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Originally Posted by Tokyozombie
Thats reassuring, as I'm American. So, what would you say the bare minimum safe stay in Korea would be? 2, 3 days? Also, any idea what questions I should expect when coming back and how I should answer?
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I can`t really give you a current answer for this... But I would say that in the past a 2 or 3 day trip would definitely have been enough.
Back long long ago, when I made a visa refresh trip to Korea, it was a common enough practice that I was asked both at entry into Korea and upon re-entry into Japan if I had been making the trip in order to get my COE/change visa status. There was no suggestion that it was something bad, and the feeling was that it was
very common.
In the past you DID indeed need to be outside of Japan in order to get it. In recent years I have been hearing more and more of people who are able to apply while in Japan, get the COE, and have a visa within weeks without ever stepping outside the country that I believe things may have changed.
But, having no experience with the process myself - I really do not know.