Tokyo: immigrant visa pause status
Whether the US embassy or consulate in Tokyo, Japan is calling back applicants refused under the 75-country immigrant visa pause, who has been called, and what applicants there report. Crowdsourced and anonymised. As of 13 Oct 2026.
Key facts, as of 13 Oct 2026
- Who is being called back at Tokyo: some non-plaintiffs. Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Tokyo who is not a named plaintiff has reported a case-specific instruction: a new medical, a second interview or a document request. The last movement reported was on 10 Oct 2026.
- Last reported movement: 10 Oct 2026.
- Pause-refused cases in the tracker: 0. Cancelled appointments logged: 8, 2 with a new date.
- Contacting the post: Mass cancellation notices in the message centre; form letter about training; passports held.
- Source: applicant reports, read daily; the same evidence as the daily digest. Nothing here comes from the post itself.
What has happened at Tokyo
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.
This is the row shown for Tokyo on the status-by-embassy table, written from the latest reports and updated whenever something changes.
What the daily digest has said about Tokyo
Every day this post appeared in the digest, newest first. The one-line summary is the digest’s own; follow the link for the full account.
| Date | Outcome | What happened | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | No decision | No interviews rescheduled as of 13 Oct, per a K-1 applicant | Read |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Cancelled | Mid-October immigrant interviews cancelled by portal notice, no new dates | Read |
| 5 Oct 2026 | No decision | First reply since July: form letter on training begun 'in early August', no reschedule | Read |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Issued | Non-pause IR1 issued 1 October with no second interview | Read |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Cancelled | Couple turned away at the door with no notice | Read |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 7 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 4 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read | |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Covered | Read |
Cancelled appointments at Tokyo
Immigrant visa interviews called off since the worldwide suspension began on 24 August, and whether a new date has arrived. Dates marked approximate in the report are shown as reported.
| Original date | Visa | New date | Gap | Found out via |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | IR1/CR1 | not yet | — | |
| 2026-10-14 | IR1/CR1 | not yet | — | portal only |
| 2026-09-26 | IR1/CR1 | 2026-10-13 | 17d | no notice at all |
| 2026-09-10 | DV | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-10 | IR1/CR1 | not yet | — | told at the post |
| 2026-09-03 | other | not yet | — | |
| 2026-09-02 | IR1/CR1 | not yet | — | |
| 2026-08-27 | IR1/CR1 | 2026-09-10 | 14d | portal only |
Every post: cancelled appointment tracker.
Tokyo pause: quick answers
Is the US embassy in Tokyo calling back applicants refused under the immigrant visa pause?
Yes, in part. At least one applicant at Tokyo who is not a named plaintiff has reported a case-specific instruction: a new medical, a second interview or a document request. The last movement reported was on 10 Oct 2026.
What has happened at Tokyo since the pause was vacated?
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. The tracker holds 0 pause-refused cases and 8 cancelled appointments at Tokyo, 2 of them rebooked.
How do I contact Tokyo about a pause case?
What applicants at Tokyo report: Mass cancellation notices in the message centre; form letter about training; passports held. Across posts, emails usually return nothing or a copy of the cable, and a congressional inquiry has so far returned one line. A moving CEAC last-updated date after you write means someone opened the file; it is not a decision and has not preceded one in any case we hold.
If you are waiting on Tokyo
- Expect a new medical to be the first request if yours is older than six months; ask your panel clinic whether it already has instructions before you book.
- Every approval since the cable went through a second interview about money: taxes, savings, debts, insurance, employment plans and benefits history. The list is in the re-interview guide.
- A changed CEAC date after you email the post means the file was opened, not decided.
- If your report would change this page, add your case. Rows are built from reports; a post with none cannot be shown as moving.
Related
- Tokyo 221(g) tracker — 17 tracked cases of every kind, wait times and what the post asks for
- Immigrant visa pause: status by embassy — all 62 posts side by side
- Public-charge re-interview: questions asked and what to bring
Other posts where the picture is the same: some non-plaintiffs
- Bangkok, Thailand — last movement 13 Oct
- Amman, Jordan — last movement 12 Oct
- Warsaw, Poland — last movement 12 Oct
- Guangzhou, China — last movement 11 Oct
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — last movement 11 Oct
- Johannesburg, South Africa — last movement 9 Oct
VisaMoves is a free, anonymous community data project. Not legal advice, and not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State or the post in Tokyo. Court filings are described as reported by applicants who read them.