Application for Certificate of Eligibility (students who stay outside of Japan)

If you are temporarily back in your home country and do not have a valid residence card, you must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility.

*You cannot extend your period of stay from overseas. It is necessary to acquire a new status of residence and a new Visa.
In order for acquisition a new status of residence and a new Visa, you have to apply for the Certificate of Eligibility.

Those who need

• The students whose period of stay is expired while staying in home country.
• The students who have been leaving Japan for more than a year
• The students who have taken a leave of absence and plan to return to school .

How to apply

1. Online application to the University

• Online application form
  If you have taken a leave of absence, please submit a statement of reason.
• statement of reason

2. The university applies to the immigration bureau instead of the students.

3. As soon as the certificate of eligibility is issued by the immigration bureau, the university e-mail it to the student’s Hosei e-mail address and the student obtains a visa at the Japanese embassy in home country.

4. Entering Japan after obtaining a visa.

*If you returned to your home country with your residence card, please return it at the airport when you enter Japan. A new card will be issued at the airport.