In the case regarding a passport, I sometimes forget where I put it while handling it every time. Often you will find it out its necessity for your next action. I took it out and forgot where I put it on because I was changing minds in something else. Since I remembered it was on the desk, I had contacted him to keep while I was on the way. However, in Thailand, there are frequent inspections by border police officers and the military at strategic points on the road, and I haven’t carried it with me, so I have had a chilling experience.
When I was a fellow passenger in my acquaintance’s private car, they were tolerant of foreigners, and I was relieved that I was stopped several times out of 8 checkpoints but no passport checks for me for a round-trip on overnight trips.
What I forgot was to keep it on the desk in the dining room at the departure point until returning. However, since the copy* has been always in my wallet, it is recommended because you can quickly reissue it in case of emergency, loss, or theft. * Please be noted a copy is not trusted.
The second is the story of the theft case. A friend of mine took a long-distance night bus from Bangkok to Chiang-Rai, where I was, and when he put his bag on the bus seat and went to the toilet, he noticed that his passport was lost at the front desk of the hotel and reported it at the police as the theft. With the certificate, I obtained a temporary travel document for returning to Japan from the Consulate-General of Japan in Chiang-Mai, and it took me six days to get an immigration certificate and a temporary visa for immigration in Bangkok.
I had my photo, but I didn’t have a copy of my passport. At the Consul General’s office, I was coldly treated as to how I could tell that you were Japanese.
I remembered that I gave my passport number to an agent when I bought the ticket, so I checked with the travel agency and escaped the difficulty. When I returned to Japan, I was interviewed in a separate room at the airport.
Another friend, a former JAL staff member, is the secretary of the group trip, and when I put my passport on my desk for check-in on behalf of everyone at the front desk of the hotel, someone took it from behind him and escaped It is a method of a professional thief who skillfully slipped through the blind spot and the line of sight of his friends. As a rule, be sure to wear your passport.
The photo is a commemorative photo of grandchildren living in the United States when they went to the Atlanta Consulate to receive a Japanese passport. My grandchildren have Japanese and American passports, but this is the second time for the girl and the first time for the boy. In Japan, mother, and child (father and child) are listed together with the infants, but in the United States, they already have their own passports because of their individuality. If you are a dual passport holder, the foreigner’s booth for immigration to Japan is always congested so you can use a booth for Japanese to avoid congestion and can be used well depending on the country, which is the best.
The above was the episode about passport.
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