Embassy of the United States Tokyo, Japan

2012:

• Change of Non-immigrant Visa Application Procedures (February 2, 2012)
  

  Effective March 23, 2012, the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Japan will implement new visa application procedures. Applicants who apply for non-immigrant visas will be required to pay the application fee before they make interview appointments. The new system will be available on March 23.

  1) Applicants who have interview appointments on or before March 23 may pay the visa application fee through the following site, http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/visa/tvisa-niv-walkin2.html. Please ensure that you bring your receipt attached to the DS-160 Confirmation Page with you to your appointment. Applications without an original receipt for the visa application fee will not be accepted.

  2) Applicants who have appointments on or after March 27(Tokyo)/March 26(Osaka), need to pay the fee through the new payment site which will be available on March 23. Please bring receipts.

  3) If you schedule an appointment for April 2 or later, you will not be able to make an appointment until you have paid the fee in the new system. Please DO NOT pay the visa application fee by using the current system, prior to the new system start on March 23.

  Thank you for your patience during this transition time. We will continue to post updated information about this transition along with new information regarding new procedures for payment, appointment scheduling, and for the return of applicants’ passports. Please continue to check here frequently for updated information.

• Fee change for Diversity Visa(DV)applicants (February 2, 2012)
  

  Effective February 2, 2012, the application fee and IV security surcharge are not charged to the DV Program applicants. Paid fees before the effective date are not refundable. Please visit State Department's website for required fee information.

• Parole of Citizens of Russia into Guam and CNMI (January 27,2012)
  Beginning January 15, 2012, Russian citizens whose purpose of travel meets specific criteria are eligible to be paroled into Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) without a visa. Please see here for details.  

See also: visa news archives.