Do I need to book air tickets and hotels for Japan visa?

When submitting the application materials, you must have the booked air tickets and hotel information. No one cares whether you make the reservations yourself. That is to say, many travel agencies or institutions that handle visas now provide free flight wine orders. The Japanese Embassy stipulates that individual tourist visas cannot be applied for alone, and must be applied through the embassy’s designated travel agency.

Different consular districts have different visa requirements. Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou can apply for a visa first without providing hotels and air tickets. Chongqing consular district must provide real air tickets. If the itinerary is going to Okinawa or the three northeastern provinces, then you need to provide real hotel reservations. Applicants from Shenyang consular district must provide real hotel and air tickets when submitting visa applications. Information that does not meet the requirements will not be accepted.

Extended information:

Japan’s tourist visa relaxation mainly includes two parts:

1. Simplification of single-entry visa information for current university students and former students within three years Expanded to 1,243 universities

Undergraduate students, graduate students and graduates within three years of graduation from all ordinary undergraduate universities (1,243) included in the list of universities published by the Ministry of Education of China can use the university-issued Certificate of enrollment or graduation certificate as an alternative document to confirm financial ability. Now there is no difference between ordinary universities and 211 and 985 in applying for a single-visit visa to Japan. Students can also easily apply for a Japanese visa on their own!

2. Simplify the individual tourist visa

For Chinese tourists who have visited Japan more than 2 times with an individual tourist visa in the past 3 years, when applying for a multiple-entry visa valid for 3 years in the future , no need to submit financial proof materials. Prior to this, individual financial certificates for multiple travel to and from Japan required a bank statement of annual income of 100,000 to 200,000 or 500,000.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Japan Visa