eVISA

• The eVISA (online application) is available ONLY short-term tourism visas (less than 90 days AND single entry). For all other types of visa applications, including a short-term visiting friends or family, short-term business, transit visa, double entry and short-term tourism multiple entry visa, you are required to apply at the Consulate in person

• You must ALSO fit the standard eligibility criteria outlined in 'General Visa Information'. Online applications from those who do not live in Queensland will NOT be accepted. Please apply at Consulate or Embassy within your residential jurisdiction.  

     
     Your application will be returned if you are missing any documents/ information.

     Please check that you submitted all required DOCUMENTS here.
     Please check that you submitted all required INFORMATION here 
     THE REQUIRED INFORMATION LIST INCLUDES 35 REASONS WHY AN eVISA APPLICATION IS RETURNED.
     Please read EVERY reason to determine why your application was returned. 

     One on one consultation on why your application was returned is NOT accepted. 
     If you still do not know why your application was returned, please make a booking to apply in person so the visa officer can advise you the missing documents/information.
     FOR BOOKINGS, CLICK HERE.


     IN PERSON APPLICATIONS REQUIRE YOU TO PRINT ALL DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT (including application form), bring your passport and photo. 
     If you arrive to your in person appointment with no documents printed, you will NOT be seen and asked to book a NEW appointment.

• Payment method for an eVISA is limited to online credit card payment ONLY. If you cannot pay by card and need to pay with cash, you MUST lodge an application IN PERSON. 

• If your visa is approved, you will receive an email of “Notice of visa fee” at around 9:00am. If you register your credit card by 3:00pm that same day, your visa may be issued that same day between 4:00pm - 5:00pm (if the system is undergoing maintance etc. it may be the following day). 

• Fees must be paid by credit card online. ​(Details / Video). You so not need to visit the Consulate at all as visas are sent to you electronically when payment is made. Please ensure your card has NO international payment locks as you will be charged in Japanese Yen otherwise your visa cannot be issued.

• Download eVISA through your account: How to display “Visa issuance notice” at the airport. 
• eVISA LOGIN LINK HERE: https://www.evisa.mofa.go.jp/personal/login 

• FLIGHTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE BOOKED TO LODGE A VISA APPLICATION (however the INTENDED flight details are still required). Therefore it is the applicant's OWN RESPONSIBLITY IF THEY CHOOSE TO BOOK FLIGHTS BEFORE OBTAINING A VISA. THERE IS NO EXPEDITED PROCESSING REGARDLESS OF BOOKED FLIGHTS. VISA APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN 3 MONTHS BEFORE INTENDED DEPARTURE DATE. PLEASE APPLY WITH AMPLE TIME FOR YOUR VISA APPLICATION PROCESSING.  

• If you have been advised to upload any documents/information, you will be given 3 days to upload them and reply to our email. Any documents/information not uploaded within 3 days or no reply to the email will result in your application being returned without notice.

• You must be in Australia UNTIL YOUR eVISA IS GRANTED. If you are not in the country during processing, your application will be returned.  https://www.evisa.mofa.go.jp/faq#q22

• Travel document, Official passport, Service passport and Diplomatic passport holders MUST apply in person and cannot lodge an eVISA.  

• Those will enter Japan by cruise cannot apply for an eVISA and must make a booking to apply for their visa IN PERSON. 

• We do NOT accept any inquires about the status of your visa applications as you can check the status through your visa application account.

• Even if you apply for a multiple-entry tourism visa through the online application, you only will be issued a single-entry visa.

• For general rules such as visa validity, application timing, and payment please see our FAQ

• For families going on the same trip, please submit your family application in ONE account as a group. Families applying separately as individual applications will be returned. How to apply as a family.

• Online visa application (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• Video: How to apply for visa on the JAPAN eVISA website (online payment)
• Procedural flow from eVISA application to examinations for landing
• Registering an account
• eVISA FAQ