Tokyo’s A1 visa issuance rate

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

Before COVID, Tokyo issued 19 A1 visas in an average August. This August, they issued 27. 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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