Fiance(e) Visa Processing in Moscow, Russia
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USCIS will notify you and forward the petition to Moscow for all fiance(e)s residing in Russia, Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. For residents of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia, the petitions will be forwarded to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, for residents of Estonia, to the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, and for residents of Moldova, to the U. S. Embassy in Bucharest. Approved petitions usually take approximately 6-8 weeks to reach Embassy Moscow.
Note: Effectively immediately, the Immigrant Visa Unit is no longer opening provisional files for K visa beneficiaries.
Notifying Your Fiance(e):
As soon as the Embassy receives the approved petition an additional administrative procedure immediately will be started. Only upon its completion an interview date will be scheduled for the applicant. The Embassy will send a letter and information sheet to the Beneficiary outlining the steps to be taken to apply for an Alien Fiancé(e) visa, called a "K" visa.
Scheduling: Visa Interview and Medical Examinations:
Before the interview, the Beneficiary must complete a medical examination in Moscow at an Embassy-approved medical facility. Forms and information about this is included in the information packet. The medical exam costs between $100 - $150 in ruble equivalent, depending on the clinic. Since it takes around 40 hours to receive the results of the medical examination, some fiance(e)s choose to remain in Moscow from the time they take their medical exam until the date of their interview at the Embassy.
For the information concerning an interview date, please contact our Information Center at:
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From Russia: (095)-258-2525. All calls $1.65 per minute.
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From the U.S.A.: 1-866-4US-VISA (1-866-487-8472) or 1-877-512-0087. Payment by credit card only. All calls $1.65 per minute.
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Everywhere else: (095)-258-2525 or 1-866-4US-VISA (1-866-487-8472) or 1-877-512-0087. This number is for callers anywhere outside of the U.S. or Russia. Payment by credit card only. All calls $1.65 per minute.
Operators available from 06:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, Monday through Friday.
Note: The Embassy no longer offers public access to obtain forms that are provided in the packet initially mailed to beneficiaries of I-129F petitions. If, after a reasonable time period, it appears that that local postal systems have lost the packet, the Beneficiary should contact the Embassy through the Information Call Center to obtain instructions on how to proceed.
All children of an alien classified K-1 must be listed on the K visa petition. Failure to do so will cause a delay in visa issuance. The children (under 21 years old and unmarried) also must be at the interview. The child of a K-1 principal alien may be accorded K-2 status if following to join the principal alien to the U.S. even after the principal alien has married the American citizen Petitioner, and acquired lawful permanent resident status. The cut-off date for issuance of a K-2 visa is 1 year from the date of the issuance of the K-1 visa to the principal alien. After 1 year, and provided that the alien qualifies, the filing of an immediate relative or second preference immigrant visa petition would be required.
The visa application fee is $100 per person; there is no issuance fee. The "K" visa is valid for a single entry during a 6-month period.
Documentary requirements for the interview:
- Biographical form DS-230 filled out in English (part 1 and part 2). A separate form must be filled out for immigrating child over 16 years of age.
- Completed Electronic Visa Application Form DS-156. ( The Electronic Visa Application Form must be filled out online at http://evisaforms.state.gov. After filling out the form online, print a copy of the visa application form. The Electronic Visa Application Form is not available in the Russian language. Answers to the questions on the application must be in English and must use English characters. The applicants are welcome to use the Russian language translation to guide them through the online English Electronic Visa Application Form). A separate Electronic Visa Application Form DS-156 must be filled out for immigrating child.
- Supplement DS-156K form. The form must be filled out in Russian. DO NOT SIGN DS-156K. No DS-156K supplement is required for immigrating child.
- International Passport with a photocopy of the first page and the page with information about immigrating child if the child's name in included in the parent's passport.
- Original birth certificate, photocopy and translation into English.
- Police certificates in all names as well as all dates of birth ever used. Police certificate must contain references to each place (subject to the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation) in which the applicant lives or has lived for more than six months since attaining the age of 16. This includes localities where applicants have lived during university studies. If the applicant was on military service, he/she should bring the certificate from the local draft board. If an applicant has lived abroad for more than one year, a police certificate must also be submitted from the country in which he/she lived. Police certificate validity is one year since the date of issuance.
- Evidence of termination of prior marriage(s) (if applicable), original, photocopy and translation into English.
- One color non-glossy full-face photo 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.
- Visa application fee of $100 (or ruble equivalent) for each applicant.
- Documents confirming relationship: photos of Petitioner and Beneficiary together, letters to each other, phone bills, airplane tickets, emails, etc.
- Results of Medical Examination in a sealed envelope. The medical must be taken at one of the embassy-designated medical centers. It takes 2 days to complete the medical examination.
- Financial documents from the petitioner – a US citizen: please note, that Affidavit of Support (form I-134) is not required, but may be requested. The document must be notarized. Please submit financial documents to show that the applicant will not become a public charge in the United States. Such documents may include, but are not limited to:
- Most recent year tax returns (form 1040) or tax transcripts from IRS
- Copy of bank account
- Earnings and leave statement
- W-2 forms
- Letter from employer
U.S. Port of Entry:
Once found qualified for visa issuance, your fiance(e) will receive a nonimmigrant visa in his/her passport, valid for one entry into the U.S. at any time within the next six months. He/she will also receive a separate immigrant visa packet to present to the immigration officials at the U.S. border. After entry to the U.S., the Beneficiary has ninety days to either marry the petitioner or return to his/her country. If the Petitioner and Beneficiary marry, the Beneficiary may then contact USCIS to adjust status to that of legal permanent resident.
Communicating with the Embassy:
E-mail is the preferred (and fastest) means of communication: consulmo@state.gov
Submission of Additional Documents:
For regular mail, which takes at least three weeks, use the following address:
U.S. Embassy Moscow
Consular Section
PSC 77 CONS
APO AE 09721
Attn: Immigrant Visa Unit
For faster service (about two weeks), using international courier services such as DHL or ELF-91, the following address should be used:
123242 Moskva, Rossiya
Novinskiy Bulvar, 19/23
Posolstvo CSHA (USA)
Konsulskiy Otdel
