yeah and they still let me through I
never liked Linda I was like sniffing
the like it was super it was so cute
so you say immigration was so crowded
how long were you standing in line oh
hey guys
it's Cathy cat and today we're gonna ask
foreigners who've come to Japan how
tough immigration in Japan really is
do you have been standing in line for a
while what do you actually have to do
when you go for immigration from the
airport so let's go and ask furnace in
Japan
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where are you from Australia it's City
Geelong in which is about an hour out of
Melbourne in Victoria down the bottom
both of you traveling together yeah
father son to Japan first time is your
great dad you're taking your son to
Japan did you hit it I'm a great dad
awesome so both of you how long are you
here for in total we've been here two
weeks and absolutely loving it
now when he actually came to immigration
how was immigration for you guys was I
do you wait a long time absently breathe
straight through yeah yeah that's great
everything is so efficient and
everyone's so friendly and helpful you
also got your fingerprints taken and
your picture yeah and they still let me
through you also have to get your paint
fingerprints and your picture taken
picture taken don't know about like a
pilot is a nhi founders are today
interviewing people that on a certain
age they start taking your finger trim
so maybe you have to be 18 over 18 so
they let him off thank goodness that's
why I get him to do on my sneaky work
friends they're not registered yet
immigration no problem no absolutely
everyone from the moment we've arrived
everyone's been so accommodating clearly
we can't speak the language but
everyone's so helpful and tries and it's
just most amazing place so big so you
can come round Japan even without
speaking Japanese you're doing okay yeah
speak English yeah and a big smile and a
high five and everyone's happy
wait you from we're from Canada what
brings you to Japan we're visiting for
touristy things and we also have a
chemistry conference to go to
in Kyoto so it's work and holiday yes
when he came for the airport and you
went for immigration how was that for
you was so difficult or how was it going
through immigration super easy
yeah very fast very easy have you ever
actually been to like this type of
immigration where they take your
fingerprints and stuff number of
fingerprints we've both been to Europe
but they did not fingerprint me when I
went you went into one of the other
airports went into Kyoto Kansai Osaka
Kansai how is the immigration of the
consular for did you wait long
or no not not long at all very short
lines very quick how long did you wait
in your line in your line and Kansai
Airport five or ten minutes yeah we
never worked away very long we moved
through very very quickly okay we get
together guys where are you from I am
from Mexico Mexico Austrian Syria right
how was a new immigration for you guys
how was that huh just like oh okay they
go smoothly how does immigration work
for people who coming the first time so
we can prep them most of them speak
English and what is your country that's
like has like the relationship with
Japan you don't need a visa or anything
and it's pretty pretty fast and then
it's really okay when you come from
Mexico you don't need a visa no same
thing for you again yep how long and can
you do you know you can stay in Japan
with your current row tourist visa cosas
I think is a limit on each how long you
can stay Mexico is 90 days how was the
immigration itself when he came through
at the airport so I think it depends on
the time you get but your flight gets
there we got there pretty early like
6:00 a.m. so it was was just like the
plane people from lower plane so it was
pretty quick no love waiting no it was
pretty chill but like if you sleep on a
plane and I don't get the cards and I
got so used to getting them that I
forgot one of them like the customs one
and I just gave them a passport and then
they were like where's the card I was
like which card
I just got it and they had to kind of
get back in
fill in the card and then go back to the
counter yeah but they were super nicely
and they were like Linda goes like
sniffing the luggage it was super it was
so cute guys were you from the mark the
mark now when you came to the
immigration outside we were asked a
merman about immigration obviously
you've been for immigration already how
was it this time was it busy was it
crowded how did it go it was it was
quite crowded I arrived it was the
airport was starting to shut down you
know it was closing so which was it he
missed his last bus yeah 4minute Airport
to Tokyo because it was so crowded at
the immigration immigration made you
miss your bus yeah but luckily the train
I went on I think was lined for
something yeah it it was directly from
the airport right to the city center
almost so it wasn't that bad and there
was this Japanese guy he was very
friendly to help me buy my ticket a bit
stressed but it all function there it
also not good out there
so you say immigration was so crowded
how long were you standing in line oh
yeah thirty minutes probably yeah but
you still miss your bus then I still
miss my bus what happens at immigration
for those who have never been to
immigration in Japan oh it's very simple
when you're in the plane you get this
you know the immigration paper you have
to fill out your informations and when
you come to the immigration you just
hand over your passport and the paper
and then they'll let you in and then you
have the it's very easy one of them oh
it's more very simple immigration very
simple you said you travel to other
Asian countries so compared to other
Asian countries how's immigration Japan
I just came from China very difficult
very it's very difficult to get in and
because you have to apply for a visa
before
also the Vietnam very it's you have to
apply before but other countries are
quite similar so but Japan very simple
in other countries did you also have to
give your fingerprints and your picture
China yeah that's the only country yeah
all the countries they don't no no no
sometimes you have to have your picture
taken
although it's not where you from I'm
from Brazil but I've been here since I
was three years old right so you're
already here for a long time yes friends
and how long are you here for I'm not a
week yeah
how much longer are you gonna stay up to
Monday yeah it's very short just like
two weeks yeah
come from Haneda and 45 minutes long
yeah yeah but I was pretty lost being
because I done the list it at first
sight I didn't understand you know what
was written so I had to search maybe
more on Google and yeah after that it
was okay but yeah lost inside the
airport yeah an immigration with the
fingerprints and the picture was well it
was easy it was very easy they're so so
gentle so so cool yeah it was quite easy
I assume you have a returning your
different visa right the returning you
so whenever you come back into Japan is
that quake is that lovely Pickard I just
take my diet card you present it it's
very like just almost like walking
through it
I think our queue is shorter than the
normal travellers queue right yeah cuz
it go much faster so it's easy very easy
and quick so they actually gonna be
three cues when you guys come one as the
ones for tourists one is the front we're
attorneys and one is the one for
Japanese people right yes because
Japanese people don't need a society oh
god right so that is there's generally
gonna be three queues are you gonna be
split in three cues so you can be
prepared for that okay guys wait you're
from California at the airport how did
you find going through immigration at
the Japanese immigration how did that go
for you what did you do
it's not very easy there's a lot of
people who was helping showing us where
to go and it's bright they know I mean
of all this yeah it's very good it was a
fast process for us yes it was a process
I guess since I'm Filipino and but I've
been here a couple of times so I think
it was just easy they didn't really ask
questions it's you go through the Haneda
Airport or not come marathon report we
went through there
I'll wear the Q's it was long but I was
fast
so it's me it wasn't very efficient you
stood in line about not really we're
just walking like as soon as you got the
line you start walking less than 10
minutes or 10 minutes yeah for those who
might have never been to Japan and don't
know what actually happens at
immigration what does immigration do
well you have to fill out a card that
you're given from the airplane
you basically state while you're coming
how long you're staying and then address
you have to put an address and then they
basically check your identity they take
your fingerprints and I guess they
record your presence in the country
coming it's bring a pen with you oh like
every time you're on an airplane on
international flights bring a pen yeah
did you have like to send in a separate
line from Japanese citizens yes
separate lines so we have the foreigners
of the other side and like the Japanese
citizens so they teach you or they show
you the weight or what to do what to
prepare that's it thank you very much
just for a listen thank you
hey guys welcome to my room now this is
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have time anyways so we were talking
about immigration and I've been to
immigration a couple of times but there
also it depends on which airport you get
into and that also depends on how
crowded it's going to be I must say from
my experience if you fly in and out of
Narita Airport especially during peak
times and especially when it's for
example winter holidays Christmas or
times when people come in for all the
Sakura of the cherry blossoms the
airport's can be incredibly crowded so
if you're flying in that's one thing
obviously you can't change somewhat if
you're flying out and you're in my
opinion and as advice I can say if
you're flying out for example of
Christmas especially at Christmas be
sure to actually be there an extra hour
early just for immigration because it
has happened that and Christmas because
so many people are flying out and
foreigners have to get like a check
whether they're gonna come back into the
country and stuff like that it takes a
lot of time so have a little bit of
extra time for immigration it just makes
things easier for you and you make sure
that you don't miss your flight
let's see that's the last thing you want
to do right so that's one thing I can
advise you and also they have a little
slip at the airport and that usually is
that claims whether you're gonna come
back into Japan or not if you have a
visa so that paper generally if you have
it if you might have got it on the
airport ones and you know you fly in and
out of Japan frequently maybe get
yourself a second one so you can fill it
in an advance and then can go straight
to the counter sometimes has happened to
me once or on Christmas that the paper
slips they were out so I had to walk
around across the whole hall to a
different area to get those slips and
then filled on em nuts again a couple of
minutes you don't want to miss
especially if you didn't give yourself
enough time in advance to fly out so
just a Lobel of immigration advice so
generally people have the integration
are very friendly in Japan and hopefully
it goes from muesli for you when you
come in and out of Japan I hope this
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