Interview Appointment After DQ (Tokyo, Japan)

[TedBrosby 26]

We were DQ'ed on January 22nd but since then we haven't heard anything.  

  

The most recent Tokyo post I found was someone who got DQ'ed 19 days before me, got their interview appointment on 01/14 (11 days after DQ).  

  

It's been over 3 weeks since we got DQ'ed and we haven't gotten notice that our case has left NVC and been received at Tokyo Consulate yet. And the Tokyo Consulate are basically worthless in answering questions, "We can't talk to you until you have an interview date, bye" basically.  

  

It seems like people just bail on VJ and don't answer questions once they get DQ'ed for Japan. Can anyone offer advice/feedback? Are they suddenly delayed? 

[marumarumori 5]

I don't have any useful advice but we're in the same boat (DQ 1/26, Tokyo Embassy). Who knows what the hold up is, for Japan the norm seemed to be 3 weeks or less so that's what I was expecting. I really hope we can hear something by this week.

[YM3 1]

Got DQ'd yesterday (2/18) and now await NVC to schedule my wife's interview with the US Embassy in Tokyo. It's been a super long process for us (almost 2.5 years since we submitted I-130. F2A category) and now I finally see light at the end of the tunnel. Would appreciate if you guys can update when you receive your interview letter!

[George99 12]

We are not yet a DQ stage but interested in your progress as we are in Okinawa and will have the interview in Naha later this year (hopefully).

[TedBrosby 26]

We ended up finally getting our interview email on 2/16. So it looks like the wait time from passing DQ and interview scheduling for Tokyo has ballooned up to 25 days (versus the 10 days to 2 weeks it was before).  

  

We still have it much better than a lot of other countries, but don't be discouraged.  

  

Our interview is for March 22nd and we have plane tickets for April 1st. I'm hoping the 2-3 days for visa I've read about is accurate. 

[YM3 1]

@TedBrosby

Thanks for the update and congrats on the interview! You guys are almost there!