Do I need a visa to travel to Okinawa, Japan now? How to deal with it specifically?

At present, there are three kinds of tourist visas in Japan. Group visas, single round-trip personal tourist visas and multiple round-trip personal tourist visas must be handled through travel agencies, and individuals cannot go directly to the consulate.

Team visa: you must join and leave the group. Usually when you arrive in Japan, the tour leader will take away your passport. Generally speaking, the team visa is relatively simple, and there is no problem in meeting the basic conditions.

Individual single tourist visa: the so-called free travel visa. After September 1, the visa conditions were relaxed and the limited visa time was extended from the previous 15 days to 30 days, but not all visas were 30 days. According to the information, a visa of 15 or 30 days was issued.

Individual multiple travel visa: you can travel to and from Japan for unlimited times within 3 years, with a maximum stay of 90 days, 1 year 180 days. The visa will be marked Okinawa, which means that you have to enter Okinawa for the first time or leave Okinawa, and there will be no such restriction in the future. But the conditions are relatively high, especially the annual salary is more than 250 thousand.

The basic materials required for these three visas are similar, but the assets are different. The following brackets are detailed explanations and differences. Only Shanghai is the standard, and Beijing's requirements are slightly higher than Shanghai.

1 passport

Passports that have been refused visas or illegally stayed in Japan and are valid for more than 6 months will not be accepted. Passport must have at least 2 blank visa pages.

No matter what kind of visa, a passport is always needed.

2 photos

Two 2-inch photos with white background in half a year.

(passport photos can be used, that is, the size is 3.3*4.8)

3 hukou book

A copy of the entire household registration book. If the peers are not in the same household registration book, all of them should be provided.

(The service residence should be consistent with the company on the employment certificate. You can change it at the local police station with your work permit. If you only prepare the employment certificate, remember to bring the original and a copy, otherwise the police station will take the original. )

Copy of id card

(Both sides are needed)

A copy of the company's business license or organization code certificate shall be stamped with the official seal.

(The original or photocopy of the business license is acceptable, but it is not within the scope of the materials required by the consulate, but travel agencies generally need to submit it, and the consulate will conduct spot checks. )

5. Proof of economic ability

(1) On-the-job income certificate

There are differences among the three kinds of visas here. At present, both team visas and single individual visas do not need proof of employment, that is, they can apply for unemployment or freelancing. Of course, if they have a regular job, it is beneficial. If you apply for unemployment or freelancing, of course, you should have as many certificates of deposit as possible.

A single individual visa needs an annual income of more than 50,000-60,000, and the employment certificate needs to be stamped with the official seal of the company and the signature of the person in charge.

Multiple personal visas require an annual income of more than 200,000-250,000, and the employment certificate must be stamped with the company's official seal and financial seal, and signed by the person in charge.

The latest news is that it seems that the travel agency now requires that the annual salary of a single visa should reach more than 6.5438 million. Because they can't go to the consulate for visas now, they can only follow the regulations of the travel agency. )

(2) Certificate of deposit and transaction receipt.

Generally speaking, a person needs to have more than 50 thousand bank deposits, otherwise it is difficult for the consulate to believe that you have the financial ability to travel. For team visas and individual tourist visas, if there is no on-the-job income certificate, then bank deposit certificate is necessary, and more is helpful for visas. The general travel society requires you to go to the bank to issue a deposit certificate and freeze it. Actually, it doesn't matter whether it's frozen or not. If you don't freeze it, just let the bank make a running account and submit it together, which will prove that the money is really your own. Otherwise, what money will you take to go out to play? If the money is really borrowed temporarily, it will be frozen, because the date will show that it has just been deposited, which will arouse the suspicion of the consulate.

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(3) Automobile production and real estate.

These are all supporting proofs, not necessary. As long as your name is on the property certificate. However, if you apply for a personal tourist visa for three years, and your annual income is only 200,000 but less than 250,000, you must provide proof of real estate.

6 travel certificate

That is, air tickets and hotel reservations. Travel agencies usually require booking air tickets and hotels at the same time when handling visas, but this can be decided by themselves, mainly depending on the price. If they decide for themselves, it may be much cheaper than the travel agency.

(However, after 1 1, the consulate seems to require all travel agencies to book hotels and air tickets. Can you make a reservation yourself and discuss it with the travel agency? )

7 visa application form

This is very simple information. You need to fill in any visa. )

Personal tourist visa for more than three years: you can provide proof of financial ability within the second kind of relatives, but the relatives must apply for a visa at the same time, and provide a complete copy of the household registration book or the original proof of kinship that can reflect the relationship between the two parties.

Second generation relatives: spouse, parents, children, brothers and sisters, grandparents, grandparents, grandchildren and granddaughters.

If you use a relative's certificate, there will be remarks on the visa. The main applicant is the main visa and the deputy applicant is the family visa, which means that the deputy applicant cannot go to Japan alone to explain the deposit certificate and deposit:

Certificate of deposit refers to your bank deposit, which can be issued in the bank. It's 20 yuan, which will reflect your account opening date and the funds you have. This is required by the consulate and will be handed over to the consulate after getting the visa. The deposit is collected by the travel agency, nominally called the deposit, to prevent you from being hacked. The amount ranges from 50,000 to 200,000. This is defined by the travel agency according to whether you have a job or not and the quality of your materials, so how much deposit you charge is subject to the requirements of the travel agency.

So the certificate of deposit and the deposit are actually two sums of money, because if you freeze the certificate of deposit, you can't take it out to pay the deposit of the travel agency. However, there is also a solution, which is to use the third-party guarantee of the bank. Some travel agencies cooperate with banks. For example, Standard Chartered Bank has this business, that is, you have a deposit certificate in the bank, and the bank issues a deposit guarantee to the travel agency, so that only one sum of money is needed. Some travel agencies can also pay the deposit by credit card, such as Spring and Autumn.

Generally speaking, the comparison between occupation certificate and deposit can be roughly referred to the following table. If it does not meet the requirements of the travel agency, the requirements of the travel agency shall prevail, or ask the travel agency more. Travel agencies generally have higher requirements than consulates. After all, there is no way to apply for a visa by yourself now.

Employment (group signing): proof of income (less than 654.38 million yuan, more than 50,000 yuan can be applied)+proof of deposit of more than 50,000 yuan+auxiliary materials such as garage (not necessary), deposit of 50,000 yuan (depending on income or company, different amounts of deposits may be received. If you sign up in a travel agency for many times, you don't have to collect a deposit).

Occupation (personal signature): annual income within 65438+million+more than 50,000 certificates of deposit+garage and other auxiliary materials (required). Or 6,543,800 yuan or more income certificate+50,000 yuan or more deposit certificate, and deposit 50,000 yuan (depending on your income or company, different amounts of deposits may be charged, which is generally necessary).

Unemployed (group signing): deposit certificate of over 654.38 million+garage and other auxiliary materials (not necessarily, it is better to have them), or deposit certificate of over 50,000+garage and other auxiliary materials (certain). The general deposit is from 55,438,000 to 65,438,000 (generally, it depends on the degree of review of your information by the travel agency, and you must pay the deposit).

No occupation (personal signature): deposit certificate of more than RMB 65,438+10,000 yuan+garage and other auxiliary materials (necessary), and the deposit is generally RMB 500,000-65,438+10,000 yuan (depending on the degree of review of your information by the travel agency, a deposit is generally required).