Hi All, I am currently in the process of getting my documents together to apply for a Child of Japanese national visa. I have a parent who is a Japanese national (but does not reside in Japan any longer) and I am a former Japanese (dual) citizen myself. The embassy has told me I will need to apply for my own COE and then once I have the COE in hand they will work with me for issuance of the visa.
I was originally planning to use my uncle in Japan as my guarantor for the COE/visa as he is my closest living relative residing in Japan. He already agreed to do this, so no issues there. I will be using my own savings and current proof of income as financial support for the application and will not be needing any financial support from my uncle.
The main concern is that he has recently decided to retire somewhat suddenly and has now officially done so within the past month. Will this cause any issue using him as my guarantor on the COE application if he is now retired or should it still be pretty straightforward as long as he can still prove his finances are all in order?
by whatdo8