US Immigration from Turkey

Hello Everyone,
I need some guidance and wanted to see what the best course of action would be.
I finished my masters in France and wanted to go to US to reward myself as a tourist which was my intention at the time and how i got in to US.
My plan was to stay for 3 months then go back to France. I am in US for 40 days now and for the past 20 days i have been in a relationship with a US Citizen. She is 39 years old single mom while i am 28 with no kids. We just discovered that she is pregnant so we started talking about marriage and i do want to marry her.

I have been reading online and apparently AOS can work, from what i understand my initial intent matters the most and it was just touristic nothing else.
Do we get married and start the paperwork ? I can afford to stay in US and wait for the process. I am a Turkish Citizen and she is from US born and raised.
Is it possible for me to get married so i can stay with her and the baby ?

Thank you for reading and i appreciate any help.

Hi All,

My fianc e and I are planning getting married on this weekend (December 2024) via a Utah online marriage, which I previously made a post about. We are planning on applying for a CR1 visa ASAP after that is complete. I have been compiling evidence of our relationship and I am concerned that it might not be sufficient. Below is a summary of what I have found so far:

Some notes:

• The evidence from Serbia/Czechia/Italy is from vacations we took to those countries together.
• I am a US citizen and she is a Turkish citizen.
• We live together at the apartment I own in Turkey, but her name is not on the deed.
• We also have no joint financial accounts and she is not on any of the utility bills except the internet bill. This is because she is currently in university (I am 23 and she is 21) and as such she is not earning an income. I am concerned that not having obvious financial ties will weaken our case.
• We are able to get affidavits from friends and family if needed but I've read that these don't really hold water.
• I also have a lesson confirmation for Turkish lessons in December 2024, not sure if that matters.

Does this evidence seem sufficient for a CR1 visa application? Are there any critical pieces of evidence we might have overlooked? I have tried to provide as much information as possible, but if there's anything else that would be helpful, please let me know. I am very new to all of this and am trying to move as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance for any replies!!!

Hi All,

My fianc e (Turkish citizen) and I (US citizen) are living together in Turkey, and would like to get married and start our CR1 application ASAP. To get married in Turkey, I need a notarized Affidavit of Eligibility to Marry from the US Consulate here in Istanbul. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to secure an appointment until mid-January, which is later than I would like. There is also the issue of getting this document translated, getting the translation notarized, and then getting it approved by local officials.

Given this, we are looking into getting married online in Utah. Because we are living together, I believe USCIS will view the marriage as consummated and legitimate. My main question is this - Will USCIS accept a "digitally certified" copy of our marriage certificate for our initial application? I have searched online and on VisaJourney but haven't been able to find a clear answer. It seems like they will, but I just want to make sure. For context, here is the Utah County Clerk's page explaining what this is: https://www.utahcounty.gov/dept/clerk/marriage/digitalvspapercertcopy.html We will also have the physical certificate mailed to us, but this will add an additional 3-4 weeks - which defeats the whole purpose of getting married online.

I am totally new to the world of US immigration, apologies for any mistakes. Thanks in advance for any replies!

Hi everyone!

I'm filing Adjustment of Status soon and last thing I need done is translating my birth certificate. I came across a post from some time ago saying that you can actually do your own translation and attach a statement certifying that you're fluent in both languages and that the translation is accurate, sign and date and that's it. Is this still the case?

The documents I'm translating are super easy and took me 10 mins to finish but I'm just wondering if this is actually allowed or is it going to be flagged as conflict of interest, or is there any other formatting requirements I'm missing?

Thanks in advance for your time to help!

Hi everyone,

My husband and I are filling out the affidavit of support application and we have a confusion. In part 6, items 23 to 24c, we're asked about his tax returns and total income. As it says in that section, we're only required to provide the most recent year's tax return, which is what we're doing. But then below that it asks to put in total income from all three past years' total income one by one. Question is, since we're including only the most recent year's tax return, do we also fill in just one box for total income, or do we need to fill in all three years' total income each even if we don't provide the tax returns for the other two years?

Thank you anyone who takes the time to help!