Travelers, take note: Japan’s entry forms updated on 4/1 — gender and passport number fields removed

▲ Schematic of the foreigner entry form, showing the old version. (Photo / Reporter Tsai Wen-jun)

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Japan’s Ministry of Justice has announced that the foreign visitor entry forms for Japan will be updated on April 1. The new version of the entry form will no longer include fields for gender or passport number, and the signature field will be moved to the front of the form. The Taipei Office of the Interchange Association, Japan, stated that the old forms currently distributed by travel agencies can still be used, but travelers should use them up as soon as possible.

% Explanation on how to correctly fill out the new form. (Image / http://www.nisshinkyo.org/news/pdf/20160322m.pdf）


Japan’s Immigration Bureau has announced that the foreign visitor entry forms will be updated on April 1.The new form removes fields for gender and passport number, changes the fields for nationality and region to country name and city name, moves the Japan entry and exit questionnaire from the back to the front of the form, and relocates the signature field to the front.

As for the re-entry travel record form, the fields for nationality, region, and gender have been removed, but an “intended departure time” option has been added. Travelers must select the length of their intended trip abroad, as well as indicate their understanding of the re-entry terms. The new and old forms differ slightly, but the new version offers clearer and more precise entries. Travelers planning to visit Japan should pay close attention to this information.