How to Bring Russian Wife Home!!
Author: Irina Chernova
Getting
your Russian woman home to the USA is a very important and
involved question. Before I start I want to tell you: YOU can do
this! And you can do this successfully without spending thousands
of dollars on an immigration attorney!.
By the way, all an immigration attorney usually does is download
the forms and then give them to a JUNIOR-level paralegal! The
paralegal will complete the forms and file them! That's it! You
can do as much yourself.
The only real benefit of an attorney is that they
can-PERHAPS-give you a level of understanding about the process
that maybe you did not have when you started. I say PERHAPS
because after talking with and consulting with a number of
immigration attorneys (I see a lot in this business) I am
convinced that many do not know a great deal about this process.
They may be able to tell you about how to help a relative from
Mexico or Canada (or another western country) come to the USA;
but they know next to nothing about the various types of visas or
options available to a woman from the FSU.
Do you want a cookie cutter solution? One that may or may not
work for your specific situation and circumstances? If not, click
here.
I can help you. Why? Simply because I have done it! I have been
through the process. I have friends and clients that have done
this as well. I have lived in Ukraine for a while and have
contacts at the embassies and consulates in Moscow and Kiev
(Russia and Ukraine).
Most agencies and web sites will tell you only one way to go
about obtaining a visa for your fianc‚e or wife. In reality you
actually have three choices. However, they will only make money
on one option. Gee, guess which path they are going to push you
down? I am the only one that will tell about ALL of your options.
Then-and only then-can you make an educated decision.
As you can see, there are many variables when discussing the
best, easiest or fastest way to get your Russian
woman home with you. For the purposes of this overview, we
will make several assumptions. We will assume that you are a US
Citizen, over 21 years of age. We will also assume that you are
interested in bringing your fianc‚e over here and that you are
interested more in safety than in speed. I will also assume that
you do not really want to go back to the FSU to do more
paperwork.
With all this in mind, your best bet is doing what is called a K1 visa. When the process has been successfully completed, your
fianc‚e will have a visa that will allow her 1 entry into the USA
within a period of 6 months from the date the visa is issued. If
she does not enter within this time period (usually this is not a
problem!) the visa expires. Should you desire to still bring her
over here at that point you will have to start at the beginning
again. Once she is here, the two of you will have 90 days to
decide whether you wish to marry or not.
If you do not get married by this time, she must return home. You
are responsible for giving her the means to return home-normally
this means providing her with a plane ticket (make copies)!
Here is the process in a nutshell:
First, go to the US Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Services (formerly the INS) website and download the following
forms:
I-129F Petition for Alien Fiancee
G-325A Biographic Information
Complete the paperwork. This means that you will have to fill out
4 copies of the G-325A for YOU and 4 copies for HER. Make sure
they are all signed!
Gather together your evidence: passport and or birth certificate
to prove your US Citizenship, any documentation of yours (if
previously married) proving that your prior marriage(s) have been
legally terminated, any documentation from her showing that prior
marriages have been terminated, a passport-style photograph of
each of you (lightly write the name of the person in pencil on
the back of each photo), evidence to show that you have met each
other within the last 2 years (best accomplished by photographs
of the two of you together in the FSU).
Type up a nice cover letter specifying what you are including,
why, and which supporting documentation you are providing.
Include the appropriate fee ($165 at the time this was written),
and mail these to the appropriate Service Center, as determined
by your state of residence-you can find out the addresses by
reading the instructions on the form.
Now you play the waiting game. You wait for your receipt. Then
you will receive either a notice of action (I-797), which
hopefully will tell you your petition has received conditional
approval. This does not mean she will get a visa! It simply means that your information will continue to be processed.
The next step is receipt of "packet 3." This will be sent to you
and your fianc‚e in her native language. It basically says that
your petition has been approved and she needs to start gathering
the documents which will need to be presented at her interview.
These include passports, birth certificate, divorce decree (if
she has any previous marriages), police report, photographs (3-4
more, passport style), consent document (if she has a child and
the father's name is listed on the birth certificate), and
evidence of support-this could be the Affidavit of Support
(I-134) or any other kind of documentation proving that you will
be able to support your new wife. You will need to get this to
your fianc‚e in time for her to bring to the interview. There
will also be a form in this packet for her to complete and send
back to the Consulate via email or mail stating that she has all
of the documents requested.
The home stretch-Packet 4 is then sent to your fianc‚e. This will
include the date of her interview and instructions on where to
have her medical exam completed.
Interview-the final step! If you come with her to this it will
prevent her from waiting in a long (sometimes VERY long) line.
Usually these interviews are anti-climatic. Sometimes the
Consular officer will ask her a few questions, sometimes not. If
you have come this far, it is basically just a formality. So,
unless she says something very stupid, there is not much to worry
about at this stage. Depending on the country she may receive her
visa immediately on the spot, be required to come back at the end
of the day or the next day, or have it mailed to her (insist on
Fed Ex or some other method of insured and traceable delivery,
even if you must pay extra for it).
Make your travel arrangements and go home together! Marry within
90 days, or give her a plane ticket home and inform the USCIS of
your actions.
That is a basic, quick and dirty overview of the process of
obtaining a K1 fiancee visa. If there are any minor children
involved, they will receive a K2 visa at the same time as their
mother. You will probably have to pay a $100 visa issuance fee
for each one, in cash only, US currency only. The actual amount
may vary according to the individual consulate.
There is much more that can be said about this process. This is
simply a very quick overview to give you some idea of what you
are in for! By the way, the K1 visa process can only be started
from the USA. Also, please bear in mind that some of the steps
listed here are over-generalized. Different countries have different rules and regulations which may involve extra steps (or
even doing something in a slightly different way).
If you are seriously considering taking these steps, I urge to
use my consulting services. It is possible that another option
may work best for your specific situation. If you are interested
in spending some more time in the FSU and actually getting
married over there, I can show you a way to have your wife home
in 1-2 months. The normal processing times for doing a K1 visa is
6-9 months, depending on which service center you must use.
Having said that, getting married in the FSU is not something I
would recommend. You must be even more sure that the two of you
are right for each other.
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