Please inform HIF whether you will participate in the program or decline the offer by the deadline indicated in the HIF acceptance e-mail. The HIF office will reply to you within three working days upon receiving your confirmation e-mail. If you do not receive a response within three working days, please contact HIF.
1. Confirmation Email of Participation
Reply to the HIF acceptance email according to the guideline (click here), along with the
Pledge Card (See “2. HIF Pledge Card” below.) as an attachment.
2. HIF Pledge Card
Click here to open a PDF file of
the Pledge Card, and save it to your computer
first. Open the file, fill in all the highlighted parts of the form, save
it to your computer again. Then, send it to HIF as an attachment to your
confirmation email of participation.
Note: If you skip the above-underlined step, the information you enter on the form
won't be saved.
Applications without a confirmation email of participation and HIF Pledge Card will be cancelled by default.
Participants must submit several forms through your online account. Please visit the “Online Forms for Participants” page to login.
Reply to the HIF acceptance email according to the guideline (click here).
HIF does not send you a payment invoice. Please remit your program fee (US$7,920) to the North Pacific Bank by March 31, 2023 (JST). To those who are accepted from the waiting list close to or after the above mentioned payment deadline, HIF will indicate another payment deadline in the acceptance e-mail.
Date of Cancellation Notice (Japan Standard Time) |
Cancellation Fee |
March 31, 2023 (00:00) – April 30, 2023 (23:59) | US$1,600 |
May 1, 2023 (00:00) – May 31, 2023 (23:59) | US$2,400 |
June 1, 2023 (00:00) – June 7, 2023 (23:59) | US$4,000 |
On and after June 8, 2023 (00:00) | US$7,920 less the unused amount of housing fee* |
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