Moscow Interveiws ???????????????

[Mike]

I have a 27th of September approval date and Moscow still has not received
it !!!!!! My Attorney said there is nothing the NSC is willing to do about it
and expect a February interview date....Is this rediculous or what ??
Any similar experiances ?

This was very ugly news for me.............

[SteveM]

... in response to Moscow Interveiws , posted by Mike on Nov 20, 2001

When I posted my first response, I didn't notice that you had an attorney.  Pretty useless one, actually, if he/she isn't able to tell you what to do in this situation.

For those of you thinking about getting an attorney to do this, keep this example in mind.  IMO, the only reason to get an attorney (unless your individual case has complications) is to help out in situations like this.  Here, someone who really needs help isn't finding that having an attorney is any benefit...

[SteveM]

... in response to Moscow Interveiws , posted by Mike on Nov 20, 2001

Sorry to hear about your situation.  I don't agree that is it just a matter of waiting longer, but don't remember what the correct response is.

To find it, try searching the archives--here and on the newsgroup (alt.visa.us.marriage-based) for a guy named Chris (?) who had the same problem a while back (perhaps spring).  I think he actually had the 6-month approval period expire waiting for the NOA to get sent.

I believe it took Congressional involvement, so it is best to get started on this quickly.

Good luck,

Steve M.

[davet]

... in response to Moscow Interveiws , posted by Mike on Nov 20, 2001

Hi Mike,
The better question to ask people is whether any Nebraska Service Center applicants who received their 2nd NOA (the approval) AFTER September 28, 2001 have had the MOSCOW embassy receive notification from the INS of the approval.  The further question is whether they requested (and paid for) cabling of their approval.
Mike and I have corresponded privately.  Mike's approval was in the Sept 24-29 time period.  Other applicants have been told by the Moscow embassy that none of the approved applicants (from that time period) have had their notification received by Moscow.  That IS ridiculous.
My concern is that I just received our approval (November 6) and I don't want to wait and wait and wait like Mike and others.  Any comments??

Thanks
Dave