Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle

The district runs from Puget Sound to the Montana plains, and its southern edge is the vaguest boundary Japan draws in the United States: the split of Idaho between Seattle and Portland has no published line.

How to book an appointment at the Japanese consulate in Seattle

Plan around the appointment. Everything else at Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle follows from it.

Each office runs its own calendar. On the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle website the visa pages and the passport pages have different contact points, so follow the one for your service.

Reserving a time is free of charge at every Japanese office in the United States.

Applications can be left in a drop box at the office. Several reviewers report a visa returned the next day; the same reviewers report that email and voicemail go unanswered for weeks.

How to cancel an appointment at the Japanese consulate in Seattle

A slot released early gets used by somebody who has been trying for weeks.

Write to Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle by email, with your name and the date of the appointment. Do not rely on a phone call: the consular section may not answer the line during counter hours.

Getting to the Japanese consulate in Seattle

The consulate is at 701 Pike Street, Suite 1000, inside a commercial building. Look for the floor rather than a street entrance.

The office is on the tenth floor at 701 Pike Street. The ministry's own jurisdiction PDF still gives the old address on Union Street.

Real reviews of the Japanese consulate in Seattle

4.4 out of 5 across 70 reviews, the best-rated consulate general on the mainland. The one consistent complaint is the phone and email.

We left the application in the drop box at the office and the visa came back **the next day**. Everyone there, security included, was helpful.

Tyler B.

They know the immigration and visa rules better than some offices in Japan do. Courteous and quick.

Hana W.

Emails and voice messages went unanswered for nearly a month, and you cannot get a person on the line to chase it.

Dan P.

Opening hours of the Japanese consulate in Seattle

The counter hours are the part that catches people out.

The consular counter opens 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.. The office itself keeps longer hours, and the two are not the same thing.

Phone number of the Japanese consulate in Seattle

The number is (206) 682-9107. Consular sections often do not answer during counter hours, so email usually gets a faster reply.

What the Japanese consulate in Seattle handles

Some of what people come here for is handled in Japan, not in Seattle.

Passports, visas, certificates and family register work for Washington, Montana and the northern part of Idaho. The honorary consul in Helena assists locally but issues nothing.

What you can settle without going

Several of these steps do not need the counter at all.