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			| Kyiv_Trip 
 Newbie   Posts: 6 
			Registered: 01-02-2006 Location: Denver
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					| posted on 10-13-2006 at 07:59 |     |  |  
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				| spouse or fiancee 
 Hi everybody,
 
 I know this subject has come up before, but I also know that things change.
 
 I have to decide - or discuss with my intended - the pros and cons of getting married in Ukraine or applying for a fiancee visa. I would appreciate any views on this and, of course, any personal experiences.
 
 Thanks,
 David
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			| codybiltmore 
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			Registered: 04-07-2020 Location: 
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					| posted on 06-30-2020 at 10:02 |     |  |  
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				| September 11 affected Visas through American Consulates 
 From what I understand, after September 11, 2001, it takes a couple of years to get a visa through the American Consulate in Russia or Ukraine. If you marry in either country and attempt thereafter to get a visa for your bride, it will take much longer than if you apply for a K-1 Fiancee Visa to bring her as your fiancee to marry in the USA.
 
 I understand that it wasn't always this way but times have changed.
 
 And now, at the time of this post, the COVID-19 pandemic has closed many flights out of European (or otherwise) countries to the USA.
 
 The times, they are a changin' again, my friends.
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