Japan issues electronic visa to China in April 2020

In April 2020, Japan will open electronic visas to China, which will make it more convenient for Chinese people to travel to Japan. Japan has quickly become a popular tourist country in the 21st century, with more than 30 million foreign tourists in 2018. , I will share with you a detailed introduction below.

On December 18, 2018, the Japan Tourism Agency revealed:

The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan reached 30 million for the first time in 2018. In order to achieve the goal of increasing the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan to 4,000 by 2020 With the target of 10,000 people, the Japanese government is actively taking countermeasures.

The Japanese government will introduce “electronic visas” that accept applications and issue them online for the first time in April 2020. The target includes Chinese people visiting Japan for sightseeing purposes, and it is a single-entry visa.

The purpose of this is to reduce the administrative burden of diplomatic missions abroad and at the same time strengthen response strategies such as preventing illegal entry for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

According to statistics from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, nearly 60% of Chinese tourists chose to apply for a single tourist visa in 2017. Based on this application, we will continue to observe the specific situation and gradually expand the implementation targets, such as the types of visas. and country.

From the perspective of applicants, the convenience is also relatively improved.

Electronic visas are applied online by the travel agencies that accept them. After review by the local Japanese embassy and others, the travel agency will be notified whether to issue a visa. As part of anti-terrorism countermeasures, airlines will also *enjoy visas information. When Chinese tourists check in at the airport, the airline can check on the system to confirm whether they have obtained the corresponding visa.

For Chinese tourists applying for a single tourist visa, as of now, the person in charge of the local travel agency needs to go to the Japanese Embassy to submit their passport and application documents. After that, if they want to receive the passport with the visa sticker, the person in charge of the travel agency must Go to the Japanese Embassy again.

For Japan, with the increase in visa issuance, work such as visa subsidy is indeed a burden on staff. The future electronic visa will greatly save these links.