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And is it worthwhile doing it? Hear me out: I'm considering applying for a spouse visa just to come to Japan for a three week vacation.
We all know Japan is reopening, albeit in retarded phases. When the "tour group" and max entry restrictions are removed, whenever that may be, the floodgates will open and it's going to be a colossal clusterfuck of biblical proportions. I do not want to experience that.
I'm married to a Japanese national. On more than one occasion she has suggested I apply for the spouse visa and we visit Japan. And watching the Japanese government continue to drags its feet over reopening (not that I'm complaining) has made the idea much more appealing. And of course, most appealing would be the dick-hardening fact that I would be able to enter the country before the disgusting hordes of foreign tourists, buy all the shit I've been dreaming about for two years (new DSLR, a few expensive watches, Uniqlo Airism underwear) with the ridiculous exchange rate and enjoy all of the places and things I enjoy enjoying in peaceful, Chinese-free bliss.
But would it get me into trouble, possible future trouble, with the Japanese government/immigration? Can anyone think of any issues I might encounter? A client of mine was able to get his spouse visa from the local embassy in a couple of months, so I'm thinking I definitely have time for a nice Fall trip in late November.
I've been running the scenarios through my head and it's been so many years since I moved to Japan that I can't even remember the process, and that process has probably changed since 2003.
I'm guessing...I show up at the airport...get my new visa stamped at airport immigration...I think last time I had so many days before I had to report to my ward office to register as a resident alien and get my gaijin card...go ape-fucking-shit for three weeks and then, what...just go back to HND, surrender my gaijin card and tell them I changed my mind and Japan sucks and I'm going home?
Things I ponder when I'm supposed to be working.
We all know Japan is reopening, albeit in retarded phases. When the "tour group" and max entry restrictions are removed, whenever that may be, the floodgates will open and it's going to be a colossal clusterfuck of biblical proportions. I do not want to experience that.
I'm married to a Japanese national. On more than one occasion she has suggested I apply for the spouse visa and we visit Japan. And watching the Japanese government continue to drags its feet over reopening (not that I'm complaining) has made the idea much more appealing. And of course, most appealing would be the dick-hardening fact that I would be able to enter the country before the disgusting hordes of foreign tourists, buy all the shit I've been dreaming about for two years (new DSLR, a few expensive watches, Uniqlo Airism underwear) with the ridiculous exchange rate and enjoy all of the places and things I enjoy enjoying in peaceful, Chinese-free bliss.
But would it get me into trouble, possible future trouble, with the Japanese government/immigration? Can anyone think of any issues I might encounter? A client of mine was able to get his spouse visa from the local embassy in a couple of months, so I'm thinking I definitely have time for a nice Fall trip in late November.
I've been running the scenarios through my head and it's been so many years since I moved to Japan that I can't even remember the process, and that process has probably changed since 2003.
I'm guessing...I show up at the airport...get my new visa stamped at airport immigration...I think last time I had so many days before I had to report to my ward office to register as a resident alien and get my gaijin card...go ape-fucking-shit for three weeks and then, what...just go back to HND, surrender my gaijin card and tell them I changed my mind and Japan sucks and I'm going home?
Things I ponder when I'm supposed to be working.