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What Is a Personal Guarantor in a Permanent Residence Application? A Permanent Residence application requires a personal guarantor. So, what kind of person can serve as a guarantor, and what responsibilities do they bear? Furthermore, what kinds of documents does the guarantor submit to the Immigra…

Preparing the required documents for a permanent residency application is highly complex, and we often receive inquiries from applicants who are unsure what documents they need and where to obtain them. Simply collecting the documents can take 2 to 3 months, and applicants with a history of moving o…

Does the Permanent Residence Visa Need to Be Renewed? To put the conclusion first: the Permanent Residence visa itself does not require renewal. This is because one of the advantages of the Permanent Residence visa is that the "period of stay is unlimited." If you already hold the Permanent Resid…

Leaving Japan After Obtaining Permanent Residence Once Permission for Permanent Residence is granted, you can live in Japan without worrying about your period of stay. There is, however, one thing you need to be careful about: leaving Japan. Even after obtaining Permanent Residence, you may leave t…

The Advantages of Obtaining Permanent Residence After living in Japan for a long time, "obtaining Permanent Residence" is something many foreign nationals come to consider. Beyond the ability to live in Japan for the rest of one's life, Permanent Residence offers other advantages. The following sec…

Permanent Residence and Dependents During the Permanent Residence review, the foreign national applicant's annual income is subject to assessment. The number of recent years examined in the review differs depending on the Status of Residence currently held (for example, the most recent 3 years for …

Permanent Residence Visa Applications and Changing Jobs Many people considering a Permanent Residence application — or those currently in the middle of one — find themselves being offered a new job or thinking about starting a job search, and worry about whether this might affect the Permanent Resi…

The Permanent Residence Visa and Naturalization Once you have grown accustomed to life in Japan and begin thinking about living here for the long term, you have likely at some point considered whether to apply for Permanent Residence or to apply for Naturalization. Either choice allows you to conti…

Period of Stay Required to Obtain Permanent Residence One of the requirements for obtaining Permanent Residence is satisfying the period-of-stay requirement. As a general rule, the period of stay is: Continuous residence in Japan for 10 years or more Within those 10 years, 5 years of conti…

What Happens If You Have a History of Overstaying? A history of overstaying makes the review for a Permission for Permanent Residence application stricter. That said, it does not mean that an application is impossible. We often receive inquiries asking whether one cannot apply for Permanent Residen…