Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Visa section on the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs website has all the official information about Japanese immigration, visa requirements and so on. This includes entering Japan, applying for visas and other important topics for foreigners interesting in working in Japan.
The website can sometimes be hard to figure out, because there is a lot of information on all kinds of exotic visa categories and regulation. It is all in English though — very helpful! — with some information also available in other languages.
The rest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website shows the Japanese government’s take on foreign affairs and foreign relations. It has a lot of information on Japanese foreign policy, economic affairs and so on.
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I’ve got a question about applying for permanant residency but I was born in Japan in the year of 1981 and now I am learning the 3rd year in a bachelor of Veterinary Science in Thailand.
Could you reply my quote? And how to apply for it?
Thank you.
Your kind regards
i enter in japan ang overstay there then i married japanese nationals but for some reasons i go to my country (philippines) w/o acquiring my spouse visa now im here in my country and i dont have communication now w/ my husband . How can i get my spouse visa w/o my husband sponsor. please help me what shall i do to go back to japan
i am married to US military{sofa}and i am now living in japan.we applied for a temporary visa for him to come to japan to visit us but he got denied.is there a problem why he didnt get approved?please help..
i am married with a US military(sofa) and we are now living in japan.my son is still in the philippines,he is a filipino citizen(hes not a son from a US citizen)but he is a US military dependent(accompanied)we applied for a temporary visa for him to come over but he got denied and we dont know the reason..is there anything we can do here to get him visit us?please help..
I want to go canada
Why you approve the fake papers of the peoples than to denied the papers that is real? xxx is using a fake papers.His real name is xxx. His birthday is xxx. He is a Filipino. The first time he go to Japan,he used his real name.But the second time he used the fake one and have a longterm visa. He live and can work in japan.
Thats why im asking why you cannot find out if there is some people using fake papers, Some people trying hard just to have there visas and work in other countries. Why? Please you do your job!
chelle, I have removed personal details from your comment. My website is the wrong place for this sort of message. You should contact the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
dear sir / madam,
it is my graetest pleasure to write to the japanies Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
please relate to me on how to aquire japanies visa.
i will looking forward to hear from soon.
my best regards.
Dear sir/madam
I visited japan on last 02nd December 2008 as a touriest and back to my country sri Lanka on 27th march 2008. Overstayed for nearly three month.After that I visited Malaysia also.Now I want to visit japan again.
It is my graetest pleasure to write to immigration office.
please relate to me on possibility to enter to japan with my passport No N1809183.
Or how could I can checked my details in immigration bueau.
I will looking forward to reply soon.
My kind regards.
Dear sir/madam
I visited japan on last 02nd December 2008 as a touriest and back to my country sri Lanka on 27th march 2008. Overstayed for nearly three month.After that I visited Malaysia also.Now I want to visit japan again.
It is my graetest pleasure to write to immigration office.
please relate to me on possibility to enter to japan with my passport No N1809183.
Or how could I can checked my details in immigration bueau.please help me that what should I do back to Japan.
I will looking forward to reply soon.
My kind regards.
Im a Filipino people wd a brother gay living in japan for more than a years now,i wanted my brother to report to the imigration for using fake passport and documentation to do illegal bussiness to japan,IBARAKI KEN,under the name of MR.KATSUMI WATANABE.My brother real name is REYNANTE RODRIGUEZ DELA CRUZ,he was deported one time way back 6yrs ago,and after his deportation he used FAKE DOCUMENT to travel again to continue his illegal activities,somewhere in IBARAKI KEN JAPAN,thru the help of his boyfriend Mr.WATANABE KATSUMI.My reason for reporting him is to stop his ANIMALISTIC BEHAVIOR TOWARDS TO MY FAMILY CIRCLE.PLS i am REQUESTING your good AUTHORITY to put him on JAIL to stop his CRIMINALITY activities.His DEALING wd DRUGS SYNDICATE .tnx for your imediate action regarding to ds mater……….RESpectfully Yours, rdr.mariejoy@yahoo.com.ph
i got married to a japanese national last august 2005. i processed my papers for me to go in japan to be with my husband i got my visa already but when i try to call my husband to tell him that i already have my visa he didnt answer my calls anymore. I called my husband everyday until such time that my visa was already expired. I dont know whats wrong with my husband.I dont have any clue whats going on with him. Please somebody could help me for me to go to japan and check my husband. Please help!