My wife and I live in the US – I’m an American citizen, she is Japanese. We want to visit later in the year for a few weeks to see family, etc. I was going to submit an application for a Spouse Visa, but stumbled upon the MOFA online visa application site ([https://www.evisa.mofa.go.jp](https://www.evisa.mofa.go.jp/)).
I applied, showed a copy of our family registry as well as a letter from her mother in Tokyo inviting us over. I was approved after about a week. I tried confirming with the Japan consulate in LA – a representative told me she is not allowed to comment on the MOFA eVisa site (?).
Has anyone used this before? The visa hotline has not answered for 4 or 5 days now, so I cannot get answers from them either. Obviously, we don’t want to plan a trip and then be told at NRT that we missed something, this isn’t the right visa, etc., though the site obviously looks legitimate.
Also, the “date of expiry” for the 90 day visa is 11/25 (3 months after its issuance). Am I correct that this only means I must enter Japan by 11/25, and then once I am there, the 90 day clock starts?
Thanks in advance.