Tokyo’s J1 visa issuance rate

Exchange visitor

Before COVID, Tokyo issued 366.3 J1 visas in an average May. This May, they issued 456. 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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