I am writing a lady who wants to me visit me soon here in the states from Russia. I have been told by others that this is is not possible unless she is a fiance traveling on a fiance VISA - has she been misinformed that she can, or i am dealing with a scammer here. The reason being is she has asked me to finacially assist her in making this happen. ($290.00) for Visa, applications and international passport.
Could it be possible that after a month and a half of correspondence, one can be in-love? <she has expressed this as well.
This is the second story of this in a month. Same situation different amount $. The other one was asking for $390.00. But this mirrors the same situation. DON'T FALL FOR IT!! Since it is so simular, I feel she is scamming you. She is a pretender. Go back and read the threads from apatosaur. You will find the same story.
You have to file for her she doesn’t file and the filling fee for a Petition for Alien Fiancé is only $110.00 and it will take 150 days top process here never mind the 3 to 4 months wait once it gets to Moscow. If she really talked to an office they would have told her this. Before you can file anything you have to have proof of a meeting with photos. Then you have to show mutual consent. So don’t send her the money. Tell her your coming first to meet her (not really) and see how she responds. Make it sound for real like give her arrival time and flight numbers and the name of a hotel in her area (3 months from now) that will get you from the airport. Tell her you already filed for you letter of invitation and are getting ready now to do the visa for you to come there. She what her response is? and the time is now to send her flowers and get her verified. It sounds suspicious to me. Any office that advises her on Visas knows you have to do it not her. Also they know well the time involved. Test her with that see what she does You yourself can go to http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/i-129f.htm and download the Petition for Alien Fiancé and read the instructions yourself and see what’s involved. Ya. Sounds like a scammer and you need to report her to Olga. Let us know what happens.
But I think you will see her drop out of site as soon as you show here your not stupid and you are comming to her. DO NOT SEND HER MONEY!! Ask her for her address so you can send her flowers. She will more than likly have an excuse not to give you the address because she does not want to be verified.
What if one in a million, she calls my bluff and all turns out to be legit.
She did give me her address although no phone was available. What to do then?
Thanks for the advice. I will pursue as you suggested though.
Then you send her flowers to her address through Dating.ru and ask for a photo verfication. (Do not tell her the flowers are for this) Once they send you the photo. you can compair it to the photos she has sent you to be sure its the same person. Then you can start to plan your trip to see her and Olga and Dating.ru can help you with the Invitation and Visa support. But the main fact is that. She cannot come to visit you. You can send her a million dollars and she cannot file a petition on her behalf. You are the only one that can file. And to file you must have proof that you have meet in person. I only stated that its strange that you are going through the exact same situation as apatosaur. I am only giving you advice to be smart and protect your self. In the end its all up to you. I cannot protect you from scammers. They depend on your what ifs and you lust for love to take you for a ride. I suggested a test that will do no harm to you or to her. And I have given you the correct knowledge on how the process works. Its all up to you if you want to belive her or us. If you believe her your taking a big chance of loosing allot of money. If you follow my advice and that of Olgas and form the many other experianced people of this forum, you only risk saving your self from a scammer. If she is real then she will not run away when you show her you know the correct process and what to do. In fact Russian woman admire this in a man. But if she drops out of site then she has proven to be a scammer and you protected yourself. So the ball is in your court. Its all up to you to decide. and if she is calling your bluff she wont make it past the flower verification. Its not a bluff that you are doing. you are following the correct course of action. DO NOT SEND HER MONEY!! For somthing that is not right. She is incorrect in her thinking she can get a Visa to the USA for $290.00 Just tell her that and let her know what to do and how to handel the situation. Let her know the process if you like. You have to meet her first and your the only one that can file. What harm is that? Send the flowers. She wont know its for verification and Olga can set that all up for you. What harm is that? You doing the correct things. So how can it be a bluff. If you persue this relationship you will have to meet her before you can file. So tell her your working on the visa support (just dont give a date yet) What harnm is that? Its all up to you my friend. Dont let your lust for love or for her control your actions. Hope this helps, and Good Luck what ever you decide.
CodeRed, thanks once again for your advice. As you predicted, i did as you suggested and i have not heard from this individual anymore. I wrote and told her i would be coming up there, flights hotel, the whole nine yards. I have not heard from her since. Usually, the longest to receive an e-mail from her would be 2 days at the most (tops). I have yet to hear from her.
Thank you once again and many thanks to OLGA and dating-ru's forum.
are there not visas you can get for a russian woman like the buisness visa and the trainee visas (h-3) where you can sponser a russian woman? after you train her in school or a job, if your interest in her is serious you could file a finacee visa for her right here in the us.