Re: [tlug] Embedded linux dev wanting to find work in Tokyo.. Seeking advice.

[Joe Larabell <fred62@example.com>]

> This was the same when I got a working visa extension.

Well... extending an existing visa is a slightly different situation.

My information is from at least 5-6 years ago but I once read an official 
publication that said tourist visas (the ones they stamp in your passport 
at the airport without prior application) were not extendable and could 
not be used to transfer to another visa status. I don't see that listed on 
any of the English sites anymore so maybe that's old information. It also 
might depend on the country one is from (Britain's treaties with Japan 
seem to be more flexible than those of the US for some reason).

Of course, I still remember coming over here once before it was OK to come 
into the country for business on a tourist visa. I brought some literature 
along for a friend and had to spend what seemed like forever explaining to 
the guy at customs that I was *not* coming to Japan on business. Things do 
change -- sometimes for the better.

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