I went to the US embassy and was directed the US embassy in Moscow. I read the requirements for a nonimmigrant to obtain a visa to the US. It all sound pretty easy. There was no mention of the application process had to be started in the US in fact it was all about the application process done by the person in Russia at the embassy. Fill out the forms, show current passport, pay the fees, get appointment for interview, and bring pertinent documents showing ties and intention of returning to Russia and finger print scan. All in all the time is approximately 30 days. It all sure sounds different from what you folk are telling me and everyone else. I don’t know what to believe now. I have written several email to government officials at the government visa service to get a direct answer from them. I will share my answers if and when I receive them. Here is the address to the visa application department: http://moscow.usembassy.gov/consular/wwwhcn1.html
What I mean by I don’t get it is: all the information I received from this forum contradicts the US embassy’s web site. The big question is: Can a Russian woman get a visa at the US embassy in Moscow? The US site says yes and this forum says no. Even though I don’t trust our government, I’m confused ….I’ve been writing this sweet lady online and we want to meet in the US(on mostly my money), is it possible or am I being scammed
anybody can apply for visa, pay fees. I don’t remember anybody on this forum said something about validity of the USA embassy information:) it is the right information. People said from the experience, that single young Russian women usually declined tourist visa request to USA. Nobody is refused of trying. if she ask you to send her money for visa, and some travel agency , or she can do it her self... she should do it on her own expense. Read forum about this subject, there are a lot explained in details. Tell us your situation in details. I am sure people will help you.
The visa that is mostly written about in this forum is the fiance visa. This process must be started in the US by a US citizen. The visa that you seem to be refering to is a tourist visa. olegnay is right anyone can apply...in the case of a single Eastern European woman very few are approved. The operative phrase in your post is "intention of returning"...she must prove to the satisfaction of the Empassy staff that she will return and not immigrate illegaly, not an easy thing to do.
Twili,
No FSU woman worth having would agree to meet you anywhere else but her hometown, her own country at least, and in a city in which she is familiar, comfortable and have friends or relatives to fall back if your meeting goes south.
Like Oleg said, nobody is going to stop you or your lady from applying, spending visa fee money and letting you and your lady watch your moola end up in the rejected bin basket.
Listen to the experienced ones in this forum, or talk to any immigration attorney.
And more important...get off this lazy ass idea that you do not have to travel to meet the woman you think is for you.
Once you buy into the integrity of doing it this way, you will learn how to ask the right questions of any lady you talk to that will give you the peace of mind of knowing you're dealing with an honest woman.
Once you go, you can see her family, how they interact with each other, how she handles herself among them and with her friends, how she keeps her refrigerator, her bathtroom, her clothes, etc etc etc.
And if for whatever reason all goes to shit, you can still have the trip of your life simply by going there and seeing something only a miniscule minority of your country men do in their lifetimes.
Good luck,
Thanks Bill. They sure make it sound easy for a vistors visa. She does have family and two job, one is for the military. So maybe she is on the up and up but I'm not going to send any more money.
Toad-I hope you are wrong on some points. I am not meeting mine in her home city. qwe have discussed it at length and agreed to meet in moscow and also to travel to st. petersburg. There are no stract rules on how this works.
Hmmm--what is "it"? I think "it",in my experience here,is the educational value of this forum--so I AM getting IT,thanks to worldy guys from everywhere,including B.F.,Egypt,and even tall green Cali dude with warts. In the relationship endeavors of my lifetime-the only 'it' to be had was not really worth having. One lady used to tell me " Don`t you get it?"--and I knew this meant I should be a mind-reader. Bad enough trying to read my own damn mind! But to get to Twilli`s "It"-this is the confusion of not knowing. I have formed an opinion from this forum ( thank you very much! ) that none of this visa stuff she has to go through is worth the hassle until I go to her country and cement the relations. Even with a meeting in her country, there is a very good chance all your love will go down the crapper. Twilli- if she insists on coming to America ( which will most likely be impossible-or an emotional melee for you) you might consider instead meeting her in Prague,or some other place ( border country perhaps ) accessible to her.If she is not for real ( I hate the word scam or scammer now! )this might flush her out. There are a lot of non-fiction stories out there about men who either went to her hometown for her,or for many meetings with different ladies. I have been amazed at how differently some of these men`s journeys have gone from the original plans they had--especially when they went to meet a particular woman,and wound up meeting or dating many women instead. I know in life it pays to have a backup plan for almost anything--but to bring her here kind of boxes you in unless you have firmed-up your relationship status first,and in person. Don`t leave yourself without an escape pod. I have one for every woman I have ever been with except the one I am seeing now--and I am taking more work hours for that. And like some of the other guys here,I am taking much time about my FSU search and correspondences. A woman who wants it all right now may dump me--but I want a woman who knows that our chance at bliss is something we have waited most of our life for,and will continue to grow and cultivate our relative intimacy until we simply cannot bear to be apart anymore. If this takes place in a year-so be it. I really,really like it when a woman writes that we should not be in a hurry or rush ( push too hard) The hurry for relations seems to imply some hidden agenda which is not my own,and makes me suspect she is vacationing ( or camping ) on western men`s money-especially when her profile is plastered all over the internet. I have been writing and talking to a lady-everything has looked so promising for 3 months. When I told her on the phone that I just took my vacation recently,and would probably not be able to have another for 4 or 5 more months, she made a weird sound,and her letters went from every 2 days to once a week. Maybe fizzle,maybe sizzle--but only time tells.
Spirit,
I like your ideas very much. Along the way I have even adopted some of them.
You're well informed and deliver your message accurately...but why in the world can't you space your sentences to make reading your posts a little easier?
Please consider it..:))