Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	ROMANIAN MEDICAL	I don't know a lot about these shots and my fiancee hasn't been to her medical interview yet, but in our instructions HPV is listed as one of the required vaccinations.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2008-03-13 14:11:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Getting married in Istanbul...	There's an Iranian consulate in Trabzon I'm pretty sure. That would be an awesome place to visit I think. Unfortunately, I've not been there nor any place in that vicinity. The closest I can come to a personal recommendation is Alanya or Antalya for scenery and cost. There's not an Iranian consulate, but there's an American one and you'll probably be travelling through one of the other major cities to get to and from there anyhow. We had our wedding party in my wife's hometown near Alanya and it was awesome, but it was a family affair. A huge family affair, but a family affair nonetheless. Edit to add: I got married on a K1 visa in USA so I don't have any information on the paperwork aspect. Sorry. My wife had her birth certificate and police records translated in Alanya in a very short period of time for about 80 lira. QUOTE (miamiwife @ Dec 3 2008, 04:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't know about Iran, but American consulates are in Istanbul and Izmir or the embassy in Ankara. As far as scenic, Ankara is not that nor is it very affordable and it is pretty darn cold if you are getting married in the Winter. Have you checked on the Internet yet for packages? Go with the packages, do yourself a favor with all the planning! Edited by kennyandhandan, 04 December 2008 - 10:47 PM.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2008-12-04 22:43:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Ankara I-134 and Supporting Documents	This is a double post, sorry! I figured I would have better luck with responses in this sub-forum. I know this topic has been exhausted, but can anyone who interviewed at Ankara let me know what they included with their I-134? It seems pretty straightforward, almost too straightforward- but I don't want to overlook anything. I'm including: - Signed I-134 (this doesn't have to be notarized, right?) - Photocopies of 2009 W-2's and 1040 (should I include 2008 and 2007??) - Letter from my bank stating 2009 deposit amount and current balance - Employer letter and paystubs I appreciate any feedback, thanks! Congrats on your NOA2. It seems straightforward because it is! I did get my I-134 notarized when I sent it. My bank did it for me for free. The other stuff you listed should be fine. I wouldn't suggest you send them anything that you expect or hope to get back such as expensive document translations or anything of that sort. Send them copies and have the originals in hand at the interview. When we sent packet 3 we included photocopies of our relationship evidence and my wife took the originals with her to the interview. They didn't even ask to look at anything except pictures at the interview. Best of luck to the two of you. You can message me if you need anything.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-05-05 02:06:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Where are Turkish Grocery Stores and Resturants in Southern CA?	If you're in the Riverside/Moreno Valley area send me a message and I'll help you find stuff locally. In a general sense I'd recommend Super King markets in Anaheim and San Fernando. They have very good produce for dirt-cheap and also stock a lot of Turkish brands. It's also always very crowded. I haven't been to Hamle's in Fountain Valley personally, but I've spoken with the owners and it seems like a reasonably safe bet that you'd find or be able to obtain pretty much anything you could want through them.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-05-11 02:46:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Turkish Police Report- Please help!	We're just starting this process and trying to get ready. Do the Turkish police records come in English, or do these have to be translated into English? They are in Turkish and need to be translated. We paid somebody to do it, but it's my understanding that they can be done by you if you speak both languages and submit a document asserting so. Also, if you pay for translations, I'd advise you submit a photocopy to the embassy and carry the original with you to the interview. Otherwise, you probably won't get them back (like us ) and you'll need the birth certificate translation again later for AOS.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-06-05 02:00:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Turkish Police Report- Please help!	Yea that lol and you know I was joking...no need for apologies! Sure I know. No problem It was a vague answer.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-05-07 02:05:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Turkish Police Report- Please help!	It looks the same, but it has the added sentence for the archived part Kenny! Don't confuse the poor woman lol Suna: that is why you ask for BOTH the CURRENT records (going back 6 months) and the ARCHIVED (arsiv or anything that is older than 6 months)...if you don't ask or make it understood you will get what looks like the attachment above that Elisa has provided...it looks almost the same, but has an easily overlooked added sentence regarding the archived part...should say "yoktur" for both records as in there is no records, meaning essentially they don't have a police record either current or archived ( recent vs. old or "archived" or arsiv in Turkish the S with the tail of course, but my keyboard is not Turkish lol).. Hope I made it so you can understand it guys and you are not more confused lol Sorry for being unclear. The one we have says YUKARINDA K?ML?K B?LG?LER? BULUNAN KI??N?N ADL? S?C?L AR??V KAYDI YOKTUR as well.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-05-06 13:16:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Turkish Police Report- Please help!	Congrats on your approval. That document looks the same as the one my wife had. Suna, you need a police certificate for the interview in Ankara (packet 3). You don't need it to file your I-129F.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-05-05 00:05:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Ankara Embassy	Are the K-1 visas only done in Ankara or are they done in Istanbul too? I have conflicting information and I need to list the location on the i-129f I am about to file. All of the K1 interviews are done in Ankara.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-06-05 00:49:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	OMG Kenny and Handan, your little princess is sooo adorable! Tebrikler!! I'm glad to hear that she is doing well now despite her rough start! Tanya & Ozzy Thanks a lot. Congrats on your sweet little girl. she's just beautiful! Our little one was same exact weight at birth and 17in.. She's now 3 and at the 50th percentile in both! Thank you! Edited by kennyandhandan, 12 October 2010 - 01:37 AM.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-10-12 01:37:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Hey everybody. How's it going? Our baby, Nora, was born on Sept 4 so we've been pretty busy for the past month. My wife and mom are going to take the baby to Turkey some time around April 2011 (tax return time!!!) so that she can spend a while with her other half of the family. I wish I could go too, but Nora had some issues that landed her in the NICU for antibiotics during her first few days, so most of my vacation time is gone already. She weighed 5lbs 13oz when she was born, but already she's past 7lbs as of a week ago. Come February we'll file for removal of conditions for Handan. I hope everybody has a good week. Attached Files  untitled3.jpg   112.27KB   16 downloads Edited by kennyandhandan, 06 October 2010 - 12:43 AM.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-10-06 00:43:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Congratulations on getting your date. You could try asking for an earlier interview. I emailed them to ask for one and they granted it, but you never know. At least you have something to base your plans around now I'm happy for you.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-06-14 23:58:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Thank you SO MUCH. I have searched the embassy web page completely and could find nothing. This is a great help!!!! Thanks again. Glad to help.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-06-04 04:32:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Thanks! We were looking on the Embassy webpage, for the Embassy here in Washington DC and couldn't find any information at all. I will go back and look again and see if we can find some forms. I even tried calling the Embassy, but couldn't get through to a live person. At least I know it's possible and the information is there somewhere. We'll keep looking!! Try this site, Jenn: http://www.konsolosluk.gov.tr/ My better half says we downloaded them from there.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-06-03 17:53:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Hey Jenn. We registered our marriage in Turkey through the embassy in Los Angeles. My wife downloaded a couple of forms and filled them out, took them in, and paid some fees. I'm not sure exactly how it broke down because we were doing several things at once, but I can ask her later. I applied for Turkish citizenship even though I won't qualify until next year. They accepted the form anyway. We also filled out a form to renew my wife's passport. I'm pretty sure we paid fees for all three of those things, but paid them as a lump sum. (I just now called my wife and she thinks it was 10 dollars to file the application to register our marriage. She said it's more if you get the book, but we didn't do that one. She also said you can do all of those things by mail. Just go to the embassy website and download the forms.) Hope that was sort of helpful Also, it was easy dealing with the embassy. It was like a normal office building just outside of Beverly Hills. No long lines or anything, but they were only open like 3 hours a day! Edited by kennyandhandan, 02 June 2010 - 08:34 PM.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-06-02 20:33:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Hi, anitashreve. Congratulations on getting this far. You can read about the experiences that people have had in Ankara here: http://www.visajourn...php?cnty=Turkey Basically, you should take as much evidence as possible. The officers do not all ask for the exact same pieces of evidence, so just be as complete as is realistically possible. There's no way to know what they'll want to see so don't stress out about it! Also, Gil + Pel - Congrats!	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-06-02 00:03:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Hi guys, well im just registered but i have been reading what u guys write for a while already. We are about to apply for Fiancee Visa too. So i have a few questions about that. Actually questions like just for make myself a little more relax. Because i started to get stressed already. My fiancee is working for Navy and she has just gone for a long deployment which is gonna take about 7-8 months. Before she went, we hired an attorney. Name called Ted Huang. We wanted to make it more guaranteed and it was more because of her deployment. So while shes away attorney will still do things for us. She and i already arranged every documents that he wanted from us, and we sent him. At the end of this money, we will pay for last payment so he will apply for us. So my questions are, are there anyone who heard about this attorney? is he good? i think he seems really good. But i read some other posts about other attorneys then i scared a little. By the way, i was going to school before, then i decided to go to military, after 15 months i met with my fiancee online. Between that time, i have never worked in a job. So thats why (still im not working) i couldnt write any job history to our application form. Is this may be a problem? I think they dont care what i have or where i work etc. They care more about my fiancee's job and bank accounts etc. right? Other question is: Do you think we should go to interview together in Ankara? Because its a little hard to do for us because of her deployment, hopefully after we apply if i can take the interview date before she comes back it would be better. She visited me only one time. I couldnt go to US never before. is this would be a problem too? And, attorney and things i read on internet say the military job of her makes the things more possible and fast for visa. Is this true? Thank you so much for ur answers already GL to everyone Hello. Welcome to VJ. I've not heard of your lawyer before. Most people that I know have preferred to file their own K1 papers. The reason being that it isn't usually necessary to pay for a lawyer. I've heard horror stories about lawyers, but I've also heard of slightly improved wait times. I'm not convinced there are any significant benefits to using a lawyer unless you have some complicated circumstance such as a criminal history, complicated previous marriages, child custody issues, or something of that sort. I agree with you that they don't care too much about your work history especially since you finished school and fulfilled your military duty. You are not required to go to the interview together. My wife was approved and I couldn't go. Finally, the only requirement is that you have met in person. Nothing states you must have met on multiple occasions. You guys are going to be fine. Enjoy your wait! Best of luck. I hope for a speedy approval for you.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-05-24 21:21:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Just got my NOA2! Hopefully this means that instead of me going to visit Efe this summer, Efe will move to the US permanently instead Congrats! That's excellent news.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-05-12 20:04:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Anatolian festival in Irvine this week: http://www.anatolianfestival.org/ I guess they have an ayran fountain there	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-05-03 21:29:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Congrats on your successful interview!	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-04-28 14:05:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Sorry to learn about the tough news, Jenn. Here's to a bright future.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-04-27 01:51:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Thanks! I would really appreciate that. Here you go: http://turkey.usemba.../k1k2102009.pdf My wife said that at the interview the officer was mostly interested in our pictures together. I had sent along one that I took just before I got on the plane to leave her at the airport and we had tears on our cheeks. He said "What were you both so sad about?" She told him "We were sad because he was leaving and we didn't want to be apart." He said "Awwwwwwwwwwwwww..... approved!" There was no detailed interview for her or anything like that.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-04-20 21:56:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Hello, people! Thought I'd say hi another Turkish k-1 filer here. I've had a look at the posts related to Turkey, and it seems like the Turkish beneficiary is usually male? o_O It's interesting reading the stories of those that have managed to go through with the process. Makes me think about potential problems with adjusting... Our process is in the NOA2 stage, we've just received approval on the 15th. Pretty quick. I can't help but expect a late RFE or something. Sure hope not... also pretty clueless about Packet 3, I think we'll end up waiting for the consulate to send us the list before starting to collect anything... Congrats on your NOA2. You must be pretty excited by now. I also get the impression that most Turkish beneficiaries in this thread are male, but not so for me and my Turkish wife. Anyway, best of luck dealing with the consulate in Ankara and beyond. It will be a cinch.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-04-19 22:17:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	We had a sonogram today and apparently we're going to have a girl!	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-04-14 22:04:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Congratulations to your husband. That's outstanding.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-04-12 16:15:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	I hope everybody is doing well. I haven't stopped by here for a really long time. Everything is going well for us here. Handan is almost 5 months pregnant now and in a couple of weeks we hope to find out if it's a boy or girl. VJ sent me an email about some site improvements so I wanted to come by to check them out. We went to the Turkish embassy in Los Angeles a couple of months ago to register our marriage and that was an interesting experience. It's in a highrise office building and there are no lines or anything. We went in, talked to the guy at the counter, paid our money, and left The Anatolian festival is coming in May if anybody is in the area. We'll probably check that out.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2010-03-31 18:07:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	QUOTE (JULIAFERNO @ Jun 30 2009, 08:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sibel - You deserve to have everything you have dreamed of and you will, I truly believe that. Everything will fall into place for you. You are wonderful! Kenny and Handan - Congratulations on the Green Card! Onur and I finally sent in his AOS packet today. How long did it take all of your spouses to get their work permit? I am still job hunting and waiting to hear back from a few schools. They are waiting to hear if they will have the funding to hire me! Onur is thinking about going to cosmetology school and training to become a professional hair stylist/cosmetologist. He's looking into the Aveda Institute and a Paul Mitchell School. We'll have to wait until he has his green card so we can apply for financial aid/student loans. Who knows, maybe I will never have to pay for another hair cut again! Good job getting your package sent out. I'd expect a 2-3 month wait for Onur's EAD card. Ours would have been sooner but we got RFE'd on why my wife had a different last name on her passport even though we sent our marriage certificate. We sent the marriage certificate again and they approved it.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2009-06-30 15:47:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	QUOTE (miamiwife @ Jun 26 2009, 06:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi everybody, I am sorry I have been misssing in action on this forum. I have had a rough time lately. We have been having marriage problems for a long time and I think it is time we thought about ending the marriage. I am not going to Turkey to visit him this summer since it seems like neither one of us knows how to fix our marriage, nor really wants to. We don't have the money, he doesn't have the time, and we will just extend the inevitable, because we are trapped in limbo and are both unhappy. It has just been too much time apart, growing in different directions, not being able to get to know the person 7000 miles away, etc. It is hard to read every day about people getting visas, getting married, and getting pregnant when these are the very things I have dreamed about for so long and now are just not going to happen for me. I have made some good friends on Visajourney, so I will continue to check in to see how everybody is doing from time to time, but I probably won't be throwing my commentary in too much. I wish you all wonderful lives and know that all will fall into place for all of you! I'm incredibly sorry it's been so difficult for you	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2009-06-26 20:20:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	QUOTE (ErikaAndHamit @ Jun 25 2009, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kennyandhandan @ Jun 24 2009, 11:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ErikaAndHamit @ Jun 23 2009, 09:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kennyandhandan @ Jun 23 2009, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Handan's green card arrived in the mail today. No more waiting or paperwork until 2011! Congrats to you two! Wasn't Handan pregnant? I forget with all of these pregnancies going around! Good memory We, unfortunately, are no longer expecting. Kennyandhandan I do not want to pry with what that means, but I am sorry Well, hopefully everything all works out However, congrats on that green card!! Hamit and I just files on the 11th for his. At least now you can rest assured there are only one or two more times you have to deal with USCIS in the next decade or so! Where is everyone?? I feel so lonely debresul...how is baby Mehmet? I didn't know camiinistanbul moved to Ca...I am from there...how do you like the people? lol At least, like you said, there is a Turkish community there! Poor Hamit is waiting these lonely months out alone wile I am at work! He is doing well though and studying his English. He had quit smoking before he got here and so cooking has been his obsession now I wonder if Sibel is ok? No problem... we're going to keep trying. We had a miscarriage in December. I was wondering about Sibel too.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2009-06-25 21:30:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	QUOTE (ErikaAndHamit @ Jun 23 2009, 09:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kennyandhandan @ Jun 23 2009, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Handan's green card arrived in the mail today. No more waiting or paperwork until 2011! Congrats to you two! Wasn't Handan pregnant? I forget with all of these pregnancies going around! Good memory We, unfortunately, are no longer expecting.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2009-06-25 01:54:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Handan's green card arrived in the mail today. No more waiting or paperwork until 2011!	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2009-06-23 21:32:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	AOS interview today and we were approved	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2009-05-05 01:01:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	QUOTE (miamiwife @ Apr 18 2009, 04:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey Kenny! We haven't heard from you in a long time! How are you and Handan doing? Hi Sibel. We're doing well. Our AOS interview is coming up pretty soon and we've just been running around a bit lately getting SSN, state id, and stuff like that. Good to hear that you had a vacation recently. Hang in there. I hope everybody is doing good.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2009-04-20 21:19:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	ErikaAndHamit, It was explained to me at our local office that in order to be issued an SSN as a K1 visa holder, it must be applied for after entering the country but before marriage. After getting married the K1 visa no longer applies and you have to wait until the EAD card is received. We found that out too late because we were already married when we went to the office to apply for the SSN. Sure enough, we took my wife's EAD card to the office the same day she received it and we weren't there more than 10 minutes before the SSN was ordered. We were kicking ourselves for like 5 months for not visiting the Social Security office first	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2009-04-18 03:00:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	QUOTE (awaterlily @ Dec 8 2008, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> great news - checked our USCIS online status and our 10 yr PR card was finally approved and card production ordered today! Congratulations. We finally submitted our AOS today. We've been so lazy about it and it was less work than the I-129F.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2008-12-08 20:53:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Thanks ya'll! We're excited	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2008-10-23 23:05:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	I hope everyone is doing well. According to 2 pregnancy tests yesterday, there's a bun in our oven!	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2008-10-20 22:11:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	Thanks, wendya and Julia. Yes, it's her first time in the US. The long flight was excruciating for her (well, for all of us I guess... flying sucks these days) and then I had to return directly to work. We were able to do some grocery shopping one morning and she loved it in our supermarket. I'll have 2 days off starting tomorrow so we can spend time together. My family has been taking wonderful care of her while I have been working. She's really been having fun and I think we both feel a bit relieved that it's not just way too shocking. There is no Turkish population here, but we have found groceries easy. The white mexican cheese is an exact substitute for village cheese	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2008-08-16 16:42:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	I hope everybody is well. I have just returned from Turkey. I took my mom there so we could bring Handan home and we had an amazing wedding party. Finally we are together. Best of luck to everybody here.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2008-08-15 23:37:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Just Turkish	QUOTE (greeneyednurse @ Jun 20 2008, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Where can I find a detailed list like what you found on packet 3? ....I wanna be prepared. I had no idea packet 3 asks for more information about income when that is what the I-134 is supposed to do just that...I am learning more each day and I am glad you told me or I would be clueless until I actually had packet 3. Now, is packet 3 for the K-1 visa? Thanks again. Hi, Erika. After sending your K1 petition, you receive NOA1 that lets you know they have accepted your payment. Next, you receive NOA2 meaning that USCIS has approved your petition and forwarded it to NVC who, in turn, forwards your file to the embassy in Ankara. They do a little processing magic at the embassy and then send your fiancee what is referred to as packet 3. However, once you receive your NOA2, you and your fiancee can begin filling out the forms and collecting the appropriate documents before he will even receive the packet 3 in the mail. You can get those from the embassy website along with the instructions: http://turkey.usemba...visa_forms.html The US embassy in Ankara does things a little different from many other countries in that you submit everything to them by courier along with packet 3. This will include your tax ####### and your fiance's birth certificate and translations and all of that. Reading the K1 instructions from that link above will probably answer most of your questions. Don't worry... it's pretty easy.	kennyandhandan	Male	Turkey	2008-06-24 09:00:00