JAPAN VISA REQUIREMENTS 2024

All documents must be original unless otherwise stated and should ALL be printed on A4 paper

✨Philippine Passport (should be valid for more than 6 months)- holder’s signature required

✔Broken passport is not accepted. Passports must be signed and must have at least two (2) blank visa pages.

✨Visa Application Form – printed on A4 paper

✔Application form should be filled out all items correctly, If item is not applicable, please fill in [N/A]. Embassy may not accept application with blank item, no signature or no date in the form; may deny the application that is filled out incorrectly or wrong information.

✨Photo

✔Specs: 4.5cm x 3.5cm (passport size) white background, should be in decent attire, with collar and sleeves and no earrings ( Photo must be taken within 6 months and has not been previously submitted to the same embassy)

✨PSA Authorization form (Embassy Form)

✨Birth Certificate (BC)original - issued within a year

✔It must be issued within one year from PSA Main Office/Serbilis Outlet Center (Nationwide).

✔If the birth certificate from Philippine Statistics Office (PSA) is unreadable, or has incomplete information,

- please submit the birth certificate issued by PSA together with a birth certificate issued by the Local Civil Registrar.

✔If the birth certificate is “late registration”, 

- please submit in addition, a baptismal certificate and school record (Form 137) from high school or elementary and School Yearbook (if possible).

✔If there is no record in PSA,

- please submit a “Certificate of Non-Record” from PSA together with a birth certificate from the Local Civil Registrar.

✨Marriage Certificate (MC) (if the applicant is married)original- issued within a year

- It must be issued within one year from PSA Main Office/Serbilis Outlet Center (Nationwide).

- In case there is no record in PSA,

   -please submit a “Certificate of Non-Record” from PSA together with the Marriage Certificate from the Local Civil Registrar. 

✨Daily Schedule in Japan (TAIZAI YOTEIHYO)

[If an applicant will shoulder part or all of his/her travel expenses]

- If employed - Certificate of Employment (must include applicant’s position, date hired and compensation) - - If government employee – need approved leave of absence

- If self-employed (DTI/SEC registration)

- Bank Certificate Validity of Bank Certificate is three (3) months from the date of issue

- Applicant’s Income Tax Return (Form 2316/1701) clear Photocopy (latest) – if no ITR – letter of explanation

[If Guarantor who lives in the Philippines will shoulder part or all of the applicant’s travel expenses]

- Guarantee Letter

- Proof of relationship between applicant and guarantor (e.g. Birth Certificates etc.)

- Bank Certificate (original) and Income Tax Return (ITR Form 2316/1701/1702) (clear Photocopy)

of Guarantor

[If an applicant is a STUDENT]

- School Registration or copy of school ID

[If an applicant is a SENIOR CITIZEN]

- Copy of Senior Citizen ID

[If an applicant is not Philippine Nationality/ Foreign Residents with long term or permanent status)]

- Copy of Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR)

[NOTICE]

✔Size of document for application should be A4 size only. If document is other size, please submit copy that

is already adjusted in A4 size from its original and without staples or pasting pages.

✔ Applicants are exempted from submitting (BC) and (MC) Indicated above if they can submit old/valid

passports with used Japan visa.