🇯🇵 Japan
Before you travel
- Travel documents must be valid upon arrival.
Official channel
Japan eVISA through the route specified for residents of India, which may use an accredited agency
Source record
Rules and exceptions
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Applies to you2
Passengers must have a valid visa issued by Japan.
Nationals of India who reside in Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Hong Kong (SAR China), India, Indonesia, Korea (Rep.), Macao (SAR China), Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates or Viet Nam can obtain an e-visa before departure at https://www.evisa.mofa.go.jp/personal/login for a maximum of 90 days if they travel as tourists. They must present a "Visa issuance notice" on a mobile device.
Every other rule for this destination3
Passengers with a residence card issued by Japan do not need a visa if they have stayed outside of Japan for a maximum of 1 year. If they stayed outside of Japan for more than 1 year, they must also have a re-entry permit issued by Japan. Passengers with a a special permanent resident certificate issued by Japan can stay outside of Japan for a maximum of 2 years.
Primary, middle, and high school students and their teachers who reside in China (People's Rep.) do not need a visa for a maximum of 30 days if: - travel as part of a school group; and - the school group is accompanied by a teacher. Application documents (Letter from the Principal, Roster and Itinerary) must be submitted to the Embassy of Japan in China (People’s Rep.) at least two weeks before arrival by the school, travel agency organizing the school trip or an accredited agency and presented upon arrival.
A visa in an expired travel document is accepted if the passenger also has a new travel document.
1 further notice in the source record
Visas bearing the following registration numbers are counterfeit and are invalidated: EC5657951, EC5657998, FA0879127, FA0879315, FA0879386, FA0879805, FA0880946, FA3241686, FA3242156, FA3242410, FA3242411, FA3242678, FA3242814, FA3242862, FA3242946, FA8200127, FA8200190, FA8200198, FA8200208, FA8200213, FA8200214, FA8200215, FA8200301, FA8200302, FA8200303, FA8200304, FA8200394 and FA8200562.