backstory: i (20F) am moving to japan, probably around fall/early winter 2025, to be with my bf (24M) who is japanese. before i even met him, i was trying to study japanese because i've always wanted to live/work in japan someday. he currently is in the philippines because the company he works for (originally a japanese company that he started working at back home, in japan) because his company sent him to one of the branches they have over there. however, another company has recruited him to work for them, located in tokyo. my bf told them that he would work for his current company for around a year to gain experience first, then he would happily transfer to their company if they still had an open spot and wanted him. he'll move back to japan around the same time i plan to meet him there.
i've already looked at multiple japanese language schools located in the same area as the company my bf wants to work at, but basically, i sorta planned to go to japan for 2-3 months BEFORE my student visa would go into affect in order to help my bf search for apartments etc. i was wondering, if i already get approved for a student visa, but it doesn't go into effect for a few months, would i be able to just stay until it is active (obviously not going over the 3 month tourist limit)? i already know that u can't APPLY for the visa unless ur in ur home country, but if its already approved, can i still go there until im officially on the visa?
by Wild_Orchid_2813