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gaijinkun wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 9:46 am Immigration will ask you to renew your current viza first.
They will screen your PR for at least 6 month and give you result.
From last summer they changed a bit required document list + they will ask your kazei nozei etc for last 5 years.
If you salary is less than 3.5 mil a year (including previous last 5 years) they will refuse to grant PR. If you have a family in Japan you should have more income.

They also want two year's proof of public pension payments.

I moved back to Japan in the summer of 2017, after living abroad for 10 years.

I applied for PR in the summer of 2019 and was approved a few months later. I had to show proof of employment (在職証明書), show that my tax and pension payments etc were up to date - I basically only had documentation for the last year, but that wasn't a problem; my (non-working) wife was the guarantor, and...that was it. It was ridiculously quick and easy.

I applied under one of the new rules, that says that if you've been married for more than three years and have lived in Japan for more than one year, you can apply for PR. It was dead easy. I literally spent more time and effort getting my mobile phone....

The flip side, its not guaranteed. I've been living in japan for a couple of decades now and been rejected for PR every time. They still renew my visa for 3 years each time though.

So yeah, get the visa.

jbdt wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2020 5:20 am I'm going to apply for Permanent Residency in mid February and would like to ask those who have applied for PR before whether they also had to apply for another 5 year visa while the PR application was being processed. I have been told I need to have a valid visa while a application is being processed and my online search couldn't confirm what exactly that means. My current visa expires late April so I am a little concerned given the typical time it takes to process a PR visa.

If you ever check back in here, it would be good to update us on how this went

Applied for wife's PR mid June, 2020. Haven't heard anything since.. I'm guessing the approval postcard will arrive before Christmas. Will keep you guys updated so you have a rough timeline on the process.

OkiBum wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:56 am Applied for wife's PR mid June, 2020. Haven't heard anything since.. I'm guessing the approval postcard will arrive before Christmas. Will keep you guys updated so you have a rough timeline on the process.

That will be very nice. Thank you!
I applied in September

creed wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2020 7:34 pm The flip side, its not guaranteed. I've been living in japan for a couple of decades now and been rejected for PR every time. They still renew my visa for 3 years each time though.

So yeah, get the visa.

I am getting ready to apply.

I am applying via the spousal visa route. (We have been married 3 years, and I have a 3-year visa).

Did they say why they rejected your applications? There is usually a stated reason, and I believe you can phone in to clarify.

I just want to make sure my ducks are in a row. Everything is paid up, but I was listed as a dependant for a year why we were abroad.

I received my PR notification postcard a few days ago, about three months after applying, after 3.5 years in Japan (spouse visa). I think location makes a huge difference both in terms of processing time and strictness/leniency of the officials. I applied in Sapporo. Good luck to all applicants.

If you salary is less than 3.5 mil a year (including previous last 5 years) they will refuse to grant PR.

I am disproof by counterexample of this statement from an earlier post. Prior to applying, I often came across statements like this on forums and from immigration support services. The department of immigration states the below:

The person has sufficient assets or ability to make an independent living.
The person does not financially depend on someone in the society in his daily life, and
his/her assets or ability, etc. are assumed to continue to provide him/her with a stable
base of livelihood into the future.

http://www.moj.go.jp/content/001241940.pdf

kuma wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:48 am

If you salary is less than 3.5 mil a year (including previous last 5 years) they will refuse to grant PR.

I am disproof by counterexample of this statement from an earlier post. Prior to applying, I often came across statements like this on forums and from immigration support services. The department of immigration states the below:

The person has sufficient assets or ability to make an independent living.
The person does not financially depend on someone in the society in his daily life, and
his/her assets or ability, etc. are assumed to continue to provide him/her with a stable
base of livelihood into the future.

http://www.moj.go.jp/content/001241940.pdf

Congratulations on your PR.

I am about to take the plunge as well and from my reading of it income does not matter if you are the spouse of a Japanese national, though being a person of good character does, so if you have paid your tax/pension/health late you are in trouble. It’s OK to have been in prison though...

I am hoping it’s a case of common sense prevailing tbh. My missus and I have been married 25 years, have built a house here, are both working and have paid what we have to when we have to. Being British I have a fear of immigration departments but I am hoping for fair play here.