After many many years of living in Japan and renewing my taizai shikaku I finally decided to get married to my long-time Japanese-citizen partner. My previous shikaku has now expired so I am no longer in Japan, but am waiting for the COE so I can go back. They asked for more details for the 'development leading to marriage' question, including dates and places, but we don't know what to put. We already turned in some photos and texts, but we don't have very many. We lived in the same neighborhood out in the sticks and worked together for years, but I can't think of anything with a date and place name that would mean anything to Immigration. No kids, no big travels. The proposal itself was more of a slow months-long conversation than a singular event and we decided not to do a party until I get back on a non-tourist visa. If you have any experience filling this out, please, I would really like to know what sort of information is expected. Thank you for any advice.
by LingonberryNo8380