Visa requirement
Pakistan visa for Japanese citizens
Official-source answer with stay limit, cost, required documents and last verification date.
Do Japanese citizens need a visa for Pakistan?
Checked answer — confirm before travel
Japanese citizens need an eVisa to enter Pakistan for up to 90 days.
Last verified:
What this means: An eVisa is a real visa you apply for online before travel; approval arrives before you fly, unlike a visa on arrival.
Confidence: Medium Likely current — confirm details with the official source.
This answer is for ordinary Japanese passport holders travelling as citizens of that passport. Residence permits, long-stay visas or living in another country can change which embassy or rule applies.
Visa types at a glance
| Visa type | Availability | Stay |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist visa-free? | No | This page stores a visa or authorization route instead. |
| eVisa? | Yes | Up to 90 days. |
| Visa on arrival? | No | No visa-on-arrival route is stored for this corridor. |
- 90 days
- Varies — see notes
- Apply online before you fly
Before you travel
- 1 Entry step Apply online before you fly Official route (opens in a new tab)
- 2 Stay limit 90 days
- 3 Official fee Varies — see notes
- 4 Passport validity Official rule stored below. See full note
- 5 Transit airside: conditional; landside: required. Full note below. See full note
- 6 Freshness Checked 23 Jul 2026; confidence: medium
Shareable verdict: Japanese citizens need an eVisa to enter Pakistan for up to 90 days. Checked 23 Jul 2026.
Open SVG cardCost note
Pakistan online visa fees depend on nationality and application category. Confirm the amount shown by the official application before paying.
Passport and transit notes
- Passport validity
- The current tourist-visa page requires a passport but does not publish one universal remaining-validity or blank-page number. Follow the document conditions shown in the official application and by the carrier.
- Validity source (opens in a new tab) Validity guide
- Transit
- airside transit: conditional; landside transit: required; Pakistan defines a transit visa as permission to pass through the country but does not publish a universal airside exemption on the reviewed pages. Crossing border control requires the normal entry permission for this passport.
- Transit source (opens in a new tab) Transit guide
What you need
- Japanese ordinary passport
- Approved Pakistan online tourist/visit visa before travel
- Passport photograph
- Hotel-booking details
- Proof of legal residence when applying from a third country
Why this verdict
Japanese citizens appear in Pakistan's current 192-country online-visa eligibility table. For an ordinary short tourist/visit journey, the current category page publishes a single-entry application for up to three months, subject to approval. Work, study, residence, long-term stay and special travel documents use separate rules.
Conditional rules
- Applying outside the country of passport Conditional
The current tourist-visa page requires proof of legal residence when an applicant applies from a third country.
- Work, study, residence, employment or long-term stay Visa required
The tourist/visit eVisa route does not cover work, study, residence, employment or long-term stay.
Visa / authorization details
- Entry options
- Single entry
- Processing time
- The current tourist-visa page publishes 7-10 working days for an individual entry application. Returned applications restart the stated processing period.
Frequently asked questions
Do Japanese citizens need a visa for Pakistan?
Japanese citizens need an eVisa to enter Pakistan for up to 90 days. (eVisa.) Verified 23 Jul 2026 against the official source.
How long can Japanese passport holders stay in Pakistan?
Up to 90 days.
How much does entry to Pakistan cost for Japanese citizens?
The official fee varies — see the official source. This page tracks the official government fee only, not agent markup.