Visa requirements and application
You’ll need to provide several supporting documents when you submit a Japanese Tourist Visa application. The requirements include:
- Japan Tourist Visa Application Form
- Valid passport with at least two blank pages
- Passport-size pictures
- Flight Itinerary
- Daily Itinerary in Japan
- If you have a guarantor in Japan: Invitation Letter, Letter of Guarantee, Income Certificate, and Residence Certificate
- If you’re financing your own trip: Bank Statements from the last three months and latest Income Tax Returns
- If you’re visiting someone: proof of relationship
- If you’re employed: No Objection Certificate or a Letter of Employment from your employer
- Civil status documents as required
For detailed and up-to-date information, please refer to Visa for Japan or check with your travel agent.
Invitation Letters
1. The invitation letter will be issued after the successful registration.
2. Your name must be listed exactly as it appears on your passport. Any
differences between the name on your passport and the name on your invitation
letter or other documentation could lead to a delay and/or denial of your visa.
3. Please note ICPEME Conferences and the organizing committee of the conference
are not authorized to assist with the VISA process beyond providing the
Notification of Invitation Letter issued by ICPEME Conferences and conference
Committee Board. Should your application be denied, ICPEME Conferences and the
organizing committee of the conference cannot change the decision of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, nor will ICPEME Conferences and the organizing
committee of the conference engage in discussion or correspondence with the MOFA
or the Embassy on behalf of the applicant. The registration fee cannot be
refunded when the VISA application of individual being denied.
4. It takes around one month for the Embassy to process the VISA application,
please register as early as you can to make sure you have enough time.