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tourist visa is not a real visa, it seems like what happened is that the people he talked to on the phone told him to wait because he told them he had a visa and probably didn't mention that it was tourist, if he had to wait for so long he should have done his research properly
Yokohammer wrote:I'm going to guess that some vital information is missing from this story. Too many holes.
And his apparent belief that speaking Japanese is reason to be granted a visa reveals a tendency to wishful/unrealistic thinking.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Also, how dare they treat him like an African or Middle Easterner?
Yokohammer wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Also, how dare they treat him like an African or Middle Easterner?
Yeah, that kind of got to me too.
I mean, really, being lumped together with restaurant workers? The indignity!
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Yokohammer wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Also, how dare they treat him like an African or Middle Easterner?
Yeah, that kind of got to me too.
I mean, really, being lumped together with restaurant workers? The indignity!
I guess white privilege only goes so far in Japan.
Passport and citizenship for a foreigner in Japan is VERY rare. It's a country with almost no immigration.
Yokohammer wrote:I'm going to guess that some vital information is missing from this story. Too many holes.
And his apparent belief that speaking Japanese is reason to be granted a visa reveals a tendency to wishful/unrealistic thinking.
Russell wrote:I always thought it was impossible to apply for a working visa while being in Japan on a tourist visa.
Am I wrong?
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Russell wrote:I always thought it was impossible to apply for a working visa while being in Japan on a tourist visa.
Am I wrong?
You could apply while you were in Japan but had to leave for another country to get it which is why a lot of people used to do a Korea run. However, they changed that more than a decade ago.
wagyl wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Russell wrote:I always thought it was impossible to apply for a working visa while being in Japan on a tourist visa.
Am I wrong?
You could apply while you were in Japan but had to leave for another country to get it which is why a lot of people used to do a Korea run. However, they changed that more than a decade ago.
Please be specific: changed which bit? What is the current situation? That you can not apply while within Japan? Or that you no longer need to leave the country to get it?
Samurai_Jerk wrote:wagyl wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Russell wrote:I always thought it was impossible to apply for a working visa while being in Japan on a tourist visa.
Am I wrong?
You could apply while you were in Japan but had to leave for another country to get it which is why a lot of people used to do a Korea run. However, they changed that more than a decade ago.
Please be specific: changed which bit? What is the current situation? That you can not apply while within Japan? Or that you no longer need to leave the country to get it?
Sorry. You no longer need to leave the country.
yanpa wrote:Confirmed. I changed from a "tourist" to a proper working visa in 2008, application placed in Japan, no requirement to re-enter. I can't recall if the application was associated with special leave to remain until it was processed.
wagyl wrote:And see what happens? Six years later they are buying up our land, impregnating our women!
Samurai_Jerk wrote:
Sorry. You no longer need to leave the country.
kurogane wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:
Sorry. You no longer need to leave the country.
Yes, this is also correct. But you are also not allowed to apply while on a tourist visa waiver thingy. But you no longer need to leave the country to obtain the visa you are not allowed to apply for whilst in it. I kid you not; that was from a labour lawyer (but not a foreign worker/immigration specialist, to be fair).
I can't find it on YT, but it all reminded me of the Incubator episode from MASH.
kurogane wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:
Sorry. You no longer need to leave the country.
Yes, this is also correct. But you are also not allowed to apply while on a tourist visa waiver thingy. But you no longer need to leave the country to obtain the visa you are not allowed to apply for whilst in it. I kid you not; that was from a labour lawyer (but not a foreign worker/immigration specialist, to be fair).
TennoChinko wrote:What's really the case here?
Another CJ? Or, did this guy really get screwed?
yanpa wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:wagyl wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Russell wrote:I always thought it was impossible to apply for a working visa while being in Japan on a tourist visa.
Am I wrong?
You could apply while you were in Japan but had to leave for another country to get it which is why a lot of people used to do a Korea run. However, they changed that more than a decade ago.
Please be specific: changed which bit? What is the current situation? That you can not apply while within Japan? Or that you no longer need to leave the country to get it?
Sorry. You no longer need to leave the country.
Confirmed. I changed from a "tourist" to a proper working visa in 2008, application placed in Japan, no requirement to re-enter. I can't recall if the application was associated with special leave to remain until it was processed.
chokonen888 wrote:yanpa wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:wagyl wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:Russell wrote:I always thought it was impossible to apply for a working visa while being in Japan on a tourist visa.
Am I wrong?
You could apply while you were in Japan but had to leave for another country to get it which is why a lot of people used to do a Korea run. However, they changed that more than a decade ago.
Please be specific: changed which bit? What is the current situation? That you can not apply while within Japan? Or that you no longer need to leave the country to get it?
Sorry. You no longer need to leave the country.
Confirmed. I changed from a "tourist" to a proper working visa in 2008, application placed in Japan, no requirement to re-enter. I can't recall if the application was associated with special leave to remain until it was processed.
I did the same in 2008 but had to do a Korea run to get a new tourist visa as my 90 days was almost up, while waiting for the work visa to be processed. (..or while the company attorney dragged his feet?)
Samurai_Jerk wrote:
Sticking with the military theme Japan really can make you feel like Yossarian sometimes.
You cannot apply for work while on a tourist visa, but if you do you don't need to leave the country to change status.
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