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I have recently imported books into Canada from Japan.

As I bought in excess of 5000¥, the purchase was tax free and the receipt was stapled to my passport and stamped.

Since I've now come back to Canada and no issues occurred with my imports, Is it safe to remove the receipts from my passport?

As it was stamped and stapled, there will remain a trace that something was there. Could this cause problems when I return to Japan at a later time?

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It is safe to remove the receipts because you are supposed to return those receipts to the Japan Customs counters right after the passport control.

Submit the Proof of Tax-Free Purchase attached to your passport when leaving the country - (Offical) Japan. Tax-free Shopping Guide

This leads to another question: "what if I forget to return the receipts?".

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Yes, it's safe to remove. Japan and quite a few other countries staple their departure cards to the passport, so immigration authorities are used to seeing staple holes on passport pages.

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