Louise Bremner wrote:
> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > rififi1976@lycos.com wrote:
> > > OK, just so that you all know, if you do not fill in a re-entry permit
> > > once you leave Japan, your working visa is considered void. They take
> > > your gaijin card at the airport
> >
> > The re-entry permit needs to be obtained before you leave Japan, it
> > cannot be obtained afterwards.
>
> It's possible to get a re-entry permit as you leave, but I wouldn't
> recommend it (having once had to do so, by mistake).

You mean at the airport before you pass through immigration right? The
"emergency" situation?