Tokyo’s J1 visa issuance rate

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Before COVID, Tokyo issued 202 J1 visas in an average September. This September, they issued 245. 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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