As the digital nomad visa still has not been approved and put into force, it remains illegal to enter Japan on a tourist visa, visa waiver, and a handful of other non-residency-granting visas and perform any work activities.
The moderation team has marked a sharp increase in participants of this sub encouraging others to work on these visas, and to break immigration laws. These kinds of messages will no longer be tolerated, and will be met with:
* an immediate 7-day ban for a first offense,
* 1-month ban for a second offense,
* and permanent ban for a third offense.
Thank you for keeping things legal.
*Note: We have left comments open on this post. For the sake of discussion, rule 7: No meta commentary, will not be enforced in this post as it would normally. Please keep any feedback or questions civil.*
by Elestriel
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I think you mean it’s illegal to enter and work, not just enter lol
> it remains illegal to enter Japan on a tourist visa, visa waiver, and a handful of other non-residency-granting visas.
Millions of tourists, all breaking the law? 😉
I remember seeing some posts about travel tour agents usually not using “work” visas in most countries, including Japan. Is that correct?
For example a guided tour that starts in Europe, goes to X country and then to Japan for a week and back to Europe. Would the travel agent be working illegally during the Japan segment?
Being that the Digital Nomad Visa (it’s in the name) is designed for people who *aren’t* planning on being in the country permenantly, is it really relevant to a sub called “moving to Japan”?
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This [link](https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/pagewe_000001_00046.html) would seem to indicate that the nomad visa has been approved.