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• ぱすぽ
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• 2024/05/08 (Wed) 17:07
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Many times in the past, minor children have entered Japan ・ short term with only a US passport.

After the pandemic, there was a time when you could only enter Japan with a Japanese passport （ Japanese nationality ） but
now you can enter normally with an American passport.
In fact, last summer, I entered Japan with an American passport to use the JR Pass, and had no problem.

The only difference between the two passports is whether you have to wait in line for Japanese nationals or foreigners （ or visitors ） at the immigration checkpoint at the airport.
The only other difference is that every time I go to the airport, I am told by the airport staff, "Next time, please enter the country with a Japanese passport. I don't know why, but I am usually told that every time.


For your information.

• Sophia
• 2024/05/08 (Wed) 21:36
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Thank you very much for your prompt advice, Showa Ototto-san and Pasupo-san. 😃

＞ Speaking of differences in passports, I am also concerned about the difference between waiting in line for Japanese nationals （ or foreigners ） visitors
at immigration at the airport This is also a concern, and I would like my accompanying adult （ uncle, from his perspective We decided to have the foreign （ visitor ） queue with an American ） who is an uncle in his own right.
My siblings and I, another Japanese national with an unexpired Japanese passport, got in the Japanese line to enter Japan.

I feel much better now. Again, thank you very much for your helpful information.

• flower
• 2024/04/27 (Sat) 16:01
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My son was also on the waiting list.
I have heard that it is advantageous to attend summer school. We don't participate in it, though.

• ファームママ
• 2024/04/30 (Tue) 20:49
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Thank you very much for your reply.

I will be attending summer school ！

• Punahou kids mama
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• 2024/05/08 (Wed) 13:12
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If your child is smart and obeys the teacher, it will be advantageous to send him to Summer, but if he does not listen and is not very smart, it is better not to send him to Summer and, on the contrary, to hide his weaknesses. In summer, everything will be seen through.
You need to make a legitimate judgment of the child in general, not based on the greed of the parents or the opinion of the teacher who is being paid a monthly fee for the lessons.
Good luck 🌈

• Ken
• 2024/05/06 (Mon) 21:46
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There is an organization that supports seniors called Project Dana.
Please visit the following website and contact them if you like.


https://www.projectdana.org/about

• nuiloamama
• 2024/05/06 (Mon) 23:52
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A woman who used to live next door to me did the same thing
and since it was a house and not a condo, I couldn't talk to the property manager, I couldn't contact my relatives, etc. as they became more aware
and I did some research and contacted them here.
I'll put up the site.

ADRC HAWAII

https://www.elderlyaffairs.com/#:~:text=We%20help%20people%20find%20assistance,at%20808%2D768%2D 7700.

• Liliko’i
• 2024/05/08 (Wed) 00:09
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#2 Dear Ken
#3 Dear nuiloamama

Sorry for the late reply. It took a while for this consultation topic to be reflected on Vivinavi after I posted it, and in the meantime, I had a lot of problems, so I called 911 and asked for advice. Then I found out that the police and fire department (救急) had a history of several cases where she had collapsed on the road and was taken to the hospital, and that they had tried to support her from the state, but she was adamantly refusing to do so. She trusts us and listens to us, so we got between her and the staff sent by the state, and today she finally convinced us to accept state support. We were having trouble knowing how far to intervene since they are not our relatives, but we were relieved that we managed to bridge the gap to the support group. I will keep the information you gave me in case something similar happens again in the future. Thank you very much.

• 断捨離
• 2024/04/05 (Fri) 09:31
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In terms of security, Santa Monica is rather safer. Santa Monica has many homeless people, though. In terms of economics, El Camino College is better in terms of rent and food. Also, 20 years ago when I was a student, El Camino was very, very loose.

There aren't many students in this community, so I think you'd get fresher information if you DM people who go to either college on Instagram or FB and ask them directly.
In any case, good luck with your new beginning.

• 他がいい
• 2024/04/08 (Mon) 05:39
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Image of many Japanese in both

• 倍金萬
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• 2024/04/08 (Mon) 10:01
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If you really want to improve your "English conversation" skills, come to San Fernando Valley where there are very few Japanese people.

I don't know if there is a kind of college called "Comic College" here, but

there are some non-UC State Colleges in this valley.

There is also a college near my house called California State University, Northridge.

• kiki
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• 2024/02/02 (Fri) 02:36
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？ In the U.S., in the case of an accident, if you negotiate directly with the other party, you may get into trouble, so you read the police report on the spot.
Liability for car insurance should be compulsory.
I went to my insurance company a few days ago, and they said that Liability is compulsory for everyone.
Liability does not cover you and your car in case of an accident. Only the other person's car.
Usually, the two parties do not deal directly with each other. The insurance companies communicate with each other.
Or, if you are going through a lawyer, the lawyers will communicate with each other.
If you don't have a police report, it's hard to say because you don't have any evidence.

• kiki
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• 2024/02/02 (Fri) 02:42
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If you have a lawyer, it will cost you money, but it is better to have the lawyers or the insurance company communicate with each other, based on the Police report.
I think everyone has to have Liability in California, and Liability only covers the other party's car and the other party only.
And if you don't have it, you have to pay for everything in an accident.

Or you can go to Small Claim Court and talk to the other party and the judge will decide. Unlike normal, this court deals with small items.

• A
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• 2024/02/02 (Fri) 11:12
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kiki
Thanks for writing. I wanted to reply, but it was like sending an email and I'm not sure how Vivinavi works, so I'll leave it here.
We did not have Liability, but had insurance on the rental car itself. The receptionist told me Liability was optional. That's not right either. This is a rental company with quite a lot of stores. We did not call Police. We had just come to the US and had an accident and were panicking.
The other driver was from Korea, but I don't know if he was in a hurry or what, but we didn't call them.
I have looked into credit card insurance and company insurance that would cover this accident, but I seem to be at a loss. We are still in the process of negotiating the amount.
Thank you for taking the time to comment.

• kiki
• 2024/04/26 (Fri) 01:29
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In the U.S., you must call the police immediately after a traffic accident and get a police report. The first thing Americans do after an accident is to call the police. You have to do it. You should remember that.
If you don't get a police report, you will usually get into a dispute with the other party, and it will not work. If you call the police, the insurance company will take action, but if you don't get a police report, the insurance company will not take action because they don't want to pay you money. You will cry yourself to sleep.
Even now, it is better to go to Police and ask them to write a report and negotiate directly with the other party and have the insurance companies work with each other because it will never work.

• こーの字
• 2024/03/21 (Thu) 16:39
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I joined BILT with a regular Rent payment, but I will record it for future reference.

Payment is via a platform called Appfolio.
The payment is made via ACH because it is not BILT Alliance.
When I entered my account information in Appfolio, I entered my First Name, Last Name as Account Holder and Checking as Account Type as Personal Account.
By the way, when I asked this question in BILT chat, I got a reply in seconds. I was surprised at the speed and accuracy of the reply.
Since I activated BiltProtect, I think it is treated as a Debit payment and will be deducted directly from my bank account.

And I just received a notice from both Appfolio and BILT that the payment has been processed. I was nervous because it was my first payment with BILT, but it looks like it went through.
Appfolio has recently started taking the ACH fee ($ 2.49€), which was not covered by the BILT fee waiver, but was charged here.

Minimum use of BILT （ 5 times ） but I will digest 4 times, excluding Rent payments, in small amounts for me （ because I have other main cards ）.
For example, Amazon gift card charge can be done from $1 per transaction （ It seems to start from $5 if you schedule it ） .
If I can't make very small purchases, I'll charge them to Amazon while I digest the frequency.

There seems to have been an information leak at Wells Fargo, the card issuer, around last year, but it seems to be under control now.
Just to be safe, I have set up my Wells Fargo online account so that I will be contacted when I go online or $ spend more than 10.

I will figure out how to use the points now.
Will I transfer them to airline frequent flyer miles, and if so, which company, or use them as BILT points for travel? etc. etc. etc.
Not very efficient, but they can also be used for Amazon purchases （ Not very efficient since the redemption rate is 0.7%, i.e. 1000 points are worth $7 ）.

So I will use it patiently.

• Akamai
• 2024/04/13 (Sat) 00:01
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Topic.
I have completed all the procedures and debit (credit card and HOA ）), so I will give you the updated information.

I did not want to open a new bank account, so I was able to debit the BILT payment from my bank account in Hawaii.
I also made various payments with BILT and received triple points （ $ for eating and drinking ） 300 points for 100 .
After a few years, I was hoping that the mileage would accumulate a little faster as I accumulated them.

Also, referrals seem to give quite a few points to both parties.
If anyone wants to be referred
please contact me directly by clicking the letter mark ♪.

• A
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• 2024/04/19 (Fri) 16:50
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Dear Akamai

Thanks for the update information.
Thanks to your help, I have received my card and have successfully completed the first HOA charge to my BILT credit card in April and have confirmed that the points were awarded ！

You mentioned that your BILT payment was debited from your bank account in Hawaii, and that you have set up your BILT I assume you mean that you have your credit card bill automatically deducted from your bank through your credit card Wells Fargo account settings ？
I paid my April credit card bill manually from my BILT account page. I made the payment.
I have various other credit cards, but none of them are set up to "pay by automatic debit from a linked bank account" at all.
I always check the billing details of my credit cards because it would complicate the DISPUTE procedure if my credit cards were automatically debited in the event of an incorrect charge.

I also confirmed that food and beverage is triple points ！
Also, on April 1, retail purchases were double points.
The first of every month is Rent Day, which seems to double points for certain categories.
https://www.biltrewards.com/rewards/rent-day/offer/earn-double-points
Food and Beverage is 6x
Travel is 4x
Others are 2x

Today, I also found an interesting blog post about BILT Rewards Elite Status that I will share.
https://onemileatatime.com/guides/bilt-elite-status/

Thank you for also sharing the useful information about referral bonus points.
I signed up as soon as I saw Akamai's post here （ Thank you ） , I had already received my card when Akamai posted about the referral ＾ ＾
I'm glad we both got points if we had waited a little longer ＾ ＾ ；

• Akamai
• 2024/04/21 (Sun) 17:46
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A

Hi ！ Thanks for the Feedback too.

I don't have automatic debit for card payments either.

Immediately after registration, my Hawaii bank was not reflected, but a few weeks later my Hawaii bank was reflected, so

I chose my Hawaii bank and debited my BILT credit card payment manually.

If the 1st of every month is the day you get more than double points, it would be a good day to buy something on the 1st ！

Thanks for sharing.

My HOA company automatically deducts money from my BILT because they don't charge me a fee by doing an automatic deduction.

It's mutually beneficial for both renters and homeowners to make referrals because the person making the referral is happy to do so.

And the referral code doesn't have your name, just a number and an English code, so you can refer without knowing each other's real names.

• A
• 2024/04/21 (Sun) 21:30
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Dear Akamai

Thank you for your reply.
You mean automatic debit of the HOA, not automatic debit of the credit card payment.
Of course, I have also set up the HOA as a SurePay auto debit using the BILT routing number and account number, and the amount debited is reflected on the BILT credit card bill. As you pointed out, I am not charged any fees this way either.

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2024/04/21 (Sun) 09:10
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If you have a cell phone, install a translation app and use it.

• まき
• 2024/03/22 (Fri) 19:07
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We received our results too, but no...

Like Pinky Ring, I knew it would be difficult to get in, but I couldn't give up my faint hope ！ and was
shocked ! I put it on my waitlist right away, but
it looks difficult ！

Congratulations on your acceptance letter, Sacchi ！ Do you have any secrets for getting through the difficult entrance process ？ Did you send your child to a school or something ？

? My child has received acceptance letters from Central Union and Hongwanji, and I am not sure which one to choose. I was wondering if Hongwanji is the better choice considering the Kinder exam.
I am so jealous of your MCS acceptance ！

• Stand by me
• 2024/03/25 (Mon) 05:58
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Nice to meet you ！
My son also took the test at 3 years old, but the result was disappointing …
He also took the test at 2 years old, but he didn't get in as well and put his name in the wait pool, but it didn't come around.
I took the test this year ！ with the hope that I would get in this year, but the result was still disappointing. …
Since the wait pool is almost never offered at popular schools,
I am already wondering how to get in and am switching my mind to the 4-year-old slot
for the next year.
If your email is an acceptance letter, that's great
Congratulations on passing the difficult test ！!

• Sacchi
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• 2024/03/25 (Mon) 23:35
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Pinky Ring
Thank you 😭

Maki
I also applied with faint hopes as well,
I did not send my child to any school. （ The applique itself was only a form to be filled out by an adult, in which the adult had to write a statement about his/her thoughts and interest in Montessori and the child's education, and there was no kind of exam for the child himself/herself to do anything... ？ ！
Honganji is also very popular I often hear that it is very good for kinder exams.

Stand by me
thank you 😭

• FREEMAN
• 2024/04/17 (Wed) 14:50
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Nice to meet you ！ I was looking at MCS for my 2 year old son to take the 3 year old class next year ！
If anyone knows, I would like to know if MCS and other difficult schools like Hana Hau'oli have Elementary through 6th grade ？ The other puglik elementary schools have elementary through 5th grade ？

So I see that MCS publishes where their graduates go to school, and it seems that there are only 6 to 11 elementary students each year
I guess that means there are only 6 students per class or 11 at the most. Does that mean there are no students?
I wonder if it is difficult to make friends in Elementary if there are too few.
If you know the situation, please let me know.

• プルメリア
• 2024/04/18 (Thu) 16:44
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Mr. FREEMAN
Nice to meet you ！ I have two children attending MCS, my oldest daughter took Punahou two years ago at G5 (5th grade ） and my oldest son is now attending MCS at G5.
My oldest son is also at Punahou starting in August.
To answer your question, MCS is up to G6 （ 6th grade ） as you mentioned. Therefore, the results that MCS publishes are the results of the children who have remained in G6.
MCS has one elementary class per grade, with roughly 20 to 22 students.
In fact, more than half of the children take Punahou or Iolani at G5, and less than half of the children stay on to G6 each year.
This year, 14 of my classmates who took the G5 exam, including my oldest son, were accepted to Punahou.
Of the 14 who were accepted to Punahou, 9 will go to Punahou and 5 to Iolani.

Most of my classmates who stayed until G6 also went to Punahou and Iolani, so as a result, most of the kids I grew up with at MCS Elementary will be reunited at Punahou and Iolani
！
My oldest daughter had 20 classmates in the same year, We have a situation with 17 in the Middle of Punahou.

Elementary is indeed one class, so it is a small group, but there are around 20 of us, and we are very bonded because we are together all the time.
The 7-10 students who go on to higher education are only those who remain until G6, and since they are almost all tested at G5, it is a small group.
Hana Hau'oli also has about 20 students per class and most of them go to Punahou, which is similar to MCS.
For your information ！

• 傍観3
• 2024/03/01 (Fri) 15:26
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No useful information.
No personal opinion is needed. What proof do you have that your posts are not a distraction?
How do you prove that your posts are not a distraction ？?

• おとっつぁん
• 2024/03/02 (Sat) 06:01
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I don't need your personal opinion.

I don't need your opinion, you don't need my opinion.

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2024/03/02 (Sat) 07:39
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I can't expect a proper reply here, which makes it more exciting.

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2024/03/02 (Sat) 07:47
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＃ But very occasionally there is no useful information ・ ・ ・.

The first post was when someone told me to go through the process

and I thought that there would be a lot of problems and the process would not go ahead.

• ０サービス
• 2024/03/02 (Sat) 18:42
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Are you waiting for a Work Permit ？ I hear a lot of people say they got it right after applying for a GC.
With this, you would get a new expiration date for your SS.　

I think you can change the name on the license at a later date. Licenses ＜ generally can be renewed ＞ within 60 days of expiration, but there may be exceptions.

I think you can change the name on your license or SS by submitting a change of name form later. You could try Online if it's a bad idea.

https://www.ssa.gov/personal-record/change-name

Sorry if I didn't understand your question well.

• 困りますね
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• 2024/02/09 (Fri) 21:59
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Aya-san

If you have a W-2, you can go to IRS.com and choose a free tax return program that suits you.

If you are not sure, you may want to email the IRS and explain your situation and ask what kind of documentation will be required to prove that you were in Japan last year.
Even if you have not been in the U.S. for 6 months, if you have some income in the U.S., you will need to file a Tax Return.

If you do not do a Tax Return this year, you can do a Tax Return going back 2 － 3 years, but if you have a Green Card, you can only leave the US for 2 years ？ If you are in the US and not working, you do not need a Green Card. If I stay in the U.S. and don't work, I don't need a Green Card ？.

• ？
• 2024/02/09 (Fri) 23:38
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#13 says.


#13 says "What's the problem if you don't have one ？"
It doesn't say if Mr. Showa Ototsan has a Japanese passport

Does Mr. Showa Ototsan have a Japanese passport?

• GCタックス
• 2024/02/11 (Sun) 12:44
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For a tax return of ＜ first year ＞ with GC income, the tax return treatment is completely different depending on the date of GC acquisition and the date of entry into the US.　This makes it very complicated to add Japanese income to your tax return and receive US benefits. I have sent you an email for more details, but I think you should ask a tax accountant who is familiar with Dual-Status.

• 昭和のおとっつぁん
• 2024/02/17 (Sat) 16:31
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＃ Tax Return is required if you have some income in the US even if you are not in the US for 6 months.

Green Card holders are required to file the same tax returns as US citizens no matter where they live in the world.

• code6
• 2024/02/19 (Mon) 13:14
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Please read IRS publication 519 U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p519.pdf
If you can't understand it, you You should contact a CPA.
Re-Entry Permit Validity （ Usually up to 2 years ）