US Immigration from Japan

Hi, I would like to ask people s experience on how long the biometric appointment itself took you?

I got my scheduled appointment on the same date I have a flight to go to Washington DC to my country s consulate for personal reasons. If the appointment doesn t take longer 1,5 hours, I can still make it to my flight.

I assume it s different in every state, but still would like to know people s experience.

Hello,

My I-864 as the petitioner is done, and I am including:

- 2020 IRS Tax Return Transcript (filed single)

- 6 months pay stubs, letter of employment

- Birth Certificate

- Explanation that I made no income for 2018 and too little for 2019 so no tax return (included W-2 for 2019)

However, I m concerned about the joint sponsor. For them we have:

- 2020 IRS Tax Return Transcript (filed jointly)

- 2020 W-2/1040

- 6 months pay stubs

- Birth certificate

Do they need to include the 1040 and add the 1099s? Or is it enough to add the W-2 to the joint transcript? It should be noted that the sponsor is the sole breadwinner of the family, so the spouses income is 0.

Also, a significant portion of the sponsors income comes from their bonus, but in either case their income is healthily above the poverty threshold.

So for their annual individual income, should they put the annual salary on their paystub as their salary, or project it based on their actual paystub amounts, which would end up much higher? Estimating their annual income will come out to about 10% less than last years tax return, so I m hoping that would be okay and not raise questions.

Any help would be appreciated, as I am close to filing.

Hello,

Can anyone confirm which covid test is valid for entry into the USA?

I have read that the antigen test or NAAT test will be accepted by the airlines. Since one is significantly cheaper, I'm just worried the airlines might decline 1 or the other.

I have searched this forum and the web but couldn't find any information about this question.

For question 46.d on the I-130 form, it says to put "D/S" if the beneficiary of the application is an F1 student. However, the form only allows entering a date.

To get around this, under the the additional information section towards the end of the form, I answered the question correctly as shown below.

Has anyone else done an application online with similar circumstances (needing to put D/S)? I am interested to know what other people did, and if what I did is correct. In particular it would be nice to hear from someone who had their online petition approved.

My concern is that on the draft pdf this question is left blank, but the answer is at the bottom of the pdf attached under additional information.

I have attached these screenshots as well for reference so it is clear what I am talking about, and future people who search this question can see.

Note to admins: None of the screenshots contain personally identifiable information.

I am in the process of completing the online 130 for my wife of 14+ years. Obviously, I want to avoid an RFE, and I have a question about marriage certificate translations and evidence.

Question 1: I have two separate translations of my official Japanese wedding certificate that I had made for other purposes a few years ago:

1. One version is a self-translation that was notarized by the US embassy in Japan. It only contains the basic information from the original (names, dates, etc.) but specifically includes the marriage case number.

2. The second version was made by a professional translator and includes almost all of the information on the original form (Japanese mayor s name, etc.) except for marriage case number. It is already apostilled, though I know this is not required.

Should I just choose one translation (probably the second because it is more complete) or include both translations? Would including both translations complicate the reviewing process unnecessarily or is it a case of the more, the better . I don t know how finicky the USCIS is about the translations at the 130 stage.

Question 2: For evidence, I will of course submit my passport page, the translated marriage certificate with original, and my daughter s US Consular Report of Birth Abroad with our names listed as parents, pictures, etc. I thought I would create a PDF with 10-15 pictures of the wedding, and subsequent years together (with our daughter). We don't have any financial documents in both of our names. Do you all think this would be enough? Seems like the 14 years of marriage and the child would be enough, but other posters seem to have more evidence.