US Immigration from Turkey

Good afternoon to all,

Immigration attorney of the company that I work for recently filed I-485 package for us as a family.

Category is EB2 and I have been out of status for more than a month since my work visa is already expired AND visa extension is also denied. Thankfully, I became current in October 2020 Bulletin and we applied for AOS.

However, he (attorney) avoided and told me it is not recommended at all for my case to apply for I-131 (advance parole) even though I asked for it but only applied for EAD. So, package that was fully prepared by him (the attorney) is sent without I-131 already.

So, I have a few questions based on this situation and I'd be glad if you could share your valuable opinions;

• Any idea why I would not be eligible or not be recommended to apply to I-131? What could be the reason or law behind this?
• Can I apply to I-131 after receiving application notification (for I-485) for myself and keep it to myself as in, not informing the attorney? I honestly don't feel comfortable with the idea of being stuck until GC finally is approved and we all know how long I-485 step takes overall.

Many thanks to all who take the time to reply to those in need in this forum.

Following on the course of if anything could go wrong it will, interview for GC was today. They informed they never received the medical records from POE. Our proof of immunizations and whatever was put on the CD they gave us wasn't enough. Interview was a bit snippy although she did admit she has seen this before.

Two things. Now we have to have medical done over at our cost thru no fault of our own (between $400 and over $600 depending what is on the cd)

ALSO I have seen others on this forum that have received a "courtesy letter" informing them that USCIC did not have their medical. Well, we did NOT get one, so obviously our field office was not feeling so courteous! Instead she printed out an RFIE dated today, October 8, asking for medical records.

Anyone have a similar experience and if so how did it shake out? Thanks in advance!!

Hi all,

My husband came to the States in August 2018 through K1 fiance visa. Then We got married in October 2018 and he received his conditional GC in September 2019, which will expire in September 2021. My question is when can he apply for unconditional 10 year GC? Since our marriage is two years already can he apply now?

Hello all,

I am reading from some people that for the interview, my fianc will need to bring a birth certificate? what can we do if we can t provide that?

My fianc is currently a Turkish citizen but she was born in China, but since she is part of the Uyghur ethnic people who are being persecuted there it is impossible to get her birth certificate. All she has from china is her old Chinese passport and a Chinese identification card. Will that be enough to to explain her lack of birth certificate? What can we do?

thank you in advance for your help!

Hi All,

My wife (petitioner) and I are looking into buying a house, but since I don't have my green card yet the lender says he won't put my name on the mortgage. This is totally fine for us, but I wonder if that would raise a red flag during our interview. If we didn't have a joint mortgage, would the USCIS officer think that our marriage is not bona fide? I can explain that this was due to me not having my green card yet but still the situation kind of sounds very sketchy to me.