I just made my passport around March this year and it is still blank, and honestly I don't go overseas so many times. Then what happened? The visa is rejected multiple times. Why do you think? Simply because the reason is the Japanese embassy was afraid that I will be an illegal worker there because I am in productive age. Based on that reason there are so many things I want to tell.
First problem is I entrusted the whole Visa thing to the campus. I gave them on April 8. But then they use a travel agent to proceed my Visa around April 20. What on earth did you do for a week? The travel agent has a very unique personality. I don't want to mention it so much about her here.
Okay, so the first rejection is because the photo is not enough, so next time make sure you give them some extra photos. They told me on April 20, morning while I am working. Damn.
Second rejection is on April 29 because the documents were incomplete. The embassy wanted the invitation letter from the conference committee. Well, okay... I gave them the notification email stating that our paper is accepted. You know what, they even told me to change my passport to e-passport because it need no visa. What's wrong with that? The time of course. April 29 was Friday and May 5-6 is holiday. Processing the visa takes 3-4 workdays. It is impossible to make it happen.
Just that? No! I submitted the visa again on May 2, and it was accepted. Thanks God.
But alas! The flight schedule has to be changed into May 9 or 10, because the scheduled time is on Sunday, May 8, and the embassy is closed from May 5. I have to pay the reschedule penalty for 2.3 million rupiahs.
Is it over? Not yet.
The very next day I got a call from the embassy. They need the contact person in Japan who run the conference. I actually got one, but I don't know if he agreed to be my guarantor. On Sunday, May 8 I got the email from the professor stating that he would be the guarantor for me. So on the very next day, I went to the embassy to submit the email conversation printout.
The very next day I got a call from the embassy. They need the contact person in Japan who run the conference. I actually got one, but I don't know if he agreed to be my guarantor. On Sunday, May 8 I got the email from the professor stating that he would be the guarantor for me. So on the very next day, I went to the embassy to submit the email conversation printout.
Okay, it is a long story right? Fortunately it had a happy ending. On May 10, I took my visa from the embassy and went to Japan at midnight.
