I’ve been dreading going to the immigration office in Osaka for weeks, ever since I picked up my new passport at the Dutch consulate. As nobody gave me any deadline for transferring my visa to my new passport, I decided to go there after Obon. I ju... ...full story at Loulogue
from Loulogue on Tue, Sep 23 2008
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| 21 Nov 07 |
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WHY JAPANESE PASSPORT CONTROL TAKES YOUR FINGERPRINTS? »
YouTube video New immigration procedures will start on November 20, 2007. Under new procedures, when foreign nationals apply for entry Japan, fingerprints and a facial photograph will be taken.
If foreign nationals refuse to provide fingerprints and a facial... |
| 29 Jul 08 |
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Dutch Masters » Loulogue I like to decorate my classroom walls when I’m not teaching, especially with Dutch things, but they’re not always easy to find in Japan. But when Yasu and I went to the Dutch consulate last week to pick up my new passport, he picked up a boo... |
| 25 Jul 08 |
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My new passport » Loulogue I got a call from the Dutch consulate the other day telling me my new passport is waiting for me! So today Yasu and I went to fetch it today. The new passport doesn’t look so different from my old one, except the new picture and new expiration date ... |
| 20 Apr 08 |
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Long wait at immigration » Japan Times On April 7 I had two business colleagues arrive at KIX Osaka at around 5 p.m. -- they were confronted with an immigration line that was so long it went all the way back to the escalator bringing arriving people to the immigration hall! It took them 1 hour... |
| 02 Sep 08 |
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Immigration In Japan » Japan Is Doomed Today I had my visa extended, and to do that I had to go to the Tokyo Immigration Office ( 入国管理局 ) in Shinagawa. It was a total and utter nightmare. To sum up my frustration, I made a video. Click the image below to watch! |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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National › Man evades immigration check at Osaka port, enters country » Japan Today A man slipped into Japan through a cargo gate without undergoing an immigration check after arriving at an international ferry port in Osaka in June… |
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