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Right, I figured so. Thanks for confirming!

I am trying to decide which and how many tools I should pack and move with us to Japan.

Re: wrenches and sockets, I am guessing I might as well leave behind my SAE tools and only bring metric? Would like to lighten the load but I don't want to be kicking myself later.

beanhead wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:56 pm Time is your main weapon, as I am sure you know.

"Time in the market, not timing the market".

I forget where I heard this.

we can Register Moving-In at the local City Hall right away as well. I believe you need to be a mid to long term resident (aka not temporary visitor) to do this. So your wife can do it, but you'll need to wait for the residence card, I think. The local staff really have no interest in being helpful...

You don't need to go the Certificate of Eligibility (CoE) route for a Spouse Visa, though you can if you want to... https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/long/visa10.html "A visa application for this type of visa could be made without COE. However, the applicant will be required to submit a...

[/color]8 user_id=3768] We will ask about the non-CoE route for sure. It really does feel more and more like it is not possible for us to apply for a CoE when we are both living in Canada. I should note that our local Consolate's default response to everything is to call Immigration in Japan . The ...

I applied for a spouse visa at the Japanese Embassy in London (UK) in 2017. At that time there was the option to apply without a Certificate of Eligibility (CoE). It seemed that applicants were being steered towards the CoE route but in my circumstances it was less burdensome to meet the embassy’s ...

Did you get married here--registering the marriage at a city office as would normally happen? I've heard that simplifies/streamlines the spouse visa. That's the only bit that I can offer--good luck! Yes, our marriage is registered in Japan and I am in my wife's "family tree" at the local ...

Perhaps not a simple question after all.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, folks.

I somewhat understand the process of applying for a COE for the purposes of applying for a Spousal Visa. It sounds like a long and complicated process, and we are finding different answers about how it works. Even the Japanese Consolate here in Canada can't give us any straight answers. My friend wh...