Packet 3 from Tokyo Embassy

[Eric The Wait 40]

Hello:

My fiancé received Packet 3 from the Tokyo Embassy. There was no information about filling out the DS-160 or scheduling an interview.

The letter she received asked her to mail in the following documents:
1. Birth Certificate Original

2. Original Certificate of Family Relationship
3. Original of any Previous Passport
4. Copy of Residence Card (She is from South Korea but has a Permanent Residence Card for Japan)
5. Original Juminho. (No idea what that is but my fiancé says she has it)

6. Completed Ds-230 Part 1
7. Completed DS-157 (I thought DS-160 replaced this but they are asking for it)
8. Copy of her present passport biographical page
9. 2 Photos.

I have the following questions if anyone knows:

1. How long will it take to get to the next step?
2. What is the next step? (I was expecting that she would be asked to fill out the DS-160 online but the letter she received didn't mention anything about that or scheduling an interview)
3. How will they contact her about scheduling an interview?
4. There was no mention about getting Japanese Police Certificate. Will they send instructions for that?

Thanks

Eric

[Maria4Garrett 5]

Hello:

My fiancé received Packet 3 from the Tokyo Embassy. There was no information about filling out the DS-160 or scheduling an interview.

The letter she received asked her to mail in the following documents:

1. Birth Certificate Original

2. Original Certificate of Family Relationship

3. Original of any Previous Passport

4. Copy of Residence Card (She is from South Korea but has a Permanent Residence Card for Japan)

5. Original Juminho. (No idea what that is but my fiancé says she has it)

6. Completed Ds-230 Part 1

7. Completed DS-157 (I thought DS-160 replaced this but they are asking for it)

8. Copy of her present passport biographical page

9. 2 Photos.

I have the following questions if anyone knows:

1. How long will it take to get to the next step?

2. What is the next step? (I was expecting that she would be asked to fill out the DS-160 online but the letter she received didn't mention anything about that or scheduling an interview)

3. How will they contact her about scheduling an interview?

4. There was no mention about getting Japanese Police Certificate. Will they send instructions for that?

Thanks

Eric

Juminhyo is the written form of certificate of residency which she can gets from her local municipal office.

After completing DS-157 and pay the visa fee, she can schedule her interview. In filing visa application, there are instructions and requirements in completing the forms.

Edited November 21, 2015 by Maria4Garrett

[Eric The Wait 40]

Juminhyo is the written form of certificate of residency which she can gets from her local municipal office.

After completing DS-157 and pay the visa fee, she can schedule her interview. In filing visa application, there are instructions and requirements in completing the forms.

Thanks so much for your response. You always give us such great helpful advice. I very much appreciate it. My fiancé is translating the Juminhyo and we are getting the forms done. Because she is a citizen of South Korea the embassy is asking her to complete some extra forms, including the DS-230 Part 1. They also want her to mail in her old Passport, a copy of Residence Card, and some other items which will not be a problem. The embassy also wants her to mail in new photos so she is going to photographer next week to get that done as well. Hopefully she will be ready to mail in the packet in about a week and then we'll move on to the next step.

We didn't include anything in the "other names used" fields for the I-129f and G-325a which we sent in to the USCIS last January with the original Petition. That was an oversight because she informally used her ex-husband's last name and that name is also on her Juminhyo, along with her original Korean name which is on her passport. She never had her name officially changed in any way by a Court Decree, even after her first marriage and divorce, and I mistakenly thought the "other names used" fields was limited to names changed in Court. Anyway, I got some advice here and was told it should not be an issue, so we are including her old married name, as well as the Japanese pronunciation of her first name, in the "other names used" fields for the Ds-230 and ds-160. I was told by two senior Visa Journey Members that it should not be a problem to just to explain the oversight regarding her names at the Interview, and it is not fatal that the Ds 230 and DS 160 will include filled in fields that were left blank on the I129f and G-325a. I was very relieved that the oversight is unlikely to cause huge problems!!!

Thank you again for all your helpful advice.

Eric