Tokyo 221(g) Tracker: Wait Times

What Tokyo has asked for

Every document request recorded on a Tokyo 221(g) so far, grouped by type and most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.

• Additional documents (unspecified) — 2 requests
• Bank statements / financial evidence — 2 requests
• Passport — 2 requests

No tracked Tokyo case has reported an email submission request.

Tokyo and the immigrant visa pause

At least one applicant who is not a plaintiff has received a case-specific instruction here. Last reported movement 2026-11-03.

A K-1 applicant says no Tokyo interviews had been rescheduled as of 13 October. Mid-October immigrant interviews are being cancelled: an applicant due in the week of 12 October found the mass 'rescheduled, do not appear' notice in the scheduling site's message centre on 10 October, with no new date. A spouse interviewed 21 July, refused under the pause and asked for more of the petitioner's financials, has had the passport held since July with no contact. The 5 October form letter about training remains the only reply; August cancellations wait. A non-pause New Zealand-passport case went Issued on 1 October without a second interview. An IR1 for a long-term Brazilian resident of Japan, refused under the pause, reports no meaningful contact as of 14 October, as does one other applicant with a similar case. On 16 October a pause-country case interviewed in June reports no instruction since, and a spouse whose 29 September interview was met with a reschedule notice has no new date. 19 October: a 15 October appointment rescheduled on 29 September has no new date, and the visa navigator told a caller there is no movement in Japan. 29 October: two K-1 beneficiaries were able to book Tokyo interviews for November, one of them a case cancelled from 3 September (second-hand, no dates given). First reported November bookings at this post. 30 October: a CR1 cancelled from 27 August, rebooked as a military filing and turned away on 10 September, still has no date; CEAC changes about every two weeks. A non-pause L-1B renewal approved 8 October is told it is in the final stages of administrative processing. 3 November: a CR1 spouse was interviewed and approved the same day (how the date was obtained not stated); the L-1B renewal approved 8 October is still waiting for the visa. 10 November: IR1 interviews cancelled for 27 August still have no new date, an applicant interviewed in August has been waiting for the passport since then, and a 15 October cancellation has not been rebooked.

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Full picture for this post, with its pause cases, cancellations and every digest mention: Tokyo immigrant visa pause status. Every post side by side: status by embassy.

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