Obtaining a working visa from Japan
The plan was (is?) to land in Japan two months from today. However, I was just notified that it would take 8 weeks for Japan to process my “Certificate of Eligibility.” Once this is approved in Japan it comes to the US and requires another week for processing in the US before I have my visa to travel and live in Japan. According to my calculations we, therefore, won’t be landing in Japan two months from today. I asked if there was a way to expedite or rush the process and was told “no.” They did say some people get their visa in less than 8 weeks though. 6 weeks was given as an example. Frustrating. It isn’t fun when your life’s plan is held in someone else’s hands, or more accurately sits on some government official’s desk for some indeterminate time period, like 6 or 7 weeks.
June 7th, 2009 at 8:19 am
i came over to japan on a tourists visa and got a working visa while i was here. the whole process didn’t take very long for me personally…wonder if living in okinawa has anything to do with it? seems odd anyway.
June 7th, 2009 at 8:43 am
I was told that if I came over on a tourist visa I would have to leave the country in order to get a working visa. You didn’t have to leave the country to get your working visa?