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Natasha
Boston |
Dear Lev,
I have F-1 visa and want to bring my daughter here,in US, for a while. She is in my foreign password. They will issue her I-20 in international programs. Do I have to take this I-20 to the consulate in Russia and have F-2 sealed into my foreign password together with F-1 which I already have? Will this F-2 cost me the same as my F-1 visa ($150 per year...)
What proofs do they want that she'll come back - a return ticket or my word will be enough?
Thank you so my for your advice,
Natasha
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Lev Kobrin
Sunny Isles Beach |
Response for: Natasha at 3/23/2003 8:38:00 PM
Natasha, hi:
Why you use "password" instead of "passport"? What this, a new joke?
You need no I-20 for your daughter. If you have an F-1 visa, your daughter must receive F-2 automatically. You need to represent her birth certificate as a proof that she is your child.
Why you did not receive this visa for her at the same time?
$150 per year? I don't know what you are talking about. Your visa shoud be D/S, that means "duration of studying", and you shouldn't extend it every year.
Good luck, Lev Kobrin.
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Natasha
Boston |
Response for: Lev Kobrin at 3/24/2003 12:29:00 AM
>Why you use "password" instead of "passport"?
Sorry, it is tough to sit near computer all day long - it messes with your head eventually.
>If you have an F-1 visa, your daughter must receive F-2 automatically.
Cool! So I do not need to go to the consulate in Russia and get a separate F-2 visa for her sealed into my password, right?
>Why you did not receive this visa for her at the same time?
Because she had a different name back then. Because my husband was adopting her and this process is taking some time, you know. So I knew she'll have another name sometime soon and didn't get visa for her, so it wouldn't look overcomplicated later.
>$150 per year? I don't know what you are talking about
Well, when I got my F-1 Visa, I payed $150 per year in the consulate in Russia, multiple entrance visa. I'm not sure if you still have to pay the same money, I think they changed it recently, but I'm not sure.
>D/S, that means "duration of studying", and you shouldn't extend it every year.
Not every year of course. But once F-1 is expired, I should get a new visa. Right now this is the least of my problems - I have visa for another 2 years...
You see, you need I-20 to enter US, but you also need up-to-date visa to leave Russia...
Thanks,
Natasha
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Lev Kobrin
Sunny Isles Beach |
Response for: Natasha at 3/24/2003 1:17:00 PM
Наташа, по-моему ты вообще все путаешь. Замиксовалась полностью. Если твой муж удочерил твою дочь, для чего нужна студенческая?
Затем, кто тебе сказал, что нужна Ай-20, чтобы въехать в США? Она нужна, чтобы получить студенческую визу (ее можно получить и в Америке, никуда не въезжая и не выезжая.
150 дол. стоит виза в паспорт, это совершенно другое. Не путай виза - наклейка или печать в паспорте, с визой - разрешением сделать такую печать.
Теперь про визу в паспорте для твоей дочери. Как я понимаю, у нее нет своего паспорта и ее фотография вклеена в твой паспорт. Ты могла получить для нее отдельный паспорт, даже если ей всего два месяца. Но если у нее все-=таки паспорта нет, тебе прийдется ехать и ставить ее визу в твой паспорт. Но опять, зачем это нужно, когда вы можете сразу подать на ее гринкарту.
В общем, у тебя все too complicated. It's gonna be better if you call me.
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