US Immigration from Turkey

81358331Hello all,

Recently received THREE separate automated text confirmation messages of AOS package receipt by the Eglin lockbox. I attempted to add the cases to my case (I-130/A) but recived an error message. Does the immigrant applicant need to open her own USCIS account in order to keep visibility of the process, submit evidence, receive notifications?

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Thanks!

Greetings everyone, my spouse is a foreigner based in Turkey and we are at the NVC stage.

We are thinking of changing the embassy to her home country Cameroon because we hear Ankara is taking much time to provide appointment for foreigners.

Any idea how long to get an appointment in Ankara for Spouse IR1 or CR1 visa after DQ?

Hello everyone,

My fianc and I had our i129f application approved in January 2024 and sent to the embassy already. We have filled out DS160 too.

The case status as of 1 week ago on the CEAC site is set to "ready". However, we have not received an email from the embassy with instructions for booking the appointment. The appointment website explicitly states that our appointment will be cancelled the day of the interview if we book an appointment before receiving that email. Does it matter if we go ahead and schedule the appointment anyway?

Has anyone who has already had an appointment done the same thing?

Hello! I have a Turkish friend who wants to visit me during his 3 week vacation this year. He has worked for the Turkish government for 15 years and regularly travels internationally. However, this would be his first visit to the U.S.

He was told tourist visas are hard to get right now, and have a long wait time for an appointment and processing time.

He was hoping to come in November.

Does anyone have any actual information on this?

Thank you in advance!

Yvette and Zeki

All,

I could not find an answer to this question so sorry if it's redundant.

*Background- Filing AOS for spouse , package almost complete. I-130/130-A sent electronically recently so still within window for concurrent filing of AOS.

My stepchild (Minor under-18) is still abroad and will remain overseas during the IR/CR-1 process but must be physically in USA before her 18th birthday so my military/veterans/social security disability benefits kick in for her. (More on this later). That's 16 months from now. I realize Ankara has a long interview wait list and this is why I don't want to wait for my spouses AOS process to finish before starting my stepchild's.

Q1. Is there a way to simultaneously apply for both my spouse AOS and stepchild CR/IR-1 even thought the processes will be totally different?

Q2. Are there any advantages or disadvantages of doing so? (Cost/time/effort/etc).

Q3. Has anyone on this forum ever done this?

Thank you all for your responses.