Welcome to the r/movingtojapan bi-weekly(ish) simple questions thread! This is the place for all of your “easy” questions about moving to Japan. Basically if your question is about procedure, please post it here. Questions that are more subjective, like “where should I live?” can and should be posted as standalone posts. Along with procedural questions any question that could be answered with a simple yes/no should be asked here as well.
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Working on my spouse CoE and I have a couple of questions. For reference, I’m in America and my Japanese wife is in Japan.
1. Right now, I’m not sure where we’ll be living when I arrive. Should I list my wife’s current apartment address on the CoE form? She plans to find a new place for us before I get there, but since I need to submit the CoE well in advance, I’m wondering if it’s okay to use her current address for now during the application process but will change closer to my entry date.
2. I most likely won’t have a job before arriving and will most likely have to job hunt as soon as I arrive. So what to write in the “fill in intended place of work in Japan” section?
3. Can I complete the CoE very far in advance compared to my anticipated entry date? For example, complete in January 2026, send to immigration in February, but list my date of entry as September 2026?
4. Not CoE related, but rather regarding the spouse “question sheet”. I have to list my family, but my father is unknown, will this impact my application at all if I left it blank?
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