Hello,
I live in the UK and will be receiving my Certificate of Eligibility form from a Japanese university by 20th August. However, I was originally told by the university that my Certificate of Eligibility form would arrive by late July/early August, so I booked a flight to South Korea to leave on the 25th of August, thinking that I would have my visa already sorted out by then and could just go straight from South Korea to Japan to begin my year at a Japanese university in September. It normally takes 4 days for the Japanese embassy in the UK to process a Student Visa once they've received the Certificate of Eligibility form, but I'm wondering if it's worth trying to sort out the Student Visa in the 5 day gap I have between the day it arrives and my flight to South Korea. I would have to leave my passport with the UK Japanese embassy and, should they be unable to process the visa in time, I won't be able to travel to South Korea. When I rang the UK Japanese embassy, they told me that it might be possible to process my student visa in South Korea, but I was wondering if anyone has done this/knows whether doing this is difficult and if I should contact the Japanese Embassy in South Korea in advance. My Japanese is at an intermediate level and my Korean is fairly rudimentary so I was wondering if undergoing the visa process in South Korea would also be difficult.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks,
hachik0
I live in the UK and will be receiving my Certificate of Eligibility form from a Japanese university by 20th August. However, I was originally told by the university that my Certificate of Eligibility form would arrive by late July/early August, so I booked a flight to South Korea to leave on the 25th of August, thinking that I would have my visa already sorted out by then and could just go straight from South Korea to Japan to begin my year at a Japanese university in September. It normally takes 4 days for the Japanese embassy in the UK to process a Student Visa once they've received the Certificate of Eligibility form, but I'm wondering if it's worth trying to sort out the Student Visa in the 5 day gap I have between the day it arrives and my flight to South Korea. I would have to leave my passport with the UK Japanese embassy and, should they be unable to process the visa in time, I won't be able to travel to South Korea. When I rang the UK Japanese embassy, they told me that it might be possible to process my student visa in South Korea, but I was wondering if anyone has done this/knows whether doing this is difficult and if I should contact the Japanese Embassy in South Korea in advance. My Japanese is at an intermediate level and my Korean is fairly rudimentary so I was wondering if undergoing the visa process in South Korea would also be difficult.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks,
hachik0
