Bonjour,



je viens de recevoir le mail ci-dessous (tout y est dit) du reseau sciencescope --- j'etais pas du tout au courant.

Appreciez bien la video, et .... bienvenu au Japon !

Edit : pour une traduction francaise du mail, voir le post de Vesicule plus bas (merci a lui).

> New Immigration procedures coming into effect in November 2007, which
> will involve taking fingerprints and photographing of all "foreign
> visitors" crossing the border into Japan.
> For an official video about the procedures, see
> http://nettv.gov-online.go.jp/prg/prg1203.html
>
> This will, however, not be restricted to "foreign visitors". It will be
> applied to everyone BUT (quoting the MOJ website, English original):
> --------------------------------------------------
> 1. Persons under the age of 16
> 2. Special status permanent residents
> [which, in MOJ parlance, are the Zainichi generational "foreigners",
> which means regular-status permanent-resident immigrants are NOT exempt]
> 3. Those performing actions which would be performed [sic] by those with
> a status of residence, "diplomat" or "official government business"
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> This means that Japan reinstates fingerprinting for permanent residents
> despite having it abolished after decades of protest in 1999.
> For those traveling with Japanese spouses and children, you will be
> separated from them and forced to stand in the longer and more time
> consuming "Foreigners' Line" for due processing regardless of how long
> you've lived in Japan.
> It would thus be wise to allocate more time for transfer in your
> schedule, make advance arrangements for meeting points after immigration
> and/or customs, etc.
>
> According to Mark Mino-Thompson, who spoke on the phone with English
> speaking immigration officers, as far as the plan goes for now, all
> foreigners will have to use the Foreign national lines. The officer
> did add that front-line staff at Narita are hoping to have one or more
> booths on the Japanese National side be able to handle reentry permit
> holders. Mino-Thompson also asked the official the question what were to
> happen if a permanent resident visa holder with a valid re-entry permit
> were to refuse to get printed and photographed. They would be denied
> entry into Japan. the official said.