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To obtain a B-2 tourist visa, you should check the local requirements of the consulate or embassy at which you will be making the application. Generally speaking, you and your wife would be applying electronically through form DS – 160 which would be paid prior to your interview. At interview, you would show all documentation tending to prove that you and your wife have ties and bonds in Turkey to which you will be returning. Items such as proof of your owning the business and its financial status along with bank accounts and properties are usually persuasive evidence that you intend to return. An itinerary of your proposed stay in the States would also be helpful. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.

It indeed may be possible for you to again obtain U.S. immigration benefits for your former wife in connection with re-marrying her. You may apply for a K-1 fiance visa so that she may re-enter the U.S. in order to become married to you within the required time, and then apply for adjustment of status; alternatively you could marry abroad and seek consular processing. Of course, many other details determine eligibility and the best decision among options. It would be wise for you and your former-wife/now-fiance to consult with an immigration attorney who, after learning all of the relevant information, could advise about eligibilities, options and strategies to attain your goals, and who then could offer legal representation in the often complex application process.

Your first option is leaving the U.S. before the 180th day from the expiration of your status - to avoid the penalty (3-year bar on re-entry into the U.S.) Your second option is to speak with an immigration attorney: depending on the circumstances of your case, you might be able to adjust status (get a green card) on your own petition, without our "husband". In either case, you* have* to go to court and file for an annulment of your marriage. A marriage registered while your husband was still married to another woman is illegal and will not become legal after he gets a divorce from his previous wife. Unless you get an annulment now, this false marriage will cause you endless trouble with U.S. Immigration and other authorities, and the longer you wait before filing for an annulment, the harder it will become to convince the authorities that you did not know about your husband's married state when you married him.