admin answers:

Why people take visa-run is because it is shortest way to get visa.

If you apply the status change in Japan, it will take more than month to 3 months to get working visa. Most of employer need timing and they don’t wait so long. Anyway it is up to you and your employer. If both of you don’t need immediate new visa status. You may try.

As a result, time is money in a sense.

All you have to do is as follows.

Go to the immigration office with
the forrn of appication for change of status of residence full described.Contract sheet with the employer. The guarantee letter. The employer’s brochure or guide book. Your official certificate of graduation. Your regume about past acitivity in Japan and home country. Alien card. The indipendent interview will also be followed without fail.

Still do you want to stay to apply in Japan?

Btw, if you apply to change status in Japan, you don’t need COE because you appy to the immigration office directly not through the embassy at all.

admin answers:

Okay, I’ll add this …!
Go here, http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/cgi-bin/right02.cgi?jump_url=data/visa/stv/req_a.htm&visa_type=Short-Term%20Visit&visa_country=Philippines&visa_fee=Gratis
Required document number 4. They actually say that “If you are not paying for your trip, a letter from the person/entity covering the cost of your trip is necessary.”
It still doesn’t say how much money is required, but on this page, not relating to Japan though, http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/brochures/brochures_1229.html
in Angola you need $100 for each day, for Equatorial Guinea you need $2,000 total, Niger $500, and for lots of other countries you only need to show your bank statements, but it doesn’t say anything about having to have money in there! You’ll have to phone your nearest Japanese Embassy! You’ve got to go there anyway, to apply for the visa and to pick it up, but it’s best if you get ALL relevant information BEFORE you travel there! PHONE them!

BTW, I thought it was obvious from your question that you were NOT an American citizen…!

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This page

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/05.html

doesn’t mention bank statements. Neither does this

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/03.html#a

Maybe it’s just to prove your address? An adult would be able to take in a bill for the same purpose, but as you probably don’t HAVE any bills in your name a bank statement is official enough to do the job.

Anyway, all you REALLY need to get into Japan is a return ticket – if you don’t have one they’ll send you straight back home!
; )

Perhaps you should check out your local Japanese Embassy’s web-site (if you haven’t already!) It will be on this page

http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/over/north_a.html

If THEY don’t have the right info, phone them up and ask! Maybe you could e-mail them instead, as it’s not a highly classified query! It pays to be sure of why they want to see a bank statement!

admin answers:

Although a permanent resident (green card holder) can travel freely outside of the United States, the country you would like to visit may have additional entry requirements (such as a visa). If you are a Nationals of Countries and Areas with Visa Exemption Arrangements with Japan and a holding valid passports, you can apply for landing permission for short-term stays for such purposes as sightseeing and business trips without obtaining a visa. Philippine is not on the list of the countries with Visa Exemption Arrangements in Japan. If you are a Philippine passport holder you will need a visa to enter Japan.

Here’s a link to the Embassy of Japan in the United States
For Japanese Visa Information / Requirements in your nearby consulate/visa office.

Http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/travel_and_visa/travel_and_visa_index.htm

The visa requirement information is given by telephone from 9:00AM to 12:30PM and 1:30PM to 5:00PM Eastern Standard Time. Phone: (202) 238 – 6800

Hope this helps.

admin answers:

First, the answer of “How?”, you should contact local Japanese Embassy or Consulate and file an application for tourist visa.

But these days, they say it’s very difficult for young female FIlipinas to get a Japanese visa because many of them have overstayed in the past.