Since you guys are really helpful, I hope you can provide me with some further assistance !
I recently got an offer letter to work as a web developer here in Japan by a company however, they told me to apply for the application by myself to work here in Japan, Which is my question:
How do I apply for it ? They provided me the link and everything, however I got so many questions.
1) I have residence status of 留学生 so I was wondering if I have to apply for the COE again?
2) Instead of extending my visa to continue my school, I am trying to change it to working visa
3) the validity of my zairo card as written on the card is 3rd of September
I think it will take some time for me to change it to working visa if I am successfully however, the validity of my current status will be invalid, and what does that mean then? I’ll have to go back to my country until I am able to get the working visa?
Furthermore, I tried calling the office but the network in adachi-ku is straight up bad, plus I don’t think they understood much since the mic of my phone is not working that well. My language school is from 1:00\~5:00 as well, so I can’t really go to the office that easily…
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Just in case, the company which is hiring me as a full time employee said its in category 3 and they attached this link : https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/gijinkoku.html?hl=en
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I just done that myself changing from 留学生 to 技人国
1. No need to apply COE. what you need is change of status.
2. yes
3. When you apply for change of status, the official will stamp on the back of your residence card. With that your card is extended for 2 months so you can stay until you get your new card.