Visa Requirements

Visa Information

Attendees of IGARSS 2019 from specific countries or regions are required to hold a valid visa for entering Japan. Please check the website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan whether your nationality is visa exemption or not.

To the participants of Chinese nationality:

Visa Support Document for the IGARSS 2019 will be prepared only in English.

We have confirmed that all of the Japanese Embassies in China accept the documents in English and there is no reason to refuse the documents written in English.

Visa Support to enter Japan

Visa support system terminates receiving requests of the visa supporting documents on July 5, 2019.

The system continues providing the invitation letter by IGARSS.

If you would like our Invitation/Acceptance letter (for registered person only) and visa support (for registered and paid person only) to enter Japan, you may request it by clicking on the link below. Both authored and non-authored delegates can apply.

The Invitation/Acceptance letter and visa application form will be available to attendees that complete a registration and submit payment.

Requirements for Invitation letter (Non-visa purpose)

Please log in from following button and put your registered E-mail Address and Registration Confirmation Number with “ID” (Example: ID7777).

(Invitation/Visa system will be updated few days after you complete registration or make payment. please kindly wait for a while until you registration status will be reflected to Invitation/Visa system.)

You will be able to download the PDF of invitation letter by yourself.

Requirements for Visa Support documents

Please log in from following button and put your registered E-mail Address and Registration Confirmation Number with “ID” (Example: ID7777).

After log in, please click “online visa application form” button and fill in the form. (Please note that the button will NOT appear if you will NOT complete the payment.)

(Invitation/Visa system will be updated few days after you complete registration or make payment. please kindly wait for a while until you registration status will be reflected to Invitation/Visa system.)

After checking your visa application, the visa support office will make your visa support documents and send it by express within 10-14 days.(It is up to delivery period from Japan to your country)

Please kindly ask us (visa@igarss2019.org) the process status if you could not receive the visa support documents by then.

The details of Visa Support Policy:

  • For Delegate: complete registration or make payment
  • For Accompanying person (Family member ONLY): complete Accompanying person’s registration or make payment
  • If Accompanying person (Family member ONLY) have different travel from delegate, please get sightseeing visa by Accompanying person.
  • Staying period in Japan: within 2 weeks
  • If Staying period in Japan exceed over 2 weeks, please get sightseeing visa by yourself.