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Spouse visa surname issue
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2024/4/8 17:33
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Will I have issues getting a visa in Japan if the surname on my Certificate of Eligibility is under my maiden name while my passport is under my married name (Japanese surname)?
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by Akihiro (guest)
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Re: Spouse visa surname issue
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2024/4/9 09:25
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you mean that you got married with someone during your application of COE (for example, for working) and the COE was issued with your old name, but you have a passport of your new name (after married) at present. ask the Japanese embassy in your country. but, in general, you can prove your name change by a set of your new passport, your old passport, and the certificate of the marriage.
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by ken (guest)
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Re: Spouse visa surname issue
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2024/4/9 09:30
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I got married first last Sept then He passed the Marriage certificate in Japan last Nov and applied for COE in japan last Dec. but I got my new passport with the new surname last Nov as well. I already passed my old passport and marriage certificate PSA and Local Civil Register at the agency where I applied for a visa. He called the Immigration in Japan saying that that it would be alright as long as we have provided the necessary documto prove that it is the same person however i emailed the embassy here in the Philippines but they stated that i have to get a new COE with the new surname. That's why it's very confusing.
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by Akihiro (guest)
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Re: Spouse visa surname issue
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2024/4/9 10:09
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he applied the COE in Dec. 2023 with your old passport (so that, the COE was issued under the old name), but, you already had a new passport (with new name) in Nov. 2023. so the application of COE was incorrect (applied with an invalid passport).
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by ken (guest)
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Re: Spouse visa surname issue
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2024/4/9 10:17
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if my understanding is correct, he (a Japanese) asks the name change of the COE in immigration office with an apology of application mistake.
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by ken (guest)
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Re: Spouse visa surname issue
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2024/4/9 10:25
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Yes, there was a mistake upon submission of the COE. application. Is this possible? Have someone done this before? One more thing, I already passed and applied for a spouse visa last April 4. Will it be denied or will the embassy require us to apply or change the surname on the COE?
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