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Updated information Ramsey Zarifeh's website is Japan By Rail.New immigration rules As already happens in the United States, in 2007 Japan introduced compulsory fingerprinting of foreigners entering the country. The new procedures, which take less than a minute when you reach the airport immigration counter on arrival, involve electronic scanning of both index fingers as well as the taking of a digital photograph of your face. Diplomats and children under 16 are exempt from the procedure. Resident foreigners as well as visitors are fingerprinted and photographed every time they re-enter the country. Japan’s Immigration Bureau has put together a video explaining the background to the new measures: see Japanese Immigration Bureau. |
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