems pretty nice in IR-5 cases I am sure it’ll go smooth for you guys as well.

Congrats, @Ana.M! 🎉So happy for you guys also! 🙂

I dont see why you cant use a local notary. Sorry didnt catch your question earlier.

Hey guys- we knew we’d most likely be going to the Almaty consulate so we followed their instructions - “notarized and certified” translations. So all of our docs were. Not sure if they would have accepted unnotarized versions.

Thank you, @M_GlaD I am sure you guys will have a smooth experience as well! Good luck to you guys as well.

Of course! Glad someone started this blog, it was helpful for us too. We actually had a mix of translations between US, Russia and KZ (Astana, but I am sure Almaty will have plenty options as well). You have plenty of time yet

Hey @Ana.M- thank you! I stand corrected, my mom said they asked for all of the originals of birth /marriage/death certificates, spravki o ne sodimosti (we had two from two different countries), translations of everything ( I did have them notarized and certified per the website guidance). Questions were: how did I get to the US? Where would she be living? And then said her visa was approved. Mom said there were lot of people that were not getting approved as they were missing one or more docs. I am sure everything will go well for you guys next week! Good luck! Please post an update, keeping fingers crossed for you!

Hi all- wanted to share our update on our IR-5 interview in Almaty on 10/24/23. Everything went smooth just like many peopelle posted here. Med exam was on 10/16/23 ( others in line did it a day before the interview, we chose to do it a week earlier). Interview was on 10/24/23. It took 2.5 hours with all the logistics but the actual apt was 2 min. We had all the docs and were asked for some of the originals. There were many people in line who were not getting approved due to the lack of the original documents. We got a notification 5 hours later that the passport was ready with visa at the pick up location. Hope this helps and good luck to you all! I met my mom in Istanbul to give her all the orginals. They did ask for it at the apt.

Hi all- wanted to share our update on our IR-5 interview in Almaty on 10/24/23. Everything went smooth just like many peopelle posted here. Med exam was on 10/16/23 ( others in line did it a day before the interview, we chose to do it a week earlier). Interview was on 10/24/23. It took 2.5 hours with all the logistics but the actual apt was 2 min. We had all the docs and were asked for some of the originals. There were many people in line who were not getting approved due to the lack of the original documents. We got a notification 5 hours later that the passport was ready with visa at the pick up location. Hope this helps and good luck to you all!

Congrats on the IL! 🎉 Will post our update. 🙂

Some of us have been exchanging the latest on Almaty experience in this thread- “Medical Exam in Almaty”

I know it doesnt help you at all, but we booked a return ticket on day 5 after visa apt just to be sure…good luck to you guys as well!