Passport Pages
May 17, 2008, 8:58 am
#2
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: London
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I've never seen this mentioned anywhere (not on the MOFA sites, nor those published by the UK government nor those by the Japan's UK Embassy)
I can tell you from experience that a full new page is not necessary for standard Japanese visitor stamps - I have two on one page in front of me now. You will require enough room for the initial entry sticker (4x5.5cms or 1.5x2.2inches) and roughly 2.5cm/1 inch square for the exit stamp which will go alongside it.
Any pages in your passport where at least 2/3rds of the page is clear should be fine.
I can tell you from experience that a full new page is not necessary for standard Japanese visitor stamps - I have two on one page in front of me now. You will require enough room for the initial entry sticker (4x5.5cms or 1.5x2.2inches) and roughly 2.5cm/1 inch square for the exit stamp which will go alongside it.
Any pages in your passport where at least 2/3rds of the page is clear should be fine.
May 17, 2008, 2:56 pm
#4
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: NYC (Formerly Tokyo)
Posts: 231
Don't know if there's a minimum pages requirement, but I found the immigration officials at NRT were (surprisingly) accommodating when I was running low on space.
At the time, I had a visa and re-entry permit, and got stamped in and out of the country instead of getting the sticker with barcode.
One time when leaving, I found a small space in my passport between two other stamps, and asked the officer to stamp there (instead of starting a new square). He suggested he just stamp in the margin instead ^ On my next couple trips before I could get pages added immigration kept stamping in the margins.
Never would have expected this from any immigration officers let alone in Japan.
At the time, I had a visa and re-entry permit, and got stamped in and out of the country instead of getting the sticker with barcode.
One time when leaving, I found a small space in my passport between two other stamps, and asked the officer to stamp there (instead of starting a new square). He suggested he just stamp in the margin instead ^ On my next couple trips before I could get pages added immigration kept stamping in the margins.
Never would have expected this from any immigration officers let alone in Japan.