Update on the QR Codes: There's only 1 QR Code for Customs and Immigration and not two like last year.
and completing the QR registration makes no difference to the long wait for immigration at Haneda. 600 people snaking their way to the immigration kiosk.
Thank you so much. I never heard before about this possibility. Your English is fantastic. Best regards from Germany
Thanks for sharing. I love the way you explained the details in the VDO clip. It is informative and useful.
Thank you for your clear, concise and detailed explanation! This video is so very helpful! :)
Thank you so much for all of the videos you do! I can say without hesitation that yours are the most detailed, informative and easiest to follow. Cheers.
As always, thank you for your hard work regarding another great informative video 🙏 Take care and have a wonderful weekend 🌹
Thanks a lot for showing the QR-Code parts. I didnt see any other video mention this before and it will save some time at the airport.
Thank you so much for the detailed video. You always do a great job of providing all the info, which is so much more helpful than other videos I find. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the information! It'll help us out a lot when we travel to Japan in September. Everything was explained clearly and makes me feel more confident about what needs to be done before hand without all the stress.
I am loving your videos so so much! You know exactly what visitors are anxious about before arriving and you answer all of our questions in your videos. Please keep it up!!
Super helpful and having all of it broken down made it very simple and easy to follow. Lowered my travel stress a bit :)
Very nice guide. I like the way you explain it so there is absolutely no confusion, it makes me feel more secure.
This is a very good news.
Thank you very much for the video . Is exactly what info i was looking for . Traveling to japan soon .
You have been such a great help with these videos!! I appreciate it very much. I'll be going to Tokyo next year, can't wait! All the best in your channel :)
Thank u so much finally a blog that answer my questions about the vaccines cert or pcr thank u well done❤
For tax-free shopping, make sure your passport is stamped at airport immigration entry point. When shopping in Japan, take your passport with you and tell the casier you would like pay your purchase tax-free. The cashier will check your passport and the immigration stamp, and then deduct the tax, most goods at 10%. Pretty straight forward, but your purchase must be over 5000 yen. Not sure how exactly how the QR code works, tried and found very confusing, not worth the hassel.
Hello! I have a question about the QR codes at the airport. If I use both the disembarkation and Declaration of Personal Effects QR codes, will my passport be stamped? I plan on using the fast track option, but I'm not sure if the stamp will be included. Could you please clarify this for me? Thank you!
Where can i get the tax free discount?? Anywhere any stores?? Like at toys r us or Big Camera or Mandarake or Hard Off locations??? Thanks
@@madmax8620 Most stores have tax free when your purchase is over $5400 yen and there was a special line just for tax free purchases inside the store.
Just liked and Subscribed...This is super helpful since I'm taking my family to visit Japan for first time in Feb, 2024. Thank you so much!
Going to Japan this summer! This helped! I was worried I gotta do pcr test and stuff. Thank you!❤
Thank you… I. Have completed the online forms and hopefully my disembarking process goes smoothly👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 your tutorial was great!!
Im so grateful to have found your video! Im traveling to Okinawa via Japan solo later this year and was worried Id end up lost. Thank you!
I am in American traveling to Japan for the first time in March. Your video was incredibly helpful! I will go to the visit Japan website and take care of the entry requirements ahead of time 🙏. Also, you speak very good English
Thank you so much!🙏 good news: they've improved the procedures. now there's only 1 QR code for both immigration and customs! please check out the latest on their official website: vjw-lp.digital.go.jp/en/
10:13 thank you for the great info. Looking forward to visiting Japan
Insanely helpful video. Heading to Japan in a week, so I followed your instructions to the letter....lots of pause and play, lol. So very easy to follow. Great video :)
Very good explanation. Your english so easy to hear, slow enough so we can clerly hear the prounoncition also every step you mention is fully inform. Yo do you think that those every body in this worlds are less knowledge, its nice. So i can clearly understand. Thank you
Please be noted that this new No Vaccine + No PCT has been updated to April 29 2023.
So this video is applicable from today Apr 29 2023 instead, one week earlier!
Don't forget to always check the Visit Japan Web official website before you go. Here's the link: vjw-lp.digital.go.jp/en/
new subscriber thank you this guidelines especially for ist timers very helpful infos
Just right after watching your video I opened and start filling up VJW and got my QR codes for both arrival & immigration ..🙏🙏❤️really good help for us more power & more subscribers to your channel 🙏
Detail explanation, thank you !
@@ONEGOODDREAM Do you have video how to go from airport to Tokyo and what is the transportation option once you're in Tokyo ? I'm planning to go to Tokyo soon.
yeah, I made some videos about that. here you go:
Narita Airport to Tokyo | NARITA EXPRESS | TOP 20 TIPS: ua-cam.com/video/-o_zK8f4XhM/v-deo.html
How to get from NARITA Airport to Tokyo (Ueno, Nippori, Ikebukuro) by SKYLINER: ua-cam.com/video/I4BrqGKsGvc/v-deo.html
How to get from HANEDA Airport to Tokyo Center the FASTEST and EASIEST way - By Monorail: ua-cam.com/video/2ctgeiayE8k/v-deo.html
It's actually from Saturday 29th, not may 8th. I heard yesterday that it has been moved forward to tomorrow! It also shows on the visit japan website.
Happy to view your latest information about Japan immigration & others.
It would be helpful for lone tourist, if you make a video upon Economy Hotel booking with Breakfast.
ANA just emailed me this update, thanksss for the updates too.. flying to Haneda May 3
sooooooo sweet your voice
どうもありがとう for this information, we are all vaccinated but it’s nice to know we don’t have to show our certificates.
Your videos are great and my go-to for planning my upcoming trip, thanks. I head to Japan in a few weeks and it looks like they've combined the two QR codes (immigration and customs) into one code from the 25th January 2024. Just in case anybody else gets a bit stumped looking to screenshot two codes, I should've read the banner message at the top of the vjw site properly 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing!🙏 yes, it's great that things get improved better and faster^^
Not to scan the photo page but the "LANDING PERMISSION" seal of your passport to activate the Tax-free QR code
Thank you for the instructions. I successfully registered, but I never got the QR code. I don't know if I did something wrong. When can I expect to get the QR code?
This video is GREAT!! I was so thoroughness and had lots details. It was nice that you described everything step-by-step and spoke slowly and didn't flip to different screens quickly (most videos are difficult to follow). Glad you displayed the text to explain things too. I was a bit confused when you talked about the Tax Free shopping. You first said the Tax Free QR code is included on the Japan Web App when you go through immigration and to take a screenshot. Yet, later you said "you can't use the screenshot of the QR code, and you must enter the actual QR code" So when you actually buy things, do you need to go back to the VJW app, and get a NEW QR Code which you use at retail stores (in other words, the QR code screenshot that you initially got is ONLY for getting through Customs, but NOT meant to use when buying things? Then you said the QR code is only valid for 24 hours, so does this mean that if you're shopping several days, then you'll need to get a NEW QR code EACH time you shop, from the VJW app?
Thank you so much!🙏 the tax free QR code is available in VJW, but it is not for use at immigration or airport custom. for the tax free QR code, you can't use the screenshot, but you need to log in the app and showed the QR code from within the app when you shop. and yes, like you said, if you're shopping several days, then you'll need to get a NEW QR code each day, by issuing a new code in the VJW app.
How fast are you able to go through the airports having all of this done ahead of time? I remember precovid it took me about 3 hours to get out of the airport.
New Update. There is now only one QR code :-) Thank you for your video, it is very helpful.
Hi there I have a question, eVisa is allowed for any nationals residing in Saudi Arabia (I’m from Philippines) however the requirements for Filipino tourists in The Philippines have different requirements like affidavit of support. I’m planning to join my family from the Philippines in touring Japan, would that be a problem. Thank you for any insights. Your video is simple but really worth to watch
There is a new part call intended adress in Japan
Excelent video! :)
I have one question, in the vjv webiste it says you can bring 1million yen per person, at that moment it was 10.000 dollars, but now its around 7. What happens if you bring 1.5 million per person that is 10.000 dollars today? Do you still have to declare? If so, do they charge you something? Thanks a lot :)
How long will it take u in airport and I need video of using the cold
I got here last week. They didn’t even ask for the Covid Certificate. Didn’t even look at it.
Thank you very much, it is very usefull information. I just have one more question, I used the tax free for several purchased but I realised that I lost most of my cashier ticket, do you know if the QR-Code (on the passeport) gives the purchased history ? Thank you !
thank you so much for watching! unfortunately, i'm not sure if it gives the purchased history or not...
Hello! I have a question about the QR codes at the airport. If I use both the disembarkation and Declaration of Personal Effects QR codes, will my passport be stamped? I plan on using the fast track option, but I'm not sure if the stamp will be included. Could you please clarify this for me? Thank you!
hi, my friends did these procedures on visit japan web and still received the landing permission stamp at immigration. so no worries. for the moment, immigration for foreigners is still the same. only the customs changed to electronic way.
I definitely need to apply a visa since I'm from a third world country that is not exempted which means my chances are slim to none of obtaining an entry.
Got a question about the purpose of the visit I plan to travel alone but I know where I want to go is it fine to put it to others? I don't plan to get the three options just a vacation
If my flight has an stopover in Doha, wich flight must I have to put? The initial one or the Qatar-Japan one? Thank you!! and really usefull video
Thank you so much!🙏 boarded flight number would be the one landed in Japan, which the Qatar-Japan one in your case.
As of 1/25/2024 the QR codes were unified so you will only receive one code for both immigration clearance and customs declaration.
Taking passport photo feature does not work, keep failing from my iphone. People also report same problem. They need to fix passport photo function.
Many thanks for the very informative video. My questions are: 1) Can I complete the form 2 weeks ahead of the trip and I change the flight information in case there's a change of plan? 2) Can I retrieve the QR codes from my phone upon arriving Japan if I am completing the application on my desktop? Thank you again!
Thank you so much for watching!🙏 1) yes you can complete 2 weeks ahead of your trip but if there's a change in flight info you have to do the procedures again. I only did the procedures 2-3 days before my flight when everything was finalized. 2) technically you can because it's the same account of yours. but it'd be best to take a picture of the QR codes after you complete the application on your desktop.
So I'm having an issue with the "Name of Hotel and place of stay"
I'm putting the name of the hotel but it's still not letting me go through.
Saying it has to be in alphanumerical characters, uppercase only and symbols
Am i missing something?
hi this is very helpful 😊 thank you for a very detailed explanation..do i need to create account in visit japan web a day before of my arrival in japan?
I was told hat the lines in airports for those with and without the QR code are same length. And while waiting for luggage there is plenty of time to fill the paper forms. So the benefit is more on the authorities rather than the travelers. What do you think?
personally I appreciate that we have options that answer to different needs, different lifestyles. I've been doing the airport procedures online since they were introduced and found it super useful and faster for me.
Thanks for amazing information. Is tax free valid when buying a phone at Apple?
Thanks for watching! i heard that Apple has suspended their tax-free sales here in Japan last year. not sure if they changed that or not now..
I'm going to japan but i have a transit in seoul, i have two flight numbers but when doing a planned entry it asks for flight number and if i'm doing to codeshare flight to use the main number, would that be my flight number when i fly from korea to japan?
Thank you for the information. I have a question once i have commpleteted my purchase and recieve the reciept to my purchase do i need to save the reciept for border patrol? Can i not open any of my products here? Do i have to leave the reciept inside the bag insod emy luggage or will it be better to have them at hand when passing through border checkpoint? Help.
thank you so much for watching! unlike some other countries, tax refund in Japan is done at stores where you shopped, not at the airport. so you don't have to save receipts for border checkpoint. but it's advised that you keep all of your receipts until you get home. the store cashiers will clipped necessary receipts right to your passport, just don't remove them cuz they'll be need at border check. tax free items will be sealed and you cannot open them while you're in Japan.
Thank you so much for this video ,can you tell me please if will get a stamp on the passport even if we complete the online informations , I ask this because we need it for JR pass , thank you
Thank you so much!🙏 no worries, you'll get the stamp for the jr pass. for illustration, here's the video how the jr pass works & how to reserve shinkansen / NEX tickets:
ua-cam.com/video/DjltyiVnr_w/v-deo.html
@@ONEGOODDREAM Very kind of you thanks for your answer 🙏
on the website i signed up for for my details but im not able to find the declaration page and it didn't give me a qr code either
hi, the two QR codes are for e-gates? or there's a special express lane for people who have completed the declaration? thanks!
hi, the customs QR code is for use at special e-gate lane for people who have completed it online. I think immigration is still being done at manned gates for visitors.
I've updated this video to reflect the latest update to April 29 2023.
Check out the updated video here: ua-cam.com/video/vbOPp0wUnEI/v-deo.html
Don't forget to always check the Visit Japan Web official website before you go. Here's the link: vjw-lp.digital.go.jp/en/
Thank you! 🌹
Thank you for your updates.
Hi good morning!I'm returnig to jAn tomorrow and i registered successfully but there's no qr code ?