My husband and I got married and applied for my COE in the beginning of June. I came in April, we went on our honeymoon, came back and now I can only stay until October. It has been over 3 months since submitting the paperwork with no response and when we called we are now being told it could take 6 months. It is very clear that I will have to leave before we receive the COE. I have read a couple of posts of people that were able to stay in Japan throughout the whole process with no issues even while waiting for a COE. Does anyone have any experience with this or is it just inevitable that I will have to leave for an unknown amount of time? I thought about asking a lawyer to see if I do have any options or not but I just know (I am trying to convince myself otherwise) that I have to leave. I brought my dog here as well because we just didn't think it would take this long so not only would I have to leave my husband, I would also have to leave my dog here because I can't take him back to the states especially because I don't have any family or any resources once I go back there.
by Gold-Platypus7012