ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
United KingdomWhat is your interview date @ London Embassy?
We were approved on friday
How long does it usually take before you recieve your visa? I don't want to book my flight until I have it, but am hoping to fly pretty soon
ZedbraGuyMaleEngland2011-06-13 14:51:00
United KingdomWhat is your interview date @ London Embassy?

I think the Embassy have had my DS2001 for 11 days now. I've called DoS twice, and the last time I called he said no interview yet, but I eventually got out of him that there's a note to say they have my medical results (but no note to say they have my DS-2001 form)...


We're in a similar position
They've had our packet 3 forms for 8 days, and the medical stuff for about 2 and have logged the medical stuff today, but not the rest yet. But from what I've heard they might not do the other until after they recieve you medical details, but i think that only applies to K1's
ZedbraGuyMaleEngland2011-05-13 17:23:00
Asia: East and PacificCFO Seminar (got some questions?)
hey guys, just want to try to help here in any ways i can, i just attended my CFO seminar today at SMEF-COW, and from what i heard they have some changes, and i noticed it's kind o fconfusing what it says there on their website, better go there prepared and know what's going to happen diba? well if you guys have some questions, try to ask em here ima try to answer them, i'd love to help. yes.gif

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wahenie19MalePhilippines2008-06-17 08:27:00
Asia: East and PacificVISA recieved today! Thank you Lord!
hey! just want to fill you guys in that i recieved my visa today from Delbros! it was awesome i did not expect it because i had my interview on june 10th and i read here that others' took forever, anyways good luck to all of you guys and i just want to thank everyone here at VJ for helping us out! We (Phil and Adel) are just so happy and no words can express how happy we are. i am so darn thankful to the Lord. I'll keep in touch! thanks again!

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wahenie19MalePhilippines2008-06-16 06:56:00
IMBRA Special TopicsSex Offender K1 ??
As much as I hate to say it, this is one case where I think you need an attorney.
Randy CAMaleRussia2008-08-31 12:51:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusNames
My fiancee's is Russian and her name when translated from crilic to latin letters sometimes comes out "Julia" and sometimes "Yulia".

Question: Is the way to deal with this is to put on I-129F #7 "Other Names Used", one of the names? Will we need some kind of documentation that they are one and the same?

I suppose this is kind of the same as my situation, where my legal name is Randolph, but on my plane tickets, credit card bills and just about everything else it says Randy. I have just assumed that all I need to do is put on #7 "Other Names Used" Randy, and that is the end of it.
Randy CAMaleRussia2008-03-26 13:50:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusHouse prices in Russia
I just got back from SPb over the weekend. I have no understanding of Russian real estate prices. They just don't make any sense to me. Let me illustrate:

I bought an apartment of about 500 square feet, five or six years ago for about $35 K. The place is unrenovated and is basically a dump. However it has an amazing location being on the grounds of the Admiralty, next to the Hermitage, but still, it is a dump. And small. I am told by everyone that it is worth about $300k. Jeesh, that is what my nice 3,000 square foot home in California is worth. How the heck could that be.

An American friend of mine bought a top floor apartment on Sennaya Square about 3 years ago for $85k. It is also a real dump, cooks in the summer and you have to go up five stories to get to it - no elevator. Last night he told me he had turned down an offer for $400k for it. He said it like "well, of course I turned it down". Huh? How the heck could that be.

I have a good Russian friend who is building a few houses on the North side of the the Gulf of Finland about an hour out of town is a small area filled with simple little houses, dirt roads and no order. His friend showed me the house he built this summer. It reminded me of a simple mountain cabin of the type they built in the US in the 1950's -- real simple and no finish to speak of. I wonder if they even had plans when the built it. It cost him something like $25k to build the house. I don't know what he paid for the land. But anyway, he just sold it for $300k. They were saying he made something like $150 to $200k on it. How the heck could that be.

So, my friend is building the nicest house in the area, and really it is not bad but there are some crazy things about it. Like a garage who's door is smaller than the avage car. He does not have it finished inside yet and has something like $50k in it at this point. He was saying it is now worth about $700k. He has actually had offers on it. Wow. Crazy. I was a little skeptical until he took me around some of the developments in the area and showed me the listings in real estate magazines.

I just don't get it. They make so much less then us but the real estate is so expensive. In fact everything there is expensive; coffee for $5 - $6 per cup and the place is full of young people -- a nice photo book of old Russian photos for $200. I just don't get it.

I went there this time thinking I would sell my apartment, but just then the world economy had a heart attack so I thought I should wait till next year, and besides I can keep telling people "I have a little place next door to the Hermitage."
Randy CAMaleRussia2008-09-30 19:57:00