• Located in East Asia between North Atlantic Ocean and Sea of Japan East of Korean peninsula
• The weather is varied from tropical in the South to cool temperatures in the North
• Japan is very vulnerable to earthquakes because its sits in a seismically active zone. Other hazards include tsunamis and typhoons mainly caused by tremors.

 

Marriage to a Japanese Citizen

Every country has its own laws that apply to its citizens marrying a person from a different country. Getting married to a Japanese citizen with the goal of eventually bringing them to Canada to live is a process with many steps.

If you want to bring your Japanese spouse or partner to live in Canada, you must then file a sponsorship application for them to become a permanent resident. If they would like to visit you in Canada while their application is in process, they must also apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA). For more information, please see our family sponsorship page and our eTA article.

 

Processing Time

If you file a Canadian sponsorship application for your Jamaican spouse or partner, this application takes an average of 10-12 months.

A visitor visa application for your spouse or partner to visit you in Canada while the sponsorship applications are processing takes an average of 3 –14 days.

Please see our pages on family sponsorship and Canada’s eTA for more information on the processing times of these applications.

 

Japanese Marriage Basic Requirements

To be married off, the city ward requires proof of legality or freedom to marry in form of an affidavit that is sworn in person at any Canadian embassy in place of mailing documents.

After the marriage has been licensed, the certificate becomes the proof of marriage and a spouse visa can be granted. The requirements are:

• A statement declaring the marriage has taken place
• A copy of the marriage certificate
• Photocopy of the passport
• Mailing address
• Spouses name
• $50 fee in Yen

 

Family Members

If your Japanese spouse has dependent children, this does not affect the Japanese Marriage document application.

If you have dependent children, they have no effect on the application to marry a Japanese citizen.

 

List of Japanese Consulates in Canada

Embassy of Japan in Canada

 

Calling Japan from Canada

The country code is 81 to call you would dial 011 – 81 – area code – local number.

Area Codes for major centres in Japan (landlines only)

Akita	18	Kawasaki	44	Okazaki	564
Amagasaki	6	Kitakyushu	93	Osaka	6
Asahikawa	166	Kobe	78	Otsu	77
Chiba	43	Kochi	88	Sagamihara	42
Fujisawa	466	Kofu	55	Saitama	48
Fukuoka	92	Koriyama	24	Sakai	72
Fukuyama	84	Kumamoto	96	Sapporo	11
Funabashi	47	Koshigaya	48	Sendai	22
Gifu	58	Kurashiki	86	Shizuoka	54
Hachioji	42	Kyoto	75	Suita	6
Hamamatsu	53	Machida	42	Takamatsu	87
Higashiosaka	6	Maebashi	27	Takasaki	27
Himeji	79	Matsudo	47	Takatsuki	72
Hirakata	72	Matsuyama	89	Tokorozawa	4
Hiroshima	82	Miyazaki	985	Tokyo	3
Ichikawa	47	Nagano	26	Toyama	76
Ichinomiya	586	Nagasaki	95	Toyohashi	532
Iwaki	246	Nagoya	52	Toyonaka	6
Kagoshima	99	Naha	98	Toyota	565
Kanazawa	76	Nara	742	Utsunomiya	28
Kashiwa	4	Niigata	25	Wakayama	73
Kasugai	568	Nishinomiya	798	Yokkaichi	59
Kawagoe	49	Oita	97	Yokohama	45
Kawaguchi	48	Okayama	86	Yokosuka	46

Cells

Cells use the prefixes 70, 80 or 90.

 

Calling Canada from Japan

Dial 00 – 1 – area code – local number

Area Codes of Canada

Province	Code	Province	Code
Alberta	403 / 587 (southern Alberta) 587 / 780 (central and northern Alberta)	Nunavut	867
BC	236 / 250 / 778 (majority of BC) 236 / 604 / 778 (Metro Vancouver)	Ontario	226 / 519 (southwestern Ontario) 249 / 705 (northeastern Ontario) 289 / 365 / 905 (Greater Toronto Area) 343 / 613 (eastern Ontario) 416 / 647 (Toronto) 807 (northwestern Ontario)
Manitoba	204 / 431	PEI	782 / 902
New  Brunswick	506	Quebec	418 / 581 (eastern Quebec) 438 / 514 (Montreal) 450 / 579 (Greater Montreal) 819 / 873 (remainder of Quebec)
Newfoundland and Labrador	709	Saskatchewan	306 / 639
Northwest Territories	867	Yukon	867
Nova Scotia	782 / 902

 

Time Difference

Japanese Standard Time is GMT+9. Japan does not observe Daylight Saving Time.

Canadian Time Zone	# of Hours Japan is Ahead	# of Hours during DST
Pacific (BC, Yukon)	17 hours	16 hours
Mountain (Alberta, western Nunvaut, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan)	16 hours	15 hours
Saskatchewan	15 hours	15 hours
Central (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, central Nunavut, northwestern Ontario)	15 hours	14 hours
Eastern (most of Ontario, most of Quebec)	14 hours	13 hours
Atlantic (Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, eastern Quebec)	13 hours	12 hours
Newfoundland	12.5 hours	11.5 hours

 

Emergency Information for Canadians in Japan

Embassy of Canada in Tokyo 3-38 Akasaka 7-chome Minato-ku Tokyo Japan, 107-8503 Telephone: 81 (3) 5412-6200 Fax: 81 (3) 5412-6289 E-mail: [email protected] Website: japan.gc.ca	View Larger Map
Consulate of Canada in Hiroshima c/o Chugoku Electric Power Co. Inc. 4-33 Komachi, Naka-ku Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken Japan, 730-8701 Telephone: 81 (82) 246-0057 Fax: 81(82) 504-7006 Email: No Email Website: japan.gc.ca	View Larger Map
Consulate of Canada in Nagoya Nakato Marunouchi Building 6F, 3-17-6 Marunouchi Naka-ku Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken Japan, 460-0002 Telephone: 81 (52) 972-0450 Fax: 81 (52) 972-0453 E-mail: [email protected] Website: japan.gc.ca	View Larger Map
Consulate of Canada in c/o Tsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd. 1-8-19 Hirabayashi Minami Suminoe-ku Osaka Japan Telephone: 81 (6) 6681–0250 Fax: No Fax E-mail: [email protected] Website: japan.gc.ca	View Larger Map
Consulate of Canada in Sappor Canada Place, Poseidon Maruyama 2F 26-1-3 Odori Nishi, Chuo-ku Sapporo Japan 064-0820 Telephone: 81 (11) 643-2520 Fax: 81 (11) 643-2520 E-mail: [email protected] Website: japan.gc.ca	View Larger Map

 

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