Visiting Japan
Recent Notifications
ATTENTION
The holiday season will impact the time it takes to process your visa application. For those who wish to receive your visa within this year, please submit all the necessary documents by Wednesday, December 17 (you might not receive your visa within this year if we need any additional documents). Please apply with ample time.
Our office will be closed on December 24, 25, and December 27 to January 4, 2026. December 26 is the last day our office will be open in 2025.
For those who will pick up your visa at our office, please check our opening hours and holiday schedules before visiting our office.
- Videos for the Daily Life Orientation for foreign visitors to Japan(Immigration Services Agency) (August 25, 2025)
- Notice of the Abolition of Separate Delivery under the Consumption Tax Exemption System (March 12, 2025)
- Payment Method for an eVISA Will Be Limited to Online Payment (Credit Card Only, From June 1st, 2024) (May 21, 2024)
- Visa Waiver Measure for nationals of the Federative Republic of Brazil (September 12, 2023)
- Online Payments of the Consular Fees (July 10, 2023)
- Establishment of Japan System for Special Highly-Skilled Professionals (J-Skip) and Future Creation Individual Visa (J-Find) (Immigration Service Agency of Japan) (May 10, 2023)
- Border enforcement measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) (May 9, 2023)
- Methods for a Court of a Foreign State to Request Japan to Serve Judicial or Extrajudicial Documents and Take Evidence (December 28, 2018)
Visa Information
Those who currently stay/live physically in the juridiction of the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver in — Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming — can apply for a visa with the Consulate in Denver. If/when you are out side of the jurisdiction of the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver, please contact the Japan Embassy/Consulate that covers your area.
Please click here for further information/instructions.
Medical Related Matters in Japan
- Bring Medications into Japan (Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare)
- Main Contact Points for Illness or Injury among Foreign Visitors to Japan (Japan National Tourism Organization)
- Overseas Travel Insurance
Foreign National Coexistence Policies
- Roadmap for the Realization of a Society of Harmonious Coexistence with Foreign Nationals.(Immigration Services Agency)
- Comprehensive Measures for Acceptance and Coexistence of Foreign Nationals (Immigration Services Agency)
- A Daily Life Support Portal for Foreign Nationals (Immigration Services Agency)
- Guidebook on Living and Working (Immigration Services Agency)
- New to Japan? Useful Pages for Foreign Nationals (Immigration Services Agency)
Changes to the Basic Resident Registration Law in Japan
With the soaring number of foreign nationals entering and residing in Japan each year, the establishment of a legal system by which municipalities can provide basic public services to both foreign and Japanese residents has become an urgent concern.
In order to address this concern, the law for partial amendments to the Basic Resident Registration Law was enacted in 2009. This makes the Basic Resident Registration Law applicable to foreign residents, helps improve convenience, and streamlines municipalities' operations. This amendment has been in effect since July 9, 2012.
For more information, please click on the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications links below.
