Certificate of Eligibility

Today, my Certificate of Eligibility came in the mail. This is the document that allows me to apply for my visa, something everyone needs when they spend over 90 days in a foreign country.

The visa application is actually fairly simple. I am required to send my documents to the Japanese Consulate in New York City (where you have to send it depends on where you live) in order to apply for my visa. Once they receive everything and okay it (a process that generally takes about four to five days), they will return my passport to me with my Japanese visa.

In an envelope sent via the United States Postal Service I am asked to include the followng:

- Completed visa application form
- Release of Liability form
- Passport
- Certificate of Eligibility (2 copies)

Now that I have everything filled out, all that's left to do is send it! Now that the last of the paperwork is taken care of, it's down to the finer details. What am I going to pack? How do I set up my bank account? What type of phone should I get? And all that jazz.

One step at a time. One month closer to my goal!

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