Doing a DCF in Tokyo

[Izumisano 0]

Hi all,

I know it has been a long time since my last update but a lot has happened since then. We got married on Christmas! I got the perfect ring while on business in South Korea.

Unfortunately it seems that that trip to Korea may have buggered us a bit. The Tokyo embassy allows people to do a DCF only after being resident in Japan for 6 months. A call to the embassy "hotline" -- really a call center in India with a bad connection -- informed that the 6-month period is to be calculated from the day I came back to Japan, not from when I obtained my work visa. If true that puts us in a tight spot timewise.

So, does anyone know for sure how that period is calculated? My wife is going insane over this.

[mateo 0]

Hi all,

I know it has been a long time since my last update but a lot has happened since then. We got married on Christmas! I got the perfect ring while on business in South Korea.

Unfortunately it seems that that trip to Korea may have buggered us a bit. The Tokyo embassy allows people to do a DCF only after being resident in Japan for 6 months. A call to the embassy "hotline" -- really a call center in India with a bad connection -- informed that the 6-month period is to be calculated from the day I came back to Japan, not from when I obtained my work visa. If true that puts us in a tight spot timewise.

So, does anyone know for sure how that period is calculated? My wife is going insane over this.

Did they stamp your passport on entry and exit? Is there any way they can track your residence? I am not sure what documents they require to file, but if your bona fide residence was in Japan you should be able to get any side trips waived.

I wish I had done the DCF in Brasil, as I would have been done with this process, but I was transferred overnight.

M.

[Izumisano 0]

It was stamped on both entry and exit, I had to obtain a re-entry permit in fact. I'm really thinking that the people at the call center were wrong or misunderstood my question, because it just doesn't make sense, does it? I'll likely just try to file, worst case is they tell me to come back later.

You got transferred to Japan? Whereabouts?