I’m planning on coming to Japan next year with the intention of going into language school (preferably 2 years). Although, I have previously been an exchange student in Japan last year, I was issued a 1-year student visa which has already expired last month.
So if I’m applying for language school, that means I have to apply for a new student visa, right? I’ve read that usually it’s a maximum of 2-year student visa for language school. Though, I just wanted to clarify if my previous 1-year student visa would have any bearing for them to sponsor me a new student visa that would last for 2 years? Like would they just give me 1-year visa because I already had a 1-year student visa? I really want to get into language school for 2 years, so I’m just worried if I might just only be granted a year-long student visa.
Edit: For context, the 1-year exchange program was under a partner school program with my university and the university I attended in Japan. The visa I had was 1 year, however, the semester only lasted for 4 months so I was only there for 4 months. Does this count under college student visa and not language school visa?
by avg_lee