8 Sep 2022 12:13 pm
It's about covid!Hank » 06 Sep 2022, 6:48 pm » wrote: ↑ That's great you are able to travel abroad like this, see family, take care of business etc.
I will sometime in the near future cross the pond and visit whales the home of my ancestors and and the very least cross western Europe and make my way down to Rome, not see the home of the cult of child molesters but to see the ruins of the Roman empire
It's really cool you just came out of Japan to, I have a friend that some time there while he was in the navy and really admires the Japanese culture. I don't know if I can get into Japan, how serious are they about back grounda, I w heard it was pretty rough even if you have your record expunged
I could get my visa with extreme difficulty !
And I do mean extreme !
As of now they only allow tourists traveling in conducted tours.
But last I read in the news is . . . they're considering accepting regular tourists.
But, same as I had to, they'll need to provide proof from their banks that they have enough resources ($$$$$$$) to pay for their stay and, eventually, for their repatriation.
Additionally, I myself have an insurance that covers all the costs of anything happening to me . . . including repatriation, if necessary.
My wife doesn't need it because she's totally covered in Japan, for any eventuality.
And they'll need to provide a written statement from a Japanese guarantor that will be responsible for any "wrongdoing" of the visiting tourist.
Mine was a high-ranking police officer ---a colleague of my wife's defunct father--- who knows me well .
But I think a regular 9-to-5 salary man should do the trick . . . if one can find one ready for the responsibility that comes with that, that is !
That's among other things.
No backpackers or hippies, thus !