Finally got our Japan Visa!!
I and my wife are travelling to Japan in March. We applied at VFS Mumbai on 30th January. We received our passport with 5 year multi entry visa on 7th February. The process was quite smooth and VFS folks were quite helpful. We do not have any travel history but still got 5 year visa to our surprise.
Documents submitted:
- Application form with photographs
- Our passports with over 6 months validity. Embassy requires passports to be valid for atleast 6 months.
- Cover letter stating the purpose of visit
- Itinerary
- NOC and leave sanctioned letter from our respective employers
- Latest year ITR. We took last 3 years ITR but VFS folks said latest year is enough
- Bank statements. We attached last 6 months statements of our respective salary accounts which had good balance. We did not add any extra money in our accounts
- Confirmed flight bookings and hotel bookings. Both were refundable.
We also took our payslips but VFS folks said it was not required.
We did not ask for 5 year visa. I was also surprised to get that. Overall good experience and excited to be in Japan soon!!
Thanks!