Japan’s tourist visa policy relaxes financial certification requirements for Chinese college students

The latest Japanese tourist visa news confirms that starting from January 4, 2020, the conditions for applying for a tourist visa from China to Japan will be relaxed, and it will be more convenient in the future. This time the policy is aimed at Chinese college students, covering a wider range of schools, and no financial proof materials are required! Pretty good.

Starting from January 4, 2020, undergraduates and graduate students from domestic undergraduate institutions, as well as past students who have graduated within three years and tourists who have visited Japan multiple times within three years, do not need to submit financial documents when applying for a round-trip visa. Proof materials.

1. The specific implementation content is as follows:

First, Chinese tourists who have visited Japan more than twice with individual tourist visas in the past three years will also apply for multiple-entry visas in the future. It will be simplified and there is no need to submit financial proof materials.

Second, previously, simplified application procedures were implemented for current undergraduates, graduate students, and past students within three years of graduation from 75 universities directly under the Ministry of Education of China when applying for a single visa. This time The target universities have been expanded to 1,243 universities, which also covers all universities in China with general undergraduate programs.

This means all domestic undergraduates and graduate students, as well as past students and graduates within 3 years of graduation. Chinese tourists who visit Japan more than twice within two years can obtain a visa without proving their financial ability.

2. Tourism in Japan is booming

In recent years, the number of Chinese tourists traveling to Japan has really increased. It can be said that Chinese people are very enthusiastic about traveling to Japan. Japan has welcomed a large influx of Chinese tourists during the National Day in the past few months. Japan is the second largest destination for Chinese citizens to travel abroad. In the first half of 2018, the number of tourists from mainland China to Japan exceeded 4 million, and current data predicts that the number of tourists in the whole year is expected to exceed 8 million, and this final sprint will definitely reach a new level during the Spring Festival. The relaxation of tourist visas coincides with the peak travel period of the Spring Festival.

Looking at the size of China’s college students, there are about 30 million. In the future, these 30 million people will travel to Japan. potential customer groups. The policy for Chinese higher education students is expected to benefit 25 million to 30 million people. Simplifying the materials and procedures for traveling to Japan will be a great benefit to tourists, businesses and the market.

Looking at Japan’s tourism policy towards China in recent years, Japan has launched multiple tourist visas for Chinese tourists and relaxed the conditions for multiple visas in 2018.

3. As the Spring Festival is approaching< /p>

According to the service data of a certain visa platform, hundreds of thousands of single-visa visas for individual travel to Japan were processed through the visa platform from January to August this year, a year-on-year increase of 120.6%, which coincides with the Spring Festival and the Spring Festival. On this occasion, I believe that the number of domestic tourists traveling to Japan will usher in a small peak.

Not long after New Year’s Day, it will be the Spring Festival! I believe that by then, I will prepare to go to Japan for vacation. There will be many tourists shopping for goods. In the past few days, the visa processing departments of many tourism agencies in Shanghai have received notifications confirming that Japan’s tourist visas will be further relaxed from January 4, 2020, which will benefit a large number of Chinese tourists and tourists. College students.

In the past five years, China’s outbound tourism has experienced explosive development. Now that Chinese people have money, they all like to travel abroad, especially among tourists from some first-tier cities. I have been to Japan several times. Some of these tourists go there purely for leisure and to see cherry blossoms, or because of the influence of anime, many of them are interested in Japanese food and cosmetics.

Japan’s tourism satisfaction is also very high among tourists. Japan’s tourism facilities are complete, its streets are clean, and other service industries in the tourism industry service chain are complete. Moreover, data shows that tourists from first-tier cities in Shanghai are very satisfied. The return rate for visiting Japan is very high!

4. The benefits of visa relaxation

This time the visa policy for Japan has been simplified, which is beneficial to tourists, companies and the market. Great benefit.

For most tourists, the biggest "stumbling block" in applying for a three-year multiple-visa visa is asset certification materials. The policy implemented this time will dispel this concern - as long as the tourists have been in Japan within three years If you travel independently twice and apply for a three-year multiple-visit visa, you do not need to submit financial documentation, which virtually lowers the income threshold for applying for a three-year multiple-visit visa.

The simplified application procedures for college student visas have been significantly expanded in the scope of this policy, which has basically covered most schools in China. It is expected that this policy will benefit 25 million to 30 million people. College students, some online travel companies have responded quickly and have begun to launch related products, of course aimed at college students.

Suddenly I feel like it would have been better if I had graduated a few years later!