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Petitioner's Name: H Beneficiary's Name: E VJ Member: Popeton Country: Russia Last Updated: 2023-10-06 |
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Timeline Comments: 9
Champole on 2022-08-09 said:Hello. I am in a similar situation to you. I expect to get my NOA2 soon (Russian fiance) and K1 processed through California service. However, as the US Embassy servicing Russians is in Warsaw Poland, and Poland is not issuing Schengen visas to Russian citizens, what is your plan to go to another embassy? Thank you.
Popeton on 2022-08-09 said:We are trying to figure that out too. Some in the forum have reported using another country like Greece or Hungary to get to Poland. There is a way, but more complicated.
Champole on 2022-08-09 said:Yeah. I spoke to a lot of people and did some research and the most successful option is to get a Schengen visa in another country. The ones with the highest likelihood of getting approved are Greece, Spain and Italy. If you can do that, you can fly to the country that approved the Visa and from there go to Warsaw, Poland. That is actually much more straightforward than trying to switch the American Consulate K1 Visa location to another country
Champole on 2023-01-06 said:Congratulations. Where did you do your interview?
Champole on 2023-01-18 said:Hello. Where did you end up doing your interview?
Popeton on 2023-01-19 said:Warsaw, Poland. She was able to get a Schengen through Spain where we had travelled a few years earlier. Travelled from Moscow to Istanbul to Barcelona with Turkish airlines. Stayed in Barcelona a few days where I joined her. Then with KLM to Netherlands and then Warsaw. Due to unknown “technical difficulties†even though the visa was officially issued 1/4/2022 she only received it today. I had to use the feedback form to get anywhere, but that seemed more effective than calling. I could not rebook her return ticket through Turkish airlines. They demanded she show my credit card, but I had already returned to the USA. She could not use her credit card due to sanctions. Fortunately I was able to book through FlyDubai. Be aware of these new quirks with Turkish airlines, and their call center has the worst customer support. They just read scripts like robots and won’t help. Still awaiting the refund from the original return flight and they sent it was refundable although their email clearly said it was.
Champole on 2023-01-19 said:Very happy for you man. I know she had the Schengen Visa that came from Spain. When she flew into Warsaw, Poland, did they give her a hard time about entering the country? There are a few people in this forum who ended up switching consulate to Jerusalem. We expect to get noa2 in May and then need to decide if we want to try to get a Schengen Visa and then basically fly from Moscow to Istanbul to the Schengen country to Warsaw. She had an Italian Schengen Visa less than a year ago so we would likely apply for that one again. Alternatively we could petition to move the consulate interview from Warsaw to somewhere else, likely Jerusalem. Did you consider changing the Warsaw consulate to elsewhere?
Popeton on 2023-01-19 said:Thanks. We did not consider the change. There is a Russian Telegram group that as far as I could tell has more Russian specific information than what we see here. We did not have a problem entering Poland. Apparently airlines matter. Less known low fare airlines seem to be the most problematic. Turkish Airlines and KLM were great in that regard, but we had a lot of anxiety until we got to Warsaw. My understanding is that Israel processes things very slowly and it is costly to stay there for a prolonged period compared to Poland. Transportation in Poland was very cheap. A few dollars for an Uber.
Champole on 2023-01-19 said:Thank you. I really appreciate that. We have been debating whether to make the effort to go to Warsaw or try to make the change to jerusalem. Sounds like you're a Warsaw experience was not too bad. If that's the case, I think we will stick with Warsaw assuming we can get the Schengen Visa
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