Hey yall, I’ve started looking at visa‘s bc this whole thing seems like a mess, it looks like a COE is the only way to get a student visa? But honestly at this point I have no clue, Meiji Academy apparently doesn‘t sponsor visa’s (?????) which makes no sense to me so I’m screwed that way, I’m wondering how you guys got visa’s to stay for longer periods if you were studying at a language school. It’s not a college, I wont be getting a certificate or degree at the end. I contacted my local embassy but haven’t heard back, this just seems like a mess.
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by hashmap01 on May 22, 2026
Meiji Academy website says that student visa sponsorship is "Temporarily not available until further notice. Please contact us again in October 2026."
There have been recent changes to the language school student visa requirements (e.g. maybe requiring N5 certificate or equivalent). I suspect Meiji Academy is sitting it out until the implementation of these new regulations becomes more predictable.
Multiple other school continue sponsoring student visas.
by Abacaxiking on May 22, 2026
It actually makes sense to do this but I imagine most schools would prefer to still have full classes and all that tuition money.
by shortcqkez on May 22, 2026
Thank you, I can’t believe I didn’t see that, I am sure I could pass an N5 the only problem would be still getting my COE, I might have to just look at different schools
