How to apply for a visa to Japan

Personal application process for Japanese visa:

1. Prepare visa information: Download visa application form and other template documents from the official website of the Japanese Embassy

2. Visa in Pay the payment to the visa office in the consular district where the applicant's domicile is located and submit the information to the consulate

3. Wait for the consulate to accept the application

4. Receive the visa 1. Apply through a travel agency. Process:

1. Prepare information according to the requirements on the page

2. Submit the information to the travel agency

3. The travel agency reviews the materials

4. Submit to the embassy< /p>

5. Waiting for the visa to be issued

2. Japan visa refers to the document that non-Japanese nationals need to apply for when going to Japan. It is divided into business visas (short-term visas). , long-term), sightseeing visa (individual, group, family type), visa to visit relatives/friends, visa to visit Japan for medical treatment, study abroad visa, visa with certificate of residence qualification, etc.

3. Application conditions

In principle, if the visa applicant meets all the following conditions, the visa will be issued if the requirements are met.

1. The applicant holds a valid passport and has the right and qualification to return to his or her country of residence or re-enter.

2. The application materials submitted are true and comply with the regulations.

3. The activities the applicant will engage in, or the identity, status and length of stay in Japan comply with the status of residence stipulated in the Immigration and Refugee Recognition Act (Government Decree No. 319 of 1951, hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act") and Dwell time.

4. The applicant does not meet any of the provisions of Article 5, Paragraph 1 of the Immigration Control Act.

4. In order to expand personnel exchanges between Japan and China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan decided on April 21, 2017 to relax the conditions for issuing visas to Chinese people going to Japan starting from May 8, and begin to issue visas to Chinese people with sufficient qualifications. Multiple-entry visas valid for 3 years will be issued to those with financial ability, and multiple-entry visas will be expanded from three northeastern counties in Japan to six counties.

The specific content of this measure is as follows:

(1) Measures targeting Chinese people living in China

(1) Starting to provide Issuance of multiple-entry visas

For people with sufficient financial ability and their families, multiple-entry visas valid for 3 years and with a stay period of 30 days will be issued (the purpose of the first visit to Japan is limited to sightseeing).

(2) Expand the multiple-entry visa for the three northeastern counties of Japan to six counties

Expand the multiple-entry visa for the three northeastern counties of Japan (Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, and Fukushima Prefecture) The target area of ??the visit was expanded to six northeastern prefectures (Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Akita Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, and Fukushima Prefecture). At the same time, the requirement that people with certain financial capabilities have traveled to Japan in the past three years is cancelled.

(3) Relaxation of multiple-entry visas for relatively high-income people

Multiple-entry visas (valid for 5 years, with a stay period of 90 days) are issued to people with relatively high incomes and their families.

(4) Simplify the application procedures for individual single-trip tourist visa

For credit card (gold card) holders, simplify the application materials for individual single-trip tourist visa.

(2) Measures for Chinese nationals living outside China

Chinese nationals living outside China can also apply for the same conditions as those in China

Law Basis:

"Passport Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 5: Citizens who go to foreign countries to settle, visit relatives, study, find employment, travel, engage in business activities and other non-official duties If you want to go abroad for any reason, you must apply for an ordinary passport from the exit and entry administration agency of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level where your household registration is located.