I heard that JR pass will not be available to Japanese nationals living in the US with a green card effective April 2016. Is this true? I have not seen it in print anywhere, I just heard from a family friend.
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Eligibility change in 2016
mashabanana
over 9 years ago
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Daniel-san
19362 posts
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over 9 years ago
Hi there,
I am afraid that this is true. Official press release is here (Japanese):
https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/2016/11/page_9505.html
There is an online petition here to protest this change:
http://bit.ly/2f7qTxL
Please note that JRPass.com is an online point of sale for the JR Pass and we do not have any influence regarding this decision.
Kind regards,
Daniel
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