Japan Visa Cost Calculator

The tourist visa is Japan's workhorse category: single entry, tourism or family visits, and the $100 base fee this calculator starts from. Travellers who expect to cross a border and return — regional side trips, contiguous-country loops — take the multi-entry visa at 1.5× base, $150 for Japan. Work-adjacent travel — meetings, contract negotiation, site visits — falls under the business visa, priced at $250 for Japan and documented with a host letter.

If Japan is merely between you and somewhere else, the transit visa at $30 prices the shortest lawful stay on the books. Check the eVisa queue first: where your passport qualifies, Japan's online route usually beats the consulate visit on total cost once photos, postage and courier fees are counted.

The document set for Japan is short but strict — valid passport, photo, where you are staying, and proof of funds for the stay. Even the simplest route wants the core kit in digital form: Japan's online portal takes the same documents a consulate would, as scans instead of paper. Budget the fee in USD as this calculator does, then expect the actual charge in JPY at the day's rate — a swing of a few dollars either way.

Expect silence rather than updates: Japan rarely confirms receipt mid-review, so screenshot every submission page as you go. File 4–6 weeks out for Japan; express handling rescues late plans at +50%, which the calculator above prices for your group size.

Start with the passport: Japan wants six months of validity left and two blank pages, and will reject against either. One photo on a white background, recent, taken to standard passport specification — Japan enforces this more strictly than most. Three months of statements demonstrating $50–100 per day is the funds benchmark for Japan; scrub nothing, redact nothing.

Round the file out with your flight itinerary and Japan lodging confirmations that match your dates exactly — mismatches draw queries. Business applicants add the Japan host company's invitation; transit applicants add the confirmed onward ticket — those two categories fail on missing paperwork more than fee errors.

Standard processing for Japan runs 5–15 business days for tourist files, stretching toward three weeks for multi-entry and business categories in busy seasons. Paying the 50% express surcharge converts Japan's weeks-long queue into days; on a $100 tourist visa that premium is $50. Most Japan refusals trace to fixable defects: an expiring passport, thin bank statements, or accommodation that stops a night short of the return flight.

Fix-then-refile is the normal path after a Japan denial; the fee is due again, so get the file right the second time. Track Japan's eVisa status page rather than your inbox; approval notices land in the portal first and the email second.