I will be entering Japan through Haneda Airport on the 03/02 on a work visa. My agency wants to hand me the apartment keys about 2hrs after arrival – meaning as I arrive at 08:30am they expect me around 10:30am.
The travel time from Haneda to my apartment is about 40 minutes. I am unsure how long the immigration procedure would take. Is there any kind of indicator in that regard? Immigration is EU to Japan.
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As in, your plane is scheduled to land at 8:30am?
I don’t have any info about how long immigration takes, but regardless I would not have complete faith at all in meeting this appointment. Literally anything could happen – baggage delays, plane delays, disembarkation delays, long queue at immigration, long issues at customs, horrible diarrhoea keeping you on the toilet for twenty minutes, train or transport delays from the airport, etc etc etc.
I would ask the agency to give you some more flexibility with when you’d be able to meet them.
If all documents are in order, immigration/visa processing is quick, baggage actually arrives, it could be at most an hour. If your flight is delayed or anything goes wrong, you’re screwed. Don’t risk it and ask for a later time/the next day.