Approved Japan Visa: How to get a nod from Japan Embassy



Japan- the land of timeless culture and beauty which captivates many foreigners. But before one can step on the Land of the Rising Sun and breathe its air, he/she must secure an approved Japan Visa.

Last January, we were lucky to book a promo fare thru Jetstar Airways with a whooping P15k all-in fare for my family of three. “Lakas ng loob,” as I may say because that time, we didn’t even have passports and even worse, 'show money'. So the next three months, we applied for passports, listed down the places we want to visit, reserved hotels thru Booking.com and of course, saved money.

May 26, Friday, we finally processed our visa thru ReliTours and Travel Agency in SM Megamall. We were entertained by a guy named Evan who was really polite to receive our documents. These were the documents we submitted:

-Birth Certificate (NSO)

-Marriage Certificate (one copy for me and my husband)

-Certificate of Employment or any certification from your company. I am a project or contractual employee and yet, I got my certification indicating my employment duration.

-BIR FORM 2316 Certificate of Compensation Payment/Tax Withheld

-Completed Application form (we preferred to computerize and print them out instead of a handwritten) with 2x2 picture (we had two sets of Japan visa photo: one from Photoline and another from Picture City. We were not satisfied with the Photoline pictures which were seemed not standardized. I suggest that you’ll get the service of Picture City because they follow the size requirement of Japan visa.)

-Bank Certificate (my husband and I have a joint bank account which amounts to approximately Php 1xx,xxx. We only submitted one copy.)

-Guarantee form for minors (My husband has to sign as a guarantor of our daughter. Reli tours will give you a form upon request.)

-Itinerary plan (one copy for the three of us)

I also brought our plane itinerary/ticket, Affidavit of Support and photocopies of our IDs, but Evan told us that these were not necessary. We only processed our visa for only 20 minutes and exit the office with high hopes that our visa would be approved by Japan Embassy.

So this was the tough part-- waiting for the result. It was really tormenting because I was really worried about our show money. I did several researches and read different blogs about successful Japan visa application and also the denied ones.

(6pm, May 30) Yesterday, my husband and I both received text messages from Reli tours that our passports were ready for pick up indicating that the result will be unveiled upon pick up only. Whew, what a waiting game! 

(2pm, May 31) This afternoon, my husband picked up the passports. I stayed outside Reli’s office and just waited because of fear of breaking down in case of seeing denied visas.
  
Luckily, our visas were all approved! Thank goodness! It was such a big relief and I can finally say that we’re just really counting  down the days from visiting the birthplace of Sailormoon, Batousai, Eugene and Dennis of Ghost fighter, Card Captor Sakura, etc.


Q & A
How much show money in your bank certificate should you present?
Clearly, there is no formula how much money in the bank an applicant must have. Let me tell you this, we’re in great distress weeks before the day of visa application because we spent half of our bank money for emergency purposes. It was really untimely. So we had to ask my mom to lend us some money for bank deposit. I really suggest that in case you have a big money to deposit, divide it and do the depositing consecutively. If you are a family of three, Php 120k to 150k will be good and enough for a 7-day trip to Japan.


Do I have high chance of getting visa approval if I have previous visa approvals?
No or yes. I think the embassy is focusing on your current visa application and not on your previous visa records. As I said earlier, this is the first time my family got passports and Japan will be our first out of the country tour. Just keep in mind to complete your requirements and make sure that there are no errors in your documents.


Do I need to book flights before applying for Japan visa?
No, as mentioned earlier, Reli tours didn’t get our itinerary tickets even though I insisted. So visa approval doesn’t really depend whether you already have a plane ticket or not.


Can I apply for visa weeks before my departure date?
Yes, our scheduled flight is just two weeks from now. But Reli tours is advising applicants to file visa 60 days prior to the date of your departure to allow enough time in case Japanese Embassy will require you to submit additional requirements.


Do I have to put the complete details of our tour on the itinerary plan?
As much as possible, make it short but sweet. The more details you put, the higher the chance you’ll commit mistakes in your document and the bigger show money you must put in your bank account. The embassy is scrutinizing if your show money can really shoulder all your trip expenditures. So if you’re on a budget trip, just write down the places that have free entrance and not too far from your preferred accommodation.


I have problems onn my birth certificate. Should I correct it first before applying for visa?
My husband had erroneous name and birthdate on his birth certificate and he processed the correction last year. Evan of Reli tours mentioned that in case your birth certificate has wrong spellings, there is nothing to worry about because they have an affidavit form where you can fill up and state the anomaly on your birth document.


What is the best thing to do before Japan visa application?
Research is the key my dear. I did a lot of research ever since we booked our flight to Japan. I've read a lot of blogs which were very helpful in long run of processing our documents. 

Don’t be afraid to ask. Ask your colleagues and relatives who had traveled to Japan because for sure, they will be more willing to share with you their experience in visa application and their Japan sojourn. 


"It is always seems impossible... until it is done." 
-Nelson Mandela
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Have you already plan your Japan trip? Take a look in our list of places in Japan where we've visited.  http://thought-toro.blogspot.com/2017/07/japan-tour-part-1-konnichiwa.html

Do you already have an accommodation? Read this post about Airbnb houses where we stayed. http://thought-toro.blogspot.com/2017/10/where-to-stay-in-japan.html

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