{"id":52,"date":"2016-07-27T16:51:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T16:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:04:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:04:50","slug":"student-visa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/pre-departure\/student-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All students are required to have a \u201cCollege Student\u201d visa (<em>Ryugaku<\/em> visa in Japanese) for entry into Japan as a student. \u00a0This procedure requires that a student already have a valid passport.\u00a0 Students must apply for the visa from their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.us.emb-japan.go.jp\/visa\/map.htm\">local consulate<\/a>.\u00a0 Some consulates allow students to apply through them if either their permanent or their home school address falls under their jurisdiction, but you should verify this with the consulate while you are researching your options.<\/p>\n<p>Please call or check the website of your consulate for instructions as soon as possible, and before making your travel plans. Some consulates require visas to be applied for and picked up in person; others will process them by mail.\u00a0 At the time of printing, the Japanese Consulate in Boston allows students to apply for their visas through the mail.\u00a0 Please note when applying by mail, you <em>must<\/em> send your passport by a traceable mail service (i.e. FedEx or UPS) and must also include a prepaid FedEx or UPS envelope for its safe return to you.<\/p>\n<p>ICU will initiate the visa application process by applying on your behalf to the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo for an official \u201cCertificate of Eligibility of Residence (COE)\u201d.\u00a0 The COE will be sent to you late-July or early August.\u00a0 You then must go to a Japanese consulate\/embassy (or apply by mail where available) with the COE to obtain the college student visa in your passport.\u00a0 Please note that the COE is <u>not<\/u> the actual visa, but one of several required documents for the application.<\/p>\n<p>Students must be prepared to submit the following documents to the consulate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One application form<\/strong>, completed and signed. Blank forms are available without charge at the Japanese consular offices. You can also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.us.emb-japan.go.jp\/itpr_en\/visa_longterm.html\">download blank forms<\/a> of PDF document from the website of the Japanese consulate in Boston.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Valid passport<\/strong>\u00a0with sufficient space for visa stamp. If, instead of a national passport, you submit a PERMIT TO REENTER THE UNITED STATES or a REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENT issued by the U.S. government, it must have a validity date at least six months beyond the day of application.<\/li>\n<li><strong>One photograph<\/strong>\u00a01.7 inches square, taken within the previous six months of application, attached to the application forms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certificate of Eligibility<\/strong>, original and one photocopy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students from countries other than the United States may have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/j_info\/visit\/visa\/long\/visa6.html\">additional requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All students are required to have a \u201cCollege Student\u201d visa (Ryugaku visa in Japanese) for entry into Japan as a student. \u00a0This procedure requires that a student already have a valid passport.\u00a0 Students must apply for the visa from their local consulate.\u00a0 Some consulates allow students to apply through them if either their permanent or their home school address falls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":348,"parent":43,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/423"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}