Required Documents

Depending on the purpose of travel or individual circumstances, applicants may be requested to submit additional supporting documents.
Photocopy and photo-taking services are NOT available in our office and we DO NOT accept applications with insufficient documents.
 

Checklists of Required Documents

※NOTE 
・The earliest you can apply visa in advance is 3 months before your planned travel date.
・Submission of Flight booking is not mandatory for visa applications

• Temporary Visit for Sight-seeing: Multiple-entries / Single or Double-entry

• Temporary Visit for Visiting Relatives or Friends in Japan

• Temporary Visit for Business: Multiple-entries / Single or Double-entry

• Transit visa

• Temporary visa for a Domestic Helper: English / Japanese (日本語)
  *Note: Domestic Helper must be accompanied by employer or family member

• Temporary visa for a spouse of Japanese: English / Japanese (日本語)

• Long-term visa for a spouse of Japanese: English / Japanese (日本語)

• Work or long-term visa (with Certificate of Eligibility) *UPDATE* From 17 March 2023, submission of original COE is no longer required. You may submit COE copy for visa application. Click here for more details.

• Visa for Medical stay

• Visa for Future creation individual (J-Find)

• Visa for Digital Nomad

Other services

• Visa waiver registration for United Arab Emirates (UAE) Nationals *No longer required from 1 November 2022 until 31 October 2025
• Visa waiver registration for the State of Qatar Nationals

• Visa transfer from old passport to new passport

• Extension of the validity of Japan re-entry permit
  *Note: Special Re-entry Permit（みなし再入国許可） cannot be extended.

Format download and samples

• Visa Application Form
  (How to fill out a Visa Application Form)

• Visa Application Form for COE holders

• Application Form for Visa Waiver

• Application Form for Visa Transfer

• Application Form for Re-entry Permit extension

• Invitation Letter: English / Japanese (日本語)

• List of Visa Applicants: English / Japanese (日本語)

• Letter of Guarantee: English / Japanese (日本語)

• Letter of Guarantee for Domestic Helper

• Sponsorship Letter

• Company Overview

• Schedule of stay (Daily Activities): English / Japanese (日本語)

• Letter of Authorisation

• [SAMPLE] Certification of Employment or Student with a request for Single or Double entry visa

• [SAMPLE] Certification of Employment with a request for Multiple visa

• [SAMPLE] SG Work Pass Mobile App