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You are a foreign tourist visiting
Japan from abroad for sight-seeing,under the entry status
of "temporary visitor." |
"Temporary Visitor" entry status, according
to Japanese Immigration Law, allows a stay in Japan of
15 days or 90 days for "sight-seeing, etc."
If you apply for a "stay for sight-seeing" when
you enter Japan, entry personnel will stamp your passport
as "Temporary Visitor," as shown below. Only
persons who have a passport bearing this stamp can use
a JAPAN RAIL PASS.
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Caution:
| Even if you visit Japan with an Exchange
Order, to be turned in for a JAPAN RAIL
PASS, the exchange cannot be made unless
you have "Temporary Visitor"
status; if you enter Japan under any
other official status, such as "Trainee,"
"Entertainer," or "Reentry
Permit," you cannot change the
Exchange Order for a JAPAN RAIL PASS.
Please note that according to strict
interpretation of the Japanese Immigration
Law, "Temporary Visitor" status
differs even from other types of stays
that are also for only short time periods. |
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 Examples
of the "Temporary Visitor" entry
status
stamp |
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You are a Japanese national
living in a foreigncountry, |
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a.who is qualified to live permanently in that country,
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b. who is married to a non-Japanese residing in a country other than Japan. |
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| Note: Persons meeting conditions a or b above must be required to show proof of same at the point of purchase of an Exchange Order and obtaining a JAPAN RAIL PASS. |
| Also note: The former condition about a Japanese national "who has been living in a foreign country for ten or more years" is discontinued from 1 April 2004 purchase. |
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