Driving license attestation and translation

All consular charges are only payable in JPY. Payment in any other currency will not be accepted.

All payments must cover the total amount that is payable to the Embassy, including the relevant fee, bank charge and any postal cost, if applicable. The payment must be received by the Embassy together with your application form.

Payments in cash, personal cheque are not accepted under any circumstances. Please note that in cases of bank transfer, the verification takes time and may cause delays to the processing requests.

All postal applications must be sent by registered mail to the following address:

N2-2-1 Azabudai, Minato ward, Tokyo 106-0041
The Embassy will not take any responsibility for loss of documents which are not sent by registered mail.

Applicants may enclose a registered, self-addressed return envelope for the return of their documents.

Applicants may apply in person by visiting the Consulate Section of the Embassy during the section’s official opening hours.

After the completed application is received at the Consular Section, the applicants will be asked to return on a specified day and time to pick up their documents. Those applying in person can request for their documents to be returned to them by post, in which case the applicants will be required to present a registered, self-addressed return envelope.

After the Embassy has received complete application(s) with all the necessary documents and payments, normally it will be issued within 2 to 5 working days.

Applicants applying by post must take into consideration that it takes several working days for their registered documents to reach us and for them to receive back from us. 

All original documents submitted as part of visa application will be returned to the applicant after the due process.