What you need to know about Japan tourist visa for departure from Shanghai...

Instructions for Japan Tourist Visa Application

1. Basic Situation

(Currently, the Shanghai Consulate only accepts group travel for tourists with passports issued by Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. Chinese residents in other areas can also apply for a Japanese group tourist visa if they have a Shanghai residence permit or a Shanghai temporary residence permit for more than 6 months).

Tourist visa: A specially issued tourist group visa. Personnel holding this visa cannot enter and exit individually at the border of China or Japan (must enter and exit as a group). The visa is only applicable to people who are purely traveling. All group guests abroad must stay with the tour leader and other group guests for group activities. They are not allowed to leave the group without permission and must enter and exit the group as a whole.

2. Necessary requirements for applicants

Residents of Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang (the place where the passport is issued shall prevail)

No history of staying or not returning, no History of visa refusal in Japan (of any kind or for any reason)

3. Materials required for visa applicants

Valid passport (must have my signature on the last page, if The new passport must provide the old passport)

A copy of the business license of the workplace.

Proof of employment with the unit (including working hours, job title, contact number, signature of the person in charge and official seal), please use the unit’s letterhead and stamp with the official seal.

Two 2-inch color photos of yourself without a hat (within six months, the background must be light-colored).

Proof of assets: Personal bank deposit certificate (cash, check) with a deposit period of at least six months of more than 50,000 yuan or equivalent in foreign currency, or a copy of your real estate (invoice or pre-sale contract) ), cars, etc. If the property certificate of the applicant's spouse is provided, the marriage certificate is required.

The household registration book and personal ID card must be copied by the travel agency and returned immediately. (The work unit in the service location and occupation column in the household registration book must be consistent with the unit in the employment certificate, and the marital status must be consistent with the actual situation)

Copy of marriage certificate (if necessary).

Retirees need to provide a copy of the original retirement certificate (items 2 and 3 above are not required).

Students need to provide their school’s student ID card.

Please fill in the "Japan Entry Visa Application Form" and "Shanghai China Youth Travel Service Outbound Travel Application Form" truthfully. The applicant must personally sign the form filled in by himself. The signature must be the same as the one on the passport. If the signatures are consistent, children can be signed by their parents. If you have been to Japan before, be sure not to write the wrong date of your last visit! The work unit filled in on the form must be consistent with the unit in the household registration book. Try to fill in the phone number of the unit that has been logged in with 114. If you have not logged in with 114, please fill it in truthfully.

Before departure, each person must pay The deposit is 50,000-150,000 yuan (if there is no violation of regulations, the full deposit will be refunded after returning to China on time with the group)