Passport? husband in military

My soon to be husband is in the military on base in Japan. I just wanted to know what kind of passport i would need if i plan to move over there for 3-4 years.

If you are U.S. all family of service members are required to have standard US Passports.

You will need to apply for an Offical Passport (the cover is red in lieu of blue) it can take from 8 to 10 weeks to receive it after your application is submitted. You can also pay extra to have the process expedited. I believe the total is around $154 for the faster service. You will not be able to even book a flight until you receive your passport. Good Luck!

The statement above is not 100%true.

Family members of military travel on STANDARD us passports.

Sorry it usually depends on where you're stationed and your duties in determining what passport you need, officiall passports are usually issued fee free, but only in special circumstances, normally a standard us passport is all that is needed.

No doubt the US military can tell you what passports to get and how to get it. I'm sure that they get this kind of questions from spouses all the time.

I am a military spouse living in Japan. You said he is your soon to be husband?

Well you can go ahead and get a passport on your own and pay for it. But if you wait until after you are married and your enrolled in the DEERS system you can get your passport through the military at no cost to you. Your husband will also have to start paperwork to get you over here, because you were not on his original orders since he is already here. His unit or MPF can help him with that (you didn't say which branch of the military he's in) but there is not much you or he can do until you are married.....

Oh and you do get a standard blue passport and I'm not sure exactly how or if the visa is different, but you would be SOFA sponsored so it is stamped and you stay as long as your husband does.

This is funny. My wife is about to PCS to Japan and I am told I need a special no fee passport that can only be issued at a military installation. I already have a civilian passport which I submitted with my no fee passport application, and there was no option to pay for expedited handling on any no fee passport according to the passport agent. I guess I better look into this, I hope the military has been wrong so far, but usually they make things as difficult as possible.

passport weather offical or not makes no differnce but must show japan imigration military id and copy of orders make sure yoy get sofa stamp and not tourest stamp

If I am military do I need a passport to visit?

If you are visiting as a regular member of the public yes. The only times yo might not need a passport is if you are on OFFICIAL duty/assignment into Japan, however you would still need a passport I think. If you are not, you need to enter the "regular" way, with a passport.

I would not travel internationally without a passport, military or not, but that's a personal preference...technically, active duty on orders or active duty stationed in japan, on leave, can enter Japan with their military id and orders or leave papers only. If you are PCSing to japan, you can bring your ID and orders and you'll get in. If you are just visiting, you can give it a try with an ID and leave papers and probably the immigration people would not have a problem. But the airport is not the place where you want to sort this out, quite frankly. If you have time, I'd get a passport.
I'm not sure if all this applies to dependents as well (travelling with ID & paperwork vice Passport). I'd check before travelling.
And as far as military dependents and passports, personnel offices get this wrong all the time. Military dependents are entitled to a no-fee passport; it's a bennie offered by the military, so dependents don't have to pay for their own passport. No-fee passports have a blue cover, have a statement inside the back cover that says it's a no-fee passport, and expire in five years vice the usual ten. Official passports, sometimes confused with the no-fee, are red and I wouldn't carry one, personally, because it draws attention. If you have a regular passport that you paid for yourself, you can travel with it instead. Why people persist in saying that a no-fee passport is required is beyond me.
I always take a copy of my husband's orders & a copy of my family entry approval message when I travel anyway. With the passport. With the SOFA stamp in it. I've had to show all of it once or twice (Vietnam and once in Australia of all places) though I shouldn't have had to.

military base is not japan an no need passport or visa so you ned special permision to go out side of base area ie;shopping

if you leave san diego to yokosuka or sasebo you end up in us navy base and you are still us citizen