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nanoripe · Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Andover, UK

Return flights to Fukuoka around August are bank-busting. Am I right in thinking that if I have my work visa, I can get a one way ticket to japan with no problems? That way is a much cheaper option.

Thanks!

bule_boy69 · Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 158 Location: Jakarta

Japanese Consulate in Melbourne told me that it is Ok to enter on a one way. But I have never actually done it, so it would be good to hear from people who have.

parrothead · Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 342 Location: Japan

You have a work visa. Absolutely it's ok!

Apsara · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2142 Location: Tokyo, Japan

With a work visa, no issues at all. Have come in on a one way or the second half of a return ticket countless times.

budgie · Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 40

And what about a tourist visa? Those are three months for most nationalities...

Apsara · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2142 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Technically, you need an onward ticket. In some countries airlines may refuse to let you board when check-in staff see you don't have a visa allowing you to enter without an onward ticket.

Japan Immigration probably won't ask to see an onward ticket, but sometimes they do, and they occasionally turn people away and put them on a plane back where they came from. It's up to you whether you want to take that risk.

AgentMulderUK · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:48 am Post subject:

nanoripe, usually I have found single flights to be more expensive. However,if you are sure about your choice here, and you can get such a flight, you could go for it.

You don't need a return flight if you are in possession of a valid work visa.
You do if you are a tourist or on a stop-over flight.

Consider this: Some people come here to work for periods of several years ,which would mean they'd need an open ticket for more than 12M , something no airline I know of will offer.

Also "tickets" are a thing of the 20th Century. There is nothing to show as most airlines use electronic ticketing.

Just make sure you have your employers details at immigration.

I have stressed pointlessly about virtually ever weird outcome with immigration. Don't. Immigration is just a necessity, not a hurdle to try to catch you, as you are really coming here for a genuine reason.

nanoripe · Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Andover, UK

Thanks for everything. You be surprised/unsurprised to hear that my position in Fukuoka fell through, so Interac have told me to go to Tokyo. How things change...

AgentMulderUK · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:59 am Post subject:

/sarcasm on

Nothing about interac surprises me other than their continued existence

/sarcarsm still on

eslteacherlooking · Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 32

if you miss your "return" flight they won't come looking for you will they?

ripslyme · Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 481 Location: Japan