Visa Fees

2025/3/17

1. Visa Fee Exempt Countries / Regions

Nationals of the countries / regions below are exempt from visa fees ( no charge ).

North America U.S.A., Canada
Central and South America Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Suriname
Africa Lesotho, Mauritius
Asia Bangladesh, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines (only for Temporary Visitors staying in Japan within 90 days), British Nationals Overseas (Hong Kong), Hong Kong S.A.R., Macao S.A.R.
Europe Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania (only for Temporary Visitors staying in Japan within 60 days), Russia, San Marino, Slovak, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Middle East Jordan
Oceania Australia, New Zealand

2. For All Other Countries / Regions

Visa application fees

Visa Type ~2025.3.31 2025.4.1~
Single-entry General $22 $20
India $6 $6
Multiple-entry
(When applicable)
General $43 $40
India $6 $6
Transit General $5 $5
India $1 $1
Extension of re-entry permit $22 $20
Note: Visa fees are revised on April 1st each year and waived for certain nationalities. Visa fees, in principle, must be paid with cash. Please bring the exact amount. Personal checks and credit cards are not accepted. Exeptionally, eVISA should be paid online by a credit card.
Basically, multiple-entry visas are only issued to nationals of countries that have reciprocal arrangements with Japan.