u/motheroflittleneb

I'm a green card holder in the US.

My mother, father, and younger sister (all Turkish citizens) are applying for U.S. B2 tourist visas. They submitted their DS-160 forms in October 2024 and were able to secure interview appointments as a family for the earliest date, which was June 26, 2026. The interview is scheduled at the Ankara embassy in Turkey. We have been waiting for these appointments ever since.

During this time, my sister graduated from university, started working, and traveled abroad several times. As I understand it, we may need to update her DS-160 form. However, the official instructions state:

"Cancel your current appointment.
Update your profile with the correct DS-160 confirmation number.
Schedule a new appointment."

Does this mean that I cannot update my sister's DS-160 confirmation number without canceling her existing appointment? I am concerned that if I cancel the appointment, the next available interview date could be years away.

Could you please advise on what options are available in this situation?

I'm a green card holder in the US.

My mother, father, and younger sister (all Turkish citizens) are applying for U.S. tourist visas. They submitted their DS-160 forms in October 2024 and were able to secure interview appointments as a family for the earliest date, which was June 26, 2026. We have been waiting for these appointments ever since.

During this time, my sister graduated from university, started working, and traveled abroad several times. As I understand it, we may need to update her DS-160 form. However, the official instructions state:

"Cancel your current appointment.
Update your profile with the correct DS-160 confirmation number.
Schedule a new appointment."

Does this mean that I cannot update my sister's DS-160 confirmation number without canceling her existing appointment? I am concerned that if I cancel the appointment, the next available interview date could be years away.

Could you please advise on what options are available in this situation?

Hello,

I am a DC resident since December 2024 and I hold a green card.

My green card expired in December 2025 and I applied three months prior, in September 2025, to extend it as instructed by the US immigration agency USCIS.

A few weeks later, around October 2025, I received the official letter that says my green card has been automatically extended for 48 months. So until December 2029. Since USCIS has a huge backlog and it takes them years to process your green card renewal, they often don't issue you a new card right away but just send you this letter. This is standard practice for almost everyone.

I recently decided to get my driver's license in DC and Real ID so I registered for the online knowledge test. Right before starting the knowledge test, they do ID checks. The acceptable IDs are mostly those that only US citizens can hold like US birth certificate, US passport etc. For an immigrant, your options are a valid visa and/or an unexpired green card.

I presented my green card and the official letter that says my green card has been extended until 2029. I was still denied the test. I was asked if I had a Real ID - but the whole reason why I'm taking this test is to get the Real ID?

Then I was asked if I can provide an unexpired visa. I have a US fiancée visa on my passport that was only valid for three months in 2023 - it is a special visa for foreign fiancés to enter the US in 90 days and then get married and apply for a green card. You may know it from the 90 Days Fiancé show. But it expired back in 2023 and since then I got my green card so I don't even need the visa anymore. When I re-enter the US, I just show them my green card and the extension letter.

I tried to explain all of this to the agent and then to her manager but I was still denied. My fifty dollars went drown the drain. I called the DMV but you can't talk to an agent through their phone line, you can only leave a voice message, which I did. I just want to take my knowledge test without having to pay another 50 dollars... I'm stuck in this weird bureaucratic limbo.

I needed to vent somewhere. Thank you for listening.