Hi friends,
For background, we are working through the K-1 (and K-2 for my fiancee's son), my fiancee is in Russia, so will be going the "get to Warsaw to interview there" route, which adds some complexity. If there are any Russian members here, your experience would be super helpful.
We just got NOA2 in the mail and are waiting for the NVC to get us the welcome packet. I am hoping to save time and do preliminary work even before the ID comes in, which looks like should happen within a month. I would appreciate an answer so some things that have been a bit unclear.
1. The NVC will request a bunch of civil documents, if I understood correctly - police reports, marriage/divorce certificates, name change papers, etc. At the same time we would be able to fill out the DS-160. Question - is getting the civil documents uploaded to NVC a critical path requirement before the NVC forwards everything to the embassy (or even processes the DS-160)? In other words, until we get all of the civil documents uploaded will our case be stopped in it's tracks, losing time or will the NVC continue to process and send the case to the embassy and we just need to upload everything at some point before the interview?
I ask because my fiancee has lived in several cities far away and it would take several long-distance trips to track everything down. If we are stopped in the tracks until she does, that means changing priorities and spending more on more urgent travel, which is fine, but need to understand the options.
Bonus question - any Russian applicants, would you be able to share in detail what police report is needed? I have not been able to find any Russia-specific example.
Thanks so much for your help in advance!