Visas issued at Tokyo in October 2024
U.S. Embassy, Japan. The page of the post has the wait times of Tokyo.
In October 2024, the post issued 5,225 nonimmigrant visas and 170 immigrant visas.
All U.S. posts issued 977,715 nonimmigrant visas in the same month.
The reports below contain preliminary data which are subject to change.
Therefore, beginning with FY 2020, individual monthly issuance reports should not be aggregated, as this will not provide an accurate issuance total for the fiscal year to date. Instead, refer to our annual Report of the Visa Office for final full Fiscal Year statistics.
The Department's words. Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Monthly Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Statistics, Internet Archive copy of . Monthly tables through .
| Visas | Oct 2024 | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonimmigrant | 5,225 | 4,753 | 4,498 |
| Immigrant | 170 | 162 | 145 |
Nonimmigrant classes, October 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Oct 2024 | Share | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1/B2 | Temporary visitor for business and pleasure | 1,851 | 35.4% | 1,542 | 1,600 |
| E2 | Treaty investor, spouse or child | 749 | 14.3% | 576 | 570 |
| A2 | Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family | 694 | 13.3% | 824 | 860 |
| C1/D | Combined transit and crewmember visa | 470 | 9% | 357 | 273 |
| L2 | Spouse or child of intracompany transferee | 200 | 3.8% | 175 | 129 |
| L1 | Intracompany transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized personnel continuing employment with international firm or corporation) | 196 | 3.8% | 169 | 154 |
| I | Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children | 141 | 2.7% | 117 | 97 |
| J1 | Exchange visitor | 132 | 2.5% | 172 | 120 |
| F1 | Student in an academic or language training program | 127 | 2.4% | 193 | 109 |
| H1B | Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability performing services other than as a registered nurse | 119 | 2.3% | 67 | 74 |
| C3 | Foreign government official, immediate family, attendant, servant or personal employee, in transit | 79 | 1.5% | 29 | 79 |
| J2 | Spouse or child of exchange visitor | 64 | 1.2% | 84 | 70 |
| E1 | Treaty trader, spouse or child | 63 | 1.2% | 63 | 97 |
| O1 | Person with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics | 49 | 0.9% | 24 | 36 |
| K1 | Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen | 45 | 0.9% | 44 | 36 |
| H4 | Spouse or child of H-1B/B1/C, H-2A/B, or H-3 | 39 | 0.7% | 21 | 31 |
| B1 | Temporary visitor for business | 30 | 0.6% | 28 | 29 |
| P1 | Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group | 27 | 0.5% | 42 | 26 |
| G2 | Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and immediate family | 21 | 0.4% | 25 | 1 |
| F2 | Spouse or child of F1 | 19 | 0.4% | 29 | 19 |
| A1 | Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family | 16 | 0.3% | 6 | 8 |
| O2 | Person accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1 | 16 | 0.3% | 22 | 8 |
| C1 | Alien in transit | 14 | 0.3% | 12 | 24 |
| O3 | Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2 | 9 | 0.2% | 2 | 11 |
| G1 | Principal resident representative of recognized foreign government to international organization, staff, or immediate family | 8 | 0.2% | 2 | 2 |
| G4 | International organization officer or employee, and immediate family | 8 | 0.2% | 7 | 6 |
| M1 | Vocational student and other nonacademic student | 6 | 0.1% | 20 | 5 |
| P3 | Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program | 6 | 0.1% | 56 | 4 |
| B2 | Temporary visitor for pleasure | 5 | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| E3 | Australian specialty occupation professional | 5 | 0.1% | 2 | 4 |
| Q1 | Participant in an international cultural exchange program | 4 | 0.1% | 30 | 1 |
| R1 | Alien in a religious occupation | 4 | 0.1% | 6 | 3 |
| H2B | Temporary worker performing other services | 3 | 0.1% | 0 | 2 |
| CW1 | Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands transitional worker | 2 | 0% | 0 | 3 |
| E3D | Spouse or child of Australian specialty occupation professional | 1 | 0% | 1 | 2 |
| K2 | Child of K-1 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0 |
| P4 | Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0 |
| R2 | Spouse or child of R1 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0 |
Immigrant classes, October 2024
| Class | The Department's description | Oct 2024 | Share | Sep 2024 | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen | 94 | 55.3% | 91 | 72 |
| DV | Diversity immigrant (DV1, DV2, DV3) | 18 | 10.6% | 33 | 0 |
| E1 | Employment first preference (priority workers): person with extraordinary ability, outstanding professor or researcher, multinational executive or manager, spouse and child (E11-E15) | 17 | 10% | 0 | 21 |
| E2 | Employment second preference: professional holding advanced degree or alien of exceptional ability, spouse and child (E21-E23) | 10 | 5.9% | 0 | 8 |
| IR2 | Child of U.S. citizen | 7 | 4.1% | 5 | 8 |
| I5 | Investor pilot program (regional center) in targeted area, spouse and child (I51-I53) | 6 | 3.5% | 0 | 5 |
| IR5 | Parent of U.S. citizen at least 21 years of age | 6 | 3.5% | 12 | 13 |
| SB1 | Returning resident | 3 | 1.8% | 4 | 3 |
| CR1 | Spouse of U.S. citizen (conditional status) | 2 | 1.2% | 1 | 0 |
| E3 | Employment third preference: skilled worker or professional holding baccalaureate degree, spouse and child (E31, E32, E34, E35) | 2 | 1.2% | 0 | 5 |
| SQ3 | Child of SQ1 | 2 | 1.2% | 3 | 0 |
| FX | Family second preference, exempt from country limitations: spouse or child of lawful permanent resident (FX1, FX2, FX3, CX1-CX3, BX1-BX3) | 1 | 0.6% | 2 | 3 |
| SQ1 | Certain Iraqis or Afghans employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 0 |
| SQ2 | Spouse of SQ1 | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 0 |
The reading of the wait-time table nearest to the end of October 2024 is of : B1/B2 next available appointment 29 days. The page of the post has the newest reading.
The page of Tokyo lists every month. The page of October 2024 has all posts. Change from the month before: +10%.
Where the figures come from
The Department's monthly tables of nonimmigrant and immigrant visa issuances by post and visa class, October 2024. Report an error.