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Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics VFS Global will offer Japan visa services in the cities of Melbourne Adelaide and Hobart Rising trend in travel to Japan with around 40000 travellers every year Chinese travellers from Australia to Japan account for up to 70 of all visa applicationsEffective 6 January 2020 the Embassy of Japan in Melbourne will no longer accept application submissions in person from residents in Australia who plan to travel to Japan. Since this date customers will instead be able to visit any of the three locations to submit their applications. This is important as the Embassy of Japan mandates that application submission for visa processing must be made in person.VFS Global will operate the visa application centres on behalf of the Consulate General of Japan in Melbourne. The three centres in Melbourne Adelaide and Hobart will mean ease and convenience of applying for a visa - as customers earlier had to visit the Embassy of Japan in Melbourne to apply for visas.With the Olympics taking place in Tokyo this year visa applications are expected to increase over the next few months. Chinese diaspora in Australia will be a key group to benefit as this groups accounts for 70 of all applications from Australia to Japan.Commenting on the launch of the new centres Mr. Jiten Vyas Regional Group COO VFS Global As part of our global commitment to offer professionally managed services for the government of Japan we are extremely pleased to announce the launch of our new Visa Application Centres in Australia. The launch of these new centres in the three locations in the Melbourne jurisdiction will efficiently cater to the growing travel needs between these two countries by leveraging our best-in-class service quality standards as customer can now get their visas processed through our professionally managed services. We are confident that these centres will positively support the growing travel needs from Australia especially the Chinese and Indian diaspora who reside in these locations.With a wider presence for the convenience of travellers bound to Japan the new Visa Application Centres VACs offer a number of optional services to customers in Melbourne Adelaide and Hobart as well as other neighbouring locations in the jurisdiction such as secure doorstep delivery of passports using the courier dispatch service timely SMS updates on visa application status and other services like photobooth photocopy and printout facilities within the Visa Application Centres. Other optional services expected to be rolled-out soon include the Visa At Your Doorstep service which would be extremely beneficial for group bookings as one can apply for a visa from a location of their choice be it home office or school campus thereby offering the flexibility of submitting visa applications and enrolling biometrics from a convenient location.Prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics VFS Global on behalf of the Embassies of Japan has been expanding its network of Japan Visa Application Centres across the world which now stands at 28. The company has served the Government of Japan since 2010 and also manages Japan visa processing services in other countries including Sri Lanka Russia. Thailand. Vietnam Indonesia India and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China.Key features optional for greater convenience of the centres include Optional Courier Service facility for delivery of passport at your doorstep SMS updates on status of visa application processing Photobooth service to ensure the photo is taken as per the specific requirements Photocopy and printing services available at centres Dedicated contact centre and email support to answer queries and track application status
