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[ahoka 0]

Tomorrow at 3 pm I'm on my way to Tokyo for our interview!!!

Wish us luck everyone!

See you there iceman and sarudoshi!

Good luck to you all!

[celiothrkn 0]

NVC tells me that my application/documents are on their way to the US Embassy in Tokyo.

After the Tokyo embassy receives documents from NVC, it sends out forms and checklist to fiance. What forms are included? Just the DS-230 Part 1?

My primary concern is doing the medical examination and interview because my fiance will only be in Tokyo for only a few days (as she is not from the Tokyo area). Has anybody done the medical exam and interview back-to-back? For example, do a next-day medical exam on Sunday & pick up the results on Monday morning before heading to the interview? (Is it even possible to do medical examinations on the weekend?)

[Moto-zutto 0]

NVC tells me that my application/documents are on their way to the US Embassy in Tokyo.

After the Tokyo embassy receives documents from NVC, it sends out forms and checklist to fiance. What forms are included? Just the DS-230 Part 1?

My primary concern is doing the medical examination and interview because my fiance will only be in Tokyo for only a few days (as she is not from the Tokyo area). Has anybody done the medical exam and interview back-to-back? For example, do a next-day medical exam on Sunday & pick up the results on Monday morning before heading to the interview? (Is it even possible to do medical examinations on the weekend?)

I'm not sure if you can do it that fast. They will your fiance a date for the interview, once she completes the medical and police paper work. the faster she gets that done... the faster she can get the interview

[redglasses 1]

You can pick the results next day at some clinics but you might have to pay additional fee.

As long as I know, Tokyo British Clinic is open Saturday morning, but I am sure none is open on Sunday.

Edited August 10, 2008 by redglasses

[celiothrkn 0]

NVC tells me that my application/documents are on their way to the US Embassy in Tokyo.

After the Tokyo embassy receives documents from NVC, it sends out forms and checklist to fiance. What forms are included? Just the DS-230 Part 1?

My primary concern is doing the medical examination and interview because my fiance will only be in Tokyo for only a few days (as she is not from the Tokyo area). Has anybody done the medical exam and interview back-to-back? For example, do a next-day medical exam on Sunday & pick up the results on Monday morning before heading to the interview? (Is it even possible to do medical examinations on the weekend?)

I'm not sure if you can do it that fast. They will your fiance a date for the interview, once she completes the medical and police paper work. the faster she gets that done... the faster she can get the interview

Could you elaborate a bit more? The embassy will give a date for the interview only after she completes the medical and police paperwork? How would the embassy even know that we've completed the paperwork? I wouldn't need to submit the paperwork to the embassy before the interview (along with the DS-230), right? Furthermore, I thought the fiance schedules an appointment with the embassy, as opposed to the embassy issuing the interview date?

[Moto-zutto 0]

NVC tells me that my application/documents are on their way to the US Embassy in Tokyo.

After the Tokyo embassy receives documents from NVC, it sends out forms and checklist to fiance. What forms are included? Just the DS-230 Part 1?

My primary concern is doing the medical examination and interview because my fiance will only be in Tokyo for only a few days (as she is not from the Tokyo area). Has anybody done the medical exam and interview back-to-back? For example, do a next-day medical exam on Sunday & pick up the results on Monday morning before heading to the interview? (Is it even possible to do medical examinations on the weekend?)

I'm not sure if you can do it that fast. They will your fiance a date for the interview, once she completes the medical and police paper work. the faster she gets that done... the faster she can get the interview

Could you elaborate a bit more? The embassy will give a date for the interview only after she completes the medical and police paperwork? How would the embassy even know that we've completed the paperwork? I wouldn't need to submit the paperwork to the embassy before the interview (along with the DS-230), right? Furthermore, I thought the fiance schedules an appointment with the embassy, as opposed to the embassy issuing the interview date?

this will depend on your Countries Embassy. The way things are going for me is: NVC sent the case to Tokyo Embassy. Tokyo Embassy sends my fiance a packet to complete, she sends 1 of the forms back to the embassy and she goes to the police station and to get her medical done, once she is done with those, she sets up an interview appointment. You must bring the medical and police forms to the interview, so they must be finished before the interview. Some police stations require a 3-5 week wait for the paperwork.

[iceman33 0]

Me and my wife (Japanese) went to the CR-1 interview at US embassy in Tokyo today (8/11). I want to share my experience.

Our scheduled time is 9:30 am, but we arrived at 8:45 am. There are no line at the security check so we went into the embassy directly.

Inside the embassy, we had to take a ticket number (seems like first come, first serve) and wait for our turn.

At around 10:15, we were first called and go to the counter to hand in the medical exam result and other required documents. Afterward we were instructed to wait.

At around 11:15, we were called again to go to the counter for fingerprint. Afterward we were instructed to wait.

At around 12:00, we were called the third time to go to the counter for the "interview", which we were only asked a few easy questions:

Question 1: Describe how you met

Question 2: When did you get married? did you hold a ceremony?

Question 3: Where do you plan to live after moving to US?

Question 4: Did you meet each other's parents?

We did not have to show any supporting evidence. After the questioning, the agent stamps and checks on some documents and told us my wife's visa is approved and should get her passport back within a week.

Conclusion: interview is super easy, but it took more than 3 hours since we had to wait for most of the time. Also, inside the embassy is very cold so a jacket is recommended if your wife is wearing a sleeveless dress.

From iceman.

[Moto-zutto 0]

My Fiance received packet 3 from Tokyo Embassy, she said she got:

DS-230 part 1, DS-2000, I-134and hospital papers. was she supposed to get DS-230 part 2? or is that later at interview? i'm not sure what the DS-2000 is??? I have already sent her the I-134. what will she need to mail back to the consulate? she is confused, and she is confusing me because i can't see what all she got in the mail. Thank you

[Moto-zutto 0]

My Fiance received packet 3 from Tokyo Embassy, she said she got:

DS-230 part 1, DS-2000, I-134and hospital papers. was she supposed to get DS-230 part 2? or is that later at interview? i'm not sure what the DS-2000 is??? I have already sent her the I-134. what will she need to mail back to the consulate? she is confused, and she is confusing me because i can't see what all she got in the mail. Thank you

more ????'s i posted on a different thread...srry.

ok some more questions.....

the packet told her to bring her passport, birth certificate, divorce certificate, police certificate, I-134, DS-156, DS 156(K), DS-157, passport pictures.

but the consulate did not send her a ds-156 or ds-156 (k) or ds-157....?????

thank you

[YOUTOO 2]

Me and my wife (Japanese) went to the CR-1 interview at US embassy in Tokyo today (8/11). I want to share my experience.

Our scheduled time is 9:30 am, but we arrived at 8:45 am. There are no line at the security check so we went into the embassy directly.

Inside the embassy, we had to take a ticket number (seems like first come, first serve) and wait for our turn.

At around 10:15, we were first called and go to the counter to hand in the medical exam result and other required documents. Afterward we were instructed to wait.

At around 11:15, we were called again to go to the counter for fingerprint. Afterward we were instructed to wait.

At around 12:00, we were called the third time to go to the counter for the "interview", which we were only asked a few easy questions:

Question 1: Describe how you met

Question 2: When did you get married? did you hold a ceremony?

Question 3: Where do you plan to live after moving to US?

Question 4: Did you meet each other's parents?

We did not have to show any supporting evidence. After the questioning, the agent stamps and checks on some documents and told us my wife's visa is approved and should get her passport back within a week.

Conclusion: interview is super easy, but it took more than 3 hours since we had to wait for most of the time. Also, inside the embassy is very cold so a jacket is recommended if your wife is wearing a sleeveless dress.

From iceman.

I am not on VJ daily anymore ( well, hourly, actually ) since my wife got her visa approved and we were able to come home to the U.S. So, belatedly : Congratulations!!!

[Justin and Masako 0]

We got our VISA!!!!

Sorry I didn't post earlier but I didn't have a chance to do so until now.

Here is our interview description,

iceman 33 did a good job of saying what the three counter visits were for so I will leave that out.

It was a lot of waiting but we were only called up three times and the only questions they asked us were confirming our US address (to send the green card to), asking when my wife planned to make the move (to make sure it was within the VISAs validity period), and they asked me if I knew that I didn't have to be there (to which I stated yes, but I wanted to be there with my wife). The lady said our case was cleared in her system and she sent it to the printer. We got it in the mail two days later with the packet for the US immigration officer. As iceman33 suggested the interview was supper easy, it was a long wait in between counter visits though (which made me just a little bit nervous) but it all went smoothly so I consider it time well spent. I am sure I saw both iceman33 and sarudoshi but since I have no idea what they looked like its hard to say. If you guys saw the two silly people sitting in the second row back in the second collumn of seats from the first window side that was us. hehe

I hope to see a response from sarudoshi here soon and I really hope they got their VISA as well!

Oh, and congratulations iceman33 and wife!!!

[YOUTOO 2]

Justin and Masako, I was thinking of you guys today. Congratulations!!! It's been three weeks since we went thru the procedure ourselves , we remember it well.

[Moto-zutto 0]

So I'm in the military and deployed right now. I shoud get back home in early September. I will have a new hose when I get back so I will have a new address. My fiance's interview is at the End of September, should she put the new address on the forms she turns in at the interview, or keep the one we have now and tell them I have a new address? and who do I call about my change of address?

Thank you!

[Ling Ling 22]

POLICE CERTIFICATES

Wife lives in Tokyo, born in Fukuoka.

Will the Tokyo police certificate cover all of Japan, or will she have to get a certificate from Fukuoka as well?

thanks,

[YOUTOO 2]

POLICE CERTIFICATES

Wife lives in Tokyo, born in Fukuoka.

Will the Tokyo police certificate cover all of Japan, or will she have to get a certificate from Fukuoka as well?

thanks,

The police certificate that will be issued in Tokyo covers her history, regardless where she was born.