I would like to ask whether the "guarantor in Japan" filled in on the visa application must be someone living in Japan? Is it okay for parents in my own country?

To apply for a visa to Japan, the guarantor filled in on the visa application must be a person with Japanese identity. Those who work and live in the country, and those who have no nationality and no residence permit in Japan are not allowed. It is possible as long as the parents are Japanese nationals and have lived for the specified period of time, and meet the financial standards.

Extended information:

There are two ways for Japan to accept foreign students: one is that those with a certain level of Japanese language skills can directly enter the university to study after passing the selection examination of each university. On the other hand, those with poor Japanese proficiency can first enter a Japanese language school affiliated with a university or a private Japanese language college to receive one or one and a half years of preparatory Japanese language education, and then pass the national unified examination to enter university study.

These conditions

(1) Have obtained an admission permit from a higher education institution in Japan;

(2) Have a guarantor in Japan;

(3) Have reliable financial guarantee (applicants are exempted if they have foreign currency deposits equivalent to 500,000 yen);

(4) Good health;

(5) Aged between 18-30 years old.

Admission Permit

To apply for admission, you should write to the school before April each year to get in touch with the school to obtain a brief introduction or admissions procedures of the school, and then provide it to the school. The following supporting materials:

(1) Application for admission;

(2) Transcript certificate from the final school you graduated from (either high school or university) and graduation certificate;

< p>(3) Recommendation letter issued by a high school or university tutor or scholar, indicating the recommender’s professional title or position, and signed by the recommender;

(4) Health diagnosis certificate, issued by a municipal first-level hospital The physical examination certificate provided must be stamped with the official seal of the hospital;

(5) Physical guarantee certificate issued by the guarantor;

(6) Japanese language proficiency certificate (exempted when applying for Japanese language college).

If the above certificates are complete, an admission permit will generally be issued. There is no fixed format for Japan's admission permit, which is printed by each admitted school. The admission permit has a certain validity period and is invalid upon expiration.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Japan Study Visa