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Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Aug 9 2008, 06:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Now I want to hear about what pieces of ####### everyone drove as their first car.
1984 LTD Ford Station Wagon. One of those 1980's semi bight yellow color. It moved like a tank though, with steel bumpers. Retired it for $1000 in 2001 under the California gross polluter law, when it failed smog, better yet the year it was randomly selected to have smog checked by a particular dealer.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-08-10 01:12:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
QUOTE (Turboguy @ Jul 3 2008, 03:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Want to try an experiment. Go on the website of the Smart ForTwo car and look at the prices. You will see base prices for this tiny two seater car with 45 GPM starting at $12,???,00 Now go on eBay and see if the prices you see for used ones don't hit in the $ 19,000-28,000 range.
Try another experiment:
Go to http://craigslist.org/
Then go to sales.
Then type any combination of:
"Salvage Civic"
"Salvage Echo"
"Salvage Carolla"
"Salvage Golf"
All very fuel economical cars, all well below prices you would pay at a dealership or Ebay.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-07-03 08:12:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
QUOTE (akdiver @ Jun 28 2008, 10:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hell, look at what CR rated as the best SUV of 2008. The Mirauno or whatever. Give me a break. Like anyone is going to take that thing off road. If they did, it would never make it back. This video pretty much sums it up:
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-06-29 09:23:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
If you want to add to the moron list:
Anyone who buys a new car or even better anyone who buys one with a clean title.
The Russian community here in Sacramento is pretty good at splicing together two vehicles to get you any brand, model, and year with salvage title and the price tag being half of the used car price on KBB.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-06-28 16:28:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
QUOTE (Turboguy @ Jun 25 2008, 03:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The idea of her driving without me would still scare me to death. Yesterday she flew through a red light. She has a hard time with intersections that are three way stops. She misses stop signs sometimes and can't find her way anywhere. We were a block from home the other day and she did not know where she was. She confuses left and right. I think she could very easily turn onto a 4 lane divided highway pulling in the wrong way and find herself driving against traffic. The bad part is I think she could pass her test if I let her take it.
I hope her driving futilities are limited to driving. If everything in the world also comes this difficult to her, I pity you greatly.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-06-25 09:11:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
QUOTE (workin4somethin @ Jun 16 2008, 08:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Does anyone know where to go, and what is required, in Russia to get an international driver's license....?
As far as I remember, Russian citizens when they apply for their driver's licenses are asked whether they want a regular Russian driver's license or an International one. Difference being cost of course. In Russia the place is abbreviated and well known to everyone as ??? (?????).
As for Americans seeking International Driver's Licenses, just about any website you google will ask for a copy of your state's license and a fee and will issue it with no problems.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-06-17 09:04:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
QUOTE (Turboguy @ Jun 7 2008, 04:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
She did not like that wording all that well. One if the guys who messaged me back suggested I see if Craigs list had a category for her.
I think craigslist does have such a category. Ebay is really against selling humans and human parts, if you recall the Kidney incident. I think the right spot on craigslist would be in the miscellaneous sub category of personals.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/msr/
Although the immigration officials may not appreciate it:
http://www.ice.gov/p...losangeles1.htm
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-06-07 08:21:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
QUOTE (akdiver @ May 14 2008, 05:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Uh....yes....but not sure what your point is. Like I said - I have a 5 year reprieve before having to fulfill my end of the agreement. After that - let the misery begin.
Just giving a cautionary warning in case you change your mind at the 5 year mark.

In other news, congratulations to Alaska on becoming the nation's first state to surpase on average $4 a gallon gas! As long as we are on the topic of driving tongue.gif
http://news.yahoo.co...ine_alaska_dc_1

Edited by Satellite, 14 May 2008 - 09:39 PM.

SatelliteMaleRussia2008-05-14 21:39:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
QUOTE (akdiver @ May 14 2008, 11:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think that pretty much the only thing that could do us in is the offspring issue - she wants a kid, I do not. We talked about this in advance too - agreed it could be a problem at some point - but decided to get married anyway. I got a reprieve for at least 5 years after getting married - quickly coming up on the third anniversary. I guess in another two plus years, I'm scheduled for a lifetime of child-induced misery.
If a woman is set on having kids, she will, whether you like it or not. If not with you, then with someone else, if you get my rift on the subject.

Edited by Satellite, 14 May 2008 - 05:39 PM.

SatelliteMaleRussia2008-05-14 17:39:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSo.... how are the driving lessons going?
QUOTE (eekee @ May 5 2008, 10:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What does that have to do with driving? smile.gif
QUOTE (John and Anna @ May 5 2008, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
10 lesions - took a break and tried to teach he myself (what a mistake)
Women have to take a Gynecological exam....
Only possible correlations I see are:
(1) the guy doesn't want to drive his wife to the OB/GYN or
(2) Like driving, the wife refuses to have the exam; both of which are critical in the US.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-05-05 15:24:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusEven females get it
QUOTE (NYGirl @ Sep 28 2008, 04:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
P.S. oh yeah, i wonder which dating site she found my email????? i am not listed in any dating sites huh.gif unsure.gif blink.gif what a moron she is rolleyes.gif
Who said it was a she. I know a few guys from my wife's hometown who get plenty of suckers to send them money by pretending to be a pretty woman looking for love, just by using a few pictures from a friend or relative.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-09-28 11:22:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusElection and Russia
QUOTE (eekee @ Sep 23 2008, 05:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
And also I think most of this russian/other foreign women vs american women stuff is BS. Yeah, Russian women are very done up and look good... When they're young. By the time they're older, American women look waaay better. Easier life, more free time, less environmental problems to damage the skin, better healthcare, botox...
Many of the folks here with a significant age difference will be long dead before this happens tongue.gif Or, now that those women are here, they'll do all that stuff in the US!
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-09-23 07:53:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusDeclined Visa: Rant + Help
QUOTE (Corey-Mariya @ Oct 8 2008, 03:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Kazan @ Sep 23 2008, 10:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I cannot remember where I heard it, but the odds of obtaining a tourist visa if you are a young, single lady with nothing tangible, being left behind in Russia, are around 2%. It is almost a sure denial. sad.gif
Alot of young single women on a j1 visa is over 90 percent yes.gif
Thus a J1 is not a B1/B2 nor a K1 for that matter. Point taken!

My point: Different visas, different purposes, different qualifications, and different odds. Why are we comparing apples and oranges?

Edited by Satellite, 09 October 2008 - 07:24 PM.

SatelliteMaleRussia2008-10-09 19:23:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusCR1 Vs K3 Moscow
QUOTE (DDT @ Jul 7 2008, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
To clarify: I have been living in Russia for 9 months and will be married in a week.
How are you able to prove you have been residing in Russia for 9 months? Registration stamps?

QUOTE (Haole @ Jul 7 2008, 10:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I-129F isn't close to being "free". Bring in cost of adjusting status and no money from working as soon. Way more expensive than a CR or IR!!
The OP asked about "speed" and not price, and as far I can tell from the directions the I-129F filed with an I-130 application for a spouse is indeed free, please read the directions again.
"There is no fee for petitions for K-3 status based on an immigrant petition filed by the same U.S. citizen."
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-07-08 09:15:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusCR1 Vs K3 Moscow
If all you care about is time rather than price, who really cares which will get done faster? Just file both an I-130 with the free I-129F. Which ever gets done first is the one you will use.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-07-06 09:09:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusDoes Visa sponsor need to be at Biometrics appointment
Biometrics is a separate appointment at your local ASC (application support center) and your wife can go there all by herself.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-10-25 07:42:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusEmbassy - 8 AM appointment
QUOTE (slim @ Oct 26 2008, 05:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So, take that to mean whatever you want it to, but if you cut through the #######, and listen to Satellite (which you should always do anyway!) if your appointment time is 8:00, then you should show up at 8:00. That doesn't mean 6:00 in the snow and that doesn't mean 7:30 waiting in line to pee. That means get off the Metro at 7:45 and walk to your 8:00 appointment.
Just want to add that she was out before 11:00am and I am certain she was the last one in.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-10-26 19:32:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusEmbassy - 8 AM appointment
We came 15 minutes late and just walked up to the guard and told him we had an 8:00am appointment and he let my wife cut right in. No waiting in the cold for hours. I am not sure why people even do that after that experience.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-10-24 08:39:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusNeed Cheap lodging in St Petersburg?
QUOTE (Danno @ Oct 24 2008, 11:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Need Cheap lodging in St Petersburg?
Train stations are still free.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-10-30 00:50:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusFiance Leaving from SVO
You want a crappy airline, Transaero requires the credit card holder to be on the plane! Cannot purchase for another unless you are with them! At least if you try to buy off there website.
http://www.transaero.ru/
These rules do not apply if you buy from their offices outside of Russia. At least as of 2007.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-10-30 00:48:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusEasy Schengen Visa
QUOTE (slim @ Oct 30 2008, 11:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
She asks me the benefits of joining the Legion and I explain them to her capping it off with French citizenship after serving. She replies, "Ah, you must do this so we have easy Schengen Visa."

I guess I should've made this topic a poll, but do you guys think that's a good idea or not? (Or should I tell her I don't really need a Schengen Visa since I'm a Yank?)
Basically she needs to join because she is the one with the visa problem. tongue.gif
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-10-31 08:29:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusAdjusting to Life in USA
My wife left Russia right after completing just one year of university studies. She started over here at the local junior college and has now transferred to a four year school and will be done this summer. She is going to apply for a masters program in the winter as well. But job wise, she has been unable to find anything more than what most students can find part time.
But hey, you can use me as an example. I came over from the USSR when I was six and am now earning a decent wage as a consumer bankruptcy attorney. But that took 19 years to accomplish.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-11-01 09:27:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusI very happy..
QUOTE (ndalessandro @ Sep 27 2008, 09:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It is almost tempting. You have a visa valid for 12 months.... hey, why not let her stay for 12 months with me? Whatever you do, do not do it. Do not take the bait LOL.
You are indeed very lucky. I would suggest you review the law and vast options available to you which were not given to others becasue we had our requests for US tourist visas denied.
First of all, no matter how long the visa is valid for, you are only going to get a maximum of 6 months of status on the I-94. And most folks actually get the 6 months once they get passed the POE.
Next, if your "girl friend" and I would call her that if you want to exercise all her options is just coming over for 25 days to see if you two are going to be a compatible couple then you do have the legal option to actually apply for Adjustment of Status here in the US and by pass the entire K waiting period if you realize you are indeed compatible.

Things to remember:
You cannot have immigrant intent when you enter the US on a tourist visa. You can have the intent to visit your significant other to check for compatibility issues. Do not leave your home country by rapping up all loose ends like quiting your job, moving all your belongings, selling your property, and taking all your money.
Make the decision to stay in the US and get married a spur of the moment thing rather than preplanned. If you get my rift, then you need understand how the immigration officer will be adjudicating your adjustment of status application.

If you apply for OAS within 30 days of arrival it is presumed you had intent to immigrate. If you apply more than 60 days after arrival it is presumed you did not. Between 30 and 60 can go either way. You can look it up in their public procedural manual. FAM X.XX something, I'm not going to research it for you.

For those of you that think K1 / K3 is the only valid and most common way of adjusting status or that the method I described above is a likely denial, you are only kidding yourself.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-09-28 11:17:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusSending items from Russia to USA
QUOTE (BTalley @ Nov 8 2008, 10:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sending items from Russia to USA
Don't.

That's my one word response to this thread. Why is the next one. Everything you need for life can be gotten here in the US and for a lot cheaper than shipping it. As for books, she will never read them here, assuming of course she is career minded and progressive like my wife who has not had the time to even read a Russian book, yet alone a whole collection. By the way, those books are available from libraries of major universities, most likely not to far from your home.

As for the sewing machine, find a relative who is staying behind to hold onto it.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-11-10 10:15:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusGoing to Russia, visa Question
QUOTE (sammie @ Oct 29 2008, 11:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It all depends on the type of visa you have. I have been to russia on private (personal) visas twice since last year. To get registered, you have to go to the local OVIR (the place where your hosts applied for the invitation for the private visa). Your hosts will have to go to the OVIR with you, and make sure they have their internal passports.
I guess some things never change, that's the way I traveled in 2003 and 2004.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-10-30 00:43:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusEducation Degree
QUOTE (Kotenochek @ Nov 17 2008, 03:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
GG uni is pretty expensive i have to work first to save enough money to do that..Masters degree costs around 40 000!!!!
Fill out a FAFSA and you should be able to get Stafford loans and Federal Grad Plus loans. Unless you can find a decent job you might as well as borrow the money in a slow economy, finish your schooling and then pay it back with an attorney salary.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-11-18 08:33:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusEducation Degree
QUOTE (Kotenochek @ Nov 13 2008, 03:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I live in Northern part of Ca,i also have degree from Moscow...I am right now looking for a job,but i do not worry about that at all!Russian people are way more qualified:)))
I remember reading you were a lawyer in Russia. If so, have considered doing the 1 year LLM program at any ABA law school, Golden Gate comes to mind as they always had a lot of "international students". That 1 year LLM in something like US legal studies allows you to sit for the California Bar Exam if you are still interested in that kind of work.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-11-16 04:47:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusOT: Russian Language Lessons
QUOTE (mox @ Feb 14 2008, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I've been in contact with a Russian woman in the area who wants to start teaching Russian. She has a teaching degree and is charging $15 per lesson/hour. I'm having coffee with her this evening so we can work out a lesson plan, I'll let everyone know how it goes. $15 seems like a pretty good rate, we'll see.
Same rate my wife is charging her "clients" - folks like you...here at UC Davis. See it can be found.

Edited by Satellite, 14 February 2008 - 07:45 PM.

SatelliteMaleRussia2008-02-14 19:44:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusOT: Russian Language Lessons
Two points:
(1) the VJ admin team will probably kill this thread for TOS violations because of advertisement / solicitation
(2) My wife charges just $15 an hour for in person lessons if you are in the Davis, CA area, yeah, we moved a few months ago. If that helps any in terms of comparison.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-01-28 11:12:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusQuestions
QUOTE (mox @ Nov 23 2008, 06:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Russia does not recognize dual citizenship, so if she becomes a US citizen she must renounce her Russian citizenship. As a US citizen, she will be subject to the same travel requirements of any US citizen...she will have to apply for a Visa and be subject to entry and exit requirements. Basically they're going to treat her exactly like any other American citizen.
Who told you such nonsense? Yes, Russia does not recognize dual citizenship. Yes, Russia requires you to enter and leave Russia on a Russian passport, but NO they do not require you to give your Russian citizenship in order to become a US citizen. They DO however, require you give up US citizenship if you want to become a Russian citizen. That's what happened to me when I tried to restore the citizenship to avoid buying visas, but since I had missed the no consequences restoration in 2002, I faced that problem. And if you did not renounces your Russian citizenship you will not be able to enter Russia on a US passport with a visa, but that does NOT prevent you from entering Russia on a Russian passport. I speak from experience as my wife now has both US and Russian citizenship. And to properly answer the original poster's question, your wife can remain a Russian citizen and forever renew her green card or she can become both a US citizen and a Russian Citizen, or in the alternative renounce Russian citizenship, if she so chooses.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-11-24 09:14:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusCurrent USCIS Status
C9 is the appropriate answer for K1s. A9 will get you a work permit for the duration of the K1, do not mark that one, back in the day when the EAD cost money, that was a great waste.
SatelliteMaleRussia2008-12-13 08:12:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusMarrying in Russia
I always found these instructions to be helpful:
http://vladivostok.u...csmarryrus.html
http://stpetersburg....us-english2.pdf
http://moscow.usemba...v/marriage.html
http://yekaterinburg...ar/marriage.php

Edited by Satellite, 10 December 2008 - 09:02 AM.

SatelliteMaleRussia2008-12-10 08:59:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusGet Russian visa
Read the FAQ on the Russian consulate website.
Basically if you put that you were born in the former USSR, you have to prove you are not a Russian citizen. He certainly sounds like a Russian citizen to me. As such a visa will not be given to him to enter on his US passport, no more so would one be given to him if he applied for a US visa in his Russian passport to enter the US.

"12. I came here from the former Soviet Union (USSR) or Russia and right now I am US citizen. Why do I have to confirm the absence of Russian citizenship in order to get Russian visa?
If you are a citizen of Russia and receive US citizenship, it does not mean that you automatically lose your Russian citizenship, because, according to the Russian Law, no person can be deprived of his/her citizenship, but on his/her stated (i.e. put officially in order) will. Russian Law does not forbid you to have several citizenships, however, considers you only a Russian citizen and does not recognize dual citizenship, and therefore, requires you to travel in and out of Russia on your Russian passport. The Consulate General as federal organization enforces the Law of the State, so, every person, whose foreign passports or travel documents indicate his/her place of birth as "Russia" or "USSR", or one of the states, which was a republic or a part of the former USSR, will be required to present a proof of absence of Russian citizenship."
http://www.consulrus...rg/eng/faq.html

SatelliteMaleRussia2009-01-06 01:15:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusDHL waybill BEFORE interview?
QUOTE (anka @ Jan 12 2009, 02:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
"The key factors in choosing the right office is the convenience of location and their hours of operation."
This information comes in the K1 packet your fiancée will receive or already has in her possession. Talk to her.

QUOTE (anka @ Jan 12 2009, 02:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'd like to know because I am sending some last-minute doc's directly to DHL in Moscow and don't want to end up addressing it to the most hellish dhl office in Moscow and have my fiancée not get the packet on time.
It sounds to me that you are actually sending something by DHL rather than waiting for the embassy to send the visa to your fiancée. I don't think too many folks on here did that.

All of us used DHL for visa delivery and few used it for anything else. And we only did the former because the embassy required it. As far as DHL losing stuff or being slow at one office and not another, that is complete nonsense. They are all the same for the exception of hours and location.

As for visa delivery, because we did this back in September of 2004, I could not tell you which office we used. But I do remember we paid for the air bill for the office closed to the embassy, which was inside a beautiful glass mall and picked up the visa at the office closet to the Red Square because it was the only one that allowed for office pickup. But the staff at the first office explained all this to us.


SatelliteMaleRussia2009-01-12 10:28:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusDHL waybill BEFORE interview?
Everyone in the last 5 years or so who has gotten a K1 visa has gone through DHL in Moscow. So yes people have experience with that. Your packet will tell you all their address and so will their website. In my opinion they are all the same since they are all servicing one company. The key factors in choosing the right office is the convenience of location and their hours of operation. If you choose to do DHL office delivery then it does get sent to just one office. And yes you must get the paid slip before you go to the interview.
SatelliteMaleRussia2009-01-10 09:56:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusRegistration in Russia
QUOTE (obender @ Jan 12 2009, 09:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I wonder what "dinged" exactly meant there... just a fine or significant fine? or some kind of record in your file with consequences?
200 RU fine. When you speak Russian and pass as a local nobody goes crazy with the bribes. They call it a fine, but at the airport you pay the bribe so you can board the plane, you are not going to argue the issue before some authorities three days later and miss your flight as I tried over the whole Sochi thing.

Edited by Satellite, 12 January 2009 - 11:14 PM.

SatelliteMaleRussia2009-01-12 23:13:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusRegistration in Russia
QUOTE (K1researcher @ Jan 12 2009, 04:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
SVO-1 doesn't do international. but i fly within Russia. Since i have a US passport they always check my registration. One time it wasn't done yet literally 75 hours (it was being regged at next destination) i got dinged.
Of course, I thought you originally meant when flying international i.e. leaving Russia. Almost all internal Russian airports and their staff checks registration. They get more locals than anything. I once had to pay a 150 RU fine for not being Registered in Sochi, because the hotel we were staying at did not do international registrations, and I was already registered in wife's home city. Was I really supposed to lose a day to go hunt for the OVIR during my limited vacation time. In alternative my wife got dinged for not having local registration on the flight to Sochi but was fine with the Sochi registration on the flight back!

SatelliteMaleRussia2009-01-12 10:20:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusRegistration in Russia
QUOTE (mix @ Jan 9 2009, 03:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (K1researcher @ Jan 9 2009, 11:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i know Moscow Airport Sherementevo 2 doesn't care when u leave .. never even had them look at my reg.

However, Sh-1 and Nizhny both did ...
but as stated it is 3 BUSINESS days . so you are safe.

Sh-2 sure looked at mine.
I'll second that SVO-2 sure liked at mine. I am curious though, since when did SVO-1 begin international flights?

SatelliteMaleRussia2009-01-10 09:59:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusMscow embassy interview procedure
QUOTE (slim @ Jan 9 2009, 08:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I sent an I-130 (?, like I said, been a long time!), letter from my employer stating I was a full-time employee in good standing, a couple paycheck stubs to show that my employer really did pay me, a statement from my bank saying that I really did deposit and spend that money my employer paid me, and then a year or two's tax summary to prove that the IRS knew that my employer paid me.
it.
You sent an I-134 because it was a K1 visa. I-130 is a petition for an alien relative used for people who are already married and are just starting the processes.

Edited by Satellite, 10 January 2009 - 09:51 AM.

SatelliteMaleRussia2009-01-10 09:50:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusGoing back to Russia to renew a passport
QUOTE (workin4somethin @ Jan 24 2009, 08:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Satellite @ Sep 19 2008, 07:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have spoke to the people here in San Francisco regarding this issue the solution is as follows:
1. Have your original marriage certificate appostiled at the secretary of state.
2. Translate appostile and marriage certificate into Russian.
3. Pay consulate to have them certify it and put into one document good in Russia.
4. Remove consulate registration.
5. Now go to Russia to the place where they make internal passports.
6. Get registered / propiska in the local Russian area.
7. Change the internal passport name using the Russian consulate approved marriage certificate.
8. With the new Russian internal passport go and make the external passport in new married name.

Since we were married in Russia and my wife is registered property owner, she should be able to do this using only Steps 5, 7 & 8, right?
Of course, since the other steps involve getting the US marriage certificate to be of any worth in Russia.

SatelliteMaleRussia2009-01-24 21:41:00