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It clarifies visa status changes for applicants currently working in Japan, graduation timing conditions, and limits related to double degree or exchange plans abroad for more than 90 days. It also explains transcript submission, language certificate validity dates and handling of lost JLPT certificates, TOEFL score report submission via PDF copy, and dean recommendation letter requirements including acceptable sources and required letter formatting. 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If you do not change the status by the enrollment period start, you cannot receive the scholarship.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"I am graduating in March 2023 from a Japanese university. Am I still eligible?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Yes, but if you graduate in March and are not affiliated with any other institution until September, you must return to your home country and apply again for a student visa to enter Japan as a MEXT scholar. Flight tickets are not provided to those who were residing in Japan at the time of application.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What GPA requirement affects whether I keep receiving the MEXT scholarship for the second year?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"If your annual GPA falls below 2.30 (maximum 3.0), you will lose the right to receive the scholarship in principle. The academic grades are calculated at the end of the second semester (end of the first year); those below the requirement cannot receive the scholarship for the 2nd year.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},507342,1791511941,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":39,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":81,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":39,"preview_page_count":4},3985747872983,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_994ba38a5ba835b3df7d355c54d3ed8d","FAQs : MEXT Scholarship (PGP) Application  \nEligibility：  \nQ1: I am now working in Japan. Am I eligible to apply?  \nA1: Yes, you are eligible as long as you will surely change the visa status to ‘student’ before the enrollment in GraSPP. Please note you will not be able to receive the scholarship when the enrollment period starts without changing the visa status.  \nQ2: I am graduating from the university in Japan in March, 2023. Am I eligible?  \nA2: Yes. However, if you graduate in March and do not belong to any other institution until September, you will need to go back to your home country to newly apply for student visa for entering Japan as a MEXT scholar.  \nEven in that case, please note that flight ticket to fly to Japan will not be provided to those who were residing in Japan at the time of application.  \nQ3: I am also applying for double degree/exchange program. Am I eligible?  \nA3: No. Students who are planning to go abroad for more than 90 days during the scholarship period are not eligible.  \nTranscript：  \nQ: Should I include the transcript of the university I attended for exchange/double degree program during the enrollment period at my university?  \nA: Please do not add the transcript of other university as we cannot include it into calculation of academic grade point for this MEXT (PGP) recommendation unless those grades are written on the transcript of your original university.  \nLanguage certificate :  \nQ1: As for ‘ certificate taken within two years’, what is the exact valid date?  \nA1: To be valid, test date should be on/after December 15, 2020.  \nQ1: I passed Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) previously, however, lost the certificate. What should I do?  \nA1: In that case, you cannot refer to it in the application form.  \nYou can only mention the one which you can submit valid certificate.  \nIf you fulfill English language requirement, it is just fine for the application.  \nQ3: Do I need to request ETS to send TOEFL official score report directly to your school? A3: No, it is not necessary. Please just include the copy of certificate in the pdf.  \nRecommendation letter from the Dean :  \nQ1: I graduated from university many years ago and I am currently working. It is very difficult for me to obtain the recommendation letter from the Dean of the university I graduated. Do I still need to submit this document?  \nA1: Recommendation letter from the Dean is essential for this PGP slot application.  \nWithout this document, you are not eligible in principle.  \nQ2: Does it have to be from the Dean? Is the recommendation letter from the Program Director also acceptable?  \nA2: The recommendation letter should be from the Dean of the department (or above) .  \nQ3: I am now enrolled in a university in Japan. Is the recommendation letter from the Dean of Japanese university acceptable?  \nA3: Yes, please submit the recommendation letter from the Dean of the current university  \nQ4: Is there any specific format for this recommendation letter?  \nA4: There is no specific format. It is fine as long as the Dean recommends you for this MEXT  \nscholarship application. The letter also needs to be addressed:  \n‘Dear President of the University of Tokyo’. (’To whom it may concern’ is NOT accepted.） Please make sure that the letter has the date (including year) and signature/official seal of the Dean . It also should be written on the university’s letterhead.  \nAcademic grades requirement (2 .30) as a MEXT scholar:  \nQ: Guideline says that the scholars will lose the right to be a recipient of MEXT scholarship when their grade point average for a year falls below 2.30 (maximum of 3 .0) . In this case, the scholar stops receiving the scholarship after one year?  \nA: Yes. We calculate the academic grades at the end of the second semester (at the end of the  \nfirst year) and the scholars who cannot reach the required level will not be able to receive the scholarship for the 2nd year.","cbCaia6oM3nPV6Pm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaia6oM3nPV6Pm","pdf",251733,"English","# Eligibility\n## Visa status and current employment in Japan\n## Graduation timing and student visa requirements\n## Double degree/exchange eligibility\n# Required Documents\n## Transcript submission\n## Language certificate rules (JLPT/English tests)\n## Dean recommendation letter requirements\n# Academic Grades Requirement","[{\"question\":\"If I am currently working in Japan, am I eligible to apply for MEXT Scholarship (PGP)?\",\"answer\":\"Yes, you are eligible as long as you will change your visa status to “student” before enrollment in GraSPP. 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