Don’t get me wrong, this has not been a complicated procedure, except for the begging, pleading, and outright lying to the Passport people.
Overall, everything has gone smoothly and easily. Today’s adventure is a little more paperwork related, but since it’s part of the process, I’m going to include it here. Since my Passport still might not arrive in time to get a visa, the Professor (Who I am now going to call “Dr. M.” from now on, just so we can keep our characters straight), asked me for some things to forward to her contact person in Japan. Hopefully this will shave off some of the time for the visa. There really isn’t anything unexpected here, so I assume everyone has to submit the same things, I guess I am just doing it a little early.
- 500 Word essay on “Why I want to participate in the Japan TESOL Internship Program.”
- A resume including all the usual stuff, focusing on my academic and teaching experiences.
- University transcripts
- A “Statement of Understanding” containing lots of disclaimers, but nothing unusual or oppressive.
- Personal information sheet with lots of questions, including medical history, next of kin, etc.
- 4 Photographs of me.
OK, this is all pretty straightforward stuff. The four photos were a little inconvenient, since the post office took my passport photos and kept everything. Basically I did this batch of photos myself with my digital camera and had them developed at Walgreens. They look acceptable in my opinion, and not a bad shot of me if I do say so myself.
Actually the hardest thing for me was the essay on why I want to do this. I will paraphrase: “I’ve always been fascintated with Japan and this is the perfect opportunity to go for an extended time as well as gain valuable working experience for a potential career as an overseas English teacher.” Which I then extended into a 500 word word essay. Ouch.
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