Brother Returning to U.S. from Japan - Please help!

[LMoon]

I'm completely lost... I have never had to deal with an immigration situation and I don't know the first thing about it. All these H1, F4, P-123... wow, my brain is jumbled!

I really didn't know where to post this, so I thought I'd try the Any Topic forum first.

My brother has been living in Japan since 1992. He was in the U.S. Navy until 2004. After leaving the Navy (honorable discharge), he decided to stay in Japan. He is now ready to return to the U.S. with his Japanese wife and their new baby.

He has been to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and they haven't been very helpful, so he's asked me to see if I can find out what exactly needs to happen to get him and his family to the U.S. We're not sure which forms need to be filled out, in what order... or even where to just start!

Someone told him that he's no longer a U.S. citizen... He was born here and we can prove it. He hasn't committed any crimes, voted in any elections, served in the Japanese military, etc. Nothing that would cause his citizenship to be revoked, so we're a little confused.

He also mentioned filing taxes... that he hasn't filed taxes since 2004 after leaving the Navy. Why would a person working in another country, of their own accord have to file taxes in the U.S.? Would he have to file Japanese taxes? Is that weird to anyone else or am I just ignorant?

Can someone please help me? I need a step-by-step guide or something... or some direction on who can help me with the steps I need to take to get him and the family here. He hasn't been to the U.S. since our father passed away in 1999.

I TRULY appreciate ANY guidance anyone can give...

 

[nscagony]

The US requires all citizens and permanent residents to file taxes in the US on their world-wide income (minus taxes paid locally to the Japanese government). Failure to do so is a serious crime and your brother might be facing jail time in the US if he doesn't settle this immediately. Contact a tax attorney and work this out with the IRS. His citizenship should not been affected by this. He is a US citizen, and he has the right to return to the US, and as long he meets the income guidelines he will be able to petition for a GC for his family members.

 

[mh66ii]

I'm completely lost... I have never had to deal with an immigration situation and I don't know the first thing about it. All these H1, F4, P-123... wow, my brain is jumbled!

I really didn't know where to post this, so I thought I'd try the Any Topic forum first.

My brother has been living in Japan since 1992. He was in the U.S. Navy until 2004. After leaving the Navy (honorable discharge), he decided to stay in Japan. He is now ready to return to the U.S. with his Japanese wife and their new baby.

He has been to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and they haven't been very helpful, so he's asked me to see if I can find out what exactly needs to happen to get him and his family to the U.S. We're not sure which forms need to be filled out, in what order... or even where to just start!

Someone told him that he's no longer a U.S. citizen... He was born here and we can prove it. He hasn't committed any crimes, voted in any elections, served in the Japanese military, etc. Nothing that would cause his citizenship to be revoked, so we're a little confused.

He also mentioned filing taxes... that he hasn't filed taxes since 2004 after leaving the Navy. Why would a person working in another country, of their own accord have to file taxes in the U.S.? Would he have to file Japanese taxes? Is that weird to anyone else or am I just ignorant?

Can someone please help me? I need a step-by-step guide or something... or some direction on who can help me with the steps I need to take to get him and the family here. He hasn't been to the U.S. since our father passed away in 1999.

I TRULY appreciate ANY guidance anyone can give...

You should give froum more info about what US embassy has said or done in this regard.Also why you are saying that his citizenship is revoked? he is us citizen unless he withdrow it willingly so lets get this out of the way.Also filling tax is always possible even if has not been done from 2004 so have him to do that while there is time before dealing with USCIS.I hope that they have registered the baby with US embassy and have her/his US passport issued.Give us more detail and I promise you that this is easier than he thinks.
This issue is easier that you think.