What can I do if I received a 6-month tourist visa instead of the DTV from the Tokyo embassy?

@Christopher *******

- Have you checked to see if there are any notices listed when you pay stating they have the option to supply another visa in place? If so, and you confirm acknowledgement, then they can do that.

@John ******

I have not. I didn’t even know they could do that and I’m not even sure if they can.

@Christopher *******

- I only looked at the first page,

Because I didn’t want to enter my info, but when it comes to single entry vs. multi entry visas, they state the difference in price will not be refunded. Therefore, in this instance, if you applied for a multi entry and only got a single entry, you couldn’t ask your bank for a refund. It is possible this type of notice is stated in other places in the application, when it comes to specific visas

@John ******

physically it's a new Visa issued previous Visa are automatically canceled. But this doesn't say anything about the success in applying especially in Japan.

I once try to apply for a Chinese visa in Japan and they were flat refused and were very rude and these were Japanese people...

@Jonas ************

- There have been many posts on here where Thai embassies would not process visa applications while the client has another valid visa. If your statement was fully true, that wouldn’t have happened.

@John ******

well I'm not saying you're guaranteed to get a Visa... I just said if you actually get a new Visa approved any previous visas are typically void.

If you apply for a new visa and you don't get it your old Visa is not void unless you ask them to void it typically.

The generic rule is that you can't hold two Visas for one country at the same time at least in general.

I've heard of people who have gotten DTV Visa while having a retirement extension with re-entry permit, if they sctually get to the TV Visa, their extension is canceled.

But I think for work visa or student visa you may explicitly need to cancel them in many cases...

@Jonas ************

- A retirement extension is processed by the Immigration Department. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no knowledge of what extensions one has/doesn’t have, so that is why one can submit an application via MoFA’s e-visa system. However, MoFA does have record via e-visa, of any visa you received through them. The embassy will tell you that this visa needs to be canceled/expired first, and it can only be canceled by the embassy that originally issued it.

@Jonas ************

- Not true. There are many examples on this page where embassies have refused to issue a new visa because they already have an active visa. They have been told they either need it canceled or expired before a new visa can be issued. Extensions on a visa, made by immigration office are much easier to cancel.

@Tore ********

I've seen 2 other reports of this happening at Tokyo.

@Tore ********

- Did a quick search, the first one I see was from March 27th and it was via the Dubai embassy