U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan

To Request an Appointment

The form below is to be used to request or change the appointment for an I-130 immigrant petition interview.

To be eligible for the blanket exception, the U.S. citizen petitioner must meet the following conditions:

U.S. citizen diplomats and military service members permanently assigned or stationed overseas

AND

Filing for your parent, spouse, or child, including step children and adopted children. In the case of step children, the parent's marriage must have taken place before the stepchild turns 18 years old. In the case of adopted children, the child must have met the two-year physical and legal requirements before the child would turn 16 years old.

You are not qualified for this exception if you are:

A military reserve member
A legal permanent resident
A service member assigned to an international organization
A government employee overseas who is a personal service contractor
A U.S. Direct Hire employee on temporary duty, or on an official visit

The petitioner and the beneficiary must be physically present in our consular district when filing an I-130 petition in Japan. The beneficiary should be able to stay in the country for the time it normally takes to process the visa.

Note: We conduct I-130 petition interviews by appointment only. When your appointment request is received, you can expect to receive a response regarding your appointment date within 7 working days. After we schedule your appointment, we will send your appointment notice by e-mail. If you do not receive a notice within 7 working days, please resubmit this form using a different web browser and/or listing a different email address.

To Change an Appointment

If you need to change your appointment, please return to this page to request a different date. Indicate that you are changing an existing appointment in the "Remarks" box below. We will send a new appointment notice by email.

The Embassy in Tokyo conducts interviews on a varied schedule, excluding U.S. and Japanese holidays.
The U.S. Consulate General in Naha conducts interviews Mondays through Thursdays, excluding U.S. and Japanese holidays.

Interview Request Form

Full name of petitioner
(Last name, First name):

Date of birth of petitioner:

Place of birth:

Current Location of Assignment/Military Duty Station:

Current mailing address:

Telephone number in Japan:

E-mail address (required):

8. Applicants/Beneficiaries: (Please do not include your U.S. citizen children.)

1st applicant/beneficiary
(Last name, First name):

Date of birth of 1st applicant / beneficiary:

Relationship to petitioner:

2nd applicant/beneficiary
(Last name, First name):

Date of birth of 2nd applicant / beneficiary:

Relationship to petitioner:

3rd applicant/beneficiary
(Last name, First name):

Date of birth of 3rd applicant / beneficiary:

Relationship to petitioner:

4th applicant/beneficiary
(Last name, First name):

Date of birth of 4th applicant / beneficiary:

Relationship to petitioner:

Intended date of travel to the U.S: (Required)

10.

Preferred week for appointment:
(The week of the first Monday is the first week of the month)

week of

11.

Location for appointment:

12.

Has a petition previously been filed on behalf of the beneficiary?

Yes No

(If 'YES', please indicate where and when the petition was filed in the remarks below.)
Please note that submission of this request does not mean that you filed I-130 form.

13.

Remarks: