Hi! I got employed in a school in Japan. My employer applied for the COE and I received it yesterday. But, there was a missing letter in my name on the certificate.
What should I do? Do we reapply for another one? That might take another month to wait. Should we ask for a reprint since it was their mistake? Will the JP embassy in my country (philippines) accept the COE with misspelled middle name?
I hope someone here can help and advise. Thank you!
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> Will the JP embassy in my country (philippines) accept the COE with misspelled middle name?
It’s worth calling them and asking, but knowing what I’ve learned from two decades of dealing with Japanese bureaucrats, I think it’s a pretty safe bet that they won’t accept it and they’ll ask you to apply again.
Call the embassy first because it’s the quickest for you to get in touch with from Philippines (and someone there will speak English or Tagalog), but expect your company to have to call up the Immigration bureau in Tokyo and try to expedite a new Certificate for you.
If the process to apply for student COE is anything similar to dependent COE, your school can ask immigration to reuse the documents they already submitted. In that case the second COE will only take around 1 week instead of a few months.
This is what I did when I accidently ruined my wife’s COE a few years ago.