Working Holiday
特定活動（ワーキング・ホリデー）
A year in Japan primarily on holiday, with work allowed to fund it, for 18-to-30-year-olds from the 32 partner countries and regions. Applied for at the Japanese embassy at home — each embassy sets its own funds threshold and process, and several select applicants rather than take them in order.
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The same checks the eligibility check runs, so the two never disagree.
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Applications are made from your country of nationality, while living there.
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The most any nationality can hold is two.
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Apply at the Japanese embassy at home; each sets its own funds and dates.
The documents
8 for everyone. Some nationalities are asked for more.
- 1Visa Application Form査証申請書The embassy's form; photo attached; signed
- 2Passport (Current)Copy of the photo page, and of every page with a Japan stamp
- 3Photo (3.5cm × 4.5cm, plain background)Taken within 6 months
- 4Curriculum Vitae履歴書Personal, educational and employment history; some embassies supply the form
- 5Letter of Reason理由書Why a working holiday — typed, signed, in the applicant's own words; a repeat applicant says why a second time
- 6Plan for the Stay計画書Month by month: where, and what — not just "travel" or "work"
- 7Bank Balance Certificate or Statement残高証明書Bank-issued, recent, in the applicant's name; the amount is set by each embassy
- 8Return or Onward Flight (or the fare added to the funds shown)
Where you apply
At an embassy at home
You apply to the Japanese embassy or consulate in your own country, while you live there.
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Five minutes, no account needed.
General information, not advice on your case. Immigration decides each application on its documents.