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HanoiHundreds of people lined up to submit their application to the Japanese Embassy when it announced the visa renewal on the morning of 11/24.
There was no shoving and shoving scene, the line of people divided into three lines, waiting to enter the proceedings in front of the Japanese embassy on Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh district. Many employees of the labor export company carry large bags containing hundreds of passport records.
Line of people to line up on the sidewalk of Lieu Giai Street, morning of November 24 Image: Giang Huy
On November 20, the Embassy of Japan announced the receipt of new visa applications for people with short-term commercial purposes, such as: labor contact, negotiation, contract signing; labor going to work; extended stay. The move was part of the opening path after a “freeze” period due to Covid-19. At the beginning of October, this agency processed visas for people with residency status from March 27 onwards.
Standing in the middle of the line, Mr. Thao, an employee of the labor export company, brought four sets of files from the trainee who has resided in Japan since July. He kept looking at his watch and then to the line of people in front of you, scared Yesterday, Thao arrived earlier, but couldn’t pay due to overcrowding. To get a spot this morning, he first had to queue up with a close colleague.
During three years working in the Japanese labor export industry, Thao had never seen such a large queue. The time to obtain the visa was 12 days ago. Today, many people are expected to apply, although the number of issues may be limited, so the agency that issues the visa does not specify the processing time.
Taking a motorcycle taxi 20 km from Phung City to the Japanese Embassy at 8:00 am, Tran Thi Nhung saw nearly a hundred people arrive first. He didn’t know exactly how many records he had, he just knew how to put them in three nylon bags. Waiting for more than an hour, Nhung wrapped the file bag around his feet and sat down to relieve fatigue. “Trainees can’t fly, records remain hundreds of sets, everyone is impatient,” Nhung explained, saying that “reissuing visas is a good sign.”
According to Japanese regulations, the person who enters the country will be isolated for 14 days at home, will not use public transport and will encourage the retention of information and location during the previous time.
Someone brought hundreds of export labor files to process. Image: Hoang Phuong
Japan leads Vietnam’s labor export market with more than 80,000 people, each year bringing the country $ 3 billion. About 200,000 interns and 30,000 technicians work in this country.
In April, the Japanese government had to extend its national emergency, when it recorded 8,600 infections and 180 deaths from Covid-19. Along with the suspension of international flights by Vietnam, the Japanese market has been congested since March. In the first six months of the year, the number of workers going to work abroad has only reached a quarter of the goal of bringing 130,000 people inside. year 2020.
Hoang Phuong
