here's the thing, I wanted to go in January of 2026 and I spent the last couple of months gathering all the documents and everything they told me I need to provide in order to apply for a student visa, they even sent me a Japanese test to fill out, I finally sent everything over to them yesterday only to get an email back saying I need to pass JLPT N5 in order to continue the application, they never told me that its a requirement in the last 5 months of emailing back and forth.
also the next JLPT test in my country is in December which means that I probably won't make it to even the April 2026 term.
what can I do about it? are there any other schools that won't require N5? also worth mentioning that I did more than 150 hours of self study and I was able to prove it to ALA.
thanks.
by Yehonatanm1234