Hello,
To make a long story short, my wife and I who originally met in Japan and have been living in the U.S. for a little over a year. My wife is NOT Japanese, but lived in Japan for six years as an elementary teacher at international schools teaching subjects in English. She completed her masters degree while I am currently almost done with my undergrad and have plans to do an exchange at Waseda University next March. Our plan has always been to move back to Japan after we obtain our degrees but right now job openings at universities are not looking great for her while outside of the country and so I was thinking of trying to start with having her as a dependent on my student visa but I’m unsure how this would work. I called my local Japan consulate office and they told me they do not deal with COE questions and to talk to immigration, but I do not know who to talk to. Other post online say that I would have to do the form myself in Japan and apply for the COE for her where she would then take it to get the dependent visa. Is there no possible way to get this done initially before the flight? If anyone has any experience please let me know!
by Beg4Marcy