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| Tokyo, Japan |  Review #5362 on December 7, 2009: |
soleil18
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Thank you everyone who is updating all the information and posting your experiences here!
Everything over there went smooth. You will be explained step-by-step, so no confusion or anything. I arrived at the embassy at 08:00 and left there before 09:30.
I was called fourt times to the different windows.
1. Turn all required documents.
2. For the fingerprint.
3. Return unnecessary documents back to me.
4. Interview (Only this time I was called with my full name.)
Everyone I had to deal with was very friendly and nice. Interview took only a few minutes. It was more like just regular conversation instead of Visa interview.
Tips from me: Glue your passport size photo and the reciept for the visa fee on a designated place on a copy of DS156 and have another one without them. And don't staple together! Also arrive there very early and have some coffee near by so you won't hit the rush hour. In that case you don't have to worry about your x-ray getting smashed. Also you will feel more calm when you get to the embassy I think
...that would be all. 
| | | Tokyo, Japan | Review #5277 on November 21, 2009: |
Deryck and Miho
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Smooth process. As the petitioner, I was able to attend the window for all parts except the actual interview portion (which I was able to observe/hear from the waiting chairs just a few feet away.)
Embassy setup feels like the DMV here in the States. All preliminary information gathering and the final interview take place at one of 10 or so windows that are lined up along the wall of the waiting area.
Observed that the immigration officers were professional and courteous, most couples seemed to be moving through the process without issues.
Start to finish took about 2 hours, mostly just waiting to be called up to the window for different items. The interview itself was about 10 minutes.
| | | Tokyo, Japan | Review #5218 on November 11, 2009: |
tootsie11
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Everything went very smooth. I answered more questions than my wife who was to be interviewed. The whole process took about 2 hours of which actual talking was about 20 minutes. Rest was just waiting time.
| | | Tokyo, Japan | Review #5077 on October 13, 2009: |
nirvanapeace
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Thanks to follow VJ members' reviews and advice, I could prepare enough for the interview today and I was approved. I had positive experiences and officers, a consular (interviewer) and security guards were very nice and kind.
I arrived at the gate 7:40 a.m. for my interview at 8:30 a.m. Only 4 parties were waiting when the embassy gate opened at 8 a.m.
I had to leave my cellphone and other electric equipment at the security point before entering the building. I went through a security check similar to airports. Then I was guided to the visa section office entrance. I signed in and was given a clear folder and an instruction sheet stating the order of the documents for putting in the folder (DS-156, DS-156K, the second copy of DS-156, police report, medical report, EXPACK and supporting documents)
I got the number first. At 8:30 a.m. they started calling the numbers. I submitted the folder to a Japanese officer. After about 10 minutes, I was called again to the window and taken my fingerprints.
I was nervous because an American lady who took my fingerprints seemed to be having troubles by looking at the computer screen with follow officers. So, I started worrying that it could be something wrong with my data or something would be missing, etc.
I was called again by the same female officer and was told that she lost my fingerprints data due to the system error so she has to take it again. But it didn't work so another lady called me at a different window and it went OK.
Then I was called again by the first officer who received my documents returned most documents I submitted today and mailed to the embassy before interview. He also told me that I need to wait longer for the interview by a consular.
After 30-40 minutes my number was called to a different window and a male consular greeted me nicely with a good smile.
He asked me to do oath first then started asking questions:
1. What is your fiance's name?
2. What is his job?
3. How did you meet him?
4. How many times did you meet him?
5. Did he come to Japan?
6. Have you been married?
7. Has he been married?
8. Does he have children?
9. How old are they?
10. How do you communicate with him?
11. Please explain about your previous visas.
After the above questions, the consular said to me: "I approved your visa. Your passport with a visa stamp will be mailed to you within a week. Do you have any questions? Good luck on your marriage!"
I left the embassy visa office around 10 a.m.
Only thing I noticed is that the instructions about 5cm x 5cm photos in the packet 3 and the checklist on the embassy website were different. The instructions in the packet says that an applicant needs to send a photo with DS-230 to the embassy before making an appointment for the interview. On the other hand, the checklist on the web says that applicants should bring two photos to the interview. I thought I didn't need to bring another photo to the interview since I already mail it to the embassy but I was advised to put a photo on the first page of the DS-156 at the entrance area when I was given a clear folder. I had another photo with me so I didn't need to take it at the photo booth inside the embassy visa office. But if you get two photos and even if you already mail it to the embassy with DS-230 Part I, you had better bring another photo with you.
| | | Tokyo, Japan | Review #5026 on September 28, 2009: |
Anonymous 57
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The embassy got our case in the beginning of July and took their time sending us our packet 3. I called to ask about whether or not they had actually received our case since they were taking so long and was forced to talk to that $20 phone line person who speaks poor Japanese and poor English, making communication nearly impossible. When I refused to get off the phone unless she did something, she finally offered to send in an inquiry. They finally sent out our packet 3 after receiving my inquiry... and an RFE for evidence of relationship and a timeline of events. My fiance already had all of the documents pertaining to the case so he sent a reply the next day. We waited a week and then I sent a $20 e-mail complaint asking them to send packet 4 so that he could at least get an interview and they replied that they just happened to have finished processing our packet 3 and were sending packet 4. He got his interview date and we waited.
My fiance went in for his interview on September 8. He watched other people go through 5 minute interviews and get approved immediately and thought, "This is going to be easy!" Yeah... WRONG. When they called him up, the brought over a translator and grilled him for over an hour about pretty much everything under the sun. Granted, our case was not as cut and dry as others because he had worked and lived in America before (LEGALLY - E2 visa), but they were very accusationary. Apparently he was questioned interrogation style, they asked him the same questions over and over again. He said that it was really, really stressful and that they weren't very nice. Since he really hadn't done anything wrong and he brought all of the documents pertaining to topics that we thought the consular might be suspicious about, they told him that he had passed the interview. The said that he was probably approved.
Wait... probably? When he asked them for clarification, they repeated that he was probably approved. But they weren't sure. They collected his passport and told him that his visa (if really approved) would be sent out within a week. And we waited. At the end of a week, I sent another $20 e-mail asking them what was going on. And I waited another week. I told my local Congresswoman what was happening too and asked for her help. I waited a day and finally, I called the embassy main line and was like, "Look, you're not answering my e-mail, I paid $20, what is going on?" And then I find out that they had apparently replied to my e-mail last week... and sent it to the wrong address. How is that even possible? At least they agreed to check the current status of my case since they had made a mistake and they told me that it was still being processed. Two and a half weeks after the interview. I reminded them that they had told us that it would be sent within a week, but they just replied, "I don't know how long it will take."
The next day, the Congresswoman make HER inquiry, to which they answered, "There is no problem with the case, we'll send the visa right away." It was sent out on the 28th, one business day after that. Whew.
This whole process has been ridiculous. I had to complain for them to do literally ANYTHING pertaining to our case. Had I not started complaining, we would probably still be waiting for our packet 3. And 20 days to send us our visa after the interview?! After not even telling us whether or not we were approved?! Inexcusable. That's really the last straw. My fiance and I are thoroughly sick of this embassy and are glad that we won't be dealing with them again anytime in the near future. 
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