4. February 2010 by admin.

The US Embassy will ONLY send out the Information packet to the beneficiary containing the application forms. After the interview has been scheduled by the call center NO written notification about scheduling an appointment for a visa interview will be sent either to the petitioner or the beneficiary. The date of the appointment also will not be confirmed by the Immigrant Visa Unit of the Consular Section over the telephone. Those applicants who wish to confirm their date of the appointments as well as re-schedule them should contact the call center.

The Information packet contains information on the documentation you must provide at the time of the interview. The medical exams must be performed only by the physician identified in the packet. K3 and K4visa applicants are not required to submit proof of vaccinations or to undergo any vaccinations until they adjust status with the USCIS. Therefore applicants may wish to consider carrying their vaccination records with them to the United States to facilitate this process.

The consulate also sends out the Information packet to the attorneys of record. The alien beneficiary may appear at the Consular Section only when the appointment date is set by the call center. Please note that if the applicant has been qualified for getting the visa at the time of the interview, the passport will be sent back to the applicant through the courier service within 10 business days. Therefore it is strongly recommended that you not make non-refundable flight arrangements or other travel plans until you have your visa in hand.

Aliens who enter the U.S. with a valid nonimmigrant K3 visa will be admitted for a period of 2 years. A minor child entering the U.S. with a valid nonimmigrant K4 visa will be admitted for a period of 2 years or until the day before the alien”s 21st birthday, whichever is shorter. Following the 2-year admission period, a K3 and K4 nonimmigrant may apply with the Service for an extension of stay using Form I-539. Extensions of Stay are issued in 2-year increments. Once the pending immigrant petition is approved, the individuals in the U.S. on the K3/K4 visas may adjust their status to conditional permanent residency.

If you would like to bring over your foreign spouse from the Ukraine, please contact an immigration attorney at 626-771-1078 or visit us at www.myfianceevisa.com

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23. July 2009 by admin.

Applicants who have obtained an approval from the USCIS regarding their I-129f application and who believe that the National Visa Center has forwarded their application to the U.S. Embassy in Kiev can check on the status of their application.

Click on the link below where you can provide information about your case.  Inquirers will need to know information such as their case number which usually starts with KEV, WRW or MOS.  The embassy takes up to two weeks to respond.

http://kiev.usembassy.gov/visa_iv_lookup_eng.html

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22. July 2009 by admin.

ALL K visa applicants, regardless of age, must have a medical exam. It can be done only in Kyiv at the following address:

Clinic for Oil-Refining Industry of Ukraine
8, Mykoly Amosova St.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Telephone: 044-270-2709, 044-275-4181
E-mail address: iomkievmed@iom.kiev.ua

Appointments, Fees, Document Requirements

The Clinic performs medical examinations each working day (Monday through Friday), between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. by appointment only. The results of the examination are given to the applicants at 3 p.m. on the same day.

The fee for a medical exam is no more then $125 per person, excluding the vaccination fee for adults and children. The clinic accepts payments for medical exam in US dollars only, but vaccination fee must be paid in Ukrainian hryvnyas only.

Each applicant must present the following documentation:

• Passport or other photo-bearing document as ID (both for children and adults)
• 3 full frontal view photographs 50 x 50 mm
• Military service card
• Vaccination chart with the seal of the issuing (optional for K visa applicants)
• Embassy case number beginning with KEV

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22. July 2009 by admin.

Your fiancé(e) will be asked to present:

• Valid passports or travel documents for the beneficiary and any dependent children
• A notarized statement from an absent parent giving permission to a child to immigrate to the US along with a photocopy of the photo and signature pages of his/her passport OR court decree of sole legal custody OR death certificate
• Birth certificates for the beneficiary and any dependent children
• Proof of termination of any prior marriages of both petitioner and beneficiary
• Change of name certificates or marriage certificates
• Police certificate(s) for the beneficiary and any dependent children over 16 years of age
• Medical exam results for the beneficiary and any dependent children
• Proof of adequate financial support once in the United States to ensure that your fiancé(e) and dependent children will not become public charges
• Supporting documentation verifying the relationship between the petitioner and beneficiary

All the original documents must be accompanied by a copy and certified English translation.

Legal representation is available at www.myfianceevisa.com to assist fiancees from the Ukraine and their U.S. citizen petitioners.

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22. July 2009 by admin.

Visa interviews are held by appointment only. Beneficiaries should not travel to Kyiv until they have contacted the call center and scheduled the appointment for the formal visa interview. Applicants who have scheduled the appointment and have not paid for the call by either purchasing the PIN number from the ProCredit Bank or Raiffeisen Bank Aval. On the date of the appointment your fiancé(e) should go to the Immigrant Visa section of the Embassy in kyiv. Minor children under 14 do not need to attend the interview. Your fiancé(e) and each dependent child will pay a $131.00 non-refundable machine-readable-visa fee on the day of the interview. The fee for K visa can be paid only at ProCredit Bank in Ukrainian hryvnyas

Interviews begin at 8:30 a.m.Your fiancé(e) will fill out a Nonimmigrant Visa Application DS-156 in duplicate, as well as one copy of DS-156K form. Each dependent child also needs Nonimmigrant Visa Applications DS-156 in duplicate. Original documents plus one copy together with a notarized/certified English translation thereof, should be brought to the interview. Originals of primary documents, such as birth, marriage, and death records, will be returned to the applicant after the interview.

Documentation regarding financial support from the petitioner must be presented. It can be in any form so long as it contains enough detail and information for the consular officer to conclude that the beneficiary will not become a public charge, i.e. tax returns, bank statements, wage statements, etc. Petitioners may submit a notarized Affidavit of Support form I-134 if they wish.

After a consular officer has reviewed the case, your fiancé(e) will be interviewed. The consular officer will ask your fiancé(e) questions about your relationship, such as how you met and when you decided to marry. The consular officer is required by law to verify that your relationship with your fiancé(e) is real, that you met at least once within the last two years, and that you do intend to marry within 90 days of your fiancé(e)”s arrival in the United States. The consular officer will thoroughly review the case to make sure that your fiancé(e) is eligible to receive a U.S. visa.

The Consular Section uses a delivery services to return passports to visa recipients. Following the interview, visa recipients should proceed to the FedEx representative to arrange for the return of their passports with issued visas. The cost for this service (delivery fee and insurance) is approximately $8.00 paid in hryvnas. The visa issuance and passport delivery can take up to ten days. (The company does not operate on weekends or Ukrainian and U.S. holidays). Please note that no exception to the process will be made.

If your fiancé(e) is not issued a visa, he or she will be given notification in writing giving the reasons for the temporary refusal. The letter will explain either how to drop off the missing documents or how to schedule a second appointment. Your fiancé(e) will not be required to pay again.

Supporting documentation, including the K petition, birth certificate, Nonimmigrant Visa Application, and medical exam will be placed in a sealed envelope and given to the applicant for presentation to USCIS at the port of entry.

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22. July 2009 by admin.

When the U.S. embassy has received an approved I-129F petition, it sends information to the beneficiary. The Information packet (the former Packet 3 and 4) tells the applicant what documents he or she must collect prior to the visa interview and how to schedule the formal visa interview. The Information packet for applicants from Ukraine is in Ukrainian. The forms are also in English.

Before notifying the call center that the applicant has obtained all the documents listed in the Information packet, every Ukrainian national must have an international passport valid for at least 6 months at the time of entering the U.S.

During an interview each applicant is required to present the completed and signed form KEV-1 and the original documents together with their photocopies. The embassy does not require the original financial support documents. Petitioners can fax or e-mail them to the beneficiaries. Any document in a foreign language should be accompanied by a notarized/certified English translation. After the interview all originals except the police certificates are returned to the applicant.

When your fiancé(e) has collected all the documents specified in the Information packet, he or she should contact the call center and schedule the appointment for the formal visa interview. The completed and signed form KEV-1 from the Information packet should be presented at the interview certifying that all required documents have been obtained.

The Embassy will ONLY send out the Information packet to the beneficiary containing the application forms. After the interview has been scheduled by the call center NO written notification about scheduling an appointment for a visa interview will be sent either to the petitioner or the beneficiary. The date of the appointment also will not be confirmed by the Immigrant Visa Unit of the Consular Section over the telephone. Those applicants who wish to confirm their date of the appointments as well as reschedule them should contact the call center.

It is necessary for the office to have the actual petition on hand in order to conduct an adequate visa interview for K visas.

The Information packet contains information on the documentation you must provide at the time of the interview. The medical exams must be performed only by the physician identified in the packet. K1 and K2 visa applicants are not required to submit proof of vaccinations or to undergo any vaccinations until they adjust status with the USCIS. Therefore applicants may wish to consider carrying their vaccination records with them to the United States to facilitate this process.

If you need assistance preparing a fiancee visa application for your fiancee in the Ukraine, visit www.myfianceevisa.com for more information.

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