US Immigration from Turkey

Hello,

I am in the process of submitting my I-485 package with my US citizen spouse. I am currently on a STEM OPT Status (F1 Visa) and will be applying with I-130 and I-485 packet very soon. Pretty much all USCIS forms I've filled out ask for:

1) Date of Birth

2) City/Town Village of Birth

3) Country of Birth

My whole life I've assumed the fact that I was born in Istanbul, Turkey and I got my OPT & STEM OPT I-765s through writing "Istanbul" in City of Birth box.

Now, since I-485 is a bigger deal than I-765 for OPTs, I don't want to make any mistakes and risk an RFE. My passport, national ID card(kimlik) and birth certificate(vukuatli nufus kayit ornegi) say 'Bahcelievler' under place of birth. However Bahcelievler is a district of Istanbul and not a city on its own from my understanding. If I list Istanbul as city of birth for my application, would I risk getting an RFE? Please consider the fact that Bahcelievler is not a town/city/village as per Turkish standards.

If there's any Turkish person who sees this post and dealt with USCIS can shed some light, I would be forever grateful. Thank you!!

I just want to express one thing. It is really medieval how NVC manages information.

I don't think it would be so hard for them to publish for each embassy, what was the last date of DQ they scheduled interview for that month. This is as easy as looking the last row of an excel table and bring all data in just one excel sheet for each embassy.

We would not have then this "Which DQ dates got the interview, which dates will get next month, hmm" syndrome.

NVC publishes how many visas are issued by each post every month for 2 months before. USCIS publishes how many cases are approved, denied and pending for each quarter. That is good things. But why not publishing how many cases are interviewed each month in each post, which DQ date was the cut off date etc.

I really do not think that would take more than 15 min for an employee to prepare. Everything there on their system already.

Just frustrated to check all the timelines, some of them partly filled, some of them filled with mistakes and try to make some assumption which dates are interviewed, which dates will be interviewed next batch etc. I wish NVC was more transparent on this issue.

Since submitting our K1 application in August I have visited my fianc . I d like to submit additional evidence to document this visit to make our case stronger. Does anyone have recommendations for how to package this additional evidence and where to mail? Thank you in advance to all for your shared knowledge.

Hello!

Quick question. I applied for a marriage-based greencard last summer and thankfully it is finally moving along in the process. USCIS has now forwarded at least part of the process over the the National Visa Center [NVC] who are now asking for the submission of:

• An I-864 Affidavit of Support Form
  • Supporting I-864 Doc's
• Completion of a "Online Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application (DS-260)" through their website

I think I know the answer to my question, but wanted to check anyways -- should I create a new I-864 form with fully up-to-date info in it, or should I send the NVC an I-864 form identical to the one I sent to USCIS last summer?

For example, differences between the two would include a change of address.

Also, one more quick question: would I need to report my 2020 Tax Year income if I haven't filed my 2020 taxes yet?

Thanks for any help!

Has this happened to anyone? What did you do to get this resolved?