asked:

In 2007 i took a vacation to Russia to meet a girl that i had been communicating with over the internet for about four months prior. She is 24 and im 32. I stayed in Russia for about five weeks with her in her flat. Things were very good between us and we hit it off right away. Before i left she applied for a work and travel visa so she could come see me in california. She was approved and arrived about two months later. She ended up staying with me and about 8 months later we were married. Well we have been married now for 2 years but things were very difficult for her getting accustomed to living in southern california, being that she is used to the big city life of St. petersburg. she became very depressed and about 5 months ago she went back to Russia, she just couldnt take it anymore. Well to make a long story short now she wants to come back to get her 10 year green card but does not wish to move back in with me, she want to live in NYC. i still have feelings for her and and want things to work out for her even if we are not together anymore…Well the question i have is this will it still be possible for her to obtain her citizenship living apart from me..and do u think getting a divorce could create any problems for her?
Well just another point here..There was nothing fraudulent about our marriage we had been together for almost 3 years and did just about everything together. But after being here for so long and not being able to find work, which is pretty difficult for even people who are even from here, she became very depressed and thats when things started falling apart. She went back to Russia to take a step back and try and find herself again. Ive been back to russia since she left and while i was there things were fine between us. She wishes to return here if possible but finds it too difficult to live in a place where she cant even find a job…I would never force a person to stay where she could never be happy…So i was just wondering what would be the best option for her to stay and still be able to obtain her citizenship.

Bride2Be asked:

My husband grew up in Irkutsk Siberia and left his beloved country of Russia at the age 11. He is now 23 and married. I would love to go see were my husband grew up,what was it like living in Communist Russia etc. But he only has 2 weeks vacation and I don’t want to spend a fortune going there. Does anyone have any Ideas? He has not seen his family for over 12 years !

arecibena_ausente asked:

What a debate we had going last night…i don’t know how it started but it did and it just couldn’t stop. If my parents are from lets say Russia and my mom goes on vacations to Dominican Republic, what does that make me as a race and citizenship? Is it possible to be Russian -Dominican? Do i become a Dominican citizen? let’s change the scenario. If you are Italian-French, and you are born in the US, are you Italian-French-American or are you Italian-French but American citizen? I told them race is one thing and citizenship something else.
Forgot to say but im sure you understood that gives birth there.
Thank you but you answered me only the American one how about the other one?
I would like to point out that i was the one telling them right but they were so retarded on saying the way i posted that question here. In my case my kids are half Puerto Rican and half Dominican. They said that because they were born in the US they are PRican-Dominican-American. I said no! They are PRican-Dominican but they are American citizens which is another ball game.

TPG asked:

My wife is obviously Russian, our daughter was born in US. Traveling to Russia is a real pain if you are not a Russian citizen. You can spend literally days of your vacation waiting in lines and getting papers processed. My wife says that listing our daughter in her Russian passport (which she still has even though she is an American citizen…) will eliminate all these problems. Has anyone else done this? Is there anything to be worried about?

Daria asked:

just going to Russia for a vacation and wanted to stop in Finland for a few day to visit some friends
I’m asking about this cuz No visa is required for foreigners who have a valid U.S. green card for going to Switzerland, so I’m just making sure about Finland.
But I have Russian passport and don’t have desire to change my citizenship yet.