Krin

On 10/6/2020 at 10:13 AM, CS_Bradshaw said:

I did the same thing as you did. I took a pic of the sealed envelope and upload it to the CEAC site, but we didn't get any message like you did.

 

Maybe you can try to email the US embassy Tokyo and ask them what to do. I was confused with my Indonesia Police Certificate (whether I should get that or not), and I emailed embassy and they said it is not necessary. But since on the CEAC site asked me about it, I just uploaded the email that I got from the embassy and it was OK.  so you can to do it that way. or you can just take screenshot from the below site where it mention about the Police Certificate. I brought the envelope myself to the embassy at the time my interview.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Japan.html

 

 

Thank you! Sorry for the late reply, I didn't get a notification.
Seems like everything is okay because they accepted our documents now and we have an interview scheduled!
He will take the sealed envelope to his interview~

Hi all,

My husband and I have gotten to the uploading of civil documents for the Consular Electronic Application Center.  We are applying for a CR-1 visa from Japan.

He got his police certificate and we uploaded it to the website due to these instructions from here:

Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: Japanese Police Certificates are issued in a sealed envelope. If the seal is broken, the certificate is considered invalid. Visa applicants should not open a sealed envelope containing a Police Certificate. The applicant must bring the original Police Certificate in a sealed envelope to the U.S. Embassy/Consulate at the time of his/her interview. Applicants should only send a photocopy of the sealed envelope to the National Visa Center, but not the actual police certificate itself.

We scanned the sealed envelope and uploaded it.

Today, we got an email from the CEAC.  The message said:

The police certificate required for JAPAN does not need to be submitted through CEAC. The issuing authority will send the police certificate directly to the interviewing consulate or embassy. Please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find for acceptable documents guidelines.

What???

This is super confusing- we are located in Japan so my husband could go get another police certificate, but do we need to?

I also cannot remove the Police Certificate upload from our documents.

I don't know what to do :< Any guidance?

2 hours ago, Jolissa said:

Oh ok! well it doesn't let me start with 0 or 1 which would be the phone number, so I started with the are area code but then I can't put the whole phone number. Guess Ill clarify in additional information. Thank you!!  

 

Same here- my phone number starts with a 0! And my phone number is also far too long for their American standard phone number entry >< So, I put (000)000-0000 (my number minus that first 0) in my form. Then on the additional information part I put something like "My phone number is a Japanese phone number: +81-00-0000-0000"

Annoyingly enough, a Japanese phone number was acceptable to put in for my husband's information XD Oh well

44 minutes ago, Jolissa said:

Hello! did you have any issues adding the phone number? I really wanted to file online but seems like it doesn't allow overseas phone numbers. Thank you!

I ended up filing online, and for the phone number part, I put my number in the additional information with the reason why. I added in the country code (Japan) as well

I ended up filing online, and for the phone number part, I put my number in the additional information with the reason why. I added in the country code (Japan) as well

...oops I meant to reply. Sorry for multiple posts ><

On 1/23/2020 at 3:50 PM, AlexTragedy said:

Hi! We are abroad and we filed online. I recommend! Much easier and safer, you don't have to worry about shipping documents to the states and you get your receipt (NOA1) almost immediately

Thanks! We've gone through and done most of the petition online for that same reason! Glad to hear the good feedback

Hi, I'm thinking about filing our forms online but a little worried because we're abroad. Has anyone filed from abroad? I've been following this topic for a few days but it's hard to tell.