US Immigration from Turkey

Hi there,

Our interview is estimated to be in Q1 of 2023 and we wanted to get ahead by preparing all of our paperwork. My fiancee is visiting Russia right now and I wanted to ask if the Police Record/Report has to have an Apostille Certification? Or can it just be a regular Russian document??

We live in Turkey (that police record process is more straightforward as they only have one type of Notary/Apostille service).

Thanks in advance

I had a baby girl in Ukraine on December 28, 2021. Two months after her birth, war broke out and we were forced to move to Ankara, Turkey. My daughter only had a Ukrainian birth certificate when we left Ukraine, so we applied for a new US passport for her in Ankara. We were told that they would need to submit all of her documents to Poland, as she is a Ukrainian-born baby. So we submitted all of the necessary documents on September 1st. They then asked for my W2 forms, which I provided later.

I have sent 5 emails to the US Consulate in Ankara and I have not received a response to any of my emails. My question is, is there a way to check/track/follow up on the status of her application?

FYI, I am a US citizen since 2009.

Hello everyone,

I am new to this community, so I hope this is the right place to post this question. I am a USC petitioning to bring over my husband, who is from Turkey. I have been living with him in Turkey since this summer, when my previous rental agreement ended and I was free to move. Prior to that I was going back for short visits periodically since I work remotely and was able to do so. However, I am expecting our I-130 petition to be approved by the end of the year, so I am starting to think about coming back to the US early next year once it is approved so I can find us housing. My question is, does anyone have experience with getting their spouse onto a lease before they come to the US? I am worried that it will be difficult to rent a place with his name on the lease before he comes to the US since he won't have a SSN, visa, etc at the point. However, I need to find us housing before he comes. Staying with my family once he arrives in the US while we find a place isn't an option, since they live in AZ, and I need to return to OR to finish my graduate studies. I'd really love to be able to find us housing in Oregon (where we will be living) before he comes here, so we don't have to live in a hotel while searching for places. In my experience, landlords in the town I live in won't rent out a place to you unless you are able to view it in person, which is why it will be hard to find a place while I'm still in Turkey or if we are staying with my family. Any advice from others who have tried securing housing before their spouse has arrived would be greatly appreciated!

Hi all,

Our I-129F was approved on July 29th and it hasn t been shipped to the embassy yet (it s been 67 days). I contacted my Representative to check the status and get the case number. They sent me the below response:

The NVC has responded to our office in regards to the K1 Visa for your fianc . The case, ANK**********, is currently in administrative processing to determine the beneficiary's eligibility for the visa. Administrative processing is inherently not a transparent process for national security or public safety reasons and cannot be expedited; the NVC cannot estimate when the process will be complete but will notify you when it is complete.

I know that visas may go under Administrative Processing after the interview, but I didn t know this. Also, when I check my status on CEAC, it shows AT NVC

So now we are confused what s going on. Does anyone have any information or experience about this? Thanks.

My cousin got married last year and filed taxes jointly with his wife. He personally made $80,000.00 last year.

In the expected annual income area i only wrote his expected income for 2022 and the total joint income in the 2021 tax area ($150,000.00).

I also uploaded 6 months of paystubs supporting his expected income for 2022. I also added 2019-2020-2021 W2 and 2019-2020-2021 tax transcripts. but 2021 tax transcripts total income is more since they filed jointly.

I also explained at the end that we will only be using his income and nobody else's income from the household including his wife's. Is there anything else i have to do to explain that we use only his income ?

I also added a letter to remove the previous joint sponsor for which the NVC had sent RFE for his proof of income, I noted that the previous JS didnt meet the required financials and that my cousin does and i signed with a pen.

Has anyone successfully changed joint sponsors after most of the documents were accepted but NVC asked for proof of income because they didnt meet it ?