Does the epidemic affect the visas for Japanese students? New changes in Japanese visas

In March, facing the start of school, Japanese students in China need to pay attention. The first is access restrictions. The latest news is that visa processing has been suspended. How will the current situation affect Japanese students studying in China?

"The Minister of Justice has announced that foreigners who have stayed in Hubei Province of China within a certain period of time 14 days before the date of applying for entry into Japan, and foreigners who hold passports issued by this province (except for special circumstances, they will be regarded as meeting the provisions of Article 5, Item 1 and Item 14 of the Entry-Exit Administration Law (no entry)."

The above measures and the implementation of "designated infectious diseases" and "quarantine infectious diseases" will be implemented at 0: 00 am on February 1 Japan time.

According to the above laws and decisions, the Japanese Embassy in China will take the following measures for future visa applications.

(1 Applicants holding China passports issued by Hubei Province will not be accepted for visas.

(2) When applying for a visa, a confirmation letter is required. Applicants who choose "have been to Japan (within 0/4 days before the expected visit time/KLOC-) or" have plans to go to Hubei (after the visa is issued) "will not accept their visa applications.

In addition, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare officially announced that from February 1 day, people entering Japan must truthfully declare whether they have been to Wuhan, as well as domestic address, telephone number and other information.

If you make a false report, according to the quarantine law, you will be sentenced to 6 months with a maximum fine of 500,000 yen!

Many students are worried that if they apply for admission to Japan in April, will their visas be "cold"?

First, the results of staying in China will be released at the end of February. At present, China's ability to control the epidemic is internationally recognized. I believe that the epidemic will be gradually controlled.

Moreover, most of the notices restricting entry are tourist visas or business visas. At present, the visa for studying abroad has not received any notice of "unconditional prohibition of entry"

In addition, under uncertain circumstances, Japan's Immigration Bureau will not easily refuse the visa. After all, if the visa is rejected in April, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to Japanese language schools, and the sharp drop in international students will also have a great impact on the Japanese economy.

In March this year, Japan suspended issuing visas to China and South Korea.

According to the latest news, the Japanese government has now comprehensively upgraded and strengthened the control measures against the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Includes three main aspects.

First, the Japanese government will quarantine all people from China and South Korea for two weeks before entering the country.

Secondly, visas issued from China and South Korea will cease to take effect immediately, including China tourists who have already issued visas, and tourists from China and South Korea who only have multiple visas are required not to enter Japan.

Third, international flights to and from China and South Korea are limited to Tokyo Narita International Airport and Osaka Kansai International Airport, including Tokyo Haneda International Airport, and all international flights to and from China and South Korea are cancelled. In addition, all cruise ships are prohibited from calling at Japanese ports.

The first point is that the renewal time may be extended.

After getting the residence permit, tuition fees will usually be paid to the school within one week. The school will mail the original residence permit to the students, and then the students will go to the Japanese consulate in China where they live to change their visas. But at present, many embassies and consulates in China have suspended their visa business. Although visa processing business has not been suspended in some places, the reduction of personnel or slow scheduling may lead to longer visa renewal time.

Generally, it takes about 5-7 working days to change the visa. We estimate that this time may take 10- 15 working days to complete. That may lead to the extension of the whole process. Generally speaking, I used to go to Japan from the end of March to the beginning of April, and the opening date of language schools is usually set at 4.7~4. 15, so it is possible that language schools will delay the admission time according to these circumstances. This is the first point.

The second point is the latest news from the Immigration Bureau: passports from Zhejiang and Hubei, and passports with current addresses in Zhejiang and Hubei are temporarily kept. When the epidemic situation is stable, it will be announced. All the above areas are reserved, in pr

1. As mentioned above, according to the latest news from the Immigration Bureau, the passports of Zhejiang and Hubei are temporarily kept at their current addresses. When the epidemic situation is stable, it will be announced. The above areas are reserved, and in principle, they will all be countersigned, just waiting for the release time. If the above areas are unqualified, they will be released normally as undelivered.

In fact, the language school does not stipulate the enrollment time. When most of the students in the school have arrived, they can start studying. Because of the epidemic, it is completely feasible to postpone the start of school for a while.

In addition, it doesn't mean that students can't report to school before the start date. Many students may change their visas very late or buy air tickets very late, so they didn't buy cheap air tickets. It's no problem to postpone their arrival for a while. Because the language school has a Japanese exam on the first day, and then they are divided into classes, it is not a problem to delay for a week or two.