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Yoko and Michael

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    Greater New York Area
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    New Jersey

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    IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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  • Local Office
    Newark NJ
  • Country
    Japan
  • Our Story
    My wife lives in Japan. She is a Kimono dresser.

    We met after the pandemic through our love of language. It’s fun when we mess up certain words, and all the adventures we have together.

    We have travelled the world, and we would like to live in the US together.

    We got married in Japan. We are now working on getting her US spousal visa.

    She has no desire to become a U.S. citizen and I don’t want to be a Japanese citizen. We just want to be able to live together and visit our family and friends.

    We have seen a lot of great information on this site, we are excited to contribute our experience and talk with others!

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  1. Yoko and Michael
    Always very helpful. Thank you! Please note as of right now, November 2023, you cannot call into the NVC anymore. There is a message when you call both numbers stating they are prioritizing processing of visas so they do not have staff on the phones anymore.
  2.    Chancy reacted to a post in a topic: While applying for a CR-1 Visa, can my wife come visit me in the US?
  3. Yoko and Michael
    Of course I found the answer after I decide to type out a post (in the wrong section) US immigration, it’s based off of the discretion of the CBP officer, but as long as she is doing shorter, infrequent stays then we should be ok. It just means I’ll have to spend more time in Japan. Thanks!
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  5. Yoko and Michael
    Hi Friends! Long time reader, first-time posting. Hopefully this can help others and provide my wife and I with some answers as well. Question: While applying for a CR-1 Visa, can my wife come visit me in the US? I’ve read conflicting information. Some people say if she is on ESTA, then she can come visit as long as she has a round-trip ticket. I’ve read places where it says she could be denied entry because she will have an existing immigration visa application processing (I-130) We just want to be together, so if that involves going back and forth between the US and Japan, that’s fine. I want her to stay with me for 60 days, we go back to Japan for a month, and then come back for another 60 days. We will do this until her visa is ready to live in the US. Basic Facts about us: Wife: Japanese Citizen living in Japan Myself: American Citizen living in New Jersey, USA Living Situation: I am currently in Japan, visiting my wife as we just got married. I leave in December. Hopefully she can come visit me in January or February. Status: Married (within the last 30 days) Desire: CR-1 Visa Visa Decision: We were deciding between the K-1 (fiancée) visa or getting married and filing out the I-130/I-129 to go for the CR-1 visa. From many stories and suggestions on this site, we figured what would be best for us is to get married in Japan, and apply for the CR-1 visa. We decided to get married in Japan this year instead of waiting until next year, so we can start the visa process. The process to get a Japanese spousal visa seems to be a bit easier and less time. So we figured we should start the US process earlier than later. EDIT: I think I posted this in the wrong section .. sigh ..
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