American Realtime Court Reporters in Japan

DEPOSITION VISAS

Because of our experience in seeing all that can go wrong during the visa application process – sometimes causing weeks of depositions to be cancelled because one attorney’s visa was rejected – we walk our clients through the application process. Ask us for our visa checklist which contains distinct suggestions to increase the likelihood that your visa will be approved.

 

DEPOSITION RULES

It should be noted that U.S. Marines strictly enforce deposition times with an entry time of 9:00 a.m. and a departure time of 5 p.m. This means the deposition must adjourn well before 5 p.m. in order to give the court reporter (and videographer if there is one) ample time to pack up equipment and vacate the premises by 5 p.m. When room availability allows, we set up our equipment the day before a deposition to assist our clients in maximizing their deposition time.

An Embassy or Consulate official administers the appropriate oath to the court reporter, interpreters and witnesses. Lunch is taken from 12:30 to 1:30 in Osaka and 1:00 to 2:00 in Tokyo, and it is mandatory to vacate the deposition room during this time.

In estimating the time needed to conduct your deposition, please be aware that, if the witnesses will be deposed in Japanese, the use of interpreters will at least double the time typically required.

The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Japan are closed on both U.S. and Japanese holidays and no depositions are permitted to be taken on those dates. Click here for a list of holidays.