I have an expired COE

Can a new company apply for another COE in my name at the immigration office in Japan? Thanks

So I assume you had one CoE with a different employer, and for some reason you decided not to come work for them/the contract fell through after your CoE was issued? As far as I know: As long as it really expired, it should be OK. Duplicate CoE applications (overlapping time period) are subject to rejection.

But please make sure that the older one has really expired; the immigration authorities extended the validity of already-issued CoEs in view of the COVID situation last year (people unable to travel to Japan though they already had the CoE), I believe by several months.

If it is OK that the new employer-to-be knows that you had an earlier offer but somehow things didn�ft work out so that you did not come work for them in the end, it might be better to let them know so that �gin case�h the new employer-to-be gets a question from immigration they are familiar with the situation.

Thank you so much this information