benjawin

Not sure -- I think that's for a different kind of visa. They usually just ask for the applicant's passport number.

From the instructions packet we got from the Embassy:

"The appointment should be scheduled either online via www.usvisa-info.com or by calling 0850 252 6355 from Turkey or (703) 439-2348 from the United States."

Sey, I can email you the complete instructions if you want.

There are appointments open right now (Oct 2 @ 6:10pm) -- go and get 'em people! We just got the soonest one available: Dec 18th -- not great, but we'll take it!!

Seyfeneva, I think you need the email from the embassy in Ankara before you can schedule an appointment, but I could be wrong -- anyone else know otherwise?

Good luck, everyone!

Congratulations to those of you who have recently made appointments - seriously, it must be such a relief!

But now I'm freaking out over here! I'm checking the CSC website like crazy! Is this really how this works!?

We've been waiting since AUGUST. Why isn't it just first come, first served? This feels incredibly UNFAIR...

K-1 appointments!? Really!? I don't see anything!

Did I miss the big release or just Dec 9th? Oh no!

I remember the same mysterious thing happening to us earlier in September!

An appointment opened up one week away, but we weren't ready with our documents yet, so it slipped through our desperate fingers, and we've been waiting (and hating ourselves) ever since. I think these occasional appearances are the result of people canceling their appointments (a hard thing for us to imagine right now). We've learned our lesson and will be ready if this happens again, but we're really hoping for (and expecting) a big release of appointments SOON. Just wish they were a little earlier than December...

I promise to announce to this forum as soon as I see available appointments.

Who's with me!?

Unfortunately the embassy seem well-rehearsed for and well-buffered against this type of inquiry. The answer is always, "just wait..."

Anyone else had more luck (or similar trouble) making an interview appointment at the US embassy in Ankara in the last month or so?

Unfortunately the embassy seem well-rehearsed for and well-buffered against this type of inquiry. The answer is always, "just wait..."

Anyone else had more luck (or similar trouble) making an interview appointment at the US embassy in Ankara in the last month or so?

Unfortunately the embassy seem well-rehearsed for and well-buffered against this type of inquiry. The answer is always, "just wait..."

Anyone else had more luck (or similar trouble) making an interview appointment at the US embassy in Ankara in the last month or so?

We've been waiting over a month (since August 27, 2013) just to SCHEDULE (not to attend -- I wish...) my Turkish fiancée's K1 interview in Ankara.

Any idea what gives? Anything more we could be doing, besides checking the CSC website three time a day? This seems unnecessarily agonizing.

"There are no available appointments at this time..."

Seems like I'm in a similar boat here -- although mine sailed a month or two later than yours...

Can I ask how you finally managed to schedule your interview appointment? Was it by phone or on their website -- and how often did you have to call/check?

Looks like a 3 month wait, right? And I haven't even haven't even managed to pay the fee yet.

Dear Visa Journey Community,

I've read some posts related to this issue, but I still have some lingering questions... My Turkish fiancee needs to obtain an Italian police certificate (because she lived and studied there for a year and a half) in preparation for her K1 visa interview at the US embassy in Ankara -- but we're not quite sure how to do this.

Someone cranky at the Italian consulate in Istanbul said to do it online, but that doesn't even appear to be an option (as far as we can tell anyway). Going to Italy to get the the certificate in person is also basically out of the question, so it doing it by mail seems to be our best bet (consistent with VJ member postings).

Our plan (per US and Italian instructions online) is to send a written request (application attached), photocopies of my fiancees passport and permesso, fees (16.00 stamp + 7.08 processing = 23.08 euros), and a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Ufficio del Casellario Giudiziale della Procura della Repubblica in Rome.

My remaining questions are:

1) Do we have to state our reason for needing the police certificate in our written request (i.e. K1 visa application)? There's no space for it on the application form, but some sources suggest you need to give a reason...

2) Does 23.08 euros sound like the correct fee? (It seems to cover the official stamp on the certificate and expedited processing.) And what payment methods do the Italians accept -- money order, international check, etc?

3) How do we pay for the return postage from Italy when we're in Turkey? We can't put Turkish stamps on it, and we can't buy Italian stamps in Turkey -- right? And what size and weight of envelope do we pay for?

4) Finally, the US State Department says to send our request to the office in Rome, but my fiancee lived and studied in Milan while she was in Italy. Do we stick with Rome or send our request to the local office in Milan?

Big thanks as always for any help,

Ben

Oops, 2013, right!

And I have a verbal agreement that my job will be waiting for me when I get back, but no real proof since I'm a part-time professor employed on semester-by-semester basis. That said, I'm also planning to have a co-sponsor, so I should be okay right?

Thanks very much!

Dearest VJ,

I've seen similar threads, but not quite the same: Does anyone know if it's a problem for me (a US citizen) to go live with my fiancee (a Turkish citizen) in Istanbul while we complete the K-1 visa process?

We fully intend to come to the US together as soon as we can, but I'll be leaving my current US residence in the meantime, and probably changing the address on our K-1 application to my parents' house in the US.

I received our NOA1 in late February 2012, so we could be waiting in Turkey for a while (6 months?). Do I need to tell the USCIS or State Department that I'm moving abroad or can I just consider it a long visit?

Anyone have similar experiences or foresee any complications? What should I be ready to say and show at the Turkish and US airports? I'm not trying to subvert the system at all -- just trying to see my lady...

Many thanks!

Yeah, sorry for any confusion. We understand that the VSC processing time is in the 6-7 month range at this point. We were just mistaken originally in thinking that this was the total time it would take to acquire a K-1 visa.

Fortunately, we didn't hire the stupid lawyer that gave us this false impression. Also, it doesn't seem like there are any faster alternatives, so I suppose we should just be grateful that the process is officially underway now.

10 months apart just sounds brutal. Is there reason we can't visit each other while our visa application is pending approval? Thanks for all the responses and estimates so far. Just trying to recover from this shock somehow.

A bittersweet day yesterday...

The good news is: we received a text and email (NOA1?) from the Dallas Lockbox that our I-129F has been received and is being forwarded to the Vermont Service Center.

The bad news is: we were told by a lawyer that the whole K-1 visa process would take 5-6 months, but now it looks like it could take that long just to receive our NOA2...

Clearly, we should've considered this more carefully. We checked the processing times on the USCIS website, but we confused them with the total time to receive the visa.

Looks like our plans for August will have to be plans for November. Does this seem more realistic? Anyone have a more optimistic view to counter our sudden pessimism?

Misled and misunderstood...