Hello! I’m applying for a J-FIND visa from Singapore and meet all the listed requirements. However, when I visited the embassy, the officer mentioned something along the lines of needing roughly 100k SGD (~11M yen) in savings to increase my chances of approval…which is far from what’s listed in the official visa requirements.
That said, the officer seemed a bit confused about the visa itself, I get the impression it’s not commonly applied for in Singapore.
I wanted to ask anyone here who has successfully obtained the J-FIND visa: is this actually true? Logically, it doesn’t make sense to me that a visa designed to attract new graduates would expect them to have 100k in savings from their own pocket.
Thanks in advance for any insights!
by luckyq777