Japan to begin Trusted Traveler Program (TTP) on Nov 1, 2016
Jan 9, 2023, 4:54 pm
#316
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 79
I have a friend that recently came to Japan and while there renewed his jttp card. He wasnt particularly paying attention but he noticed something odd.
When he originally got approved in 2018 he received the card but they also placed a stamp in his passport with a QR code to scan at the machines. This time he got the new card but the agent specifically crossed out the qr code stamp in his passport but did not add a new one. Since he was a bit jetlagged at the time he really didn't check the passport only the card to make sure everything was correct.
Has any one else that's gone through the secondary inspection also not gotten a QR code stamp in the passport and had any existing one crossed out? If so I assume at the gates all it needs now is the facial recognition and fingerprints along with the physical card?
When he originally got approved in 2018 he received the card but they also placed a stamp in his passport with a QR code to scan at the machines. This time he got the new card but the agent specifically crossed out the qr code stamp in his passport but did not add a new one. Since he was a bit jetlagged at the time he really didn't check the passport only the card to make sure everything was correct.
Has any one else that's gone through the secondary inspection also not gotten a QR code stamp in the passport and had any existing one crossed out? If so I assume at the gates all it needs now is the facial recognition and fingerprints along with the physical card?
Jan 9, 2023, 5:49 pm
#317
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Las Vegas
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I didn’t get a QR code when I first got approved. I had to scan the picture page of my passport every time, which I assume your friend will have to do.
My passport wasn’t damaged, but for some reason in Japan and Taiwan only the scanners had a hard time reading the machine code lines at the bottom. An officer suggested I get a QR code sticker and I went to the TTP office and got one. I didn’t even know it was a thing up until then.
My passport wasn’t damaged, but for some reason in Japan and Taiwan only the scanners had a hard time reading the machine code lines at the bottom. An officer suggested I get a QR code sticker and I went to the TTP office and got one. I didn’t even know it was a thing up until then.
I have a friend that recently came to Japan and while there renewed his jttp card. He wasnt particularly paying attention but he noticed something odd.
When he originally got approved in 2018 he received the card but they also placed a stamp in his passport with a QR code to scan at the machines. This time he got the new card but the agent specifically crossed out the qr code stamp in his passport but did not add a new one. Since he was a bit jetlagged at the time he really didn't check the passport only the card to make sure everything was correct.
Has any one else that's gone through the secondary inspection also not gotten a QR code stamp in the passport and had any existing one crossed out? If so I assume at the gates all it needs now is the facial recognition and fingerprints along with the physical card?
When he originally got approved in 2018 he received the card but they also placed a stamp in his passport with a QR code to scan at the machines. This time he got the new card but the agent specifically crossed out the qr code stamp in his passport but did not add a new one. Since he was a bit jetlagged at the time he really didn't check the passport only the card to make sure everything was correct.
Has any one else that's gone through the secondary inspection also not gotten a QR code stamp in the passport and had any existing one crossed out? If so I assume at the gates all it needs now is the facial recognition and fingerprints along with the physical card?
Jan 10, 2023, 3:28 pm
#319
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SAN, LAX
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I got mine recently as a new applicant, and did not get a QR code. It always starts with scanning my passport, then the rest in some order.
And yeah, the immigration QR code in the VJW part isn't used as the gate would pull from the TTP form.
And yeah, the immigration QR code in the VJW part isn't used as the gate would pull from the TTP form.
Jan 11, 2023, 2:38 am
#320
Join Date: Oct 2022
Posts: 14
Thanks for sharing your experience. Hopefully I can get my preliminary inspection completed soon.
Feb 1, 2023, 9:53 am
#321
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: SFO/HKG
Programs: ex-UA 1K, AA EXP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 535
Hope yours went through but I got rejected for some reason. Will try again with my Global Entry. I've also been a previous TTP holder.
Feb 28, 2023, 8:51 pm
#322
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
Programs: AA EXP; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite
Posts: 1,970
Just noticed this thread is updated with accounts of accepted applications again. I have a preliminary inspection that was completed 3/27, right as borders closed, has anyone gone in for the secondary with precovid primary? Or is it advised to just withdraw and resubmit?
EDIT: went ahead with withdrawing my application, given that its pretty fast for primary inspection, I'll go ahead and resubmit and plan a weekend mileage run there to complete the secondary.
EDIT: went ahead with withdrawing my application, given that its pretty fast for primary inspection, I'll go ahead and resubmit and plan a weekend mileage run there to complete the secondary.
Last edited by seigex; Feb 28, 2023 at 9:07 pm
Mar 1, 2023, 11:59 am
#324
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SBA
Programs: UA & AA 1 million miler
Posts: 1,134
My partner tried to use his TTP card last week for the first time at HND.
It failed and he had to stay there for over 1.5 hour to fix it!
They said he was the first passenger since COVID pandemic...
Also, they said his face photo on the card was too small, so they took a new photo of him and issued a new TTP card, but then the machine ate the new card multiple times.
Finally they said machine was not working properly
They gave up and he went through the immigration without the TTP card. There was no passenger anymore...
They told him it would work next time lol.
It failed and he had to stay there for over 1.5 hour to fix it!
They said he was the first passenger since COVID pandemic...
Also, they said his face photo on the card was too small, so they took a new photo of him and issued a new TTP card, but then the machine ate the new card multiple times.
Finally they said machine was not working properly
They gave up and he went through the immigration without the TTP card. There was no passenger anymore...
They told him it would work next time lol.
Mar 1, 2023, 1:59 pm
#325
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 291
Question about secondary inspection locations, are the airport immigration inspection sites for passengers arriving the country or departing? It looks like the Narita landside sites are currently closed and I'd rather not make a special stop at an office during my trip if I can help it.
Mar 1, 2023, 6:59 pm
#326
Join Date: Oct 2022
Posts: 14
Question about secondary inspection locations, are the airport immigration inspection sites for passengers arriving the country or departing? It looks like the Narita landside sites are currently closed and I'd rather not make a special stop at an office during my trip if I can help it.
Only landside location is HND or the office in TOKYO, I suggest if you have to take a detour HND is the fastest as they seem to be pretty familiar.
Mar 1, 2023, 7:45 pm
#327
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
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Mar 8, 2023, 7:54 am
#329
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: California
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Damn, that sucks, I just hit 8 days and was hoping it would be finalized soon so I could do a mileage run to do secondary.
Mar 8, 2023, 12:10 pm
#330
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 24
My partner tried to use his TTP card last week for the first time at HND.
It failed and he had to stay there for over 1.5 hour to fix it!
They said he was the first passenger since COVID pandemic...
Also, they said his face photo on the card was too small, so they took a new photo of him and issued a new TTP card, but then the machine ate the new card multiple times.
Finally they said machine was not working properly
They gave up and he went through the immigration without the TTP card. There was no passenger anymore...
They told him it would work next time lol.
It failed and he had to stay there for over 1.5 hour to fix it!
They said he was the first passenger since COVID pandemic...
Also, they said his face photo on the card was too small, so they took a new photo of him and issued a new TTP card, but then the machine ate the new card multiple times.
Finally they said machine was not working properly
They gave up and he went through the immigration without the TTP card. There was no passenger anymore...
They told him it would work next time lol.