８April2020
Hello. I'm Nakajima, in charge of Applying for Relationship-based VISA.
Here is good news if you are going to invite your family.
The validity of Certificate of Eligibility, a permission of entering Japan, is tentatively extended to 6 months.
The normal validity is 3 months, but now it is 6 months.
This is a special case is released by the Immigration Bureau, taking this widespread COVID-19 into consideration.
As the flight is strictly limited or even suspended, there must be someone who are not ready to leave for Japan. If you have already got the Certificate of Eligibility, please stay calm and keep preparing for the departure.
Here’s the procedures until you enter Japan.
〇 The case you are going to invite your family to Japan
１．The application has been approved and the Certificate of Eligibility is delivered
to the inviter
２．Ship the Certificate of Eligibility to your family
３．Application for the VISA
Please take necessary documents to the Embassy or Consulate General of
Japan which has jurisdiction over your residential area
４．Inspection
Normally about 1 week
５．Your family receives VISA
６．Enter Japan with VISA and Certificate of Eligibility
The Certificate of Eligibility must be the original, not a copy. If you lose it, you must apply from the very beginning.
Important notice, if your family is going to apply for the VISA to the Embassy of Consulate General of Japan after 3 months from the Certificate of Eligibility is issued, the inviter has to add another document which shows that the you are still ready to accept your family.
Thank you for reading.
