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Got the NOA2... now what?

Wait until the interview is scheduled to send the stuff. Send the most recent pay stubs when you send. How many times have you two met? Lovey dovey emails and other records are just as important to proving a relationship as hotel receipts.

Is the interview something I need to schedule with a call to the Moscow emabssy, or is this scheduled by them? My understanding is once the application has been forwarded to the embassy by the NVC, the embassy will process this, and prepare a letter to my fiancee which will contain a list of sanctioned medical exam places, and interview date and time. The flowchart area called this "Forms and Checklist sent to Beneficiary." So the interview date and time will be in the packet of info sent to my fiancee once the application has been processed at the embassy?

I will have the most recent pay stubs ready to go when I need them.

Love Dovey emails..... Check. We did send emails to each other almost every day, and most times more than one a day. Most of the time we talk via video chat, and a little bit of chatting for which we have a chat history for the past year. Also I made it a point for the last 6 months to send a snail mail post card every week. Most of them have made it to Russia, but we have over 25 of them with post marks on them. I thought it could not hurt to have too many.

We tried to cover as much as we can to prove ourselves when the time comes. Hopefully it will pay off.

so bottom line is wait to send my original proof of meeting, 325A, and I-129F and I-134 until we have a confirmed interview date?

Thanks again Barron.

Chris M

Male

2010-08-16 19:38:00

Got the NOA2... now what?

Hey all. So I got the NOA 2 ten days ago and I am wondering what next? I have most of the information ready to go as far as tax forms from the IRS for the past 3 years, pay stubs, letter from employer, ongoing relationship evidence, NEW letter of intent to marry and the I-134. I have not sent these to my fiancee yet because I thought I needed to wait until I received the next notification, which should have the interview date and time plus the medical exam??? I am not sure if I am following this correctly. Should I send the copy of the I-129F and all the above mentioned info to my fiancee now, or wait until I receive the next letter from the NVC?

Should she get her medical exam now as well, or is this something the consulate gives a list of places to go that are sanctioned by the US that is in Russia? I imagine a police report for my fiancee would be a good thing to get now as well?

So to sum this up... I have the I-129F application (copy of the entire original packet), along with all original proof of relationship items (plane tickets, hotel receipts, postcards, pictures, etc...), I-134, employer letter, pay stubs, taxes for the last 3 years, NEW letter of intent to marry all completed. All this needs to be sent to my fiance ASAP, right? I thought I needed to wait for the letter from the NVC saying they have my case. I think I am wrong.

Is there anything I am missing here? I just feel like I am forgetting something. Let me know if there is an older post somewhere that may already have this question.

I appreciate the help guys and girls.

Chris M

Male

2010-08-16 14:38:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

hey all Tanya was asking what the address is for the IOM medical exam. There are two, but I cannot remember where I saw the address for the IOM place. She needs to make her medical exam appointment, and most of you all said the IOM facility is going to be better than the other. thanks.

I found it. I located it on the embassy website. this is kinda strange, but I remembered it in a dream last night. ha ha. CRAZY!!!!

Chris M

Male

2010-09-20 06:13:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

hey all Tanya was asking what the address is for the IOM medical exam. There are two, but I cannot remember where I saw the address for the IOM place. She needs to make her medical exam appointment, and most of you all said the IOM facility is going to be better than the other. thanks.

Chris M

Male

2010-09-19 22:18:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

work was telling me try UPS, but I don't know. Any thoughts? Also, about how long did it take some of you for your significant other to get the parcel? I thought it should be about a week, but maybe more.

Chris M

Male

2010-09-16 16:52:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

OK, I will try FedEx. Thanks. This should be much easier. Little more abundant in my area.

Chris M

Male

2010-09-16 11:47:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

So I have all of my papers ready to go, but I am having a hard time locating a DHL location or authorized dealer close by. Did anyone else have any experience with another carrier? From the postings here it seems like DHL is the best, but when I also put in a quote to see how much this would cost it was over $100 for a pound of paper to be sent. Any other ideas, or is this typical with DHL? Seems high, but I imagine DHL is not cheap.

Chris M

Male

2010-09-16 10:47:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

Yup, it is the Russian language one. Sounds good. I'll send it out sometime this week. This is so exciting. ha ha. Thanks again for the help.

Chris M

Male

2010-09-14 09:03:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

OK this is what I have for the packet of info i am sending Tanya for the interview. I think I have it all, and think this might be a good check list to follow. Maybe this can help someone else along the way. Let me know if I am missing anything.

- Email stating interview date and time
- DS-156 Non-Immigrant Visa Application
- DS-156K
- I-134
- DS-230
- Copy of the Notice of Action 2
- Original I-129F
- I-129F Supplement: Part B, Question 18, explanation of meeting in person
- Letter certifying intent to marry (Petitioner and Beneficiary)
- G-325A and passport style photo (Petitioner)
- G-325A and passport style photo (Beneficiary)
- Pictures from our meeting in Egypt
- Copy of Birth certificate for Christopher (Petitioner)
- Letter of Employment from employer and 3 most recent pay stubs.
- IRS tax information from 2007, 2008 and 2009
- Tatiana’s Divorce paper in Russian, and translated to English
- Tatiana’s Birth Certificate in Russian, and translated to English
- Tatiana’s Police report in Russian, and translated to English
- Copy of Christopher’s passport and visa in Egypt
- Copy of Tatiana‘s passport and visa in Egypt
- Proof of having met in person in the past two years, plane tickets, hotel receipts
- Proof of ongoing relationship with emails, phone bills (texting), video chat transcripts

Chris M

Male

2010-09-13 20:50:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

iKobo sounds interesting. The last time I sent money I used my bank and it cost about $35 for about a thousand. I see iKobo is $8 for using a transfer from my bank account, and then a fee from FedEx(I imagine) for sending the card. So with this being said I am wondering how Tanya can get American dollars out of various ATM's. I cannot imagine she can have dollars dispensed from ATM's in Russia, so for getting American dollars she would need to the card to make a withdrawal from an ATM for rubles, then go to the bank to get dollars where she would probably be charged a transaction fee for the exchange.

As for the pics... the embassy site said this.. "Two color non-glossy full-face photos 50x50 mm for visa. The eye level should be between 28mm and 35mm from the bottom. Another two pictures will be required for medical examination. Please cut the photos and sign your last name on the back." To me this looks like she will need 4. I'll let her know.

Chris M

Male

2010-09-13 09:02:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

I am getting ready to send out the documents for the interview now. Going to send them sometime this week. Is it OK to send a US check in there as well? Or is this not advised, and I should do a money transfer to Tanya's account? It does not look like the directions are too specific on the embassy website other than "No credit card payment is accepted." It does say you can pay in rubles or dollars, but I was just assuming send her a check. Just curious what you all did.

How many more pictures does Tanya need? We had 2 each for the I-129 petition, and it looks like she may need at least 2 more for the medical, and maybe 2 more for the visa. Should I have her get 2 or 4, or do we need to get any at all?

Two easy questions, but as always... Thank you all.

Chris M

Male

2010-09-13 07:54:00

Interview scheduled, Moscow hotel?? and getting a SSN

It is for K-1 visa.

When you all talk about "paying DHL," what are you talking about? Is this so the embassy can send her the visa once it is received? Could she pay for this "DHL charge" in her home town by chance then take the bill/receipt to Moscow with her? Just an idea to save time as you all said.

I am printing off the other forms now, and hope to have all this done and sent out Monday or Tuesday.

Chris M

Male

2010-09-10 11:44:00

Thanks so much for all your help. I'm going to the site now. It is so wonderful to have a place to go to with my questions where there are caring people to help!

me!

Female

Poland

2008-07-21 12:37:00

We had our interview on monday the 14th, but didin't get approved. :-( It was because of the police certificate. He lives in Scotland and requested his police certiicate in March. I thought he had received it in the mail, but when I got there just before the interview he only had the receipt for the 10 pounds that he paid. I guess he thought the form was being sent directly to the embassy. He said he never got it in the mail.

So we went to the interview anyway, and not surprisingly they said they can't approve until the police certificate is sent to them by courier. The trouble is it never came in the mail. So I called the number given to us by the police station for information. They said they mailed it to him on April 4th, but that they will mail him another copy. However the woman on the phone also said something that I didn't understand. She said that a form was also mailed to him from LONDON but that that can not be mailed again. What is this paper from london? Does he need both this and the paper from Scotland?

I'm confused and a little disheartened. Thought he'd be here for my sister's wedding in September, but now it's not looking so good. Has anyone else had to mail stuff after the interview. How long did approval take then? What worries me the most is that they said he may be requested to come for a second interview. It was a long trip down to london the first time and cost a bit. Not to mention it could take them a while again to fit him in the schedule. I thought we were doing so well when we ordered this police certificate in march, and now it got spoiled anyway.

me!

Female

Poland

2008-07-20 14:43:00

I have an interview date! July 14th!
I called DoS on monday of last week and they hadn't even entered into the system the fact that they received our p3 yet, but when I called again on friday, four days later, they had received our p3 and assigned us a date :-)
I e-mailed the consulate in the meantime about some questions that I had had, and they replied to me the next day. Everyone I've talked to has been helpful and nice. I just hope our luck holds through the interview!

me!

Female

Poland

2008-06-16 11:47:00