Originally Posted by
Morkai
I suppose the problem I see with this is that the eVisa website did not ask for an itinerary. It never asked who booked my accommodations. The only documentation I needed to upload was the ERFS certificate. How would they determine which eVisa are "invalid" without this information? I have no way to know, but I question the Japanese government's appetite for revoking already-issued visas and similarly question an immigration official denying entry on a "who booked your accommodations" policy when presented with an authorized visa, ERFS, and itinerary stamped with the receiving agency's letterhead.
I would argue it is trivial for the Japanese government if they were so inclined. The eVisa applications are associated to the ERFS record. If they find a particular agency was issuing blanket ERFS that did not comply with the legal requirements it would take them 2 seconds to do a database query to pull up any eVisa associated to ERFS issue by that agency in violation of the rules.