23-Year-Old EU Student Applying for a Japanese Language School: COE and Visa Chances?

Hi everyone,

I’m a 23-year-old student from Hungary (an EU country, so no visa required for short-term visits). I’m currently finishing my bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture and garden design this December 2024. I’ve applied for a finding employment course (1 year) at a Japanese language school starting in April through GaijinPot.

The application process required gathering a lot of documents:

Application Documents

1. Application form
2. Reason for Study
3. Diploma / Certificate of expected graduation
4. Transcript / Exam result certification
5. Employment certificate (in case of work experience)
6. Copy of certificate of learning Japanese / Copy of certificate of JLPT
7. Copy of Residence card (if there are relatives in Japan)
8. Copy of your passport
9. Recent photo × 5 pieces

Financial Guarantor

1. Financial guarantor document
2. Document which certifies the relationship between financial guarantor and the applicant
3. Certificate of deposit balance
4. Employment certificate
5. Salary certificate / Tax payment certificate

The school and my GaijinPot coordinator have already reviewed everything, and the documents have been submitted to Japanese immigration. They said everything is fine, and I don’t expect any issues.

However, I’m really considering buying my plane ticket soon because I know prices will get very expensive if I wait until I get the COE, which is usually issued about a month before the school starts. But I can’t help worrying—what if they reject my COE or Visa?

Do you think there’s a real chance of rejection? Have you heard of cases where people were denied even after submitting everything correctly?

Also, for those of you who’ve already gone through this process, did immigration ask for any additional documents after you submitted everything(all I listed)?

Thanks in advance for your advice!