月別アーカイブ: 2017年8月

If you find new work place and the job you are going to be engaged in is the same kind of work you did in the former company, you will not lose the visa.

In this case, if you are not sure if you can work with the visa, you should apply for “Certificate of Authorized Employment”.

If you don’t work for more than 3 months without any valid reason, you will be the object of cancellation of visa.

Your visa was issued since it needed to work in the company that you are allowed to work in, and quitting job means that there is no activity for which the visa was granted.

In this case, you can’t say you are allowed to stay here until the expiration date of your visa.

Please be careful.

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you are in trouble about visa, please let me know.

When they judge your application for status change or renewal, they will use and consider some points listed on the guideline.

You can see this guideline on Ministry of Justice’s website (available in multi languages).

Among these points, the one you should not disregard is “Implementing the obligation to report in Immigration Law”.

According to the guideline, they use this as one of the main points when it comes to decide if they grant you approval or not.

And, in the future, when considering applying for Permanent Resident visa, it is far better to implement this obligation. It will never be disadvantage to you, rather it will work well for you.

The items you should do;

・Notification of the matters described on the residence card

・Application for renewal of validity of the residence card

・Application for re-issuance of the residence card due to loss etc.

・Return of the residence card

・Notification of the organization to which they belong

I hope this information would help your living in Japan.

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you are in trouble about visa, please let me know.

(Question)

I have a student visa and I am a college student in Japan.

This time, I got an unofficial job offer.

Can I apply for changing for status of residence even when I am still a potential graduate?

(Answer)

You can apply for it if you can submit temporary certificate of graduate.

In this case, the approval of status change will be issued after you submit formal certificate of graduate to Immigration Office.

Of course, the person in charge of your workplace ought to know this, so they will tell you what you should do for it.

Please follow their guidance.

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you are in trouble about visa, please let me know.

There are 4 types of period of stay (3 months, 1 year, 3 years and 5 years) in “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” visa.

To decide the period, what standard do they use?

In general, they decide the period considering the follow matters.

The period of engaging in work

Your activity record or track record

The status of fulfillment of official obligation

The size and business performance of the company you are in

You can see the above standards on Immigration Office’s official document.

Based on this information, if you want to get more period, you have to make a “strategy”.

Even if there are no problems in your side at all, when there are something that will not go well for getting longer period in your company side, you might not get it, and vice versa.

In my opinion, you should think of it from more perspectives.

After gathering the information, documents and facts, you can find the possibility.

As you know, there is no “magic wand” in visa process, I think.

However, to increase the possibility of getting good result, all we have to do is to think the way how to get it.

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you are in trouble about visa, please let me know.

When you already have a qualification for working in Japan, such as “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services”, and if you want to change your workplace, what should you do to confirm whether you are allowed to do the work you are going to be engaged in in your new workplace with your current visa?

If the expiration of your visa is not approaching, you should apply for “Certificate of Authorized Employment”.

This certificate works as “mid‐term test” when you want to change jobs, and getting it means that you got authorized from Immigration Office.

Not all the person in charge in your workplace knows immigration law or process well, sometimes, when changing jobs, you may feel anxious about this point.

To get it, go to the regional immigration office in charge of your address.

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

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Hello.
I am Hitoshi.

Thank you for coming to my page.

I organized this article based on the inquiry from my reader who gave me consent.

(Question)

Can I get Long-Term resident visa?

I am a spouse of “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” visa holder.

My visa is dependent.

I have sister who married with Japanese man, and my Japanese brother in-law will support as my guarantor.

(Answer)

Long-term resident visa is granted to those who have special status such as descendant of Japanese, so in your case, if you don’t have the status, you can’t get it.

(Note)

Long-term resident is the person that is allowed to stay for a certain period of time by the Minister of Justice with the consideration of special reason.

Specifically, the notification of Justice Ministry stipulates the scope of this status, and there are some patterns of “Long term resident” who will stay as a family member.

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

Hello.

I am Hitoshi.

Thank you for always coming to my page.

Can I work at adult entertainment businesses?

If your status is “Permanent Resident”, “Spouse or Child of Japanese”, “Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident”, and “Long-Term resident”, you can work there.

As to these statuses, there are no restrictions on where you work.

You don’t need to get permit from immigration office.

If your status is other than these 4 types, you are not allowed to work there.

If your status is “Student” or Dependent”, even if you get permit from immigration office, you will never be allowed to work in adult entertainment businesses.

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

Hello.

I am Hitoshi.

Thank you for always coming to my page.

There are many types of status of residence.

To classify them clearly, it would be helpful to use the standard that you can work or not.

1 The status of residence with which you can work in specific field only.

In this category, there are

“Business Manager” for manager or administrator of a company, etc,

“Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” for engineer such as of mechanical engineering, interpreter, designer, language instructor at a private company or marketing specialist, and so on.

2 The status of residence with which you can’t work.

In this category, there are “Cultural Activities”, “Temporary Visitor”, “Trainee”, “Student”, and “Dependent”.

However, “Student”, “Dependent”, and “Cultural Activities” holders are allowed to work part time if they get permit from immigration office.

3 The status of residence with which you can work regardless of kinds of jobs.

In this category, there are “Permanent Resident”, “Spouse or Child of Japanese National”, “Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident”, and “Long Term Resident”.

I put the list of status of residence made by immigration office in comment field.

Please check it.

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.

Hello.

I am Hitoshi.

Thank you for always coming to my page.

When you get Permanent Resident, what will happen to the visa of your spouse or child?

If your spouse has dependent visa, you should apply for change of status to “spouse of Permanent Resident”.

If your child has dependent visa, you should apply for change of status to “Long-Term Resident”.

In principle, “Child of Permanent Resident” visa is granted to when the child was born in Japan under his/her father or mother who has already got Permanent Resident.

However, in these applications, if your financial status is unstable or your conduct in Japan is not good, you may not get the result you want.

As to the timing of applying for change, I suggest you should do it right after you get your Permanent Resident.

I hope this information will help you.

Thank you.

Solicitor & Immigration Lawyer

Hitoshi Oishi from Osaka Japan

If you want to ask something, please contact from this page.