Tokyo Embassy Interview Experience Details

[tokyo.lovers 6]

Hello all!

So for all curious as to how the interviews in tokyo go, here is our experience's details!

He arrived early. about 1 hour early. there was no one waiting outside the embassy so it was easy to enter.

At the door he received some checklists and they security checked his bag twice.

The embassy was not that busy that day. only about 7 people were there for immigration visas at that time. (early morning)

There was probably only 2 people doing the visa interviews.

When entering the main building a lady gave him a number, and he took a seat. After waiting about 30 minutes they finally called his number. He went to the counter and a Japanese lady just checked some documents and he gave her his medical results and the expack 500 (envelope for sending the visa in).

She then asked in Japanese,

"What is your wife's father's name?"

"Is she working?"

then the lady was talking to herself and said something about how i have worked at my job for about 10 years. (apparently she was not impressed by it. whatever!! )

She then told him to go wait again. and he waited some more.

About 30 minutes later they called his number and he did the fingerprinting.

American girl was friendly and told him to go sit down again after it was done.

After about maybe 20 more minutes they finally called his number for the interview.

the interviewer is some american guy (LUCKY!! ). he took an oath and then he handed him some document to sign (ds-230??). then the interview began.

"When did you meet?"

"Does she study Japanese?"

"How many times did she come to Japan?"

"When did she leave Japan?"

"When did you get married?"

"Where did you get married?"

"How many times did she come back to Japan (after the marriage)?"

"Have you been to her house in the USA before?"

"How many times did you visit?"

"What do her parents think of you?"

"What kind of work do you do?"

"Will you do that in the USA?"

Congratulations! Your visa is approved. You will receive your visa in about 1 week.

he says the interview was more like a conversation. haha.

The guy didn't ask for ANYTHING!! no evidence at all. so lucky us! some other people had to show photos or other evidence. so our case must have been good! alright!!!

Now we are done with this visa stuff for 2 years!! THANK YOU GOD!!!

THANK YOU VJ MEMBERS!!! without all you we would have been lost!!

[honbako 1]

Hello all!

So for all curious as to how the interviews in tokyo go, here is our experience's details!

He arrived early. about 1 hour early. there was no one waiting outside the embassy so it was easy to enter.

At the door he received some checklists and they security checked his bag twice.

The embassy was not that busy that day. only about 7 people were there for immigration visas at that time. (early morning)

There was probably only 2 people doing the visa interviews.

When entering the main building a lady gave him a number, and he took a seat. After waiting about 30 minutes they finally called his number. He went to the counter and a Japanese lady just checked some documents and he gave her his medical results and the expack 500 (envelope for sending the visa in).

She then asked in Japanese,

"What is your wife's father's name?"

"Is she working?"

then the lady was talking to herself and said something about how i have worked at my job for about 10 years. (apparently she was not impressed by it. whatever!! )

She then told him to go wait again. and he waited some more.

About 30 minutes later they called his number and he did the fingerprinting.

American girl was friendly and told him to go sit down again after it was done.

After about maybe 20 more minutes they finally called his number for the interview.

the interviewer is some american guy (LUCKY!! ). he took an oath and then he handed him some document to sign (ds-230??). then the interview began.

"When did you meet?"

"Does she study Japanese?"

"How many times did she come to Japan?"

"When did she leave Japan?"

"When did you get married?"

"Where did you get married?"

"How many times did she come back to Japan (after the marriage)?"

"Have you been to her house in the USA before?"

"How many times did you visit?"

"What do her parents think of you?"

"What kind of work do you do?"

"Will you do that in the USA?"

Congratulations! Your visa is approved. You will receive your visa in about 1 week.

he says the interview was more like a conversation. haha.

The guy didn't ask for ANYTHING!! no evidence at all. so lucky us! some other people had to show photos or other evidence. so our case must have been good! alright!!!

Now we are done with this visa stuff for 2 years!! THANK YOU GOD!!!

THANK YOU VJ MEMBERS!!! without all you we would have been lost!!

Congratulations! Thanks for posting the interview experience! I received notification of my NOA2 today via email & text message today so it will definitely come in handy. All the best for the rest of the process!

[tokyo.lovers 6]

congrats on noa2!!!

now go get the PCC NOW!!!!!!!

that way you have it to send to the NVC right away!!

seriously, get it now. it takes about 1 or 2 weeks to get the results!

if you do it now you can have a quick NVC trip!

[honbako 1]

congrats on noa2!!!

now go get the PCC NOW!!!!!!!

that way you have it to send to the NVC right away!!

seriously, get it now. it takes about 1 or 2 weeks to get the results!

if you do it now you can have a quick NVC trip!

Thank you!

Since it's the K-1 visa the information here Police Certificate indicates that doesn't look like my fiancee can get the police certificate until she receives information from the Embassy in Tokyo ... unless the PCC you are referring to is some other document. It might be worth trying anyway though.

[tokyo.lovers 6]

hmmm yeah i don't know about K-1.

but i am sure the PCC is the same. you only need NOA2 to get it i am sure!!

good luck!

[honbako 1]

hmmm yeah i don't know about K-1.

but i am sure the PCC is the same. you only need NOA2 to get it i am sure!!

good luck!

Thanks for the well wishes!

I was digging around a bit and I found this link on the VJ site: Tokyo, Japan, US Embassy / Consulate Info. It looks like we'll need some kind of proof before they will issue the Police report. Good thing I received the hard copy of the NOA2 today in the mail. I'll just scan that in and send it to her; she can use that along with whatever the US Embassy sends her.

[tokyo.lovers 6]

Thanks for the well wishes!

I was digging around a bit and I found this link on the VJ site: Tokyo, Japan, US Embassy / Consulate Info. It looks like we'll need some kind of proof before they will issue the Police report. Good thing I received the hard copy of the NOA2 today in the mail. I'll just scan that in and send it to her; she can use that along with whatever the US Embassy sends her.

that's all we did!

he also took some other documents too, but i think he only needed to show NOA2!

[honbako 1]

that's all we did!

he also took some other documents too, but i think he only needed to show NOA2!

After my experience with the government offices in Japan wanting piles of documents as proof for applying for a drivers' license, etc, I've developed a healthy 'show them as many documents as possible' paranoia to avoid any unnecessary hassle.