COE

Thanks glory..

Asdfg in your last post you mentioned that your sponsor received mail from embassy to provide more information..

better to followup with your sponsor weather they send the required information and when ?

any update?

my wait for coe officially started last Jun 17 and i was told it might take 1.5 months :|

good luck to all of us

Sorry to hijack this topic but has anyone entered Japan as a tourist while waiting for their COE? Mine was submitted a while ago and my wife said I could enter the country anyway.

Just curious if anyone has done this before? Do you need to leave the country to obtain your visa (in my case spouse visa)?

Thanks!

Sorry to hijack this topic but has anyone entered Japan as a tourist while waiting for their COE? Mine was submitted a while ago and my wife said I could enter the country anyway.

I think your wife is right. The two things are not related in my opinion. A COE is not a visa.

Do you need to leave the country to obtain your visa (in my case spouse visa)?

I don't think so. However, I think a COE is for someone who is applying for a visa while he is not in Japan. Please refer to the thread below.

http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+116402

guess I'm a bit late to this thread. I just got my COE (to apply for a spousal visa) within a month. I was physically in Japan for a work trip and applied for my COE at the same time. Next is for me to go to Embassy here in Toronto, Canada get an "entry" visa and then show up at the Airport :)

COE: it was A LOT OF WORK....I was lucky enough that my wife is good with paperwork and that the inlaws were nice enough to sponsor me.

I'm a bit anxious as to the duration of my VISA that I will receive, hopefully it will be at least 3 years so I don't have to worry about it. However I've read that most people get 1 year at the beginning.

hi asdfg and indogaijin,
have you received your COE?
waiting is killing me :|
good luck for all of us

No Not yet..me too..

I spoke with my sponsor he said we will wait till end of this month and if we didnt get any reply then he will go and check with embassy.

Hi Asdfg and others any updates ?

hi asdfg and soontobetokyogirl..

just now i received email from my sponsor that i received COE for 3 years...

hope all you people will get visa...

lets meet in tokyo...please update others also who received the COE...

Congratulations!
how long have you waited?
me, i am waiting for 2 weeks now. T_T
one here said that red ribbon docs can make my wait faster but it seems to have no effect for me :(

i applied on 8th may 2015 and issed on 26th June 2015 (48 days)...

dont worry you will get it soon...

lets meet in tokyo

Indogaijin so youre now working on your working visa?

No..i am going to receive COE by tomorrow from my sponser company.

once i receive i have to go to local japan embassy office to get official visa by submit the orginal COE (it took 3 days)

once i get Visa then i can go to japan.

Hi soontobetokyogirl what docs did you submit to your employer? I want to know the process. Hope you wont mind sharing thank you =)

Hi all, just done with all the replies.
Congratulations to all who the the COE.
I applied on 6th June and still waiting.
and waiting is very tiring and worrying but it is Japan so worth =)
and i very like Japan and I hope to get the COE.

by the way I applied as a Specialist in Humanities / International Services

Hi asdfg , soonbetokyogirl

i finally got visa from local japan embassy in India and traveling to Tokyo by tomorrow.

any update from your end..once get let me know so that we can meet in tokyo

Congrats indogaijin! Nothing can stop you now.
Me, I'm still waiting.
Pls still be active here. We need updates how you start your Tokyo life :)

Hicham, oh you're earlier. You mean you're employer submitted the files last June 6? Me was last June 17.

hi soonbe tokyo girl

sure..i will keep update you

Hi mina-san,
yes it was last June 6th, I was there for 3 months (3/4/5) and now in home waiting XD

the lawyer sent the documents and she says it takes about 1 month and half so, we are just waiting and should get the response those days

Wondering why it has to be that long :(