Hey everyone,
My friend recommended me to just ask this here, since both myself and the company I work for are a bit baffled by what has happened at the Osaka Immigration Office today.
I am currently on a Designated Activites Internship visa with a luxury hotel, and I have secured a full-time job offer from another luxury hotel within the same area and within a similar work-type. I have graduated university with a degree in hospitality management, and I am a german citizen.
When handing in all my documents at the Osaka Immigration Office today, they informed me that it is not possible to switch from a Designated Activites: Internship visa to a Specialist in Humanities (etc) visa directly, and that I would have to apply for a COE and return to Germany to get my visa approved.
My company has done dozens of this exacty type of visa conversion, this is the first time that the application was outright refused to be taken in.
What is the correct course of action here? Is my company in the wrong, or is the immigration office misunderstanding my application?
If there is anything relevant I have not yet clarified, I am happy to clarify upon request.
Thank you so much in advance!
by kozdotkby