Dual Citizen Flying to Japan

[Jordan Stanley]

Hi, im flying to Japan very soon and Im a dual UK/AU citizen

I hold both passports and i was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to which passport it is better to enter Japan on, UK or AU?

I know i must legally leave and enter Australia on my AU passport but which passport would the Japanese favour?

my thoughts are to use the AU one the whole time to just keep things simple

but im thinking there may be some benefit, or are there only benefits on using UK one for Europe and European territories?

Thanks

Jordan

 

[Hvr]

I can only offer my experience travelling on an Australian passport in Japan. Absolutely no problems at all anywhere.

So for the sake of convenience it may be easier to just use your Australian passport.

 

[Jordan Stanley]

yeah thats my thought too

thanks for your reply

 

[Balwyn3103]

I fly to Japan about every month and enter on my US passport because my work is military-related. It's endlessly complicated when I check in to leave because there is no entry stamp in my Aus passport (which I present at check-in to prove I can enter Aus? The check-in staff are pleasant but act like border guards, I guess because they have to.

Believe me it will be simpler for you to use one passport.

 

[Awesom Andy]

Absolutely no problems at all with using an AU passport. They just stamp it and let you go, never any questions.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I have been using a UK passport to enter Japan purely on space issues (my AU passport is almost full).

There has never once been a problem leaving the country... at check-in I provide the passport I used to enter Japan (UK) and then follow up 30 seconds later with 'and here is my AU passport for entry to Australia'.

Never once been a complication with that system.

I think it is easier to use a single passport. Most people I know get stopped the first or second time they go to japan by customs who like to do a poke around in your bags (it's fairly superficial). This stopped on my subsequent visits once they saw previous entry stickers. So now i just stick with the one passport and everything goes very smoothly.

But I agree, AU or UK no real difference.

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I fly to Japan about every month and enter on my US passport because my work is military-related. It's endlessly complicated when I check in to leave because there is no entry stamp in my Aus passport (which I present at check-in to prove I can enter Aus? The check-in staff are pleasant but act like border guards, I guess because they have to.

Believe me it will be simpler for you to use one passport.

The checkin people doing the Japan to Aust flight should only be concerned that you have the correct documentation for arrival in Australia ie Aussie Passport or other passport with a visa for Oz.

I have no idea why airline people in Japan are so concerned with how you arrived in the country because that's really something for customs and immigration to get excited about.

Once upon a time when Aussies needed a visa for Japan it was handy to use your British Passport as UK citizens didn't need a visa. I found it came in handy when my TG flight BKK-SEA was cancelled & we were transferred to UA via NRT with a 12 hour stopver in a hotel, however I think you could still have been issued with a 'shore pass' by immigration which was good for 48 hours.