Im flying 2 China and 1 of my plane rides stop in Tokyo, Japan. I only have a Chinese Visa. Do I need a Tokyo?
I am flying to Beijing. My plane leaves San Antonio and goes to Houston. From Houston it goes to Tokyo, Japan. From Japan it goes to China. Now I only have a Chinese Visa. Do I need a Japanese one as well? I dont have a Japanese Visa. I am not getting down and going around in Japan. Im just gonna wait for my flight to China, get on and get there. Im just scared cause I dont want for them to deny me my Chinese flight because I dont have a Japanese Visa. I mean its not my fault thats where it lands.
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I think as long as you have an American passport you should be fine.
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Absolutely not, even if you were to go into the city and clear immigration, American citizens do not need a visa to enter Japan. As a transit passenger you do not clear immigration, you will need to show your passport and boarding pass to get from the arrivals area into the transit area, and probably have to clear security as well, but a visa is definitely not required.
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I do this a few times a year, as an American you do not need a tourist visa for Japan, so, you can enter Japan and they give you a visa on the spot, if you are staying in the airport, they will not even bother, no problem!
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If you are an American citizen, you do not need to apply for tourist visa to visit Japan.
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American citizens do not need a Visa to enter Japan as a tourist for up to 90 days.
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If all you are doing is stopping and/or changing planes, you do not need a visa (you will be automatically issued a transit visa which you will never see). It is set up that way world wide so passengers don't have to apply for a visa when they are only transiting through a country. Unless you go through customs of the country you are in, in affect, you never went into the country. However, if the layover means a stay overnight, that is a different story. It's pretty much catching the next flight out or refueling with a transit visa. Don't worry.
