"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
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> cc wrote:
> > Shouldn't you contact  a specialist ?
>
> That's the next question, but thanks to you and Ryan anyway.

My sister used one of those lawyer types for her (non-Sepponian) furriner
husband. Cost around $1,000.

Cheapskate that I am, I did it all myself. Granted it was pre-9/11, but even
so it took about 3 days of straight paperwork, not to mention the legwork
(yes, they required an AIDS test back then as well).

Ah, yes -- get to immigration at 8am to line up, get to the window at noon
so you can get a number to wait at another window, be given a number for the
wrong window and have to start all over the next day.

I'd do it in Japan at the consulate if at all possible. At least here you
are a human being.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom
ryang@gol.com