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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > One Year Latter Author Post franklcsw Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2006 8:27:12 PM   Some of you remember me from a year or so ago. My wife Lena came to Maine in March of last year. It has been at least 6 months since I last checked on the forum.I decided to check into the site just out of curiosity. To fill others in, I met my wife Lena here on Fiance.com. She did not post her profile on Fiance.com and she never heard of it. She did, however, post herself on a Russian site. I suppose it was to my advantage to have found her here because I never would have found her on the other site. Lena is a wonderful woman and regardless how her profile got here, I am grateful it was. We have been married a year now. There have been difficult adjustments for her and I, but we have survived them all. She was never able to get a professional job in the US (actually no job) because her English isn’t perfect and she is Russian. (Russians in America know what that means.) Those that are hoping their Russian bride is going to find professional work need to revise that forecast. Be prepared to financially support her. If you can’t do that, forget about pursuing a a Russian bride. Also, you do not need a lawyer. Let me repeat this, YOU DO NOT NEED A LAWYER!!! If you can read, fill out forms; you will be able to get through all the immigration process without difficulty. I did and now Lena has her Green Card. She got it in February. Right now she is visiting her family in Perm and will be returning next week. So, if you are sincere, stick with the process and you will find Russian women do indeed make the best wives. olegnay Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2006 8:38:27 PM   Franklcsw, meant that she registered her on the russian side of fiance.com. Russian ladies has to register on a special Russian website to be listed on Fiance.com and be able to communicate with fiance.com men members. delta9 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/30/2006 8:42:24 PM   A realistic account of your experience's...thanks for sharing with us all...it does give the realistic amongst us additional hope in our persuit's for sincerity and the belief women from Russia make the best wive's. Sean Brandy&seven Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/31/2006 1:13:34 AM   Franklcsw, Thank you for the update. Great information for those of us that are still climbing the ladder. I am posting here for the first time after lurking off and on for a year. I have had my ups and downs ; had a great meeting with a woman from Bulgaria that will not work out, got scammed from someone in Lugansk (from this site), and I am now ready to travel to Pskov, Russia to meet another. My question to you is, if you don't use an Immigration Lawyer, what is the quickest you can expect to get your K1 Visa application accepted? And, how do you get by the requirement of a minimum 2 year established relationship? Thanks in advance, Scott Nadya Moderator send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/31/2006 1:28:48 AM   Franklcsw, if possible, could you please send an email at admin@fiance.com and mention the lady's ID from Lugansk you are referring to so that we could investigate. Thank you very much in advance, Sincerely, skiired Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/31/2006 6:48:18 AM   Scott, depends what part of the US you are in. Look for about 4 to 8 months and thats with no screw ups along the way. You don't need to know her 2 years. You just need to have met in person. BUT I strongly suggest you make more than one trip and spend time with this woman. Remember you are considering marrying this woman, so by all means get to know her before proposing to her! Once you meet and take photos it is good for 2 years to apply for K1 wtrav02 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/31/2006 12:24:00 PM   It depends on what profession she pursued. Russians are not perceived in any negative context in America. What makes a difference in the work environment is the accent and most Russians have a heavy accent. If people cannot understand her, pursuing a career in sales would not be the best approach. One of my wife's Russian friends with a very heavy accent as well became a real estate agent. Needless to say she has a hard time getting any attention at all when she makes calls to people. A Russian woman must play smart and find a niche, and there are many professions in which verbal communication is not the most important element. Many Russian women pursue careers in the medical profession as nurses or technicians, or engineering, computers, etc. It is true though that you will have to support her during the first years. If the girl is young, you may also want to fund her education. It is also true a lawyer is not needed unless there are spcific issues in the application. Having a legal opinion handy is always good. For instance, my wife applied for withdrawal on the conditions of her green card recently and she now has a permanent green card good for ten years during which period she will become an American citizen. A month after we petitioned for removal of the conditions, we received a generic letter from immigration telling us to send her original green card in the mail. We hessitated to do so since sending the only proof of her legal residence via regular mail to a P.O box did not feel the right thing to do. Fortunately, however, we finally sent it after I consulted with a friend of mine who is an immigration attorney. My friend who works with a different immigration office than the one which handled our application had never heard something similar in his region. However, he advised that we should follow the instructions. A month after we sent the card, we received the new one without any further procedures. My wife read in a forum that two other Russian woman did not send their cards to immigration per the instructions and as a result the applications of both of them were significantly delayed several months. So, bottom line, it's good to have someone to ask questions wehen you need to, but it's not a necessity. barfly1 Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 5/31/2006 2:51:22 PM   My lady from Moscow has a very responsible job in the television industry and she is determined to pursue the same career in the States. I have tried to explain how competitive this is and how difficult it will be but she is determined and says she understands she will have to start at the bottom. I am having a hard time making her understand the odds of her ever getting the chance to start at the bottom are very small. I have offered to set her up in a business as she has said she would like to work for herself but she says she wants to stay in her chosen profession. She is very proud and has relatives depending on her for support. I understand this and have told her it is not an issue but she is used to being strong and the sole support so she wants to work as soon as possible and wants a job in television and she is looking for me to arrange it and it simply cannot be done. She has very little accent but her English is limited. Has anyone out there had a similar experience? franklcsw Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 6/3/2006 11:55:57 AM   Now to reply to the posts and the questions. Olegnay: My wife did not register on the Russian side of Fiance.com. She never heard of Fiance.com. She did register on a Russain agency. I believe Fiance.com has many agreements with different Russian marriage agencies. Brandy & Seven: It depends on which part of the country you live in. I live in New England and the Vermontofice has the quickest return time for the K-1 of 4 months. After we were married, we applied for teh Adjustment of Status in June and the temporary Green Card was received a month after our interview with Homeland Security in Feb.(which turned ut to be just going over our aplication. No questions about how well we knew each other.) Two years later, she has to apply for the perminate green card. I found that if that if the application is well organized and very neat, the process goes smothly. Make sure you have all the most current forms too for Homeland Security and the State Department is always changing their forms. By the way, Lena said her interview in Moscow seemed to be more harsh than many of the other women she spoke with afterwards. Her interviewer was rude and curt, until he found out she was a professional woman, atwhich time he changed this poor attitude and immediately approved her visa. Nadya: You are geting me mixed with someone else's post. Lena is from Perm. Lena, by the way, advises men to not meet Russian women form Moscow or St. Petersberg, for they are too westernized and want a more materialistic life. Of course, that is a generalization. Lena is from the Ural Mountains in the city of Perm. It is a city of a million people. Simple people with simple taste. Lena doesn't like to buy clothing and prefers to save money by not eating out. I have found her easy to please and she enjoys making me happy. Lena was the Finance Director of the Bank of Moscow. Her English is not perfect, but fairly good. She can't even get a interview. We used a educational equalivant service to transulate her education into American standards (She was converted into a Masters of Science in Economics and additional education in Accounting.) Her resume is excellent as is her qualifications. People at the unemployment office have suggested being Russian is a disadvantage for there are prejudices although discriminiation is impossible to prove without an interview (National orgin discrimination) This is just the way it is. I have spoken to other Russins (there are about a 1,000 Russsians in this small city where I live, Portlans, Maine), and they have spoken of the same things. When she gets back from visiting her family next week, she is going to have to let forgo of her desire to return to banking and just get a job someplace else. My reason for mentioning the reality of employment is to be prepared for a one income family and for the professional Russian women to be realistic. I suppose if you live in a region where the unemployment rate is extremely low, her chances are better. Just don't count on it. Be prepared thats all. I'll check this forum again before Lena returns home andtry to answer any other questions. 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