Kevin Gowen wrote:

> Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> > For personal reasons, I should be back home with my oldest child before
> > April 2005. I have no intention of going alone or splitting my family
> > while waiting for my wife, because she may not choose to show.
> >
> > This could suck.
>
> There is no way in hell you will get her a K-3 visa by then.

Like I said, I know a man at home still waiting for his Japanese wife to
show. Any wild guesses?

Then I will need to postpone school for another year despite the generous
offer made on short notice. I will not wait two years.

> While not a
> solution, you of course realize that as a Japanese national she is
> entitled to a 90-day stay in the US without a visa, so you wouldn't need
> to be apart quite so long.
>
> I don't know about your personal reasons so I don't know how long you
> plan on staying.

Going home and leaving the country permanently or at least as long as my
elderly relatives are still kicking, unless someone in HER family needs her
care in Japan, or they simply cannot cope with life in Hawaii.

> DO those 90 days make a difference?

Yes, being without my family, or my wife being without us for 90 days would
make a difference.