mrsgi65on

Just out of curiosity, what visa did you use to live in the US for 4 years?

A copy is fine. It shold be a notarized copy though.
You have to file before you move to the US. It will take between 12-18 months to process, so start early.

all documents he sends you must be notarized by a US accredited notary. its okay if he is not present as long as your evidence is strong enough to prove that you and your husband was together at the time of having the baby and evidence he is supporting the baby and he is an american citizen.
goodluck

In fact, you have to do the CRBA in Japan -- it must be processed in the country of birth of the child. Your husband can send you the notarized application form and his proof of physical presence in the U.S. You can, once the CRBA is approved, also apply for the U.S. passport. There is a form on line (sorry can't remember the number of it for some reason -- something like DS-4035 -- but you van find it on the travel.state.gov website on the passport pages) that your husband can fill out explaining why he isn't able to be present for the passport application, but that he gives his permission for the passport issuance. That, too, must be notarized before it is submitted.
You keep talking about you and the baby going to the U.S. -- how do you propose to get the baby into the U.S. without a U.S. passport? By law, a U.S. citizen must enter and leave the U.S. on a U.S. passport. To enter with a visa (or with ESTA, which is entering as a non-U.S. citizen) could cause questions in the future.

Pushbrk, thank you. So I guess we can just leave it as is with the roman alphabet signature. It doesn't look much like a signature but I guess it works. Maybe we just have to be consistent from this point on and make sure that she keeps signing any future documents the same way.
mrsgi65on, to answer your questions
yes, we got married here in Japan and live here together. I have lived here for nearly 7 years. I am on her koseki. Yes, she took my surname which is why her signature would differ from what is in her passport.
At this point, it seems like getting a new passport would just be pointless. More paperwork, money and time. The one she has now is perfectly legal and valid. I would rather not risk having the processing of a new passport slow down the I-130 process.
We did type her name on the form in the section that asks for how it is written in her native language in Japanese, so at least that is there.
Yes, I guess we are going for a CR-1 (been legally married about 1 year and 9 months) since everyone says K3 is futile. So, I don't really think there is any better option.

They were guessing, but signing both ways will not be a problem. We don't call it the misinformation line for nothing.

I just thought I would follow up and mention that my father called USCIS and asked what to do about the signature in this case on the G-325A. They said that my wife should sign in both English and Japanese. So, I think we will do that to be safe.

Hi. When my Japanese wife signs her G-325A, I figured that she should sign her name using English. She has no English "signature" so she just wrote her name in pen using English letters. Since pretty much every other legal document that she has ever signed has her signature written in Japanese, would it be a good or bad idea to also write her usual signature in Japanese under or next to the English one?
Has anyone else from countries where the primary language is not English dealt with this before? Thank you.

Sure, you can do CRBA in JP. Does your husband file I-130 petition for you?

You should be apply her CRBA at US Consulate in your country, for the US Passport, they need both parents to sign on application because your daughter is under 16 years old of age. Fillout all required forms, collect as much as evidence you can. Your husband needs an evidence to prove he is the US Citizen, if he was born in US, his birth certificate is enough.
As you said, your daughter was born when you not marry yet. It doesn't matter, the kid who was born out of wedlock still apply for CRBA

Moved from Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America forum to CRBA forum.

For my son's CRBA, Passport and SSN, I did these step
1/ Fillout all required forms
2/ Present some evidence to prove that I'm living with my wife at the time she got pregnant
3/ Show to Consulate Officer all of hopital records during pregnancy
4/ Evidence to prove that I am the US Citizen
5/ Some pictures ( but C.O didn't want to see
The interview took less than 10 minutes and approved. We have his passport and CRBA in 14 calendar days. SSN had arrived at home in USA after 2,5 months
In your situation
- Is you husband lived abroad 5 years before your baby born?
- Why your husband doesn't has a passport?
- Is he the US Citizen when your baby born?
The day we went to the interview, I saw some people just took their kid without the US Citizen spouse but they still got approved. So, your husband dont need to be present at the interview. But you need very strong evidence to prove that he is the father of that kid