I have many years left in my current work visa so I was thinking of taking 6-12 months of work break (and improve my Japanese meanwhile). All of the people’s experiences I’ve heard in my situation were the same, no one got notified and everyone could stay happily until the end of their visa. But I also know after 3 months I could be notified at any time by immigration.
So my question is, has anyone with a work visa quit their job, and received immigration request for either “information about your job hunting” or “request to leave Japan” after the 3 months? I know after 3 months they can send it any time, but I wonder how often they actually send it and what was your experience. I’ve also heard PR applications are backed up 11-12 months now, which would indicate them to be busy.
PS, even if I can apply to PR the time is bad (see backed up 11-12 months), I’ve also been strongly recommended *not* to change to a student visa for multiple reasons.