Passport / Visa

Passport

Please ensure your passport has at least 6 months’ validity.
Kindly renew your passport if the validity period falls before 10 April 2025.

Declaration Form

All visitors entering Japan has to fill in the Japan Declaration form. Please save the QR code into your phone so you can scan it at the airport.

Please fill in the Japan Declaration form here.
*We advise to fill up the form before travelling because it will be crowded at the airport.

Visa Eligibility

VAT Refund

The standard VAT rate for Japan is 10% while the tax for food and beverages are at a reduced rate of 8% (excluding dining out and alcoholic beverages)

How to be eligible for VAT?

• Products are meant for personal use or consumption
• Items are to be brought out of country before use.
• For general goods, the sum of total goods purchased at one store on the same day must be at least ¥5,000 JPY, tax excluded.
• For consumables, total purchase amount should fall between ¥5,000 JPY to ¥500,000 JPY in at one store on the same day, and must be sealed and packaged in a way as to not be consumed before leaving Japan
• For departmental stores or malls with a tax-free counter, the combined purchase total from multiple stores must equal to ¥5,000 JPY or more.
• The total amount of consumables and general goods cannot be combined for tax exemption.

VAT Procedure

At the Store:

1. Inform the store that you want to make a VAT Refund
2. Present your passport (Copies not accepted) and confirm your personal details
3. Receive your tax refund in one of the ways below:
   • Pay sales amount with taxes excluded immediately.
   • After shopping at each store, head to the tax-free bulk counter and receive a refund in the amount of the consumption tax.
4. Your tax refund information would be digitally sent to the Japanese Tax Agency.

At the Airport:

1. Present your passport to the customs officer, along with the tax-free items and their receipts.
   • If you intend to check-in your tax-free items, please inform the airline staff at the check-in counter before checking in your luggage. A customs officer will come to the counter to check your item.
2. After passing through the customs, your application for tax exemption procedure is completed and you are ready for departure.

Embassy Information