Spouse or Child of Japanese National · 日本人の配偶者等
Spouse or child of a Japanese national:the official forms, filled in.
Live in Japan with your Japanese husband, wife or parent. Scan your passport, answer plain-English questions, and download the Immigration Services Agency's own application with your part done.
- COE application (your parts and your family member’s, filled in)
- Visa Application Form
- Letter of guarantee and questionnaire (official, to sign)
- Document checklist for you and your family
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How it works
From your answers to the immigration bureau
Passport and questions
We read your passport, then ask only what the application needs, step by step.
Download the application
The ISA’s own Excel form with your part filled in, the visa form and a checklist for you and your sponsor.
Your sponsor files it
Your sponsor in Japan submits the COE application. Once it is issued, you take it to the embassy with the visa form.
Documents
What you download
Filled in for you
- Application for Certificate of Eligibility (在留資格認定証明書交付申請書): your parts
- Visa Application Form (査証申請書) for the embassy
Checklists
- ISA checklist for a spouse of a Japanese national
- Letter of guarantee (身元保証書), to be signed by the Japanese spouse or parent
- Letter of guarantee, English version
- Questionnaire (質問書), spouses only: the Japanese spouse fills it in alone
- Questionnaire, English version, spouses only
- ISA checklist for a biological or specially adopted child
- What you and your sponsor gather, for your situation
For your Japanese family member
Your Japanese family member’s details (parts 2 T and 3 T) are filled in from your answers: they check them and sign as your guarantor.
Requirements come from the Immigration Services Agency. Coming to Japan for a different reason? See every visa type