Tip: Japan Tourist Visa Application(very helpful-LINK inside)

[nageinna]

Re. ITR, yes 2013 talaga hinihingi. i submitted kay hubby no questions asked naman kasi i think alam naman nila na mostly wala pang released 2014 itr.

got our visas last tuesday. we submitted our docs to friendship tours last week, fast processing din sila, after two days meron narin yung visa namin, hindi ko lang nakuha agad because of the papal visit. we were granted multiple entries. even my baby!

sis shygirlme, joint account din kami ni hubby. i just submitted one bank cert for the both of us. i think it would be ok naman as long as sabay kayo mag aapply.

for non working applicants, we applied as a family kasi. working lang samin is si hubby and father in law. silang dalawa lang din yun merong ITR and bank cert. the rest of us wala. supporting docs lang. like birth cert, marriage contract, etc. no problem naman. i think kasi na established naman namin na kayang isupport ni Father in law and hubby yung travel namin as family.

[princess lorraine]

We have just submitted our docs to the travel agency today. 1 week daw processing. Wag naman sana ganun katagal. Sana mabigyan kaming 3 ng visa and wish ko lang multiple. 

[huit]

How about Reli Tours? Are they OK? Also, saang branch ng Friendship Tours yan? Sa Dusit ba?  Would you guys know if nagccheck ang Japan Embassy ng bank account? Kasi Kumuha ako ng bank cert nung Tuesday kaso may auto debit kasi ako sa bank so bawas na yung pera ko sa bank, ok lang kaya gun? 100k++ na lang natira sa bank ko. Thanks! =)

[payroll_lady]

hi sissies question lang,

meron na akong ticket to japan. i've been there last march now i am reapplying for visa. mas okay ba chances to include the ticket? 10k [textspeak!] price ng ticket ko kase promo. im thinking baka maghesitate sila kase hindi mahal yung ticket.

thanks for the input!

[fredprinz]

^Hindi factor yung ticket when I applied. Just like when I submitted documents to Friendship Dusit, di nila nirequest yung ticket ko.

Basta kung ano yung requirements ng agency, yun ipapasa mo.

[portugalbear]

Same here. I got my visa thru Discovery tour last week Lang. Submitted 2013 ITR, no ticket but had itinerary, I added my cert of employment maski di required. Got 5 years mulitiple

[artegirl]

hi sissies question lang,

meron na akong ticket to japan. i've been there last march now i am reapplying for visa. mas okay ba chances to include the ticket? 10k [textspeak!] price ng ticket ko kase promo. im thinking baka maghesitate sila kase hindi mahal yung ticket.

^sis, you don't have to show that you have a confirmed flight booking na.  Kami din when we applied for visa meron na kami ticket (promo din) pero we didn't include it in our application.  Sabi ng Friendship they don't recommend booking a flight before you have your visa.  So I suppose, it means a booked flight will not increase your chances of a visa
thanks for the input!

[payroll_lady]

^
Mixed kase ang reviews about having a ticket. Meron kaseng review na better daw with ticket since makikita ng embassy na babalik ka. Naaprove naman ako before without the ticket so I will not include it na lang.

Thanks Sis!

[jenny_syngkit]

We got our visa from Discovery Tours (they're the cheapest at P800 per head). We submitted our application on a Saturday. Tuesday the following week na daw madadala sa embassy because Monday was a holiday due to the Papal Visit. We got our passports Friday.

Submitted bank cert, itinerary, ITR, copy of ticket. I included photocopies of visas we have and a summary of our travels kase walang stamp passport namen dahil kaka-renew lang. We got 5yrs multiple entry.

[huit]

Bago rin ang passport ko. Pwede ba ikabit ng Discovery Tours yung old passports ko sa new passport ko? Thanks! =)

[jenny_syngkit]

^meron akong nakita ganun ang ginawa. naka-staple yung old passport sa new passport

[sachism]

Nung samin, hubby had to go back to bring all of our old passports.

[artegirl]

Bago rin ang passport ko. Pwede ba ikabit ng Discovery Tours yung old passports ko sa new passport ko? Thanks! =)

sis, i-rubberband mo lang together yung back cover of your new passport and the front cover of your old passport

[sachism]

^ganyan din ginawa ng travel agencies sa mga passports. and I noticed, they strategically put the rubber bands na hati sa mga may old visas from other countries. so when you open your old passports, yun ang magbubukas na pages. parang nakabookmark.

ang iba, naglalagay pa ng passport cover na say good for 3 passports sama sama

[blackgreen]

Sisses, question dun sa show money. Pwede ba na nakalagay sa BPI automatic savings or sa UITF yun money? Or dapat plain savings bank account lang?

[huit]

Sabi sa Discovery Tours di daw nila isasama yung old passport ko kasi wala namn bearing yung mga tatak dun at visas except if old japanese visa. Totoo ba yun?

[ayami]

Sabi sa Discovery Tours di daw nila isasama yung old passport ko kasi wala namn bearing yung mga tatak dun at visas except if old japanese visa. Totoo ba yun?

Totoo yun. Diyan kami nag-apply nakakuha naman kami ng visa without the old passport.

[nageinna]

same din sa friendship, hindi nila kinuha old passports namin since wala naman daw kami old visa from japan. i think kukunin lang nila yun pag na issue ka na ng japanese visa before.

[huit]

Ah oks. Kakapasa lang namin ng requirements mga 3PM kanina. Kelan kaya namin makukuha based on your experience. =)

[ayami]

^ 2 business days