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07-29-2011, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by darkshadowgirl View Post
You cannot even find out before hand because the visa process starts when you land in the airport.
There is no "visa process" when you land at the airport. You don't get a visa per se.... What is stamped on your passport is a Landing Permission, good for 90 days. Your status there is of: temporary visitor. I imagine they can revoke that at will and send you back to the States, though one probably has to really mess up for that.... My guess is that visas are for a more-than-temporary stay in Japan. They fingerprint both your index fingers and they photograph you.
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