Taylor_Made86

Ah ya I'll make that correction. Japan's residency is very strict. But like I stated I'm not worried about my wife's situation it was about the son and there being half a world away from us the petitioner.

Wife is Filipino, lived in Japan for 15 years, has 2 sons with a Japanese. She left him like 10 years ago. Kept Japanese residency since she had 2 kids who grew up in Japan. When I married her one of the kids stayed in Japan with the grandparents, one came with us to TX. She doesnt want to lose the residency of where her sons grew up (because they will probably end up back there anyway). So we went just for a residency because she was living with me. Now we have an assignment.. not orders.. to go to Okinawa Japan. I wont get my orders for another few months.. so nothing I have yet will accelerate my case. The question still remains that the son that came with me now wants to stay in US while we go to Japan. There is no concern with my wife due to the fact that since she will be on my orders that being overseas will still count towards PRC.

Yes, they already received the conditional green card. We applied for the removal of conditions back in sep 2022. We received the extension letter sometime later that extended everyones PRC visas for 48 months. So we are still in that window of waiting for the 751's to get approved. And now I have orders to go overseas. The question is if my son needs to come with me to Japan until the 751 gets approved or if he can stay in the US while waiting for the 751 when his parents/guardians are in another country.

To sum up, I'm military, married my wife in Japan after I came back to states (so she unfortunately was not on my orders) , submitted K3 visa, approved and they moved in, submitted I-751A and I-751 For my wife and her son on Sept 30 2022. We are still waiting on response, the last item we did was to do Bio metrics (fingerprints) taken for the son on June 12, 2023. The USCIS website shows an average of 25-29 months based off of what branch office you select. I received an assignment to go back to Japan, I probably will not get my hard copy orders until September or October, with a report date of November. My question is, if we move to Japan, and my son (age 19) decides to stay and we fly off to the Land of the Rising Sun, will he be able to continue to live in the US under the I-751A? (if the conditions aren't removed by the time we leave...) My wife and son don't want to give up their citizenship, hence the visa. In Japan they are given until 21 for them to decide if they are going to stay a Japanese citizen or not. So we do not want him to rush things due to him living most of his life in Japan. Thanks for the advice.