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Leaving Yamasa, Return to Canada

( Canada and Japan and immigration and travel )

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Postal Program Personal effects by mail, personal possessions you bring to Canada.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) may mistakenly assess duty and tax on them.
If this happens, you have two options:

Return the mail item [...]

Japan Police

Today the Japanese police intercepted me. It was my first experience. Just like in movies there was a good cop and a bad cop. They were looking for illegal immigrants and “visa overstayers.” Thank god I was not lazy last week. It missed class to go to City Hall to get my registration renewed for [...]

The making of Okonomiyaki

Wow, can you believe it? Another post in less than a week. I can’t believe it myself too. Ok, one good news for you. I received the postcard from the immigration bureau. So it mean all I have to do is to line up at booth 10 and receive my new stamp for my passport. [...]

I am back and visa extention

Well, this blog is not over at all. The visa extension procedure went well. I just need to return next week, to the immigration office in Nagoya, to retrieve my visa. In the mean time I have the red stamp in my passport acknowledging that I am applying for extension. This stamp allows me to [...]