Visa guide · JP
Japan visa requirements by passport
Visa rules for Japan for 189 passports: 71 can visit visa-free, 5 can get an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival, 112 must apply in person or give biometrics and 1 cannot currently enter.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
71
Visa-free
5
eVisa
1
eVisa + biometrics
111
Embassy / VFS
1
Not permitted
Visa-free
No visa needed — just go- Andorra90 days
- Argentina90 days
- Australia90 days
- Austria90 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Barbados90 days
- Belgium90 days
- Brazil90 days
- Brunei30 days
- Canada90 days
- Chile90 days
- Costa Rica90 days
- Croatia90 days
- Cyprus90 days
- Czech Republic90 days
- Denmark90 days
- Dominican Republic90 days
- El Salvador90 days
- Estonia90 days
- Finland90 days
- France90 days
- Germany90 days
- Greece90 days
- Guatemala90 days
- Honduras90 days
- Hungary90 days
- Iceland90 days
- Indonesia15 days
- Ireland90 days
- Israel90 days
- Italy90 days
- Latvia90 days
- Lesotho90 days
- Liechtenstein90 days
- Lithuania90 days
- Luxembourg90 days
- Macau90 days
- Malaysia90 days
- Malta90 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Mexico90 days
- Monaco90 days
- Montenegro90 days
- Netherlands90 days
- New Zealand90 days
- North Macedonia90 days
- Norway90 days
- Panama90 days
- Paraguay90 days
- Peru90 days
- Poland90 days
- Portugal90 days
- Qatar30 days
- Romania90 days
- San Marino90 days
- Serbia90 days
- Singapore90 days
- Slovakia90 days
- Slovenia90 days
- South Korea90 days
- Spain90 days
- Suriname90 days
- Switzerland90 days
- Taiwan90 days
- Thailand15 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Türkiye90 days
- United Arab Emirates90 days
- United Kingdom90 days
- United States90 days
- Uruguay90 days
eVisa
Fully online — no office visiteVisa + biometrics
Apply online, then a biometrics appointmentEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa center- Afghanistan90 days
- Albania15 days
- Algeria30 days
- Angola15 days
- Antigua and Barbuda30 days
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus15 days
- Belize30 days
- Benin15 days
- Bhutan30 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina15 days
- Botswana30 days
- Burkina Faso30 days
- Burundi90 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Cameroon90 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Central African Republic30 days
- Chad90 days
- Colombia30 days
- Comoros30 days
- Côte d'Ivoire30 days
- Cuba15 days
- Djibouti30 days
- Dominica30 days
- DR Congo15 days
- Ecuador90 days
- Egypt30 days
- Equatorial Guinea30 days
- Eritrea90 days
- Eswatini30 days
- Ethiopia
- Fiji30 days
- Gabon90 days
- Gambia15 days
- Georgia90 days
- Grenada30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Guinea-Bissau30 days
- Guyana90 days
- Haiti30 days
- India90 days
- Iran15 days
- Iraq15 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kenya90 days
- Kiribati90 days
- Kosovo
- Kuwait30 days
- Laos30 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Liberia90 days
- Libya
- Malawi30 days
- Maldives90 days
- Mali30 days
- Marshall Islands30 days
- Mauritania30 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Moldova15 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Morocco30 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Myanmar15 days
- Namibia15 days
- Nauru30 days
- Nepal30 days
- Nicaragua30 days
- Niger15 days
- Pakistan
- Palau90 days
- Papua New Guinea90 days
- Republic of the Congo30 days
- Russia15 days
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia30 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15 days
- Samoa30 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Senegal30 days
- Seychelles15 days
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Africa30 days
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka90 days
- Sudan30 days
- Syria90 days
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Togo90 days
- Tonga30 days
- Trinidad and Tobago30 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- Uganda30 days
- Ukraine15 days
- Vanuatu90 days
- Vatican City
- Venezuela90 days
- Vietnam90 days
- Yemen90 days
- Zambia30 days
- Zimbabwe
Not permitted
Entry currently not allowedWhat the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- eVisa + biometricsApply online, then a biometrics appointment
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
- Not permittedEntry currently not allowed
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