US Immigration from Japan

I got a 2 messages from NVC.

the first said that All required documents have been received and approved. the second one said

"The police certificate required for Japan is not needed in order for the interview to be scheduled. However, the police certificate must be obtained and submitted before the visa interview. For information regarding an acceptable police certificate, please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find"

I went to the documents section and in the response note is says

"The police certificate required for Japan is..."

My wife and I went to the Prefecture police depart where they took her fingerprints and we went back 2 weeks later to get the Police certificate.

The police certificate is in a blue envelope from the prefecture we live in with my wife's name and

"To: The Authorities Concerned, United States of America (Content: Certificate of Criminal Record )

the back has stamps on the edges where the envelope opens.

when uploading I copy and pasted the special seal/format section from the state.gove site in the comments.

Did i get the wrong document or did the person reviewing not know about Japanese police certificates?

I'm the US citizen and my spouse is a Japanese citizen currently living in Japan. I have the marriage certificate as well as a translated copy uploaded to the proof of marriage section. For additional proof of marriage, I'm uploading the following:

1. 401k beneficiary designation
2. Life insurance beneficiary designation
3. Health/dental/vision insurance coverage
4. Photo of same credit card in both our names (I couldn't add her as joint, but was able to add her as authorized user)
5. Joint checking account ownership
6. Jewelry receipts
7. Travel documentation (photo of my Japan tourist visas and her I-94 travel history)
8. A PDF containing ~30 photos of us with family members as well from throughout our relationship (we met 9 months ago)

Would it be overkill to add her to my lease? Or would that potentially create confusion regarding where she's actually living? Any additional evidence I should consider???

Has anyone had any issues with evidence (PDF's) uploaded to the online I-130 application not saving? Every time I log back into the USCIS website, the PDF I uploaded of information about my spouse in her native language is no longer there. All other information and uploaded PDF's are saving just fine.

Hi all, I wanted to make this group to post updates on everyone's AOS/EAD/AP etc.

I'm personally very interested in everyone's work authorization status, if you've already received yours?

My timeline is;

Feb. 24 2023: AOS/EAD/AP submitted

Mar. 03 2023: Rejected (used an old version of form)

Mar. 04 2023: AOS Resubmitted

Mar. 28 2023: RFE received

May 19 2023: response to RFE submitted

Waiting since.

Hi everyone,

I've been a permanent resident of the U.S. through marriage to a U.S. citizen for a decade now. I haven't applied for American citizenship, because I'm Japanese and Japan doesn't allow dual citizenship. However, I don't go there often and haven't been there for some years now..

Currently both my husband and I are interested in moving to Europe. We could only achieve this if I get a job in Europe and get him a spousal visa. I'm not even at the stage yet where I have a job in Europe, but I want to start looking. If at all possible, I want to move sometime next year after the summer.. I have details on how I might be able to get a job there for my profession; that's not my question here.

What is complicated for me is that I'm not a U.S. citizen, and I don't know how long we would be in Europe. Hopefully the rest of our lives, but it all depends on how long I can hold a valid visa there and if they will approve visas to both of us at all. I know that if I live in an EU country for 5 consecutive years, I can become a citizen there, so I guess as long as I can hold a visa for 5 years in one country, I will have a home. But if I can't, we will need a place to go back, which would be the U.S. (I doubt that we will ever live in Japan; I've been keeping my Japanese citizenship because my whole family is there and for some time during the pandemic, only citizens were allowed to enter Japan)

I'm very much aware that if I leave the U.S. for more than a year without prior permission from the U.S., I will lose my green card. I was wondering...

• How easy and fast would it be to get approval before leaving the U.S.?
• Do I need to have a job offer (reason for leaving the U.S. for more than a year) in Europe at the time of applying for the permission to re-enter the U.S.?
• Do I need to know at the time of applying for permission how long I will be out of the U.S.?
• Could I extend my stay out of the U.S. after leaving the U.S. if I have the permission to re-enter?
• If my husband successfully moves to Europe with me after, would we still be able to move back to the U.S., up till how many years after?

The thing is, we really don't know how long we will be out or whether it would be permanent. Has anyone here moved back and forth between the U.S. and another country with a green card?

Probably the safer option for me is to just give up my Japanese citizenship and become a U.S. citizen first (but would love to hear more about the above option first because my parents are getting old in Japan) Currently I meet all the requirements to qualify for the citizenship. But if I do that,

• How long would the naturalization process be?
• As a naturalized citizen, would it really not matter where my permanent residence is in the world if I was to come back in the future?
• Would I have to live in the U.S. for a certain period of time after obtaining the citizenship?

Another possible option is to just go to Europe and lose my green card. If I do that,

• Would my husband be able to petition for me again for another green card in the future?
• Would he have to be in the U.S. at the time to petition for me?
• If I fail to obtain another green card in the future, could I still come to the U.S. as a tourist, or would I be forever banned from the U.S.?

Currently I'm just brainstorming every possibility, so please only be informative. Thank you in advance!!