Eligibility
Check your eligibility on our Admission Information page to see if you meet the criteria set by our school for a successful application for your student visa at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau.
Prepare Documents
Once you have contacted us, we will inform you of what documents are needed to ensure your application goes smoothly. You can then begin gathering and preparing the required documents. Alternatively, a simplified document list is available on our Admission Information page.
Scan & Send
Once you have all documents and have completed our application form, you need to scan them and send us all copies in PDF form by email, Google Drive, drop box etc. for us to begin checking.
Timeframe
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Initial Document Screening
Our staff will check all documents to ensure the information is consistent and meets the Tokyo Immigration Bureau’s criteria for acceptance. Once complete we ask for you to post all original documents.
4 – 6 weeks
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Submission to Tokyo Immigration Bureau
Once all checks have been complete, we will then submit all original documents to the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau for inspection and certification.
Note: Copies cannot be accepted.
6 – 8 weeks
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Pay Tuition Fees & Expenses
Once we have the Certificate of Eligibility, we will send an invoice for one year’s tuition and expenses (825,000 JPY). Once paid we will express post all documents to you.
1 – 2 weeks
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Final Application at Japanese Embassy
Once you have received all documents we have sent you, you are ready to visit your local Embassy of Japan and submit all documents to collect your student visa.
2 – 4 weeks
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Depart for Japan
With your student visa in hand, you are ready to come to Japan and begin your studies with us as a full-time student.