Hello! I got accepted into a study exchange program to Japan for 6 months (first selection period, not gone through the host uni yet) but I’m scared my unpaid non resident taxes (20.42%) will affect my visa application.
long story short I did a WH in Okinawa 2022. I did three jobs, one company withheld the 20.42% tax while the other two didn’t. However, "income tax" was taken off of my salary for the two other companies. I asked them multiple times to help me and I sent the link of the NTA which states this in which they said “No, I’m sure you don’t need to pay it because the tax is already being taken away from the other job.” And after contacting again they said “I will go and check it out..“ or something like that but no reponse.
I went back to Okinawa to the tax office during kakutei shinkoku last year after the WH, explained the whole situation and told them I wanted to pay. Nearly spent 2 hours of going back and forward to confirm and ask me more questions. They also asked me for proof of all three employer's income so that they could calculate everything and then do it all together. Unfortunately, I didn't have the proof of income for the company that helped me withheld. After a while, they said I could not pay the tax and that it is the responsibility of the employer to pay. After asking will it affect future visa applications, they just replied with, "I don't think so…"
Will it affect my student visa application if I do get in? What can I do to solve this?
by Choice-Bus9418