HOKKAIDO INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

• Please contact the Japanese Embassy or Consulate with the jurisdiction to ask what kind of documents you need to submit to apply for a visa.

List of Embassies and Consulates:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/over/index.html

Procedure Chart for Short-Term Stay Visa:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/process/short.html

• Please contact HIF after completing A and B below, so that HIF can mail out your visa supporting documents accordingly.
• Book your international flight to ENTER and LEAVE Japan (tentative booking is fine), and submit "Itinerary to Hakodate" and "Itinerary from Hakodate" to HIF through your online portal.
• Remit your program fee to the HIF bank account by wire transfer.



Documents HIF will send to you by e-mail and physical mail:

• Letter of reason for invitation
• Letter of guarantee
• Schedule of stay (including your flight information)
• Receipt of your program fee payment
• Overview of the Hokkaido International Foundation and the Japanese Language and Japanese Culture Program
• Your acceptance letter
• After you receive the above documents from HIF, please submit them to the Japanese Embassy or Consulate along with other documents you prepare by yourself.

We strongly suggest that you begin this procedure as early as possible. The process may take 3-4 weeks or longer.

NOTE:
If you are planning to continue studying at another institution or university in Japan after the HIF program, please ask a foreign student advisor of the program you will join about a student visa before you leave your country. HIF cannot issue a Certificate of Eligibility.