I am trying to get a translation of my foreign driver’s license. ZIPLUS says 5-6 days, JAF says it used to be same day, but now could be up to 2 weeks. Anyone have experience with either of these services?
It was 4 years ago, so not sure if it’s different now
JAF Kansai turnaround for me was very fast, despite the two week warning. It arrived to them Thursday and I had it by Tuesday in Kyoto. You can also make appts for in person, I think.
Got mine done by JAF in literally 2 days haha… except it was Nagoya office. Just keep in mind ZIPLUS doesn’t translate all countries….unlike JAF
Mailed mine to JAF and got it a day later but that was pre-covid, unsure if it changed.
don’t you HAVE to use JAF?
JAF in Tokyo (Shiba Koen) says on the website you should send it by post and it takes 2 weeks, but when I went to their office in person they told me “if you can wait 30 minutes we’ll do it right away” so I got it in 30 minutes. This was a month ago so after they started Covid rules.
Go to your Embassy. Same day
JAF – go in person and they’ll do it right away(ish). Same day anyway.
Got mine from Ziplus in about 3 days. It was way faster than I expected.
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I’ve only used JAF, it took 10 minutes.
It was 4 years ago, so not sure if it’s different now
JAF Kansai turnaround for me was very fast, despite the two week warning. It arrived to them Thursday and I had it by Tuesday in Kyoto. You can also make appts for in person, I think.
Got mine done by JAF in literally 2 days haha… except it was Nagoya office. Just keep in mind ZIPLUS doesn’t translate all countries….unlike JAF
Mailed mine to JAF and got it a day later but that was pre-covid, unsure if it changed.
don’t you HAVE to use JAF?
JAF in Tokyo (Shiba Koen) says on the website you should send it by post and it takes 2 weeks, but when I went to their office in person they told me “if you can wait 30 minutes we’ll do it right away” so I got it in 30 minutes. This was a month ago so after they started Covid rules.
Go to your Embassy. Same day
JAF – go in person and they’ll do it right away(ish). Same day anyway.
Got mine from Ziplus in about 3 days. It was way faster than I expected.