Updated November 6, 2026

Tokyo: immigrant visas

The consulate in Tokyo issued 1,623 immigrant visas from March 2025 to February 2026, 286 of them employment-based.

Consulate interviews are paused at most posts. State postponed immigrant visa interviews worldwide from about August 25, 2026 for new public charge training and has named no end date, so a current date abroad isn't an interview yet. An I-485 filed inside the US isn't part of this pause. Where each consulate stands (checked November 3, 2026)

Employment cases

Jun-2026

5 months back, State's update of November 6, 2026

Family preference cases

Nov-2026

Caught up, State's update of November 6, 2026

Immediate relative cases

Oct-2026

1 month back, State's update of November 6, 2026

How far back NVC was scheduling, update by update State's updates of Apr 28, 2025 to Nov 6, 2026

Employment

Apr 28, 2025 Nov 6, 2026

Tokyo, Employment: months back NVC was scheduling at each update
Period	months back
Apr 28, 2025	0
May 2, 2025	0
Jun 3, 2025	0
Sep 2, 2025	0
Oct 9, 2025	0
Nov 12, 2025	0
Dec 8, 2025	0
Jan 8, 2026	0
Feb 3, 2026	0
Mar 4, 2026	0
Apr 2, 2026	0
Jun 4, 2026	0
Jul 8, 2026	1
Oct 7, 2026	4
Nov 6, 2026	5

Family preference

Apr 28, 2025 Nov 6, 2026

Tokyo, Family preference: months back NVC was scheduling at each update
Period	months back
Apr 28, 2025	0
May 2, 2025	0
Jun 3, 2025	0
Sep 2, 2025	0
Oct 9, 2025	0
Nov 12, 2025	0
Dec 8, 2025	0
Jan 8, 2026	0
Feb 3, 2026	0
Mar 4, 2026	0
Apr 2, 2026	0
Jun 4, 2026	0
Jul 8, 2026	0
Oct 7, 2026	0
Nov 6, 2026	0

Immediate relative

Apr 28, 2025 Nov 6, 2026

Tokyo, Immediate relative: months back NVC was scheduling at each update
Period	months back
Apr 28, 2025	1
May 2, 2025	1
Jun 3, 2025	1
Sep 2, 2025	1
Oct 9, 2025	2
Nov 12, 2025	1
Dec 8, 2025	0
Jan 8, 2026	1
Feb 3, 2026	1
Mar 4, 2026	1
Apr 2, 2026	1
Jun 4, 2026	1
Jul 8, 2026	0
Oct 7, 2026	3
Nov 6, 2026	1

Each column is one of State's monthly updates: how many months before it the cases NVC was scheduling were completed. More

Each column is one of State's monthly updates: how many months before it the cases NVC was scheduling were completed. No column means the post had no backlog on paper. The newest is lime. A dashed outline is an update with no month shown.

U.S. Department of State, IV Scheduling Status Tool

Immigrant visas issued each month March 2023 to February 2026

210

Mar ’23 Feb ’26

Immigrant visas issued in Tokyo each month
Period	visas
March 2023	157
April 2023	210
May 2023	134
June 2023	181
July 2023	146
August 2023	136
September 2023	135
October 2023	145
November 2023	142
December 2023	138
January 2024	139
February 2024	134
March 2024	159
April 2024	169
May 2024	147
June 2024	210
July 2024	158
August 2024	149
September 2024	162
October 2024	170
November 2024	95
December 2024	128
January 2025	128
February 2025	118
March 2025	119
April 2025	143
May 2025	115
June 2025	130
July 2025	146
August 2025	128
September 2025	176
October 2025	195
November 2025	111
December 2025	157
January 2026	96
February 2026	107

Employment
Family (immediate relatives and preferences)
Everything else

Each column is one month at this consulate: employment visas in lime at the foot, family in blue, everything else in yellow. More

Each column is one month at this consulate: employment visas in lime at the foot, family in blue, everything else in yellow. A dashed outline is a month State's tables don't cover. State posts each month months late.

U.S. Department of State, monthly immigrant visa issuances by post

Work visas issued here

Nonimmigrant visas the consulate in Tokyo issued, from State's monthly tables. February 2026 is the newest month State has posted.

H-1B, February 2026

846 in the 12 months to February 2026

L-1, February 2026

272

2,899 in the 12 months

Every work visa, February 2026

1,715

H, L, E, O, P, Q, R, TN, CW and media visas, with the families who come with them

H-1B and L-1 visas issued each month Tokyo, March 2025 to February 2026

420

Mar ’25 Feb ’26

H-1B and L-1 visas issued in Tokyo each month
Period	visas
March 2025	420
April 2025	359
May 2025	200
June 2025	320
July 2025	327
August 2025	318
September 2025	282
October 2025	277
November 2025	235
December 2025	412
January 2026	294
February 2026	301

H-1B
L-1

Each column is one month: H-1B in lime at the foot, L-1 in blue above. More

Each column is one month: H-1B in lime at the foot, L-1 in blue above. A dashed outline is a month this site doesn't hold State's table for. State calls the figures preliminary.

U.S. Department of State, monthly nonimmigrant visa issuances by post

Every visa class issued here

Work visas first, then everything else, visitors, students and K-1 fiancé(e) visas among them.

Nonimmigrant visas issued in Tokyo by class, February 2026 and the 12 months to it
Visa	What it is	February 2026	12 months
H-1B	specialty occupation worker, a work visa	29	846
H-4	spouse or child of an H worker, a work visa	20	336
L-1	intracompany transferee, a work visa	272	2,899
L-2	spouse or child of an L-1, a work visa	296	3,243
H-1B1	Chilean or Singaporean specialty occupation worker, a work visa	0	1
H-2A	temporary farm worker, a work visa	0	2
H-2B	temporary non-farm worker, a work visa	0	107
H-3	trainee or special education exchange visitor, a work visa	2	11
E-1	treaty trader, spouse or child, a work visa	91	1,086
E-2	treaty investor, spouse or child, a work visa	712	9,703
E-2C	Northern Mariana Islands investor, spouse or child, a work visa	0	1
E-3	Australian in a specialty occupation, a work visa	0	10
E-3D	spouse or child of an E-3, a work visa	0	21
E-3R	returning E-3, a work visa	0	9
O-1	worker with extraordinary ability, a work visa	25	376
O-2	assistant to an O-1, a work visa	36	407
O-3	spouse or child of an O-1 or O-2, a work visa	2	151
P-1	internationally recognized athlete or entertainer, a work visa	33	512
P-3	artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program, a work visa	3	248
P-4	spouse or child of a P-1, P-2 or P-3, a work visa	3	31
Q-1	international cultural exchange, a work visa	30	178
R-1	religious worker, a work visa	10	59
R-2	spouse or child of an R-1, a work visa	0	19
TN	USMCA professional, a work visa	0	1
TD	spouse or child of a TN, a work visa	1	13
CW-1	Northern Mariana Islands transitional worker, a work visa	1	7
CW-2	spouse or child of a CW-1, a work visa	0	1
I	foreign media representative, spouse or child, a work visa	149	1,022
B-1/B-2	visitor for business and pleasure	1,345	15,280
A-2	other foreign government official or employee, or family	369	5,085
C-1/D	transit and crewmember	322	4,038
F-1	academic or language student	183	4,810
J-1	exchange visitor	172	3,429
J-2	spouse or child of a J-1	94	1,053
M-1	vocational student	49	276
C-3	foreign government official in transit	42	509
G-2	other representative to an international organization	20	130
K-1 fiancé(e)	fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen	18	207
A-1	diplomat or consular officer, or family	17	186
F-2	spouse or child of an F-1	12	367
B-1	visitor for business	12	203
C-1	in transit	8	94
G-4	international organization officer or employee	7	123
G-1	representative to an international organization	1	30
B-2	visitor for pleasure	0	9
K-2	child of a K-1 fiancé(e)	0	7
G-3	representative of a nonmember government	0	1

Why a visa is refused, worldwide and year by year: visa refusals by ground.

How to read State's scheduling month

State says the tool shows the documentarily complete month and year for which NVC is scheduling most interviews in your classification at the selected U.S. embassy or consulate. If your case became documentarily complete before the month shown, NVC is scheduling cases like yours here. A preference case also needs a current priority date in the visa bulletin. It's NVC's paperwork queue, so it doesn't say whether the post is holding interviews.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, IV Scheduling Status Tool, update of November 6, 2026, and its monthly immigrant visa issuances by post through February 2026.

What people report

What people who had an appointment in Tokyo report, for any visa. Visitors' own reports, unchecked. A figure shows once 3 people have reported.

Reports, last 30 days

0 in the last 90 days, every kind of visa. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

Ended in 221(g)

Not yet

Too few reports yet: it shows once 3 people report a result. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

NVC complete to interview

Not yet

Too few reports yet: it shows once 3 people give both dates. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

Interviews held, week by week The last 12 weeks, every kind of visa

Too few reports yet: no week in the last 12 has 3 interviews reported.

Each column is a week of interviews people reported held. More

Each column is a week of interviews people reported held. Cancelled and moved interviews and drop boxes are left out. The newest is lime and hatched while it's still filling. A dashed outline is a week with fewer than 3 reports.

Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

How reports ended The last 30 and 90 days, every kind of visa

Last 30 days

Too few reports yet: 0 reports so far. This shows once 3 people have reported.

Last 90 days

Too few reports yet: 0 reports so far. This shows once 3 people have reported.

Each report counts on the day of its newest step: the visa, the approval, the interview or the letter. More

Each report counts on the day of its newest step: the visa, the approval, the interview or the letter. A 221(g) that later cleared still counts as a 221(g).

Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

By kind of visa The last 90 days

Too few reports yet for any kind of visa: each shows once 3 people have reported one.

Employment and the work visas first. A kind of visa shows once 3 people have reported one, so no row is one person's outcome. Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

From the interview to the visa Appointments in the last six months

Too few reports yet for any kind of visa: each shows once 3 people have reported an appointment.

Days from the interview or the drop box to the approval or the visa, the median of the reports that finished, always beside the count still waiting: a median of the finished alone looks quicker than the wait is. More

Visitors' own reports, unchecked.

What these reports can't tell you

They aren't a sample of everyone. People with a 221(g) or a refusal are likelier to say so than people whose visa came the next week. A share here is what the people who reported saw. It isn't the post's rate.

Nobody can check them. There's no case number, by design, so a report can't be tied to a case. State's own figures for this consulate are above this section.

The rules behind these numbers

State's IV scheduling table through Nov 6, 2026 · State visa issuances through Feb 28, 2026 · State nonimmigrant visa issuances through Feb 28, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

State's IV scheduling table: State Department's IV Scheduling Status Tool (travel.state.gov, read in a browser) · data through Nov 6, 2026 · monthly, copied in a browser (state refuses scripts)

State visa issuances: State Department monthly immigrant visa issuances (state.gov) · data through Feb 28, 2026 · monthly, posted months late

State nonimmigrant visa issuances: State Department monthly nonimmigrant visa issuances by post (state.gov) · data through Feb 28, 2026 · monthly, posted about eight months late

What each source includes

State's IV scheduling table: For each US consulate, the month of documentarily complete cases the National Visa Center is scheduling interviews for, as State's IV Scheduling Status Tool printed it at each monthly update. It covers employment, family preference and immediate relative cases. It's NVC's paperwork queue, so it doesn't show an interview wait or whether a post is holding interviews. Copied in a browser, since State's site refuses scripts.

State visa issuances: Immigrant visas State's consulates issued abroad each month, by visa class and by country or consulate. A green card granted inside the United States (adjustment of status at USCIS) isn't in it. For employment categories, that's most of them.

State nonimmigrant visa issuances: Nonimmigrant visas each US consulate issued each month, by visa class (H-1B, L-1, K-1 fiancé(e), visitors, students and the rest), from State's monthly tables, which State calls preliminary. Visas only: a change of status inside the United States isn't in it, and neither are refusals. Each month is checked against State's own grand total.

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