Visa Status Check Online (CEAC Status Check): Immigrant Visa and K visa (2024)

Ready

Your case is ready for your interview when scheduled at the U.S. Consular section. If you have already scheduled an appointment for an interview, please prepare your documents as directed in your appointment letter and appear at the consulate on the appointed date and time. Otherwise, please wait until you have been notified of your interview appointment. Additional information about how Immigrant Visa interview appointments are scheduled can be found at:https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/interview.html

For K visa applicants only:
If you have already attended a K visa interview, AND10 business dayshave passed since the interview day, please submit an online inquiry form to inquire about your pending visa application status. Please note that if 10 business days have not passed, you will NOT receive an email response.
https://jp.usembassy.gov/case-status-inquiry-form/

You can track your passport by using the Japan Post tracking link:
https://www.post.japanpost.jp/index_en.html

Administrative Processing

Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This processing can take several weeks. Please follow any instructions provided by the Consular Officer at the time of your interview. If further information is needed, you will be contacted. If your visa application is approved, it will be processed and mailed/available within two business days. Under the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act, Immigrant Visas for “Diversity Visas” cannot be issued after September 30th of the year in which you were selected to apply for a Diversity Visa. For example, entrants into the Diversity Visa Program in Fall of 2011 were selected for Diversity Visa 2012 Program, and selectees MUST apply and receive their visa prior to September 30, 2012 otherwise they lose eligibility to receive a Diversity Immigrant Visa, regardless of additional administrative processing.

In addition, please note that some immigrant visas may not be able to be issued if the annual numerical limit for that category has been reached.

Issued

Your visa has been printed. Depending on local procedures at the location where you were interviewed, your visa will be mailed or available for pickup soon. If there are further questions, or if we need updated contact information, you will be contacted.

Refused

A U.S. consular officer has adjudicated and refused your visa application. Please follow any instructions provided by the consular officer. If you were informed by the consular officer that your case was refused for administrative processing, your case will remain refused while undergoing such processing. You will receive another adjudication once such processing is complete. Please be advised that the processing time varies and that you will be contacted if additional information is needed.

Returned to NVC

Your case has been returned to the National Visa Center (NVC). Please contact NVC for further information.https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center.html

Transfer in Progress

Your Immigrant Visa case has been transferred to another U.S. Consular office. You should check back for your case status at a later date.

Expired

You have been notified that your registration for an immigrant visa was cancelled, and any petition approved on your behalf was also cancelled. We informed you that your application might be reinstated if, within one year, you could establish that your failure to pursue your immigrant visa application was due to circ*mstances beyond your control.

Since you have failed to do so, the record of your registration and any petition approved on your behalf and all supporting documents have been destroyed; any Department of Labor certification has been returned to your prospective employer.

If you are still interested in obtaining an immigrant visa, the petitioner should contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Office of Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) regarding filing a new immigrant visa petition.

Expiring Soon

Section 203(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act requires that your registration be canceled and any petition approved on your behalf canceled, if you do not apply for your immigrant visa within one year of being advised to do so.

You were advised of this requirement over 1 year ago, but we have not received a response from you since then. As a result, your application for a visa has been canceled and any petition approved on your behalf has also been canceled.

Your application may be reinstated and any petition revalidated if, within one year, you can establish that your failure to pursue your immigrant visa application was due to circ*mstances beyond your control. Please provide a written statement to the Embassy or Consulate outlining the circ*mstances beyond your control and noting that you still wish to pursue this visa petition.

Application Receipt Pending

Please allow up to 20 business days from the day the DS-260 was submitted for the form to be reviewed.

*At NVC

Please follow the instructions you received from the National Visa Center (NVC) for the next step in the processing of your visa petition.

If you have misplaced the instructions sent to you by the NVC or did not receive them, please contact us athttps://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center.htmlfor additional information.