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bawny34
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 Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:19 pm Post subject: Problem getting a visa???? |
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Hi all,
Perhaps someone might have some feedback on this matter.
I am currently looking at the possibility of going over to Japan to teach later in the year. As I am over 30, I would have to get visa sponsorship as opposed to the working holiday visa.
Going to Japan was something I was considering about 4 years ago and I secured a position with a well known teaching recruitment organisation. It's one of those companies that source people for public schools but only tell you the location about 3 weeks prior to the commencement of the position. Anyway, the upshot is that when they offered me the position, I wasn't that happy with the location and a number of other issues, so I declined the position, all very amicable.
The company had applied for a visa for me. It was probably the working holiday visa as I was under 30. I presume so, but I can't quite remember. Anyway, I received the Certificate of Eligibility which I would have had to exchange for the visa at the Japanese embassy in Ireland (I'm Irish). But obviously it didn't come to that.
Anyway, my question is 'Do you think I would have any issues when applying for a visa this time, given that I have been granted a visa in the past'?
Any feedback would be helpful.
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rtm
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Problem getting a visa???? |
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| bawny34 wrote: |
| The company had applied for a visa for me. It was probably the working holiday visa as I was under 30. I presume so, but I can't quite remember. |
I've never heard of a company applying for a working holiday visa for someone. I'm not sure if it's even possible; usually, individuals apply for WH visas so that they can come over and look for work (which is supposed to be less than full-time under a WH visa). The company probably filed for either an instructor visa (which are used for working for local public school systems) or a specialist in humanities visa (which are used for eikaiwa teachers) -- I'm not sure which the dispatch companies use.
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| Anyway, my question is 'Do you think I would have any issues when applying for a visa this time, given that I have been granted a visa in the past'? |
I would seriously doubt that you would have any issues. You were never issued the visa. I'm sure that (backing out as you did) is something that happens all the time. |
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bawny34
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks RTM,
Right, well it would have been an instructor visa then as it was with a dispatch company for public schools.
This time round I would be looking at eikawas (and thus a humanities visa) as I think they would suit me better.
Perhaps I am over-thinking the possibility of visa complications. A few months back I read a job advertisement somewhere asking applicants to specify if they have been granted a visa before and I think that's what has planted the seed in my head.
But any other feedback from other posters would be much appreciated, too. |
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hagiwaramai
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, you probably are, understandably, overthinking it. So long as you haven't done anything wrong i.e overstaying/criminal offences etc, there is no reason you should be denied a visa. You can apply for and get or refuse a visa as many times as you need I think. And as was pointed out you didn't even get the visa before, just a C of E, which is just a background check done in Japan. It should be fine. |
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bawny34
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