Hi guys! This is my first time on this sub so please treat me kindly!
Me (23M) and my fiancee (20f) are planning to study in Japan.
I’m having a huge headache regarding this visa thing. I’m completely new to it, have the strongest passport in the world so never had any experience with visa application.
Both of us are planning to study and work in Japan afterwards. We are planning to settle down and start our life at a language school. I’m N4 pushing N3 by end-year, she’s zero in Japanese and hopefully N5 by the time we start school.
All in all, we’re expecting atleast a year of language school in Japan.
I read through the section for student visa and the only issue we have is providing sufficient documents so to show that we can sustain in Japan. Our max is we’re going to be surviving max of 2 years in Japan with our own pocket money that we’re going to save up.
The issue here is, we do not know what the immigration expect of us.
I have no family support so guarantor is out of the window. My fiancee has her mom and possibly her dad to sign as a guarantor.
This is the best case scenario. The worst case being I will have to give her a huge sum of money so that she can provide sufficient documentation.
So right now, if say we do get the best case scenario, how much do I actually need to show the immigration for my bank statements etc?
Please do not recommend student loan as we’re keeping that as our card for University.
But if you could recommend how student loan could help us by not stacking loans since the language school and Universities are separate schools, that would be great 🙏
TL;DR
How much do I need to show that I have in my bank account to be approved of student visa that would last for 1-2years and I don’t get the part of taxation etc (don’t judge me please, we’re living in a country where you’ll only be fully independent once you’re 25 😭🙏)
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