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Which documents do I need for a Japanese visa?

Answer 3 to 7 questions and get your own list: the forms from the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISA), the documents in English with their Japanese names, and the processing period and fee. Family included: a separate list for your spouse and each child. Tick documents off as you go and save the list as a PDF.

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Lists checked against the ISA website on 29 September 2026 · All visas · All procedures

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How it works

Where the list comes from and what is in it

1

Your case

Where you are now, why you are coming or what you need to do in Japan, your employer’s or school’s category, and your family.

2

ISA’s list in English

The documents from ISA’s table for your status and procedure, with Japanese names and short notes. Forms, examples and checklists open straight from the ISA website.

3

Ticks and PDF

Tick off what is ready — ticks stay in this browser. Print the list or save it as a PDF and send it to your school or employer.

Students

Studying in Japan?

The finder does not list Student (留学) documents: ISA has separate tables for language schools and for universities, colleges of technology (高専) and vocational colleges, and the list depends on the school, its category and, for language schools, your nationality. A university or college sends you the ISA checklist it uses. For a language school, apply with us — we help you choose a school and prepare the Certificate of Eligibility documents together with it, free for students. More: Student visa.

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Your case is not listed?

Open the forms library: it has the ISA forms for every status, by procedure. Immigration may also ask for documents that are not on any list; the full official list is in the ISA checklist and on the ISA status page.

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Where do the document lists come from?

From the document tables (提出書類) on the pages of the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISA) for each status and procedure. We translated them into English and added short explanations. The form buttons open the ISA files; every week our server checks whether a new version has been published.

It is ISA’s list for your case. Immigration may ask for other documents too — for example, if something in the application raises questions. The full official list is in the ISA checklist, if there is one for your status, and on the ISA status page.

Your answers are saved in the page address: you can bookmark it or send it to someone. Ticks are stored only in your browser and are not sent anywhere, so you will not see them on another device.

Press Print or save as PDF, then choose Save as PDF in the print window. The PDF contains your document list with the ticks.

Open the forms library: it has the ISA forms for every status, by procedure. If you plan to study in Japan, apply with us — our help with the student visa is free.

Yes. Each person needs their own form and set of documents. When your family files together with you — for a CoE or an extension — the finder shows a separate list for your spouse and for each child. For a change of status, and for SSW (i) (特定技能1号), you get an explanation instead of a list.

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Where this information comes from

Facts and document lists were checked against the website of the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISA) on 29 September 2026. Form links come from a register of ISA files that our server refreshes every week: when ISA publishes a new version of a form, the button opens the new file.

This page is general information, not legal advice. Immigration decides each application and may ask for more documents. Where a rule is known only from practice, we say so.

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