Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	please respond me	so you are direct filing to the consulate? if you do that you will have the visa pretty fast...	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-05 22:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Tax transcripts	transcripts will save you a lot of paper and time. photocopying the actual docs takes longer and makes more paper. get transcripts! it's easier!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-07 01:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Quick G-325A Question	they say to send extra copies of it because multiple people will take them. don't really know if you HAVE to though. i sent 4 copies.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-07 01:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Worry about my interview,	i don't think you will need 1,000 plus pages for your interview...it's a bit of overkill. you just need a few pages of each type of sample with dates that vary to show the length etc. don't worry so much!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-07 01:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Best places to get translations that arent $39 a page?	i translated everything myself and had no problems. do it yourself and save that money for some chipotle or something. hah.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-07 01:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Question about affidavit of support	i think you only have to be above it at the time that you are petitioning the spouse. 3 years is just to show that you are stable and have been above it for 3 years. if you haven't been, then you don't have to show 3 years.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-07 01:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Letter from the Embassy	good luck!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-05 22:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NVC Timeline	if you call the NVC number you can access the AVR and enter the CIS number you were given for NOA1. from there you can see if you have an NVC number yet. without waiting for an operator.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-08 17:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	EZ IR1/CR1 entire process!	can you add something in before the NVC stage telling people to get their PCC right after they get their NOA2, to avoid delays at the NVC stage??? that step costed me a LOT of extra time. Edited by tokyo.lovers, 11 September 2010 - 02:01 AM.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-11 02:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	IR1 THROUGH GUANGZHOU - ELECTRONIC PROCESSING	did you try posting this in the china country thread?	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-26 21:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	no green card yet??	we waited and it came on it's own!! it took about 1 month, but we had to go to the SS office to get the SS card.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-11 02:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Need advice. NVC process	yeah i think only a few places can do the electronic versions. sending by mail is fine anyway. it can be there in less than 24 hours if you send it by express.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-08 17:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Wow..a lot of info to take in	doesn't your passport say where it was issued?	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-11 01:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Update on extended time to process documents - less than 6 weeks	that's good to hear! things are probably getting back to normal now that the peak summer visa season is over.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-11 01:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	What would you do if you were me?	well hopefully if you contact someone something can be done.....	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-08 17:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	photocopy of passport (color/Black and white)	black and white is fine. though it's not hard to get color copies of things either. good luck.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-07-26 00:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	HEEEEEEEEEELP	some say the visa process takes so long and is unpredictable. therefore you were never able to plan anything like traveling to see each other.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-10-14 02:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Reschedule interview date..new here	call the embassy!!!!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-08-03 22:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	We got a CR1 visa in less than 2 months!!! Can we enter the USA for one week and come back 6 months later?	yeah apparently you can come and go but you must meet a residency requirement i think. i don't think you can be outside of the USA for more than a certain ### of days a year.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-07-15 18:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	how to know about my I-130 approval	after my wife became citizen in last month they send her a mail and inform that my status has been changed also they send her USCIS account number what was your status changed to? do you know?	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-20 00:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	July 2010 CR-1 filers	welcome to the journey all july memebers!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-08-16 00:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	July 2010 CR-1 filers	I just received a text message from USCIS as I was browsing the forum. "your applicatin was received. Receipt #EAOXXXXXXXXX. Official Receipt Notice (form I-797) to follow in mail. i think that is the NOA1???	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-07-29 20:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	July 2010 CR-1 filers	welcome to the game!!! though it can sometimes be like that movie, running man....	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-07-24 13:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Two Translation Questions	i translated the birth cert by myself. it was not hard. you can download already translated fill in the blank files from the TOKYO embassy website!!! for the PCC you don't do anything. do not open it or anything. i THINK the documents do not really have to be translated since it is the country of origin. but i am not sure about tokyo. we translated ours to be safe though. Edited by tokyo.lovers, 11 August 2010 - 12:29 AM.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-08-11 00:28:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Immigration Phone Call??	i hope you did not give them any personal information on the phone??	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-08-25 23:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 - documentary evidence	NVC will need all new documents that are originals!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-11 02:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Signitures	i know on my man's new japan passport they FORCED him to sign in english cursive, no kanji allowed. don't know about documents, but it may be a good idea to sign in cursive next to the kanji to be safe.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-11 02:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F Package Binding	i stapled the forms that were multi-paged together. i did this because i clipped them all, but the guy at the embassy went and stapled it all and made a big mess anyway. it doesn't really matter if you staple or clip. they will take out staples, they have staple removers, if they need to. and you don't have to do the hole punches, cuse they do that. just make sure it's well organized and put those little label flags on it and you're gold!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-09-11 02:22:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Question about different spelling of Fiancee's name and how that relates to signature and passport	name must be consistent over documents or you will have to resubmit.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2012-10-23 11:09:00
Asia: East and Pacific	JAPAN Police Record HELP!!!!!	can anyone tell me what to do??? do i get the PCC (police record) BEFORE i send the IV package for cr1 visa??? or can we send this AFTER i send in the IV package or do i have to wait for the NVC to contact HIM in japan!?? help someone please!!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-03-19 03:02:00
Asia: East and Pacific	JAPAN - Can you QUIT your job!??? HELP!!	so he can quit his job? even though it says it's his present job on his DS230. even if he quits after i submit the documents, it will not matter???	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-03-22 14:37:00
Asia: East and Pacific	JAPAN - Can you QUIT your job!??? HELP!!	My hubby wants to quit his job now. it is not related to anything for the visa. but the i-130 and DS230 documents have the information about his current job. the embassy website says you MUST not quit your job before you get a visa. if he quits, will they not give him a visa because he quit his job???? http://tokyo.usembas...pptrequest.html what if he gets a new job before his interview etc???	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-03-22 03:25:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Questions for those from Japan and New Zealand	you could try calling the embassy or just do some research online see what other people do. it will probably take awhile either way. it takes 2 weeks to get the PCC if you are a japanese and live in japan, i can't imagine how long it takes for a foreigner abroad...	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-08 20:13:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Thai teachers fail in their own subjects...	but you don't like to eat at saatii waan??? (31)?? or baskin robbins?	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-10 13:50:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Thai teachers fail in their own subjects...	japan is probably worse. none of the english teachers know anything about english. pathetic.	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-09 16:57:00
Asia: East and Pacific	It's Not Called "The Land Of Smiles" for nothng	hahah. if she is so scared of monkeys she should not have gone to a monkey beach!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-18 00:23:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Tokyo Embassy Interview Experience Details	Thanks for the well wishes! I was digging around a bit and I found this link on the VJ site: Tokyo, Japan, US Embassy / Consulate Info. It looks like we'll need some kind of proof before they will issue the Police report. Good thing I received the hard copy of the NOA2 today in the mail. I'll just scan that in and send it to her; she can use that along with whatever the US Embassy sends her. that's all we did! he also took some other documents too, but i think he only needed to show NOA2!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-26 22:17:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Tokyo Embassy Interview Experience Details	hmmm yeah i don't know about K-1. but i am sure the PCC is the same. you only need NOA2 to get it i am sure!! good luck!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-23 16:52:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Tokyo Embassy Interview Experience Details	congrats on noa2!!! now go get the PCC NOW!!!!!!! that way you have it to send to the NVC right away!! seriously, get it now. it takes about 1 or 2 weeks to get the results! if you do it now you can have a quick NVC trip!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-22 15:01:00
Asia: East and Pacific	Tokyo Embassy Interview Experience Details	Hello all! So for all curious as to how the interviews in tokyo go, here is our experience's details! He arrived early. about 1 hour early. there was no one waiting outside the embassy so it was easy to enter. At the door he received some checklists and they security checked his bag twice. The embassy was not that busy that day. only about 7 people were there for immigration visas at that time. (early morning) There was probably only 2 people doing the visa interviews. When entering the main building a lady gave him a number, and he took a seat. After waiting about 30 minutes they finally called his number. He went to the counter and a Japanese lady just checked some documents and he gave her his medical results and the expack 500 (envelope for sending the visa in). She then asked in Japanese, "What is your wife's father's name?" "Is she working?" then the lady was talking to herself and said something about how i have worked at my job for about 10 years. (apparently she was not impressed by it. whatever!! ) She then told him to go wait again. and he waited some more. About 30 minutes later they called his number and he did the fingerprinting. American girl was friendly and told him to go sit down again after it was done. After about maybe 20 more minutes they finally called his number for the interview. the interviewer is some american guy (LUCKY!! ). he took an oath and then he handed him some document to sign (ds-230??). then the interview began. "When did you meet?" "Does she study Japanese?" "How many times did she come to Japan?" "When did she leave Japan?" "When did you get married?" "Where did you get married?" "How many times did she come back to Japan (after the marriage)?" "Have you been to her house in the USA before?" "How many times did you visit?" "What do her parents think of you?" "What kind of work do you do?" "Will you do that in the USA?" Congratulations! Your visa is approved. You will receive your visa in about 1 week. he says the interview was more like a conversation. haha. The guy didn't ask for ANYTHING!! no evidence at all. so lucky us! some other people had to show photos or other evidence. so our case must have been good! alright!!! Now we are done with this visa stuff for 2 years!! THANK YOU GOD!!! THANK YOU VJ MEMBERS!!! without all you we would have been lost!!	tokyo.lovers	Female	Japan	2010-06-21 05:00:00