Non-US Citizen Spouse

Jul 23, 2020

I just had an interview yesterday and one of my references said she was contacted this morning. From what I have read on this board this is a very good sign.

I have two atypical aspects to my situation that I haven't been able to find an answer to.

1. My wife is Brazilian. We are legally married in the US but she does not have any kind of US residency because:

2. I am currently teaching at an international school in Rwanda. I'm not sure if we will need to fly back to the states before moving to the new post

I'm sure that if I receive an offer HR will be able to tell me what to do but we want to be proactive on any special considerations we will need to deal with. Is there anyone on here with experience in this kind of situation?

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locrian @icanread @helpothers Thank you! This helps me a lot. Really nice to know that my wife's status should be pretty straight-forward. I was just on the Japanese embassy in Rwanda website yesterday - was dumb of me not to check the US site.

Rwanda isn't on the travel ban for Japan which is the only reason we would consider not going back to th...See More

Jul 24, 2020

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HelpOthers Join the Yokota pet PCS facebook group for help with the dog. the ban is based on the passport country, not necessarily where you are traveling from. However, the travel piece might help in that you are more likely to get a direct flight from where you are without going through the USA. Your flight needs to be a USA flight (or share code) in order ...See More

Jul 24, 2020

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locrian @isitfriday? Good to know others in my situation have gotten LQA. We will just have to see what happens if I get an offer.

She has a tourist visa that is valid for 6 more years so we're all good on that front.

Jul 24, 2020

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locrian @helpothers By USA flight you mean a US airline or a code share with a US airline?

One of my college roommates is stationed with the AF band at Yokota so I was able to get some good info on pets from him already. Unfortunately, he doesn't know anything about how DoDEA works.

Jul 24, 2020

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HelpOthers Code share is fine too, as long as the USA flight is what is on your ticket. United/ANA or Delta/JAL, etc.

Jul 24, 2020

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