My COE finally came today and I turned around and sent it in straight away for my visa. Interestingly, my visa will clear my stay in Japan up through next July. Interesting, seeing as I'm leaving Japan in December. No time to send it back and get one only cleared for half a year, though, so I guess I'm looking at the ability to stay however long I want over there (sadly, I have already bought all my tickets, including the one back to Pittsburgh on December 28th, so it's not lookign like a return to Japan is really plausible). That said, I'm just happy to have my COE in, considering that two weeks from this very moment, I will be in transit for Japan. The thought truly sends chills up my spine.
Oh! So, an interesting note- express mail both ways ended up costing me about 32 dollars. It was quite the blow. Perhaps no visa fees, but it definitely felt like there were. I guess it was better than the alternative costs- flying to New York, missing a day or two of work, and getting my visa there. That said, I'm crossing my fingers that this will be back by next Thursday, seeing as next Friday morning I leave to see my family in California. It looks like next Wednesday I will be visiting my family in PA, if ever so briefly.
So nervous... wah! I'm sure you'll hear from me soon.
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All visas like that are cleared for a year :) There's no half-year option on it, mine was like that too! There hasn't been a mistake; you got the right one.
ReplyDeletehaha- Oh! I see. I'm glad then. I was a little nervous... I started looking around all shifty eyed and then I thought "oh well!" =] Thanks for telling me =]
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