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Arrival card · Japan

Eligibility depends on your passport and circumstances. The authorities decide whether documents are issued and entry is granted.

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Answer a few questions, add your documents and follow your file from your account.

Three steps

  1. Tell us about your trip and travellers
  2. Add the documents listed for your profile
  3. Review your file, then track its status

What you get

  • Guided form, saved as you go
  • Document checklist matched to your profile
  • Itemised price shown before any commitment
  • Status tracking in your account
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Independent private service. The authority alone decides on issuance and entry. No real payment is taken at this stage.

Arrival declaration

An arrival card records information about a traveller and their journey. It is a declaration separate from any visa or travel authorisation.

Original product name (French source)
Visit Japan Web — formalités d’arrivée
Destination
Japan

Sources and review status

Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

Dates describe an editorial record, not a live check or legal validity. Review is due after 90 days; rules can change sooner. Open the linked source before relying on this guide.

Recorded review date
  • Agence numérique japonaise — Visit Japan Web

    Recorded review date:

    Review date recorded; current rules still need confirmation.

    Check the source's passport, residence, travel purpose and territorial scope; this link alone does not establish that it covers your case.

Still to establish

  • No passport list is encoded for comparison. Check your passport with the authority; omission does not mean exclusion or exemption.
  • No stay limit is encoded for comparison. Confirm the permitted stay, how days are counted and any cumulative limits.
  • No travel purpose is encoded for comparison. Describe your actual activities to the authority before choosing a category.

Prepare and verify

  1. Check who must complete the declaration, any exemptions and the official submission window.
  2. Prepare the information the authority requests and keep any confirmation in the format it specifies.

Your next checks

  1. Write down the passport you will use and its type, your country of residence and your planned activities. Residence and interface language do not replace passport nationality.
  2. List arrival and departure dates, transit stops and entry points. Check each leg separately, including whether you pass immigration during transit.
  3. Open the official instructions for that profile. Record the required documents, submission window, fees and processing guidance; mark anything the source does not confirm as unresolved.
  4. If a condition is unclear, contact the competent authority with your passport country, residence, purpose and dates. Recheck before departure and after a passport or itinerary change.
What else should I know?

Completing an arrival card does not replace a required visa, grant permission to stay or demonstrate visa exemption.

Who can apply

Eligibility depends on your passport and circumstances. The authorities decide whether documents are issued and entry is granted.

The source guide below is currently available in French.

Visit Japan Web — formalités d’arrivée

Service permettant de préparer en ligne les formalités d’immigration et de douane à l’arrivée.

Voyageurs arrivant de l’étranger, y compris les personnes rentrant au Japon. Ce service ne détermine pas votre droit au visa ou à une exemption.

  1. Ouvrir le service depuis le lien de l’Agence numérique.
  2. Enregistrer les renseignements du voyage et compléter les rubriques d’arrivée.
  3. Suivre les instructions du service pour présenter les informations aux contrôles.
  • Visit Japan Web n’est pas un visa. Cette fiche ne présente pas son utilisation comme une obligation universelle.
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Official sources

Advice from a foreign government may be intended for its own nationals. Check the destination authority's requirements for your passport and circumstances; an advisory is not a universal eligibility decision.