JLPT test application?

Question

i'm planning to take the JLPT at the end of the year, but i'm still in taiwan now whereas i'll be in kagoshima at the time of the test. can i apply for the test in taiwan? or is there a way to apply online? all suggestions are welcome!

Answer 1

I had your same problem back in my country. I was coming here and I couldn't pay there or buy it overseas.

1. Order it in this link (sorry is in japanese)

https://ssl.bonjinsha.com/cgi-bin/gansyo...

2. I asked a friend living in Tokyo to order my test application, so he bought it in his university bookstore campus and used his own address (they ask you for a Japan address) then I send him my application photo via mail and he printed it on a conbini.

So in december I was living here and I had to come from my ken to do it and then ask them to send my score to my new address.

Answer 2

The Japan Foundation and the Japan Educational Testing and Services Association are responsible for handling JLPTs outside of Japan. They might be able to provide the information you're looking for.

http://www.jlpt.jp/index.html (Japanese)

http://www.jlpt.jp/e/index.html (English)

If you email them then maybe they can help you.

[e-mail]

Now, it says on their FAQ page Q14 (http://www.jees.or.jp/cgi-bin/jlpt-faq.c... that they do not sell applications forms at overseas locations for exams held in Japan.

Also, they don't accept applications forms from overseas applicants who want to take the test at a location in Japan.

Their recommendation is to complete an application form bought in Japan and then have an aquaintance who lives in Japan mail in that form for you.

Good luck.