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Passport good to go!
Last week I received my new passport from the Canadian Embassy, it's good until 2012 (5 years). The Japanese are lucky because they can choose to get a passport of 10 years with twice the amount of pages. Us Canadians can pay an extra $5 for more pages, but it's still only good for 5 years.
So this morning I headed to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau again, and got my visa and re-entry permit transferred to the new passport. Last time I was there I had the genius idea to get the necessary form, so I just had to drop it at counter A (which this time wasn't crowded at all), and then wait.
I got my #55 at 9:08. Sometimes the pace was quite fast and I thought I'd be out by 9:30, but it got stuck now and then for a few minutes. I was out by 9:50 though, which is not bad at all.
Next step: go to the ward office and get my new passport number written on my alien registration card. That will be no big deal, I can go at 8am when there's usually about no one and it only takes a few minutes.
Then I think I'll be free of bureaucracies for a while. Hurray!
While in Tennōzu Isle I took these photos from the bridge.
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Posted on May 9, 2007 at 22:50 | Tweet
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Congratulations!
By the way, I just saw my passport expires in July.
I'd better get moving, there's no consulate at my city.
Posted by ale/pepino on May 9, 2007 at 23:19
Yeah! Actually it may be a bit scary to travel with a passport about to expire (some countries may refuse it), and it's never too early to renew, so you shouldn't wait.
Posted by Patrick on May 9, 2007 at 23:25
Hey isn't that in Shinagawa???
Posted by Papigiulio on May 16, 2007 at 22:01
It's on Tennōzu Isle, near Shinagawa. There's a bus from Shinagawa to get there, but I prefer walking about 10 mins from Tennōzu Isle station.
Posted by Patrick on May 16, 2007 at 23:08