Recording summary · March 2018
[2018-03-27] I got a letter from immigration [mwZYU1HYRo8]
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Overview
Following his marriage, Daniel applied for a Japanese spouse visa and received a temporary application stamp allowing up to a two-month stay during processing.
Two weeks later, immigration sent a brown envelope requesting additional documentation by a March 30 deadline, including financial and employment proofs for his wife as well as screenshots demonstrating their relationship status.
An initial request for a British marriage certificate was dropped after the British Embassy stated it could not issue one for a marriage registered in Japan, which Daniel's wife confirmed directly with immigration.
Daniel demonstrated how to prepare a homemade pizza with a Milano crust, mixed cheese, Japanese bacon, mushroom, spring onions, and tomato puree on an episode of Cooking with Daniel.
Themes
Japanese spouse visa application and supplemental document requests.
Cooking with Daniel homemade pizza demonstration.
Developments
Daniel and his wife married and submitted their spouse visa application at Japanese immigration, receiving an application stamp in Daniel's passport.
Daniel discovered a brown envelope in the postbox two weeks after applying, containing a checklist requiring additional documents by March 30.
Daniel emailed the British Embassy in Tokyo regarding a British marriage certificate and learned it could not be provided.
Daniel's wife called Japanese immigration, leading officials to confirm the British marriage certificate was not required.
Daniel gathered screenshots of online conversations and prepared to submit his wife's employment and tax records.
Daniel prepared and grilled a homemade pizza on Cooking with Daniel.
Uncertainties & gaps
Whether Japanese immigration strictly enforces the March 30 deadline and would reject the application if forms are delayed, or whether an extension could be granted upon request.
Whether Daniel has a good chance of spouse visa approval, or whether immigration reviewed the initial documents prior to requesting supplemental materials.