COE

Hi

i applied to COE on may 8th under Specialist in humanities/International Services.

today i check with my sponsor company they said not yet get any update from embassy ( no query or request for any additional documents)..

no query from embassy for last 4 weeks so can we think that they will issue COE soon ?

But its already 2 months... And what do they really need to check me for? Dont have any criminal record, got my university certificates.

Expect it to take longer if it is your companies first time sponsoring a visa. Not only do they have to vet you but they have to vet the company as well. I'd wait another month or so before worrying.

Do you really think its too early to say that I already past the screening? I mean I know the immigration office can be busy some periods + there was the Golden Week. But its already 2 months... And what do they really need to check me for? Dont have any criminal record, got my university certificates.

Yeah. As long as theres no results yet, its too early to tell.
Also, another poster is right, the company is also being screened, not only you. We will have the same situation, I guess, the company who hired me is also a small one so I think I will be also the first. Good luck to us..

Thanks guys and apologies about the delayed reply.

I did not certify or send any documents. Company did everything for me. I'm bit confused about the process myself since some of you have mentioned about sending certified documents etc. If it helps anyone following are my details.

Category : Engineer
Company details: They have sponsored number of employees before.
Education : I have a PhD from Australia
Nationality : Sri Lankan
Country I live in : Australia

Ancient Glory...

You're lucky because your company seems really know what is supposed to do, since they've hired a lot of foreigner before, maybe they already know some shortcuts to process the papers.

here in my country, most people who wants to work abroad, in general - not just in Japan, acquire authentication thats why i am obtaining them even i am not asked to do so.

I guess I am lucky. Good luck with your application.

if any one got COE or any update from embassy please update here...

Sure, if all of us granted working visas, then lets meet in Japan :)

sure and lets meet in tokyo once we get COE....

all the best for all people who applied for COE

I applied for the visa today. I was told that I can collect my passport with the visa next Monday.

Sent my documents today via DHL, expected arrival in tokyo is on tuesday or wednesday.

Is xx-0001 a zip number in tokyo? The courier staff find it hard to determine that.

Japanese post codes come in the form of XXX-YYYY. The number you gave seems to be lacking in 1 digit?

Btw, I've checked the list of post codes for you. There seems to be a post code which reads 105-0001 which is in Minato-ku (I figured that you're sending your documents to your employer based on what you mentioned some time ago that your office will be in Minato-ku if I'm not mistaken).

You can check th list of Japanese post codes here:

http://yubin.senmon.net/en/13/13103.html

Thanks a lot Murakami!

Actually the office transferred to Kitashinagawa after the earthquake.

What do you think of the location? Is it better than Minato in terms of finding a nearby guesthouse?
Is Minato has been affected badly by the earthquake?

any update from any one guys ?

I got my visa Yesterday. The whole process (COE + visa) only took one month.

My papers arrived at tokyo yesterday but my employer havent emailed me yet if they already submitted it to immigration. Hope it will only take less than a month

Glory..good to know that you got visa with in 1 month..

How many years visa did you get ?

Hmm good to hear that atleast some of you got good news.

I am still waiting.... 2 more weeks and I reach the 3 months (paper submitted the 30th of March). I am getting really worried and frustrated. First of all the feeling of not knowing anything. Second thing is, IF my visa gets refused, the whole 3 months of waiting would have been a waste of time.
Unfortunately nothing much to do about it but just to wait for me

Glory..good to know that you got visa with in 1 month..

How many years visa did you get ?


Thanks mate. My visa is for 5 years.