Can my old Japanese passport leave the country with a complete visa?
What if the passport expires but the visa is valid?
Many people think that after the passport expires, they must apply for a new passport at the Exit-Entry Administration. Will the multiple-entry visa within the validity period of the old passport be invalid because of the new passport?
Generally speaking, when an old passport is invalid, a small triangle, usually the whole one, will be cut out with scissors. If the visa on the passport is still valid, pay attention! When applying for a new passport, explain it to the staff of the exit-entry administration so that they can? Be merciful. Don't cut off these valid visas, just cut off the cover page of your passport!
How to apply for a complete visa to leave the country with an old passport?
When you successfully keep the valid visa of your old passport, the next question is, can you leave the country smoothly with the valid long-term visa on your new passport and old passport?
In Japan, old and new passports are allowed to enter and leave the country, but it is necessary to ensure that the visas on the old passports are intact. This is very convenient, but some other countries, such as Canada, New Zealand and Singapore, need to go to the consulate to apply for visa transfer.
Pay special attention, under no circumstances should you apply for a visa on your old passport. It is said that someone once tore a valid visa page from an old passport and used it in a new passport, because it was very troublesome to bring two passports. This is absolutely wrong. Old passports with visa pages shall not be damaged or destroyed.
What if the old and new passports can't be used at the same time?
Old and new passports are not allowed to be used at the same time. Can a valid visa be used? The solution is to transfer the valid visa on the old passport to the new passport.
How to change the visa? I need to submit the relevant application to the embassy or consulate, and provide the original old passport, the original new passport and an English explanatory letter signed by myself, explaining why I want to move, such as the old passport is expired or the visa page is full.
The situation in other countries is different and needs to be treated specifically. In order to avoid delaying the trip, we remind everyone to apply for visa transfer as soon as possible.
Is there any other way?
Last resort: get a new passport first, and then get a long-term visa.
In the past two years, many countries have extended the validity of China tourist visas, ranging from two or three years to five or ten years. If you don't want to encounter the trouble that your passport is expired and your visa is still valid in the future, and you plan to go abroad many times during the validity period of your visa, then the best solution is to replace your old passport, apply for a new passport, and then apply for a visa with a new passport.
Popular science: about the validity of visas
What is the number of valid visas?
The number of valid visas refers to one, two or more entry and exit within the time allowed by the validity period or stay period of the visa. For example, the visa is valid for 5 months, the allowed stay period is 30 days, and it is valid twice, which means that you can have two opportunities to enter and leave the country during the 30-day stay.
When is the release date?
The date of issuance of a visa refers to the date when the visa is issued by the visa authority, so as to calculate the validity period and stay period of the visa. What's its English expression? X month x day x year? . This is a very important content, which needs to be remembered in case the visa expires.
What is the validity and duration of the visa?
The validity period and stay period of a visa are two different concepts, but they are interrelated. The duration of the visa refers to the time allowed for the holder to stay after entering the country. It is different from the validity period of a visa. The validity period refers to the use period of the visa, and the stay period refers to the time you can stay after entering the country. The stay time is included in the validity period.
Matters needing attention in Japanese study visa application
Be careful when applying.
From Japan to 2020? The policy of accepting 300,000 international students? Later, some non-professional organizations and individuals, in order to reap huge profits, have participated in the so-called? Study abroad intermediary business? In the past, it misled students and their parents, led students to refuse visas, and brought economic losses and time waste to students.
Reminder: Parents of students must choose a formal and experienced institution when choosing an intermediary. In the Internet age, some students and parents think it is easy to get information about studying abroad from the Internet. In order to save the so-called intermediary service fee, they handle it themselves, which leads to the refusal of the visa due to the lack of necessary professional knowledge of studying abroad. Some students believe in the so-called online enrollment. Online application has certain risks, and once there is a problem, there is no way to complain.
Pay attention to three points in visa processing.
1. Economic guarantee: The Embassy will confirm and verify the employment certificate issued by the applicant's parents. If the applicant does not have enough proof of funds to make the visa officer doubt his financial ability to study in Japan, he will refuse the visa. Language ability: The visa officer will ask the applicant some basic questions about Japanese culture and Japanese learning. Some applicants can't even cope with the basic daily Japanese conversation, so it is difficult to convince visa officers that they have the ability to study in Japan. The third is the motivation to study abroad: applicants need to explain their motivation to study abroad, and it should be reasonable. This is also a good opportunity to impress the visa officer.
prerequisite
First, Japan's admission management still pays attention to students' own learning ability. Among them, Japanese ability becomes the first condition. Since I chose to study in Japan, Japanese is the premise and guarantee to adapt to Japanese study and life. Before going abroad, you must have at least CET-4 Japanese proficiency.
Second, the applicant's academic qualifications, high school students are mainly reflected in the college entrance examination results. The results of college entrance examination are an important reference for learning ability. If the applicant didn't take the college entrance examination, or the result of the college entrance examination was very low, then Japanese ability became a prerequisite.
Third, it is also a prerequisite to choose a school with a high visa application rate. There are many Japanese language schools, but often the excellent ones have high credibility and high visa pass rate in the Immigration Bureau. In the choice of language schools, Mr. Xiao, an expert studying abroad in Su Qing, suggested that parents should refer to the agencies recommended by experienced study agents.