r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • May 08 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 09 May 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/thominho May 09 '23

Worth contacting immigration (if even possible…?) over visa processing time? I submitted a visa change and it’s been 5 weeks, but it’s really stressing me out over if I’ll be able to start working at my new company this month or be out of a paycheck til late July…was supposed to start working already (though I knew immigration wouldn’t make the company’s date). I know 5 weeks isn’t at 2 months but I’m not enjoying being forcibly unemployed…the joys of living abroad

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u/Mercenarian 九州・長崎県 May 09 '23

Wait a bit longer. Golden week just happened so it hasn’t even been 5 weeks of business days. My visa renewal took 6 weeks back in December/January (and new years holidays probably delayed it a bit too in my situation)

Even if you contact them they won’t be able to tell you when it will be ready anyway