General Information to Apply for a Visa
2023/5/15
Visa Application Procedure
- Every visa applicant has to bring the required visa application documents to consular section. After the visa is issued, passports have to be collected at consular section.
- Please note that we don’t accept visa application documents by post and we don’t send passports by post.
- It takes 7 working days for visa applications to be processed.
Visits to Consular Section by Appointment Only
Tel: +41-31-300 22 22
It is no longer possible to send applications by post.
Visa Application Deadline
Visa applications may not be submitted earlier than 3 months prior to arrival in Japan and later than 1 week before departure. (Exceptions are possible for "certificate of eligibility" holders.)
Visa Fee
The fee for a visa is according to nationality. Please contact consular section.
Visa categories
Consular Section
| Address: | Engestrasse 53, 3012 Bern Switzerland |
| Tel: | +41-(0)31-300-2222 |
| Email: | consularsection@br.mofa.go.jp |
| Opening Hours: |
Attention
- If your residence is in one of the following cantons, Geneva, Vaud, Valais, Ticino, please contact the Consulat du Japon à Genève (022 716 99 00)
- Visa applications cannot be accepted by the Honorary Consul General of Japan in Zurich. For visa and other consular matters, please contact the Embassy of Japan in Bern directly.