Calobjay

I just want to make sure im doing the right thing. We live in washington so it will be the Nebraska choices, correct?

We applied for a social security card about a month ago and are waiting to receive it in the mail, we are also ready to send AOS off too. My questions are-

Do we put N\A for social security number since we dont know it yet. And also, on the I765, we we say we dont want to apply for one there since we already have? Thank you. 

Do we need to submit form i693 with aos? My wife came on a k1 visa. Thanks! 

10 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

I don't have the foggiest idea why you paid $500 for a PC when there are procedures to get want free. Here is the process and the link where this information comes from.

 

Police Certificates 

Available

Fees: Free at Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, but varies from prefecture to prefecture

Document Name: The Certificate of Criminal Record.

Issuing Authority: The headquarters' records section of the Metropolitan or Prefectural police issues certificates which include a nationwide criminal records check.

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.

Issuing Authority Personnel Title: There is no issuing authority personnel title

Registration Criteria: There are no registration criteria

Procedure for Obtaining:

Applicants Physically Present in Japan: Foreign nationals holding legal resident status and Japanese citizens must apply in person at the Metropolitan or Prefectural police headquarters having jurisdiction over their present place of residence in Japan. Processing time is approximately two-three weeks.

Applicants Outside of Japan: Former legal residents, former illegal aliens, and Japanese citizens, should apply at the nearest Japanese Consulate. Issuing Authority is National Police Agency. Processing time is approximately two-three weeks.

Applicants Physically Present in Japan as Illegal Aliens: Officially, the Japanese police will not process requests for police good conduct certificates from illegal aliens while they are physically present in Japan. In some cases, however, the police will issue the appropriate police certificate, provided that the illegal alien submits to deportation proceedings and agrees to leave Japan by a date specified by Japanese Immigration.

Police certificate from U.S. military base: Criminal records from the Japanese police authority and from U.S. military bases are not cross-indexed. Therefore, a crime that occurred in one jurisdiction may not be reported to the police of the other jurisdiction. U.S. military applicants (civilian employees, military personnel, and family members) who are physically present in Japan under the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) must show the results of a local military base police records check as well as a Japanese police certificate. Processing time: Approximately two weeks.

Local military base police records checks are unavailable to applicants outside of Japan. However, Defense Department law enforcement agencies may be able to determine if an applicant who formerly resided in Japan under the SOFA engaged in criminal activity.

Certified Copies Available: Certified copies are not available

Alternate Documents: There are no alternate documents

Exceptions: None

Comments:  Japanese police certificates are based on fingerprints. Japanese police certificates will not contain information about criminal convictions when:

• The period of probation is completed.
• Ten years have passed after the period of imprisonment is completed or waived, provided the individual has no further punishments or fines.
• Five years have passed after paying a fine or after an imposed fine was waived without any further punishments or fines.
• The conviction was vacated, or the offender was subject to a pardon or amnesty.
• The conviction is for minor traffic violations.
• The offender is considered a minor under Juvenile Law article 60; or
• The sentenced punishment was abolished after sentencing.

The headquarters' records section of the Metropolitan or Prefectural Police issues certificates which include a nationwide criminal records check. It is unclear how long it takes for criminal information to be submitted into the national database.

Note: A limited validity Japanese passport may be indicative of a criminal history in Japan, although a police certificate may not show a criminal background.

 

Japan (state.gov)

 

We need a little housekeeping on your end. Many of our answers are predicated on the information you supply in your profile. When we look at the left column and can't determine your timeline OR your Embassy it's hard for us to give you a factual answer. Our answers will sometimes be tailored to a specific Embassy hence the reason for you to complete your profile. If you look at the profile of others here, they have a flag for their country, so it makes it easy for us to reply as we can quickly determine their Embassy. The country that should be used is the country where the interview will take place.
 
So, if you could help yourself out and complete your profile that sure would help us out when we want to reply to your question with factual information.

 
Timeline: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RTx4pIFfcIXyW15L-nyLuBGzwqYRx5lI/view?usp=sharing

Country and Visa Type: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RyJiLo_7WTmqvkzXXqLuOlVHm9oyhAES/view?usp=sharing

 
Once you finish that then return and you will see a flag in your profile. Select it and see what wonderful information will open up for you.
 
Thanks

OOOPS! I mean the Canadian Police Certificate. The Japanese one is free!

Hey guys. We did a police check from Japan for my fiancés police certificate last month on the 17th. We will have not received it yet in the US. Is this normal? It cost like $500 so im super stressed. 

15 minutes ago, ff555 said:

I was about to go sleep, but i couldnt stop my self to answer your worries. We had the same situation, and i exactly know what you feeling.

First of no worries and relax. Secondly, in the following days they will update you with new Case number. Make sure 3 letters of your case number matches where your fiancee wants to have interview. Call them one more time after NVC update and confirm that they assign the correct location.

 

You are ok, you will be ok...

Thank you... your message really calmed me down. I am beyond frustrated so it all boiled over when I heard Montréal. Youre the mvp for tonight- thank you. 

Hey guys I am torn right now. 

I called to receive my case number and realized NVC assigned my Japanese fiancé to the embassy in Montreal. She lived in Canada for a working holiday, but has no ties. Her current mailing address was put as Japan and the embassy was out as Japan too... yet they still assigned it to Montreal. 

Montreal has not began taking k1 visa so our case is at nvc now. I called and the person said he put in a request to change and I also made an inquiry online with a photo of her Japanese passport. 

Im stressing out and freaking out now. Do you think the steps I made were good enough? Any help would be amazing......

Just now, Jorgedig said:

Try to call them on Monday.

Do you think they'd deny the application? Even if I call them? 

50 minutes ago, SmallTownPA said:

You should see the check clear in about 3 days.  5 at the most.  Paper checks are not mailed around like in the old days.  Scan the image, read the magnetic account numbers, ACH the account.

I did mine by credit card and they received it Wednesday morning... should I be worried?

Hey guys! So the lockbox received my petition on Wednesday.  I'm wondering how long does it take for the payment of $535 to be taken out? Thanks!

1 minute ago, payxibka said:

You asked what process is being affected by covid 19.  Right now, its the consulate process.   Tomorrow,  this might all change. 

Consulate process. So this means the consulate in, for example, Japan. The process in dallas as far as taking the money and acceptance notices wont be effected?

6 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Consulate process 

I'm sorry. What do you mean? 

Ucsis lockbox just receive my i129f application today.. does the suspension of non immigration visas effect the process? Or does it just effect interviews? I'm freaking out, thank you.