On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:16:29 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom"
<ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Raj Feridun" <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
>news:qp9v409n5f420v52bgp68pgivpkva3shek@4ax.com...
>> When I initially came over in January, 1994 I was told in no uncertain
>> terms that the spouse visa must be issued prior to departure for Japan
>> and from a consulate office in the country of the applicant and cannot
>> be issued once you get here. I don't know if the rules have changed at
>> all in the 10 years since.
>
>I have no doubt that you were told that <g>.
>
>But if you can't wait a couple weeks for your visa, it must be a real
>emergency -- so I would just go over on a tourist visa, and take my lumps
>there. The worst that happens is you get a two-week vacation in Korea/Guam.

Well things may have changed and I guess it all depends on what office
you go to and who you deal with but I have a friend who was denied the
option of going to Korea when he originally came over 12 years ago on
a tourist visa and tried to switch to the Nipponjin no Haiguusha visa.
He ended up having to go back to Oregon to reapply and go through the
whole process over again.


Raj