A short while ago I posted that my partners attempts to get a regional immigration office in Fukui to accept the COE application were being stalled by people over the front counter as my citizenship was from NZ but our marriage was registered overseas which caused some dissatisfaction with our marriage license documents to that rural prefectural office.
I would like to thank the community for their support/advice for progressing forward. Although we didn't end up using a lawyer, the main office in charge for Fukui in Nagoya ended up accepting the application and are processing this application as we speak.
As it was mentioned in my earlier thread by others, the people at the regional office did not want to go outside of normal procedures.
The regulars in this community were very helpful. Moving to a new country can be a stressful situation and although you shouldn't always believe what people say on the internet, the people here really helped.
Thank you.
by Noobedup