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Don't worry about this, as long as your surname is listed under "Husband's Surname" on your wife's NBI clearance and her marital status is listed as "Married". No need for AKA field if the only names your wife ever used on her civil documents are her maiden name and her current married name. It was the same for me -- NBI also removed the AKA field on my clearance. Got approved for IR1 visa just fine. No questions asked by the consulate staff about my NBI clearance without AKA.

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Your fiancee will need to complete CFO, either via tele-counseling or face-to-face seminar. After the online or classroom session, she will get a CFO completion certificate. That certificate will be acceptable for exit immigration at the airport. She can't just show up at the airport without completing the CFO session and hope to get a CFO sticker.

Gender does not matter as far as eligibility for US immigration is concerned. Same sex marriages are legal in the US, so CR1/IR1 is certainly an option even for same sex couples in Turkey or any other country. Same sex couples are not required by the US to get married only in their country of citizenship. They can get married in any country where it is legal for them to do so, or even via Utah online wedding from anywhere in the world with zoom access.

You may petition for your sister right now, or same time that you petition for your mother. But your sister cannot be included as a derivative in your mother's petition. You will need to file separate I-130 petitions for them. Even if you petition for both of them, only your mother can stay in the US, by filing an I-485 application. Your sister cannot file an I-485 and cannot stay legally in the US beyond the expiration of her current stay. She will need to wait for a visa number to be available to her before she can apply for an F4 (sibling of USC) visa from outside the US, maybe in around 16 years or so. After your mother's I-485 is approved (I-130 approval alone is not enough), she may also file an I-130 petition for your sister. It's possible but unlikely that your sister will not age out of F2A (minor child of LPR) category, so I'm assuming that she will be under F2B (unmarried adult child of LPR) category if your mother petitions for her. So your sister cannot file an I-485 and cannot stay legally in the US based on the I-130 petition from your mother. She will still need to wait for a visa number before she can apply for an F2B visa from outside the US, maybe in around 8 years or so, after your mother files the I-130. I assume your sister is here on ESTA? She must leave the US before her current I-94 expires. Because she is already 18 years old, she will accrue unlawful presence if she overstays in the US. Any overstay will jeopardize her chances of visiting the US in the future and could result in a ban.

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I-131 and I-765 are not required, but strongly recommended. Both may be filed for free under category (c)(9), along with the I-485. Just pay the I-130 and I-485 filing fees. Note that there is no biometrics fee for child below 14 -- https://www.uscis.gov/feecalculator If your son does not have SSN yet, he may be able to get SSN sooner with I-765 (EAD), while waiting for the I-485 to be approved. Make sure to check the SSN boxes on both the I-765 and I-485 forms.

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Good catch. I-864W is required, not I-864.

Not really a matter of course. Not every country has an application process for re-acquisition of citizenship like the Philippines does. Some countries allow dual citizenship without application for their natural-born citizens. The UK is one example -- "You do not need to apply for dual citizenship." (from https://www.gov.uk/dual-citizenship). Seems Tunisia also does not require application for dual citizenship, but my google-fu is not strong enough to find an official website to confirm.

Contact both the NVC and the consulate ASAP. If the almost-21yo son does not enter the US with a K2 visa, he will not be able to get another family-based visa through you or your fiancee until after around 10 years from now.

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Did you get an email and/or CEAC inbox message saying "Documentarily Qualified" (DQ)?

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