US Immigration from Turkey

Hello, we have already sent the I-130 form to USCIS. My spouse lives with me in Turkey and has a legal residence permit card here. He will soon undergo gastric bypass surgery here, which is a complicated procedure.

We can document this with a report signed by the doctor, stating that it is a surgery that requires personal family support and follow-up. In light of all this, is my spouse eligible for DCF?

Because my wife wants to return to the US as soon as possible after the surgery and continue her follow-up treatment in her own country. She doesn't want to be away from her family.

Are we eligible for DCF? What are our chances of getting approval by submitting a signed report from the doctor, my wife's petition, and a petition from one of her relatives? Does our situation allow for this?

In addition, the consulate in Turkey states in its detailed instructions that we should not have previously completed the I-130 form with USCIS, but this situation has only recently arisen. We have already completed the I-130 form with USCIS and would like to reapply for DCF because this new situation has arisen; otherwise, we would have waited.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts and recommendations.

Hi, I am wondering if anyone here has remarried (filed an I-130 a second time) and if that process differed from the first time around.

I'm divorced from my first husband and I attached our divorce decree to our application. He went back to his home country shortly before we divorced.

From this link, it states the petitioner requires an interview in that scenario:

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-5

"When USCIS Requires an Interview for Standalone Family-Based Immigrant Visa Petitions"
Petitions for a spouse where the petitioner previously filed a spousal petition for a different beneficiary.

Has anyone gone through this before?

Hi everyone,

I m preparing my Adjustment of Status (AOS) package after entering the U.S. on a K-1 visa, and I have a question about translating my birth certificate.

I know USCIS requires certified translations, but I m wondering:

• Can my friend translate the document for me?

She s fluent in both Turkish and English and lives in the UK. She s not a professional translator. Is this acceptable for USCIS as long as she includes the proper certification statement?

• My original birth date is written in European format (DD/MM/YYYY), but I filled out my AOS forms using the U.S. format (MM/DD/YYYY).

Should my friend write the date in the English translation as 2 March 1993 to avoid confusion?

If anyone has experience with this, I d really appreciate your advice. I just want to be safe and avoid an RFE

Thanks in advance!

Some background: We entered as a K1 Visa. Got Married within 90 days and filed for AOS (I-485) in January 2024. We finally had our interview at the Tampa field office on May 27, 2025. At the interview we had a "new" officer who seemed a little confused about the whole process. Luckily our attorney was present and helped him understand. He didn't ask any specific questions about our marriage or ask to see any of our evidence (not even tax transcript). At the end of the interview he Congratulated us and told us we were approved (he even mentioned our case was one of the easiest he had so far). He said we would receive our Green Card by June 10, most likely. We explained that we had a European Cruise planned for July but didn't purchase our flights yet. He told us it is not a problem and we can go ahead and purchase our flights because our green card will arrive prior to when we leave.

Fast forward to today, June 25. We still do not have our green card and the online system has not been updated. The last update was from April when we received our interview notice. We spoke with two different people (Tier 1) at USCIS who said there is nothing we can do and we just have to wait. The system still shows "pending". I asked if we can be transferred to a tier 2 officer and was told no because we are still in normal processing times (LOL) and we won't be able to seek a tier 2 officer until after September 2026 (more than a year from now!). In the meantime, I contacted my congressman who reached out but has not received a response. I also sent a letter in the mail to the field officer director. I really don't know what else to do.

Has anyone else had to wait this long after the interview? and if so, how long did it take? We have Advanced Parole but our attorney is telling us to cancel our international travel plans because if the green card gets approved while we are out of the country, the advance parole will automatically be revoked and we would have an issue when trying to re-enter the country. This whole process is so frustrating!

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But I Typed Winnetka To City Section Of Form Besides Of It All The Adress And Zip Code Is True So Am I Need To Change That?

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