Hey guys, I'm kinda stressing about our Japan move situation and wanted to ask if anyone here went through smth similar.
So I got a job in Tokyo starting from october 1st. I'm polish, my gf is french. She wanted to come with me but doesnt have a job lined up in japan yet, so we decided to just get married already instead of doing long distance for who knows how long.
Our original plan was:
- go to japan already in september
- do language school for like 1 month before my work starts
- then settle there long term
Problem is… turns out the fastest/easiest place for us to marry is Copenhagen, but the earliest appointment we could get is only in august 💀
Now it looks like her spouse/dependent visa probably wont be ready before october. Maybe not even close.
So rn it seems like the only option is:
- she enters japan first as a tourist in september
- maybe has to leave japan again once the visa is approved
- then re-enter with the proper visa
But then another annoying thing is that as a tourist she might need proof of onward travel / return flight even tho she obviously wants to stay with me long term and not "tourism".
Has anyone done smth like this before?
Did immigration give you trouble?
Did airlines ask for return tickets?
Can you switch status inside japan somehow or is visa run basically unavoidable?
Also wondering if we're just being dumb and should delay the language school entirely.
Any experiences/advice appreciated bc this whole thing is becoming a bureaucratic side quest fr.
by UnitedOperation9688