US Immigration from Japan

Hey guys, sorry to be back with another round of silly questions:

We just uploaded everything Friday, JST timezone, so waiting to see if we get DQ'd.

First question is not the title: if by chance my Joint Sponsor isn't considered enough, we would get rejected before the DQ for not having "sufficient paperwork" right? Or do they wait until the interview? If they wait, would I just ask a second person to be a joint sponsor and bring their paperwork instead?

And for the title question, if my Joint Sponsor is enough, is it better to still bring 2024 W-2s? We uploaded it now, but due to birth and such we will have to schedule stuff for end of March which is close to Tax-filing time. Better to be prepped for that?

NVC just received our case from USCIS. My spouse is currently in the US on a 90-day tourist visa, and we forgot to get her police certificate before coming. I understand we need this to submit our documents to NVC, and it takes 2-3 months from the embassy here, but only a week or two in Japan. So, we plan to wait until she returns to Japan to get it, which will delay our NVC review by about a month. Is this correct? Can we proceed without the police certificate, or is there any way to get it faster while in the US?

My husband and I finally received email from nvc.

We have been trying to make two payments for a week but every time we click pay now part on their website, it leads to the error page (the pics attached).

It s happening for a week. I tried on my laptop and phone and also my husband who lives in the us, tried the same thing but the result is the same.

I also submitted inquiry on nvc website and all they said was

Thank you for contacting us regarding your difficulties logging into the Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC). The Department of State is aware of the problem and we are working quickly on a solution. There is nothing you need to do about this issue.

We encourage you to continue attempting to access CEAC at a later time as this often appears to resolve the issue.

Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve these difficulties.

Anyone else is having the same issues?

What to do if this keeps happening? Is there a phone number or anything for nvc? Please advise, thank you!!

Hello everyone. I have a quick question for something I am not clear on.

Please see the below part of the I-130 (digital version):

So, from what I understand, I should type my wife's (the beneficiary) name as address in a document in her native language (which is Japanese), and then save it as a PDF.
What I don't understand is the part about the translation.

Since the name and address are in Japanese (hiragana and kanji), that would mean I need to also upload a Roman translated version of her name and address, then also upload a certificate of proper translation?

I know other documents, like birth certificate need the translation and certificate, but does this? it seems to imply it in the file requirements section.

Can someone give some clear clarification on this?


Edit:
Just for further clarification, is it ok to put in roman "Name:" and "Address:" followed by the Japanese, or should I have the whole document be only 100% Japanese?

Example:
Name:
Address: 006-0815 5 11 7-10

Thank you!

Any recent timelines of DQ to IL for the Tokyo Embassy? I'm applying for EB-1A and was DQed on 11/22 but nothing from NVC yet.

I'm starting a new thread because the old one linked here was locked by a moderator.

Many thanks for your input!