US Immigration from Japan

Hello! Me and my partner of 10 years finally got married last week in Japan. We want to file the initial I-130 petition ASAP once we receive our marriage certificate from city hall.

My question is, would our I-130 application be negatively affected if my wife updated her last name to my last name AFTER we had already submited the I-130? This would mean that her new last name and her new passport (which would reflect the new last name) would not be the same as the information/documents I uploaded to the USCIS website.

I ask because if we waited to do everything in the "correct" order (i.e. name change, new passport application, send I-130 petition), this would set us back about two months.

Thank you for your advice and insights.

Eric

Hello everyone,

I am a US citizen living in Canada with my Japanese partner. We are both here on Temporary work visas but plan to leave in a year or so. Could I file for a K-1 visa for my partner in Canada? Or would she have to wait in Japan for the Visa?

Hello. I am sponsoring my wife for a visa and am working on gathering the materials and evidence for the I-864. I am currently unemployed and will use my assets (which are well over 3x the poverty level) as well as my dad as a joint sponsor.

I have two children in the household with U.S. citizenship who are both under 18 and who have fairly sizeable U.S. bank accounts of which I am their custodian.

I considered filling out I-864A forms for them, but unfortunately it only applies to children over 18.

Would it be possible to include the kid's bank accounts as part of my my assets or are they both basically out of the picture until they turn 18?

If anybody out there has tried anything similar I'd appreciate hearing your experiences.

Thanks in advance!

Hi

I m back after almost two years!

I had posted before when I working on the K1 Visa for my husband.

But because of the length of the time we were expected to wait besides what we had already waited, we decided to reconsider living in his home country and send a letter to USCIS to withdraw our pending application.

But currently my dad is undergoing cancer treatment and would like to move back to the states as soon as possible (if possible December 2024).

Does anyone have experience with applying for their spouse s visa from a tourist visa (B2) by doing an adjustment of status?

Would having previously applied for different visa (K1) affect any future applications?

Would really appreciate any insightful information and feedback! Thank you!

-Jayni, couple in Japan

Please let me know if you know this as i cannot find the correct answers...

Is it okay for me to renew my passport while i-130 is still pending?

I changed my surname from my maiden to my husband's name. And the new passport will have the new name.