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Joe Bradley
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 Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:54 pm Post subject: Two burning visa run questions |
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Can anyone help me with the following:
I'm currently working on an E-2 visa, but may be changing employers soon and moving to an E-1 visa. Would the change in visa status mean that I'd have to do a visa run?
And can anyone tell me what the current visa processing times are at the Fukuoka Consulate? The last time I was there, if you dropped your application off in the morning, the visa would be ready the next day (though whether it was morning or afternoon, I don't recall).
Thanks for any help. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: Two burning visa run questions |
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| Joe Bradley wrote: |
Can anyone help me with the following:
I'm currently working on an E-2 visa, but may be changing employers soon and moving to an E-1 visa. Would the change in visa status mean that I'd have to do a visa run?
And can anyone tell me what the current visa processing times are at the Fukuoka Consulate? The last time I was there, if you dropped your application off in the morning, the visa would be ready the next day (though whether it was morning or afternoon, I don't recall).
Thanks for any help. |
1) yes, change of status from E2 to E1 entails a visa run.
2) currently overnight for visa processing in either Fukuoka or Osaka (no changes since 2006).
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Joe Bradley
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Many thanks for the info. (Though why on earth a change in visa status should mean having to leave the country---and enrich Japan's coffers!---is beyond me.) |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Visas are like batteries, you can't use small ones for a penlight in a bigger camping one. So, why does that mean you have to go to another store to get a different sized battery you ask?
Ok, visas are NOT like batteries. They are more like adapters to plugs. They don't sell plugs to foreigners, only adapters. Those are the visas. So, you have to enter the country with the plug and appropriate adapter.
Still can't buy it? Ok, I don't know why we have to leave either. |
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Joe Bradley
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:59 am Post subject: |
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ttompatz wrote:
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yes, change of status from E2 to E1 entails a visa run. |
And just making sure: does changing employers but remaining on an E2 visa require a visa run? I'm guessing not. |
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ttompatz
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| Joe Bradley wrote: |
ttompatz wrote:
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yes, change of status from E2 to E1 entails a visa run. |
And just making sure: does changing employers but remaining on an E2 visa require a visa run? I'm guessing not. |
Sometimes yes, some times no.
Transfers of your visa (E2 to E2) from one employer to another are possible at the end of your contract (provided you have time remaining on your ARC), earlier with a letter of release, and meet the other requirements (case specific) of a transfer.
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Joe Bradley
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks again, ttompatz. "Case specific" certainly sums up Immigration's approach! |
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