Can I apply for a Japanese visa recently?

A few days ago, the Japanese Consulate in China issued the latest visa acceptance policy in official website. At present, only the following nine kinds of visas are acceptable:

Stay eligibility (long-term visa category)

1, Japanese, spouse and children of permanent residents

2. Spouses and children of permanent residents (dependent family members are currently in Japan and are separated)

3. 1584No. of residence qualification certificate in China (residence card in China needs to be reissued due to invalid epidemic situation)

4. Professors and other research scholars (need proof that the Japanese accepting institution urgently needs to go to Japan).

5. Medical practitioners (documents that Japanese accepting institutions urgently need to go to Japan are needed)

6. Permanent residents change their visas.

Visiting relatives (short-term visa category)

7. Japanese spouses and children

8. Spouses and children of permanent residents

9. Spouses and children of permanent residents

In addition to the above visas, approved business visas, study visas, business visas, etc. Cannot handle labeling business.

Moreover, the number of people who land in Japan every day is limited to 2,000, and only Japanese who return home and those who re-enter with medium-and long-term visas are allowed to enter the country.

In order to successfully host the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Japanese government has also spent a lot of effort to implement stricter epidemic prevention control for inbound passengers.

So that customers who approved the confirmation letter last year will have to wait at least two months to see the policy and know whether they can enter the country. Of course, customers who successfully landed in Japan before Japan's customs clearance and changed to stay in Japan can also enter the country at present. This category belongs to "re-entrants with long-term visas".

So, what preparations do partners who can land in Japan now need to make?

Preparatory work/about to start work

First, the negative report of nucleic acid detection within 72 hours (sampling time) must be submitted when boarding the plane.

1, the test report must be in the specified format.

2, the test report must include:

1) Name, passport number, nationality, date of birth, gender.

2) sampling and detection technology

Sampling is limited to nasopharyngeal swab and saliva.

B detection methods are limited to: real-time rt-PCR, lamp, TMA, TRC, smart amp, near, next-generation sequencing and quantitative antigen detection.

Note: qualitative detection of antigens is not allowed.

3) Test results, sampling date and time, result judgment date and report release date.

4) The name and address of the medical institution, the signature of the doctor and the official seal of the medical institution.

5) All contents must be published in English.

For passengers who can't produce a negative report of nucleic acid test, the Japanese government requires airlines to refuse to carry it according to Japan's Quarantine Law.

Please make the following preparations in advance when you arrive at the airport.

1. Use smart phone to download the following APP for health tracking by quarantine authorities; If you don't have a smart phone, you must rent it at your own expense at the airport, and the airport quarantine personnel will conduct on-site inspection:

1)OSSMA (positioning APP)

2)Skype (video calling application)

3) Set the phone to "save location information" through Google Maps, etc.

4) Cocoa (COVID-19 contact confirmation APP)

Step 2 submit a "guarantee"

The Commitment requires filling in real and effective personal information and contact information, and promises not to contact others, use public transportation, use APP to report health status, store location information, and use cocoa. During the period of independent isolation. If the letter of commitment is violated, the name and nationality of non-Japanese will be announced, and their stay qualification will be cancelled or repatriated.

Japanese version

English version

Finally, when you leave the airport, please feel isolated 14 days. During the quarantine period, please report your health status to the quarantine organ and cooperate with the quarantine organ for video call. If you can't contact for 3 consecutive days, the latter will come to the door to confirm.

For more information, please refer to official website, Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.