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How to apply for a General Visa, Working Visa

Before applying for a General Visa or Working Visa, your substitute can obtain a Certificate of Eligibility. If you apply for your visa with Certificate of Eligibility, your term waiting for would be shorter than the application without it. That is the reason that I recommend you to apply for your visa with Certificate of Eligibility.

By the way, if you can't apply with Certificate of Eligibility, you need more than three months or two months to obtain your visa.

The below show a example of procedure from applying for your Certificate of Eligibility to entering into Japan.

  1. Your substitute in Japan will apply for your Certificate of Eligibility to a Regional Immigration Bureau, and the Regional Immigration Bureau will issue your Certificate of Eligibility.
  2. Your substitute will send your Certificate of Eligibility to you.
  3. You will apply for your visa to the embassy of Japan in your country with your Certificate of Eligibility. Then the embassy will issue your visa. (When you visit a website of embassy of Japan in your country, you can download the application form usually.)
  4. At Japanese airport, you first of all have to apply to an immigration officer for landing permission.　You obtain your IMMIGRATION STATUS, and then you can enter into Japan.

Befor you submit your visa to Japanese diplomatic establishment, plese check the way to apply your visa on the website of Japanse diplomatic establishment. Because, it's deference between the countrys some times.

For reference, I would like to show the generel documents and materials.

  • Passport
  • Two 45mm x 45mm passport-type photos taken within the previous six months (stateless persons must submit three photos)
  • Two official visa application forms, available at the embassy or consulate.
  • Documents certifying the purpose of the visit (see the accompanying table on the below websites)

Please refer to the below websites.

Documents to Be Submitted with Visa Applications
This is the page to Be Submitted with Visa Applications of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Embassies, Consulates, Permanent Missions Overseas
This is the page The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and it has the list of Embassies, Consulates, Permanent Missions Overseas.

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