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Thank you, will do that. I had a meeting with my realtor today. I asked him to help make additional applications for me. He mentioned that some of the issues I was having was because their web sites were designed in a way to only work with a browser in a Japanese OS. Changing input language alone is...

Good grief Japanese websites are bad! I tried SBI Shinsei online application. First stage to submit my details went fine. Next stage to enter group credit life insurance takes me to an external site. I enter my name in English and Katakana and it tries to auto format but ends up putting garbage into...

Thank you Kiro. Taking a day off work today so will apply to as many as I can!

Thanks guys. Will check out Aeon bank. Friend also recommended AU Jibun Bank. Seems there are a lot better deals than the Bank of Yokohama, although I need to check the details. If I go with BoY and the basic plan (only death is covered), I think it is included in 0.3%. Will I be able to add my own ...

Wales4rugbyWC19 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 12:35 pm 0.3% is what I am paying with SMBC for the 8 diseases. However, they offered life insurance for free.

Wow! 0.3% total including insurance is great. I will take a look at them. Thanks!

Hi, We eventually decided to buy a 15 year old mansion after unsuccessfully trying to find land to build a custom home in our desired area. For us, location is more important and we don't plan on having kids so we had to compromise. It probably makes more sense. Anyway, we are going to borrow ~55 mi...

@JimmyK Thanks! I mailed the follow-up application today. They took many months to respond to my original application but as the deadline is April, I will give them a call if I don't hear anything by end of Feb. Cheers!

@kuma That's great info. Thank you for your thoughts and guidance! I really appreciate you taking the time to consider my case in particular
I definitely will put together a lengthy cover letter with the points you mentioned. Like you said, Class 2 is too good of a deal to not try.

@kuma Thank you for the detailed explanation, it really helps! It seems unnecessarily complicated but I guess they have their reasons. Since I left UK I have only returned once in 2019 for a week's holiday. After I left the UK I studied in Japan for about 9 months and then worked in Singapore full-t...

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Thanks for the update. I will try to apply for Class 2 again referring to this as a possible reason to re-evaluate my application. I satisfy all the conditions as far as I am aware but they still rejected me last time.