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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Yawarakaijin wrote: |
| You can also qualify for a working visa if you can prove at least 3 years experience in a related field. |
Depending on the type of work visa, it may also be 10 years of experience. |
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Apsara
Joined: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 2142
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Glenski wrote: |
No, the 3 month time frame does NOT fit the pattern for a working holiday visa. WHV takes 2 weeks to get.
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You haven't ever applied for a WHV yourself I believe, Glenski. Maybe in theory it takes 2 weeks. I first came to Japan on a WHV and I recall the process taking considerably longer. Maybe that's just New Zealand. In any case, I think expecting to have everything sorted out for the WHV in 2 weeks would be very optimistic.
It seems it may be a different visa though, so possibly irrelevant. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Posts: 12844
Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| Apsara wrote: |
| You haven't ever applied for a WHV yourself I believe, Glenski. |
True, I'm American.
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| Maybe in theory it takes 2 weeks. |
That's what a few foreign offices told me, and that's what many people report on this and other forums.
As you said, perhaps it's country-dependent.
Australia says:
The processing time may vary with the diplomatic mission at which the application is submitted.
Canada says:
* Processing time of visa application:
* Minimum of 3 working days to one week
UK says:
Nothing
New Zealand says:
Nothing
Korea says:
Everything in Korean. Can't read it.
Germany says:
Mit einer Vorlaufzeit von 2 Wochen ist zu rechnen.
On a lead time by 2 weeks is to be counted.
Ireland says:
Nothing.
France says:
Everything in French. Can't read/find it.
Denmark says:
Nothing.
The Japanese site says:
Application must be made at least three weeks before the anticipated departure date. |
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Apsara
Joined: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 2142
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:24 am Post subject: |
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Very much location/time of the year-dependent I would say. I applied for my WHV at the small Japan Consulate in Auckland at a time when every other university student/graduate who wanted to go to Japan for their summer holidays was also applying. It takes some time to put together the paperwork, and then the processing took ages- I remember being concerned that the visa wouldn't arrive in time for my departure date, even though I had applied around 2 months ahead of that date.
Maybe I was just unlucky, maybe things are faster now since that was 1995.
However a blanket time frame of two weeks is probably not going to apply in many cases. |
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