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[TeamM&M 4]

Hi Everyone...

Just wanted to say that we're married and filed our AOS today.

We basically built our package in 2 days. 110 pages of docs. Applications, forms, support docs.

Be sure to use the online forms that print with a barcode. I used a PDF App that didn't and could have sent bad docs if I didn't figure it out.

Explorer displayed things correctly. You can search it in the AOS section. Firefox sounded OK but Chrome was bad.

Hope all is well.

Ganbatte!

M

[Holman come down 10]

Congrats on your journey. My fiance will be moving here (USA) from Japan also. I have not found many choices for shipping companies that offer door to door or door to port service. We are not moving any of her furniture or big things, but she still has a considerable amount of "stuff". I have found Nippon Express, Econo Move Japan, and Eagle Net. I am interested in shipping by boat since air would be way too costly.

Any help is appreciated.

Heh, my fiancee shipped 16 boxes, purses and sweaters and boots and such (Japanese women love their boots, don't they?) I still have 4 left to pick up since they didn't all come in at once and the post office didn't try to deliver them to our door, only left a note (I guess because we live in a condo complex with a mail-box room).

I think she just got a bunch of boxes and sent them by regular Japanese mail.

Today marks an end to her 1st week living in America.

Edited September 26, 2013 by Holman come down

[Takeo 6]

Congrats on your journey. My fiance will be moving here (USA) from Japan also. I have not found many choices for shipping companies that offer door to door or door to port service. We are not moving any of her furniture or big things, but she still has a considerable amount of "stuff". I have found Nippon Express, Econo Move Japan, and Eagle Net. I am interested in shipping by boat since air would be way too costly.

Any help is appreciated.

Wish I could be of more help. My fiance had been visiting me over the past year, and brought her maxium 3 baggage at 32kg allowed as a frequent flier on ANA. I also visited Japan twice and brought back some of her things. Extra luggage on the airlines is very expensive but probably cheaper than sending it by air mail. She went with the maximum size and maxium weight. Some of her family are visiting for our wedding next week, they will also be bringing some of my fiance's things.

[Takeo 6]

Hi Everyone...

Just wanted to say that we're married and filed our AOS today.

We basically built our package in 2 days. 110 pages of docs. Applications, forms, support docs.

Be sure to use the online forms that print with a barcode. I used a PDF App that didn't and could have sent bad docs if I didn't figure it out.

Explorer displayed things correctly. You can search it in the AOS section. Firefox sounded OK but Chrome was bad.

Hope all is well.

Ganbatte!

M

Congrats on your marriage! 2 days to build your packet is awesome! I just printed out the forms and am getting ready to tackle it after our wedding. My fiance arrived in Hawaii on 9/21 with her dog and rabbit. The immigration officer was not familiar with the K1 visa at Honolulu Airport, took a while, but passed without a glitch! The dog and rabbit took some time to pass quarantine as we are a rabies free state and we were required to do a packet and blood work for direct release of the dog. We are all settling in and getting ready for the wedding next weekend.

[Holman come down 10]

Wish I could be of more help. My fiance had been visiting me over the past year, and brought her maxium 3 baggage at 32kg allowed as a frequent flier on ANA. I also visited Japan twice and brought back some of her things. Extra luggage on the airlines is very expensive but probably cheaper than sending it by air mail. She went with the maximum size and maxium weight. Some of her family are visiting for our wedding next week, they will also be bringing some of my fiance's things.

We flew last week on United (operated by ANA). It was one checked bag each, I had to pay $100 for her 1 extra bag. They said the rules had changed just a couple months ago about that. You may find shipping to be cheaper.

[Tobydale 2]

I was over there late last month and got stuck with that $100 for my extra bag on my way back. Ouch!! I flew with United on the new "Dreamliner" 787. Nice plane. Not much more room unless you upgrade to Economy Plus. Where do you generally find your cheapest tickets? Also, I assume that when she flies over here I am better off buying a round trip ticket and just not use the return as opposed to trying to find a reasonably priced one way ticket? And have you shipped any of her things fromn Japan to US yet? Did you just use regular Japan Post?

Thanks

We flew last week on United (operated by ANA). It was one checked bag each, I had to pay $100 for her 1 extra bag. They said the rules had changed just a couple months ago about that. You may find shipping to be cheaper.

[Holman come down 10]

I was over there late last month and got stuck with that $100 for my extra bag on my way back. Ouch!! I flew with United on the new "Dreamliner" 787. Nice plane. Not much more room unless you upgrade to Economy Plus. Where do you generally find your cheapest tickets? Also, I assume that when she flies over here I am better off buying a round trip ticket and just not use the return as opposed to trying to find a reasonably priced one way ticket? And have you shipped any of her things fromn Japan to US yet? Did you just use regular Japan Post?

Thanks

I've found that expedia gives good rates, and also Google flights is a new service which is great. Check them both out.

I got her a round trip ticket and we just won't use the return ticket. If I had bought 1 way it was around 3 times the price!!

She shipped 16 boxes. I'm not certain which service she used and I'm at work so I can't ask right now. Her mother paid for it though, which was nice. I'm thinking it was Japan Post, though.

[Tobydale 2]

I will start looking around. Did you try to get a refund or at least credit towards another ticket for the return ticket that you did not use? I have been reading that it may be possible to get a credit towards future ticket even if the original ticket was "non refundable".

I've found that expedia gives good rates, and also Google flights is a new service which is great. Check them both out.

I got her a round trip ticket and we just won't use the return ticket. If I had bought 1 way it was around 3 times the price!!

She shipped 16 boxes. I'm not certain which service she used and I'm at work so I can't ask right now. Her mother paid for it though, which was nice. I'm thinking it was Japan Post, though.

[Takeo 6]

We flew last week on United (operated by ANA). It was one checked bag each, I had to pay $100 for her 1 extra bag. They said the rules had changed just a couple months ago about that. You may find shipping to be cheaper.

Sorry, yes, ANA changed their rules a couple months ago, but my fiance already had her flight arrangements made before the rule change, so they had to honor the old rules which for their Diamond Status fliers are allowed 3 bags at 32 kg. She listed me as family, I got a joint frequent flier card, and was allowed 3 bags also. My connecting flight doesn't honor this rule, so they were suppose to charge me, but I got lucky and brought it for free.

My fiancee was going to ship some boxes, but there are size limits. Have your fiance check with Japan Post. If it's sent by air, it can get costly, but slower service should be cheaper. Japan Post is suppose to be the most efficient shipping in the world. I sent a box First Class USPS from Hawaii which usually takes a couple weeks to mainland US, it arrived at my fiance's home outside of Tokyo in 4 business days..I was totally blown away! We shipped suitcases in Japan, 45 lbs, for less than $20 across the country, 2 days.

If I find out more information on international shipping, I'll post it.

[Takeo 6]

http://www.post.japanpost.jp/cgi-charge/index.php?lang=_en

[Holman come down 10]

I will start looking around. Did you try to get a refund or at least credit towards another ticket for the return ticket that you did not use? I have been reading that it may be possible to get a credit towards future ticket even if the original ticket was "non refundable".

Hah, yeah I think you can change it to another date for some fee like $300 (I really can't remember the number.) But think about it... then you get stuck in a cycle of buying Round trip tickets (JPN to USA to JPN) with a return date which you'll probably need to change (and pay the fee) b/c you're not sure when you'll be going back to Japan. It's better just to toss it and forget it.

[lierre 224]

Hope you guys can help me out! http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/459154-why-did-nvc-ask-to-have-the-japan-police-clearance-sent/

[lierre 224]

This thread doesn't get much action, does it?

Anyway, I'm expecting an interview to be scheduled in the next week or so. Mine will be in Naha. Anyone expecting the same on here?

[BulldogFan 0]

I just got my NOA2. What comes next?

[jwc72 0]

We are preparing for our K-1 interview on the 25th, and I have two questions:

1) The link on the embassy site specifying how to arrange the documents for the interview (http://206.130.125.51/pdfs/wwwf-visa-e-docs-arrangement.pdf) references the "Appointment Letter" with a "page that contains the UID barcode". All we have is an email from the embassy with our appointment date/time, but there is no barcode nor any attachments. Will something else be coming from the embassy, or is this instruction document simply outdated?

2) The ustraveldocs website where we paid the fee before scheduling the interview does not seem to reflect the fact that we have an interview scheduled at all. The dashboard says "no appointment is currently scheduled", even though we have it scheduled and the email from the embassy confirming (scheduled through the embassy's "request an appointment" form). Is this a concern, or can we just ignore this?

Thanks for your feedback in advance.