golubevpavel's comments

I never suspected it could happen at Apple. And it's not about $10, you know. It's $8500! I was counting on that money.

Well, yes, they informed me that I might lose my data, but they did not inform me, that it might be stolen.

I tried to settle it down, but it looks you are right and I have to hire an attorney to get my money back. I wonder how much it will cost me.

Thank you. There are some technical issues, but I believe it's all feasible.

It's a common practice to say things like that in the embassy. She went to Moscow, Russia, because US embassy in Minsk, Belarus is not issuing visas and Belarus citizens have to go to another country to get a visa. Kyiv is not a part of Belarus. It is a capital of another country Ukraine. So it does not matter where she goes, to Kyiv or Moscow. Both cities are not part of Belarus.

I think you are making a very good point.

I'm sorry, but you are wrong. L1A are granted for one year and then you have to renew it on a yearly basis.

Huge part of Silicon Valley and US economy depends on immigrants like me.

I agree. There are many other great places to do business. Do you think I should suggest and recommend foreign entrepreneurs (who are ready to invest their money and time in american economy) to invest in other great places?

Some people think, that the whole story is made up. Please let me answer your questions, so that you have no doubts it's 100% genuine.

Q: Your wife went to see her parents. Why you say she is scared and alone in unfamiliar city.

A: Becuase there's no way to get a visa in Belarus. You have to go to Moscow.

Q: The story is made up, because emabassy in Belarus is not issuing visas.

A: Right. That's why if your parents live in Belarus, you have to go to another country, like Russia, to have an interview and then stay about a week in a hotel, waiting for your passport. You can't go back to Belarus, because they keep your passport at the embassy and not giving it back to you right away, even if you passed interview and your visa was granted.

Q: Why did you apply for a new visa if your previous was issued only 2 months ago?

A: Both L1 and L2 visas are linked to your blanket petition. Petition is another document, issued by USCIS for 1 year. You can't get a visa, which expiration date is longer than your petition expiration date. My petition was approved in August 2012, but I received it in fact only in spring (after more than 6 months). And then, when I received it, it took several more months to make final preparations for the movement, so we were able to get a visa for her only in June (which expired in August according to petition expiration) and moved to the U.S. right away after that. And again, petition has been extended already, but I only received it in August, even though it has been extended since April.

Right. That's why if your parents live in Belarus, you have to go to another country, like Russia, to have an interview and then stay about a week in a hotel, waiting for your passport. You can't go back to Belarus, because they keep your passport at the embassy and not giving it back to you right away, even if you passed interview and your visa was granted.

Please read here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6355561

It's not me, who _needs_ to run a business in the U.S.

It's U.S., which _needs_ more income to its federal budget and more jobs to be created.

My business is completely online and can hire people to serve it anywhere.

From wikipedia:

Application to an L-1 visa begins with the filing of a petition with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) on Form I-129, along with supporting documentation showing that both the U.S. company and the foreign parent, subsidiary, affiliate or branch meet the qualifying factors set forth in the law and regulations.[6] Notice of approval of the Form I-129 is given by the USCIS on a Notice of Action, Form I-797, and using this as the basis of the application, the alien may apply for visa issuance at a consulate or embassy of the United States in the country having jurisdiction over their residence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-1_visa

They looked at her passport and a marriage stamp in that passport.

The process of getting a visa is a complicated beurocratic mess, it's not that simple as you are saying.

Both L1 and L2 visas are linked to your blanket petition. Petition is another document, issued by USCIS for 1 year. You can't get a visa, which expiration date is longer than your petition expiration date. My petition was approved in August 2012, but I received it in fact only in spring (after more than 6 months). And then, when I received it, it took several more months to make final preparations for the movement, so we were able to get a visa for her only in June (which expired in August according to petition expiration) and moved to the U.S. right away after that.

And again, petition has been extended already, but I only received it in August, even though it has been extended since April.

And there's no consulate in Belarus. You have to go to Russia to pass interview and stay there in a hotel for about a week to wait for your passport to be returned.

To disrupt a passport you basically have to disrupt the whole political system of the world first. It might be possible, but not in our lives, I'm afraid.

Indeed, I hired a lawyer from the very first moment, long before I submitted my first paper for review. She says, that everything will be fine and she can handle it. But still my girl is alone in unfamiliar city and she must be scared and I can't imagine what's in her mind right now.