Aaron_WSU

I need help. Please.

My fiance sent a package in July. Well, he included 6 pictures of us. BUT, one of those pictures has a wrong date. It was only taken by his cellphone. He took all of them to Walgreen to develop. OK, the picture which was taken by his cell has a correct date on the back of the picture. Usually any pictures taken by cellphones show dates. He thought that the date was a file number. He got stressed out and tried his best to find the date. (well, it was there!). And he remember it was something summer, so he estimated that the date was July 10th. It caused trouble. It was taken by sep 9th, 2006 AND, on July 10th, I was visiting my family in Japan, so there was no way we could take a picture together. Well, now, I have no idea what to do. A lawyer said do not call USCIS and just wait. BUT, if I do not get RFE or any chances to fix this problem, I need to do that before my interview at the embassy. I do not want to swear before I fix. Should I send a letter to the embassy if I get NOA2? Or what should I do? How should I explain about this stupid mistake? I hope that USCIS deny us due to dishonesty. It was a simple error and we included other pictures which are fine. Ahh Pls. Help me.

I think you'll be fine. If ANYTHING you could get an RFE for lack of evidence, but I imagine that you will be just fine. The embassy didn't even ask to see any evidence from my fiance.

Ah, my case has been touched, first time in 4 months and 2 days... I'm hoping for the best!

Oh, a few minutes after I posted this, I got a confirmation email for the USCIS...

This wasn't just some touch, they sent out my NOA2! WOOO HOOOO!

Man, NOA1 to NOA2 has to be the worst part of the process... waiting and waiting while being separated. But, it's moving forward now. My day is full of awesome today.

get ready for things to move faster from here. Have your fiance start getting her stuff together because the Japanese embassy is FAST!

That's great!! I forgot that you had told me that you'd be there. I'm really happy for you. You have to visit a temple for New Years (Hatsumode) and view the first sunrise (Hatsuhinode) There's a great place on top of the mountain between Osaka & Kobe for hatsuhinode. My son and I went for New Years 2004 and although it was really cold and windy, it was beautiful!

I'm not sure what our New Years plans are yet. Most likely they will be spent with her family. For Christmas I think we are going to go to Nagano, but I'm not so sure.

Sayaka was approved at the embassy yesterday. Visa will be to her door in about a week they said. I guess it was a really quick interview at the Japanese embassy.

Congratulations Aaron! (& Sayaka, too!) Daisuke got packet 3 at the end of last week, ordered his police certificate yesterday and will call to schedule his medical exam in the morning. I'm glad the interview was quick and easy for her. Will she be able to get here by Christmas?

She could be here by Christmas if I wasn't going there from the 17th of this month until the 7th of January. She will be coming home with me though. She confidently put in her resignation even before going to the interview so she could spend all of the Holidays with me no matter what happened. (that and she was tired of her job anyways). Now that she is approved we will be packing and mailing stuff back to the US, and having a nice Christmas and New Years together in Osaka.

Sayaka was approved at the embassy yesterday. Visa will be to her door in about a week they said. I guess it was a really quick interview at the Japanese embassy.

As of Yesterday Sayaka was approved at the embassy for her K1 Visa. They said she should be getting it in the mail in 1 week!!!!

Congrats to those that have recently been approved, and my best wishes to all those still waiting!!

For any Japan filers, the Tokyo embassy moves extremely fast. Sayaka just received her interview date for 12/3. Looks like we will be coming back from Japan together when I go to visit!

Congratulations!!! I hope he is adjusting well to American life. It is so cold here in Eastern, WA I'm afraid when Sayaka gets here in January that she might freeze to death

Hello Everyone!

Giving everyone an update. Yuibi arrived safely two weeks ago with Visa in hand! We couldn't be happier to finally be reunited after such a long time!

But a word of caution to everyone with your point of entry- as that this happened to us and we are now facing more problems because of immigration. When you enter the USA make SURE that the immigration officer gives you your I-94 back. They did not give ours back at Houston. You need this to get a SSN and apply for Adjustment of Status.

So now another battle begins for us

w00t. My fiance just received packet 3 today :dance:

ヤタ!!!

Sayaka just got packet 3 from the embassy!!!

I don't look down upon illegal immigrants as individuals, and i will admit there are positives and negatives to having an influx of uneducated immigrants. I am a big fan of the Diversity Lottery program, because I believe that if we are going to have immigrants in this country that have no prior connection with loved ones in the US, then they should be from many different cultures in the world.

Konnichiwa Aaron and all Japanese filers,

I am just curious but what is RFE trick? How much it would speed up the process? I have seen many people mention RFE trick here, and was always wondering...

I hope your fiancee will get the visa soon!

RFE trick won't speed up the process at all. The only thing it will do is allow you to talk to someone at the Service center where your petition was sent. Most likely, they will just tell you that your case hasn't been assigned. It seems that once the cases hit a desk, they move pretty fast. I would recommend being patient and watching when other filers around you get approved, that should give you a better idea when your time is coming!

Good luck!

Hello fellow Japanese filers!

I am still filling out paperwork as my fiancee gathers a few more documents and I've run into a question. How did you enter Japanese addresses into your G-325A and I-129F forms? My fiancee is from Tokyo and I am having a hard time fitting the Japanese addresses into the forms. Did you just add a sheet with this information?

Thank you and good luck everyone!!

-Tim

I was lucky that my fiance's address was small enough to fit easily. Although her father took her mother's last name when they got married so that created a bit of confusion.

Mine took about a month. It says if you haven't received anything in 30 days then to call NVC.

Just got an email reply from NVC. Our case has been forwarded to the Japanese embassy!.. w00t!

Hello Japanese filers!

I just wanted to let everyone know that there is action being taken at the California USCIS. My filing date for our I-130 was June 11th.

We had our first “Touch” on Wednesday night (Oct 17th) at about 7:30 PM and were approved by 11:30 PM the same night. It looks like they are working overtime to get things moving.

My wife and I are now starting our journey at the NVC. It took over 4 months for us at the USCIS California office and I believe that is about the average length. I am hoping that it will only take about 3 months for NVC.

I know that it is hard to wait because I was checking the USCIS website at least 10-20 times a day because I was impatient; I know it will happen for you!

I wish everyone luck and I hope that the USCIS moves fast for you!

NVC bound…..

You might be in for a wait for your petition to get sent to NVC. My fiance and I were approved the 25th and I still haven't gotten word that our case was sent to NVC. Congrats on the approval though. One step closer to being back together!

Are you waiting on written confirmation or did you call the NVC to ask?

Just called NVC today and they got us into the system yesterday. From others on the forum and myself I would estimate it is about a month between NO2 at CSC to NVC... although it seems like they are pretty quick to get the petitions to the embassies.

I just got off the phone with NVC. They received our case yesterday!!!!!! :dance: :dance:

Ron Paul makes a lot of sense but he comes across as crazy.

what is crazy is that we have been bullied and lied to for so long. Ron Paul is the only candidate looking to the problems plaguing this country. Guiliani would seek to increase presidential powers and get us further entrenched in foreign wars, and any democrat would seek to gorge our already bloated federal government with more social programs. Furthermore, Clinton and Obama aren't even talking about getting us out of Iraq.

Hello Japanese filers!

I just wanted to let everyone know that there is action being taken at the California USCIS. My filing date for our I-130 was June 11th.

We had our first “Touch” on Wednesday night (Oct 17th) at about 7:30 PM and were approved by 11:30 PM the same night. It looks like they are working overtime to get things moving.

My wife and I are now starting our journey at the NVC. It took over 4 months for us at the USCIS California office and I believe that is about the average length. I am hoping that it will only take about 3 months for NVC.

I know that it is hard to wait because I was checking the USCIS website at least 10-20 times a day because I was impatient; I know it will happen for you!

I wish everyone luck and I hope that the USCIS moves fast for you!

NVC bound…..

You might be in for a wait for your petition to get sent to NVC. My fiance and I were approved the 25th and I still haven't gotten word that our case was sent to NVC. Congrats on the approval though. One step closer to being back together!

I'm emailing my senator tonight. I suggest everyone else does it. When they have senators calling them and telling them to get it together, they will be forced to.

I'm starting to get frustrated. I was approved on the 25th, but our case STILL hasn't been sent to NVC. This is ridiculous. It says the approval notice expires 1/21. I'm starting to get concerned.

What is more troubling to me is Putin announcing that they will be developing a "new generation of nuclear weapons".

GT right?

I'm not a big mustang fan myself, but it holds a lot of sentimental value for you!

seriously though... what is with all the trolling? There is having fun, and then there is littering the forum with garbage.

she only wants you for your greencard????

oh wait did i say that LOL