Diego009

Thank you for your reply. Knowing that the NVC will route it appropriately takes a weight off my shoulder. I guess since the time that filed I had forgotten about the AOS requirement and got anxious when I started seeing many posts about people going through AOS with their Japanese spouses. I do need to sit down and really understand the process. Thank you. #1 was my biggest concern. Will definitely make time this weekend to brush up on the process.

Hi All, I've been following https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition.html and a few other guides. I submitted I-130 online in August 25, 2022. It is at the Texas Service Center. I am a USC and my wife is a Japanese citizen residing in Osaka. So the problem is that in 62a - 62c, I put down Osaka, Japan for the location of embassy/consulate. Not sure where I had gotten the information from, but I thought there was one in Osaka that could be used for Visa interviews. Now the pages on Visajourney and https://www.usembassy.gov/japan/ only say the one in Tokyo. How big of a mistake is this? Any way for me to amend it without impacting my wait time on I-130? Also, I read mixed comments about AOS and Consular paths. For Japan, when I submitted, I was under the impression that doing the consular filing was better, but the more I read up on it the more it worries me that I might have made a mistake. Any insight on this? Next is what are things I can do while I wait for I-130 approval? Should mail the I-864 and supporting documentation now (5 months into waiting), or do I wait to fill out after I-130 approval?

Thank you for this insight. We will do the name change in Japan. I am considering filling out the I-130 as per your suggestion. Someone below also said something similar, but mentioned that the name change should be brought up during interview. Thank you for your reply. Is there any negative impact for filling out paperwork with her married name and just adding her maiden name under the other known aliases? There seems to be some disagreement as to how to file the I-130 in such a situation. All of my wife's documents have her maiden surname, but will be changed in the next 2 months. All of the supporting documents with the I-130 will have her maiden surname.

Thank you for your reply. Her passport is also with her maiden name, so that's another reason why we decided to try and fill out the I-130 with what we have. Changing her name in Japan would take a while. She's actually staying with me right now and leaving tomorrow ;_; her trip was actually accelerated as a result of us hitting a roadblock immediately with that I-130 requirement of marriage consummation. Thank you for the heads up though.

Hi all, I apologize if this has been asked before, but a quick search didn't yield results that match my situation- -I was married by proxy in Japan on April of this year -Since I'm a foreigner, my wife was told that her last name would be kept (this is how the Japanese marriage certificate is) My current plan is to fill out and submit the I-130 and change her last name later through a name change process here in California. Before I start the I-130 I wanted to ask if there should be any other plan to consider or if there's any issue with her using her maiden name? The most important thing to me is getting her to the US as fast as possible.