Tokyo’s A1 visa issuance rate

Ambassador, public minister, career diplomat or consular officer, or immediate family

Before COVID, Tokyo issued 17 A1 visas in an average May. This May, they issued 22. It seems like Tokyo is hard at work catching up on their backlog from COVID.

Source: The U.S. Department of State’s Monthly Immigrant Visa Issuance Statistics.
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