[darkshadowgirl]

We are traveling from US with US passports. The offense is neither drug related or violence related. It is an old burglary II charge. No jail time, just a few hours of community service. He didn't steal anything, but he took the plea charge like a dummy. He should of taken it to court and gotten trespassing. But hindsight is 20/20.

I called the Japanese embassy on the west coast and they could not answer the question. They said the decision is solely decided by immigrations at the airport. You cannot even find out before hand because the visa process starts when you land in the airport. So I cannot call ahead for instance and find out. I can only find out by landing in Japan. :/

I looked up Japanese embassy website and found this info:

Overseas Japanese diplomatic establishments may not issue a visa to an applicant who comes under the following categories or is suspected of coming under these categories:

- If the contents of the application are false.
- If the applicant has a criminal record including more than one year's imprisonment.
- If the applicant has a criminal record involving narcotics, marijuana, stimulants, prostitution, etc.


He doesn't fit either of those two categories.

Is there anyone else who's had a minor felony try entering Japan on this forum?

to answer siokan he can get expungement but he has to wait till 2014.

The guy at the embassy said his feeling was that he would be OK, but of course he could not verify that as it's not up to him.