I don't understand how the other universities can issue the COE on time and Keio can't. They explained that the delay is caused by the recent earthquake and tsunami. It's understandable because they have a lot more to deal with after the recent tragedies and the COEs are not their priority but I heard the same thing happened two years ago for the 2009-2010 UC students going to Keio. I don't know anyone from the study abroad program 2010-2011 so I can't say that it happens every year but I really hope that this won't happen to the study abroad students going to Keio next year.
It's quite frustrating as I scramble to find the cheapest way to get to Tokyo under a tourist visa. To enter as a tourist, you are required to have a round trip plane ticket but since I'm only traveling there one-way until a year later, I'll have to pay $300 more if I get a changeable round trip ticket. I'm now waiting for a response from the immigration office in Tokyo to find out if I can just take the ferry to S.Korea to show that I'm leaving Japan within 90 days. It's much cheaper (10,400 yen) than if I get a round trip plane ticket and the cancellation fee is only
300 Yen if I do so 7 days prior to my trip.
Please please please let me enter Japan with the one-way Ferry ticket to S.Korea. I really want to save the money so I can use it to travel when I'm in Japan.
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