The Japan Re-entry Permit is a travel document

Travel document

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 similar to a Certificate of Identity

Certificate of identity

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, issued by Japan

Japan

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's Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice (Japan)

The is one of Ministries of the Japanese government.-Meiji Constitution:The Ministry of Justice was established under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan in 1871 as the .-Constitution of Japan:...

.

There is also a stamp-type Japan Re-entry Permit , which is pasted into a passport or other travel document.

Eligibility

The travel document-type Re-entry Permit is issued to residents in Japan who are stateless or are unable to obtain a foreign passport.

Contents

The travel document type Re-entry Permit is a passport-like booklet contains 28 pages, including instruction pages, personal information page, and visa pages. There is no valid date specified on the personal information page, but the valid date of re-entry to Japan is limited to the stamps shown on visa pages. The stamp-type Japan Re-entry Permit can be pasted into this booklet.

Fees

The booklet is free of charge with the Re-entry Permit stamp fee of JP¥

Japanese yen

The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

3000 (Single) or JP¥6000 (Multiple).

Acceptance

, European Union

European Union

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 countries which have explicitly indicated to the Council of the European Union

Council of the European Union

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's Visa Working Party that they will accept the Japan Re-entry Permit for visa issuance purposes include the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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, Germany

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, Estonia

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, Italy

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, Lithuania

Lithuania

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, Hungary

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, Austria

Austria

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, Portugal

Portugal

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, Sweden

Sweden

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, and Norway

Norway

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; Spain

Spain

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 and France

France

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 have explicitly indicated they will not accept it, while other countries did not provide any information on their acceptance of it.

See also

• 1954 Convention Travel Document
  1954 Convention Travel Document
  A 1954 Convention travel document is a travel document issued to a stateless person by a signatory to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons...
  
  
• 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
  1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
  -Surrounding events:The United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights were approved on 10 December 1948. Of significance, the Declaration at Article 15 affirms that Everyone has the right to a nationality....
  
  
• 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
  1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
  The Convention was originally intended as a Protocol to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, while the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons was adopted to cover stateless persons who are not refugees and therefore not within the scope of the Convention Relating...
  
  
• Nansen passport
  Nansen passport
  Nansen passports were internationally recognized identity cards first issued by the League of Nations to stateless refugees.-Origins:Designed in 1921 by Fridtjof Nansen, in 1942 they were honored by governments in 52 countries and were the first refugee travel documents...