Student · 留学

Student visa:the official forms, filled in.

Study at a Japanese language school, college or university. Scan your passport, answer plain-English questions, and download the Immigration Services Agency's own application with your part done.

  • COE application (student part)
  • Visa Application Form
  • Statement of financial support (blank, for your sponsor)
  • Document checklist for you, your sponsor and your school
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How it works

From your answers to the immigration bureau

STEP 1

Passport and questions

We read your passport, then ask only what the application needs, step by step.

STEP 2

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.

STEP 3

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

  • Statement of financial support (経費支弁書), for your sponsor
  • Notes on the application and the Japanese language requirements (申請に当たっての留意事項)
  • What you and your sponsor gather, for your situation

For your school

The pages for the organisation ("所属機関等作成用") are left blank for your school to fill in.

Requirements come from the Immigration Services Agency. Coming to Japan for a different reason? See every visa type