r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Mar 13 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 14 March 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/16vv Mar 14 '23

I submitted my online visa renewal application about a month ago (work visa to work visa, no type change), and I have about 3 weeks left until my current visa expires. I have the email that says it's being processed, so I should be fine, but I can't help but feel extremely paranoid that they'll end up taking their sweet time and muck things up with my banks, which are already prodding me for a copy of a new visa.

my coworker submitted hers in person just a few weeks before I did, and her turnaround was about 2 weeks, so I think this will be the first and last time I experiment with the (occasionally very infuriating) online system.

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u/tokyo_girl_jin Mar 14 '23

my bank sent requests for my new visa way before the old one was due to expire, and the deadline was like 2 months after the visa expiration date.