Course Guide ( 3 months Short-term in 2008 )

1. Requirements for Admission

• For people who enter to Japan with tourist visa (3 months visa) and want to study Japanese.
• As a general guideline, for people who are over 15 years old and want to study Japanese.

2. Entrance Date

• People who have studied Japanese a little can enter school any time.
• For beginners.
  April entry ( Entrance date : 10 April )
  July entry ( Entrance date : 10 July )
  October entry ( Entrance date : 10 October )

3. Details of School Fees

Application fee	10,000
Admission fee	20,000
Tuition fees (45,000/monthly x 3 months)	135,000
Textbooks fee (includes Copy fee)	5,000
Facilities fee	5,000
Total	175,000

4. Application Documents

(1) Application for Admission	1 pieces
(2) Personal Record No.1,2	1 pieces(each)
(3) Letter of Guarantee	1 pieces
(4) Photographs (3cm x 4cm)	4 pieces

• As a general guideline, the school doesn’t provide a dormitory for short-course students. For that, the applicant need a guarantor (who will live together or provide a place to live).
• Note; if the applicant doesn’t have a guarantor in Japan, the school introduces an apartment for a short stay.
• If the person who requests application forms, please click here or contact us. You can get application forms by clicking here or post.

5. Entrance Formalities

• Please, fill out the application documents and apply to the school.
• After assessing application documents, the school tells about entrance date.
• After paying the school fees, you are now ready to come and study Japanese.

6. Office

Saitama International School
2-101 Sakuragi-cho, Kumagaya-shi, Saitama-ken 360-0036
TEL +81-48-526-4155 / FAX +81-48-526-4157
E-mail gakuenn@saisc.jp

Course Guide ( Long-term in 2008 )

1. Requirements for Admission

• The applicant must have completed no less than 12 years of formal school education.
• As a general guideline, the applicant must be under 30 years old and single.
• The applicant must have completed more than150 hours of Japanese studies in home country or have passed more than Level 4 of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), when the applicants are not graduated from university in home country.
• The applicant must not have been here with a pre-college visa before.

※Applicants for January entry are required to have passed Level 3 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).
※In the event that you have ever applied to any other Japanese language school in Japan, please do not neglect to inform us.

If the person who requests application forms, please click here or contact us. You can get application forms by clicking here or post.

 

2. The Number of Student

Entry	January ( D course )	April ( A course )	July ( B course )	October ( C course )	Total
Student Capacity	10	60	30	60	160

※ Figures shown are subject to change yearly. For more details, please enquire at the office.

 

3. Application Period • Entrance Date

Entry	Length of Course	Application Period	Date of submission ( Tokyo Immigration)	Issued Date ( Visa )	Entrance Date
April ( A course )	2 years	Sep.1 ~ Oct.31	Middle of Nov.	End of Feb.	Apr. 10
July ( B course )	1 year 9 months	Jan.15 ~ Feb.28	End of Mar.	End of May	Jul. 10
October ( C course )	1 year 6 months	Mar.25 ~ Apr.30	End of May	End of Aug.	Oct. 10
January ( D course )	1 year 3 months	Jul.1 ~ Aug.31	End of Sep.	End of Nov.	Jan. 10

※If the entrance date is holiday, it will be next day.

Enquiries are welcome from Monday to Friday ( 8:30 ~ 18:00 ). Chinese and English is ok.
※ The recruitment starts from 6 months before entrance date. However, if the submitted documents are not complete, they need to be rewritten. For that, please apply as soon as possible.

4. How to Apply • Application Fee

• Bring the application documents personally or send them by post within the application period.
• The application fee of ￥20,000 must be paid upon submission of documents.
• Submitted documents and fees are not returnable (except original graduation certificate).
• Incomplete documents are not acceptable.

5. Document Assessment • Result Announcement

How to Examine	Basically, documents are examined.According to circumstances, interview and examination on the spot are held.
1st Stage	Documents are assessed by the School. Based on the qualifications and eligibility of applicant, School decides whether to submit application to Tokyo Immigration Bureau.
2nd Stage	Tokyo Immigration Bureau reviews applications, and announces the results. School sends out notification of results to applicant.

	April (A course)	July (B course)	October (C course)	January (D course)
Date of Result 1st Stage	End of Nov.	Beginning of Apr.	End of May	Middle of Oct.
	Passed:Submit application to Tokyo Immigration Bureau. Failed:Return documents to applicant.
Date of Result 2nd Stage	End of Feb.	End of May	End of Aug.	End of Nov.
	Passed:Send out Certificate of Eligibility. Failed:Return only original documents to applicant.

1. Upon passing the second stage, the School will send you the original Letter of Acceptance for entry into Japan as well as a bill. Upon receiving the bill, please pay the annual school fees and dormitory fee through bank transfer.
2. Once the bank transfer is through, the School will send you the Certificate of Eligibility. You go to the Japanese embassy or consulate in your home country with the original certificates (the Letter of Acceptance, the Certificate of Eligibility), and you can obtain a pre-college visa.
3. After entering to Japan, please come to school with your passport. The school will give you a student card and register for school.

 

6. ENTRANCE FORMALITIES

1. Bring the application documents personally or send them by post.
   ※The application fee of ￥20,000 must be paid upon submission of documents.
2. Documents are assessed by the Saitama International School.
3. The application documents are submitted to Tokyo Immigration Bureau.
4. Announces the results and issue the Certificate of Eligibility from Tokyo Immigration Bureau.
5. Saitama International School sends successful applicants 「A copy of the Certificate of Eligibility」 and 「Original Letter of Acceptance」 by post.
6. Successful Applicants pay the annual school fees through bank transfer.
7. Once the bank transfer is through, the School will send the successful applicants 「the Original Certificate of Eligibility」 and 「a receipt of school fees」 by post.
   ※*School sends 「The Certificate of Eligibility」 from 1 month before entrance date.
8. The successful applicants go to the Japanese embassy or consulate in your home country with the original certificates you received and obtain a pre-college visa.
9. After obtaining the visa, you buy an airline ticket and can now ready to come and study Japanese.
   ※If you need somebody who picks you up in the Narita Airport, the staff of the Saitama International School can go there. Even though you are necessary or unnecessary, please tell the School the arrival date and time of Japan. (It costs ￥9,090 per a person for the transportation expenses from Narita Airport to School.)

※ For Dormitory user
In the dormitory, daily necessities (TV, refrigerator, rice cooker, plates and dishes, bedclothes) are provided.
If you need to send your big suitcase from airport to the dormitory by a home delivery service, it will take for 2 days.
For that, you have to carry your valuables and some clothes by hands.
Please, take on the early flight for preparation of entrance dormitory because it takes for 2 hours and a half to the School by train.

7. School Fees
Details of Annual School Fees
(unit:Yen)

Admission fee	60,000
Facilities fee (1 year)	40,000
Textbooks/Activities (1 year)	60,000
Accident Insurance Health Screening	20,000
School Fees (1 year)	540,000
Total	720,000

School Fess List
(unit:Yen)

Entry	Length of course	First year	Second year (First term)	Second year (Latter term)	Total
April (A course)	2 years	720,000	320,000	310,000	1,350,000
July (B course)	1year 9 months	720,000	320,000	155,000	1,195,000
October (C course)	1year 6 months	720,000	320,000	-	1,040,000
January (D course)	1year 3 months	720,000	160,000	-	880,000

※Please bear the remittance charge (about ￥3,000).
※As a general rule, school expenses, once paid, are not refundable.
※School fees for Second year include accident insurance.

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