US Immigration from Turkey

Hi All,

I just wanted to tell my interesting experience with N-400 interview last week. All is well and I took oath ceremony and am a citizen now. I had applied under 3-year rule. When searching in Visajourney how to prove your marriage to Uscis, I always have been getting the idea that they don't really care that you have children and it is counted as a secondary evidence, and they only care about commingled finances and residency. Well, it was not the case in my interview... He asked if we have any children, I said no but I am pregnant. He asked for proof of pregnancy and said "Having children matters, we expect people to have children after certain time of marriage. Bank accounts, insurances, etc. are ok but we are looking for these if the couple don't have children", and since I am a kinda person over preparing everything i luckily had the proof of pregnancy, he took that, and did not look at any other evidence, just approved. I don't know if my interview was a unique one but I just wanted to share this with the community to express and advise people that sometimes you need to bring every doc you think may be important, and you may never know what they'll ask

Hello,

I got my initial approval from the embassy officer in February this year and I have been asked to submit 221g for a few things that I provided to the Embassy until they send me blanked 221g with a note to check my E-Mail.

I found out I was asked to submit DS-5535 in April this year and I haven't gotten any response except the Automated one which indicated that they received my DS-5535 and since then I received nothing.

Is there something I can do or it s the waiting game?

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone,

Our I-130 was sent to the Potomac Service Center. Does anyone know how long the Potomac Center is taking right now? Our receipt date is July 7th 2022. I've checked the USCIS Processing Times https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ but I think that it is not completely accurate. So, I thought maybe it is more helpful to see how the folks who filed before us are doing?

Your feedbacks and thoughts are appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

So i have a couple questions i know are silly but, i been feeling really depressed about the situations going on.

A) Uscis has been trying to improve their backlog and i am a 2022/June applicant. just seen that the time started to go up again on uscis site ( was 12 when we decided to apply and today it went up from 13 to 13.5 yes its little but a lot for people waiting.) s it actually possible that they will succeed with their goal before we wait 14 months :( ?

B) So i live in Turkey and the only way for me to go to the states ( i read that its possible for K1 applicants to go but its really hard to get a visa) is to apply to a tourist visa, but in the tourist visa they want to make sure you are going to return to your country, i have a job here and i am still studying.. s it even possible to get a tourist visa while waiting for a k1? missed my fiancee and he was sick recently so i would love some help and insight on this topic :) Thanks a lot and i hope these hard t mes w ll pass for everyone :))

my income was not enough in 2021 to be a main sponsor but now i have a new job and i can easily sponsor my wife.

i have a new job since april 2022 with paystubs and a letter of employment showing my annual salary is $42000 . will these work without a joint sponsor ?