Visa Application ( Japan )

JAPAN

• Required Documents:
  1. Original Passport ( with more than 6 month validity )
  2. 1 Passport Photo (4.5cm x 4.5cm / recently taken within 3 months/Color photo only/White background)
  3. Certificate of Employment /Student enrollment ( in Korean ) :
     (One of above in accordance with the applicant’s Korea visa)
     – If you work in Korea, Letter of employment verification ( 재직증명서) of you that is issued by your employer
     (Using a company letterhead and with a company stamp on it, It doesn’t mean a copy of contract letter)
     - If  you are a student in Korea,  Certificate of enrollment (재학증명서) that was issued recently by the university (Using the University letterhead).
     It doesn’t mean an admission letter or invitation letter.
     A hand written document will not be accepted.
  4. Alien Registration Card copy ( front and back page ):
     It has to be valid for at least next 3 months.
  5. Application form ( Ask us the form )
  6. Schedule of Stay – form with your signature ( Ask us the form )
     - This must contain the exact travel dates of flights and accommodation and travel plan in detail.
     (in chronological order with exact dates and times of the flights and accommodations )
  7. Hotel Voucher/Confirmation
     Hotel booking at: www.agoda.co.kr/asia.html?cid=1428683
     or http://www.booking.com/?aid=1157544
     ( Your name must be shown on the confirmation. )
     ( There must be hotel bookings for the entire travel time; there can be no empty unaccounted for gaps in time. )
     ( Airbnb confirmation will not be accepted by Japanese Embassy )
  8. Air plane ticket/Confirmation
     ( Your name must be shown on the confirmation. Your travel companion’s name must not be on it. )
  9. Original Korean Bank Book ( into which you receive your monthly salary ) or Bank statement (in Korean)–
     The latest updated bankbook showing all of your deposits and withdrawals for the past 3 months ( It has to be updated just before you send us the documents. )
     – Your bank book or bank document must show that you have maintained a  balance of at least 1 million won.
     – If you do not have a bank book, you must obtain an official printed bank document (거래내역증명서)showing all of your deposits and withdrawals for the past 6 months.
     Please make sure that your full name is printed on the bank statement.
     – This document must have the official bank stamp on it and must show the account number and the name of the account holder.
     – This cannot be a document that is simply downloaded from the internet.
     ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************                                          **If you are a Busan,Daegu or Gyeongsang-do province (Ulsan,Pohang,Geoje,Gumi,Gyeongju and Changwon…etc) resident, You are also requested to submit the following documents number 10 and 11.
  10. Statement of purpose of visiting Japan with your signature. ( No specific form )
  11. *If you are a Busan,Daegu or Gyeongsang-do province (Ulsan,Pohang,Geoje,Gumi,Gyeongju and Changwon…etc) resident
      and you don’t work at a public school,
      Your school’s business license (사업자 등록증 사본) copy is also required.,
      (If you are a Jeju -do resident, We can’t arrange a Japanese visa for you. Please apply it to the Japanese consulate in Jeju City directly ) 

      ** In rare cases, the applicant might be asked to submit additional documents per the Japanese consulate’s request during the visa process.
      

      Processing Fee: ( Processing fee will be changed from the 17th of Apr )

      *** Busan/Daegu/Gyeongsang Nam-do/Gyeongsang Buk-do resident:
      :140,000 won (For South African applicants only )

      • A 20,000won visa processing fee discount  (per person) is applied when you purchase your air ticket through Soho Travel.

      
      ***Non-Busan/Daegu/Gyeongsang Nam-do/Gyeongsang Buk-do resident
      (Seoul/Gyeonggi-do/Chungcheong-do/jeolla-do/Gangwon-do resident):
      120,000 won ( For South African applicants only )

      • A 20,000won visa processing fee discount  (per person) is applied when you purchase your air ticket through Soho Travel.

      ** If you mail the document to our office,please transfer the money from your account to the following bank account :

      KB ( Bank code 04 / Kook Min Bank )  479001-01-184821 Jeong Jong Ho(Soho Travel)
      or
      NH (Nonghyup ) 301-0118-6764-11 Jeong Jongho (Soho Travel)

      *  For other nationalities, please email us for the visa fee.  soho@sohotravel.co.kr

• • Our office address to send the documents:
  • SOHO TRAVEL Room 201, 61 World Cup Buk-Ro 4 Gil (204-36 Dongkyo-Dong), Mapo-Gu ,Seoul  03993
  • 서울시 마포구 월드컵북로 4길 61번지 (동교동 204-36 ) 201호 소호트레블  03993

** how to purchase JR pass in KOREA ?   http://sohoholiday.com/soho/jr-pass-booking-soho/

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