![]() (Note 4) For citizens of Hong Kong, visas are not required only for holders of Special Administrative Region (SAR) passport issued by the Hong Kong SAR of the People’s Republic of China or British National Overseas (BNO) passports who have the right of residence in Hong Kong.Those who do not hold such ePassport are requested to obtain a visa in advance, otherwise will be refused to enter Japan. ![]() (Note 3) For nationals of Brazil (since September 30, 2023), United Arab Emirates (since November 1, 2022), Thailand (since July 1, 2013) and Serbia (since May 1, 2011), visas are not required only for holders of ePassport in compliance with ICAO standards.Those who do not hold such ePassport are advised to obtain a visa in advance, otherwise will be strictly examined and may be refused entry to Japan. (Note 2) For nationals of Malaysia (since July 1, 2013), visas are not required only for holders of ePassport in compliance with ICAO standards.Validity of the registration is three years period or until the passport expires, whichever comes first. (Note 1) For nationals of Indonesia (since December 1, 2014), visas are not required only for those who have registered ICAO-compliant ePassport to diplomatic missions of Japan in Indonesia (the embassy, consulates-general, or the consulate).The period of stay granted at the time of the landing permission will be "15 days" for Indonesia and Thailand, “14 days” for Brunei, "30 days" for United Arab Emirates and Qatar, and "90 days" for other countries and regions.Later he told me one of the teenagers had said, “ ¿Has visto lo que ha hecho el nota?” Did you see what the dude just did? I had to look up “ el nota” because, although I know it means “dude” and was used to describe the protagonist of The Big Lebowski in Spanish, I had a feeling they might have been saying something else… Sure enough, there’s a similar word “ el notas” that has a completely different meaning: “ the joker“.70 Countries and Regions for Visa Exemptions Asia Whoops! I was mortified, but Alejandro just grinned. This time Alejandro picked up the football and hoofed it right back to the boys −except that instead of going over to the pitch opposite, it sailed right over a few more fences into a garden in the next street somewhere. Well, a minute hadn’t gone by when the exact same thing happened again. Yes, that took some serious hoofing! Alejandro kicked the ball back to the red-faced teenager brave enough to come and collect it (or daft enough to hoof it over in the first place) and the boy thanked him, embarrassed, and went back to his game. There we were, attempting to get the tennis ball to and fro over the net, when all of a sudden, the lads’ football came hoofing over into our court −no mean feat when you consider that it had to sail over a 10 foot fence around their pitch, across a road and over the 10 foot fence around our tennis court. Yesterday, my hubby, our boys and I were playing tennis −or trying to, we’re not very good− and a group of teenage boys were kicking a football around on a nearby pitch. But worry not, I’m back, and I’ve got an intriguing word to kick off with, if you’ll pardon the pun… I bet you were wondering if I was ever going to post again, eh? Life has been getting in the way of my blogging a bit, over the last couple of months.
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