Hello all,
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I came Japan 2 months ago to marry with my fiancee, we set everything right and about to give our marriage documents to the local ward office.
After our marriage is approved we will go to immigration office and apply for Spouse visa. But problem is ; I don’t have CoE.
When we apply for CoE will they give me visa extension time? Because i have only 1 month left with tourist visa. Or do i need to go back to my country? Which is going to cost a lot of money and time for nothing.
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You don’t need a CoE for a change of status of residence.
While not the way they want you to do things and the possibility of you needing to go back home are NOT 0, they’re also quite slim as they usually let you do Tourist visa -> Spouse visa switches after a little bit of teeth sucking.
Applying for a change of status of residence will automatically give you 2 more months to wait for your visa, it’s a paper that they’ll staple to your passport.