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Visit Japan Web - Is it Worth It?

Singapore, Singapore
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Visit Japan Web - Is it Worth It?

We are visiting Japan soon and have filled up the Visit Japan Web (which took a lot of time to fill) and the QR code has been generated. Just wanted to know:

1. Is it worth doing this in advance? As I've read somewhere that the lines are similar for the paper and OR code and not much of a difference clearance time.

2. Our flight arrives into Haneda in the afternoon at around 1535hrs and it's a Saturday. Is this considered peak time and long queues expected to clear immigration & customs?

3. We have airport transfer booked at 1700hrs - is the time enough to clear all airport formalities and reach the airport limo stop?

Any latest advice on the above is most appreciated. Thanks so much!

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Illinois
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1. Re: Visit Japan Web - Is it Worth It?

Airport immigration times are hit and miss. VJW won’t slow things down vs the traditional line. Definitely take advantage of it.

Japan
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2. Re: Visit Japan Web - Is it Worth It?

Last mid-afternoon pickup I did at Haneda recently was a Sunday afternoon about the same time as your planned flight. Yes, it was very busy, but my guests were all through in around an hour. Actually 65 minutes - slightly longer than I was expecting as it is usually 40-60 minutes, but their flight was an hour early and dumped them into a bunch of other arrivals.

Hong Kong, China
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3. Re: Visit Japan Web - Is it Worth It?

My recent entry via HND T3 was in late Jan around 2pm on Sat. With QR codes the line was much faster and shorter. It took less than 10 min to go thru' immigration and less for customs. The bottleneck was waiting for the luggage - with priority though.

Those w/o QR code using paper forms had to line up in separate lines/channels, as far as i recall.

It was my 4th time using it since the border has reopened. I highly recommend it.

Edited: 8:21 am, March 21, 2024
Singapore, Singapore
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4. Re: Visit Japan Web - Is it Worth It?

Thank you so much!

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