Official organization related to foreign resident policy gathered in one floor of Yotsuya Tower is ready to welcome and answer questions from foreign residents regarding issues that might occur during their stay in Japan: visa & immigration, job searching, trouble at work place, legal service.
☆FRESC brochure in Japanese 外国人在留支援センター
This center includes free visa consultation by Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with multilingual service. Please call 03-5363-3025 or write to info-fresc@i.moj.go.jp for reservation by telling the following information:
- preferred date and time for consultation
- name
- number of person visiting the consultation center
- phone number or email address
- preferred language (available in Easy Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai, Portuguese and Spanish)
- inquiry
☆Brochure of the visa consultation by Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in Japanese 東京出入国在留管理局 在留相談
With the opening of this new consultation center, foreign residents have a range of choice where to consult about visa & immigration related inquiries. Hope this summary table might be helpful.
☆All information is as of June 10. Please confirm for the latest update.
| Name |
Supervisory authority |
Style |
Booking | Languages | Contact | |
|
FRESC Foreign Resident Support Center |
MOJ, MOFA, METI (JETRO), MHLW |
face to face/ phone |
〇 | 11 for visa consultation |
03-5363-3025 |
|
|
TOCOS Tokyo Coronavirus Support Center |
Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
phone | ✕ | 14 |
0120-296-004 (toll free number) |
|
|
TOSBEC |
METI (JETRO) |
face to face or Zoom for visa inquiery |
△ |
Japanese, English |
03-3582-4934 |
|
|
Immigration Information Center |
Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau
|
face to face/ phone |
✕ |
English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish |
0570-013904 | |
|
Consultation Support Center for Foreign Residents |
Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau (outsourced) |
phone (face to face to resume shortly) |
✕ |
English, Chinese, other 5 languages |
03-3202-5535 03-5155-4039 |
CROSSINGBORDERS Information & Consultation Centre - SOS Japan Visa - is also providing consultation online in Japanese and English. Please visit our page for details.