Today marks a significant event of our project!!!!!
As I had written on the previous post, we have been long waiting for this certificate to be issued. If we look back, this certificate was the certificate we had been working so hard to apply for it without any flaw, errors, or mistakes. The 100 page application had resulted in an expedited issuance of this certificate.
Now, Carol can apply for the spouse visa which will only take several days, and then she is good to stay in Japan as my spouse!!!!!
I will be visiting Hong Kong once again later this month, so I will be taking this certificate and together, go to the Japan Consulate in Hong Kong to apply for the visa.
Finally, it is again good to be a junior applicant.
Discussing with a senior friend (not the age, just that she had done the transition from HK → JP recently), we found out that there are several actions we need to take:
1. Apply for Re-entry permit (再入国許可) from Immigration Bureau.
2. Alien resident ID (外国人登録証明書) from Government office 横浜中区役所.
3. Apply for resident registration at post office, so that post sent to my address under her name can come without any errors.
4. Register for social insurance (社会保険 or 国民保険) to be done through Jin's company.
Still, a long long process goes. And even on top of this, our senior had explained that the Certificate of Eligibility is only valid for one time use. The re-entry permit is the one which is required when coming back to Japan after coming with spouse visa. Essentially, below is the status:
1. First time to Japan: Certificate of Eligibility & Spouse Visa
2. x times after coming to Japan: Re-entry permit & Spouse Visa
**Note: Spouse Visa is valid for 3 year. After then, Carol may have the choice of:
a. Renewing the Spouse Visa (in which case she needs me to renew the Certificate of Eligibiilty)
b. Applying for Permanent Alien 永住権 (in which case she needs me to apply for the 永住権)
c. Naturalise to a Japanese [In fact, she should be able to apply for that even now... still haven't checked the detail yet.....]
In any case, our union will be coming shortly!!!!! Yey!!!!! Another step towards the start day of our happy happy union!!!!!
2 comments:
Wao!!! I didn't expect this to arrive soooo soon! It must be Jin's hard work (the well prepared 100-page documents) and our parents' "appeal" letters that moved the officer ;P
I wanted to echo Jin in his last entry that...yes, everything is so peaceful and relax when we were together. We indeed need to stay with each other to make our lives complete.
My last visit to Japan was a life preparation, I did some research to know the job market and self development opportunities and we went to IKEA to start making our home a "home sweet home" ^o^!
Things are taking shape gradually and the issue of visa is defintely important for our peace of mind.
So, when will I start moving? In stead of resigining ASAP, I want to keep my promise to my team, to stay & support until end of August. (although time flies and the recruitment of my replacement was started only recently...)
I always told Jin that I wanted soo much to see red leaves in JP's Autumn. This year my wish will come true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look forward to our final union!!!
Yes. Indeed the date the certificate was issued was exactly one month after I submitted the application (actually, it's only 28 days - four weeks). The application shows that the certificate requires 1 - 3 months to issue, so it really was the "least required time" for them to issue the certificate.
I must also need to thank Carol for her help in writing the essay. That was indeed a "joint effort" which I feel made the difference!
I feel that this project is coming very smoothly. Each significant steps so far has been extremely smooth and we need to thank everyone for it. Of all, I really thank Carol for her tolerence and patience in keeping her integrity still and positive at all times. Without ourselves keeping the pace and moving forward, the movement won't have been this smooth.
And finally, yes, the autumn leaves you had always dreamt of, will come true from this year on for every year of our lifelong time together!!!
Tanoshimi dane~~~~~ (^^b
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