About visas

[Humel]

[cstaylor]

Go check out David Aldwinkle's site on the Internet. He made the transition to Japanese citizen, and he's done a fair job of documenting it.

IIRC, the key part to getting a permanent visa/citizenship is mastery of the Japanese language, how well you understand day to day living arrangements in Japan, how your neighbors feel about you, and whether the immigration official handling the case thinks you're worth the paperwork.

Taro, how does that go again? "Case by case basis"?

[AssKissinger]

how your neighbors feel about you

I seriously doubt they interview your neighbors.

[Taro Toporific]

G.... mastery of the Japanese language, how well you understand day to day living arrangements in Japan, how your neighbors feel about you, and whether the immigration official handling the case thinks you're worth the paperwork.
Taro, how does that go again? "Case by case basis"? ]
Sheeeeeeeeeee-it, PHASE OF THE MOON. Just yesterday I was PMed by two other FG guys with the same-old-sack-of-shite story as me: about 10 to 20 years here in the Land-o-Concrete and still no perm visa (damn, one a native J-speaker and the other does interpreting).

Anyway, to quote my former coworker and now J-zillionare Terrie Lloyd in his artical in Japan Today, "Getting that all-important visa"

As an employer and recruiting consultant, who is often asked to give input to job applicants who haven't straightened out their visa problems yet &#8211] japantoday >commentary / October 8, 2002[/url]

[cstaylor]

Talking out your ass, AssKissinger?

During the review process, ministry officials visit the applicant's neighborhood to ask neighbors questions about the applicant's behavior.

[AssKissinger]

There's all kinds of bullshit on the Internet, including bullshit relating to getting a permanent resident visa for Japan.

BTW, I can't figure out why anybody bothers to ask this kind of question on any Internet forum. Get the information from the immigration office and do what they say. It's not like getting a job or finding a place to stay. And Taylor, why are you so hostile?

[cstaylor]

And Taylor, why are you so hostile?

Bad mood this morning. Sorry I took it out on you.

[Big Booger]

and this whole time I thought his last name was:
Staylor

[Mini_B]

QUESTION:

I'm on a tourist VISA now
I plan to buy a company from a Japanese guy which is already established (Yugen Kaisha)
What steps must I follow to get my inkanshomen so I can sign the papers?
What else must I prepare before purchasing the company?

I'd like to find any resources on the net that might help.
Anythink but JETRO. I said I need help...not a waste of my time!
Those guys are idiots....

Please lend a fellow FG some advice.

THANKS
Mini_B

[Mini_B]

QUESTION:

I'm on a tourist VISA now
I plan to buy a company from a Japanese guy which is already established (Yugen Kaisha)
What steps must I follow to get my inkanshomen so I can sign the papers?
What else must I prepare before purchasing the company?

I'd like to find any resources on the net that might help.
Anythink but JETRO. I said I need help...not a waste of my time!
Those guys are idiots....

Please lend a fellow FG some advice.

THANKS
Mini_B

[Mini_B]

QUESTION:

I'm on a tourist VISA now
I plan to buy a company from a Japanese guy which is already established (Yugen Kaisha)
What steps must I follow to get my inkanshomen so I can sign the papers?
What else must I prepare before purchasing the company?

I'd like to find any resources on the net that might help.
Anythink but JETRO. I said I need help...not a waste of my time!
Those guys are idiots....

Please lend a fellow FG some advice.

THANKS
Mini_B

[Mini_B]

I had natto on my mouse!

[Nagged]

I talked to a Chinese guy at work today. He got his permanent visa after being married to his wife for 5 years (she is Chinese too but has received Japanese citizenship).

I get the impression that if you have kids here and they think you are going to stay forever, you have better odds of getting a permanent visa.

But speaking to a few other FGs, it does seem to be luck of the draw.

When I applied for my long term resident visa, I persuaded my company to help out a fair bit - the company president sponsored me and I got a letter of recommendation saying I was an vital member of the firm . (Basically I told the company if they didn't do this for me, I would be deported and they would have to find someone to replace me - they got the hint real fast )

I'd guess that there must be some system the immigration people refer to, but I can't understand why they are so picky at times.

Mini_B, I know of this website. I don't know how accurate it is, considering all the different types of visa there are but it might help. (Scroll down the page)

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html

[kamome]

QUESTION:

I'm on a tourist VISA now
I plan to buy a company from a Japanese guy which is already established (Yugen Kaisha)
What steps must I follow to get my inkanshomen so I can sign the papers?
What else must I prepare before purchasing the company?

I'd like to find any resources on the net that might help.
Anythink but JETRO. I said I need help...not a waste of my time!
Those guys are idiots....

Please lend a fellow FG some advice.

THANKS
Mini_B

You might try consulting with a judicial scrivener. They may be able to point you in the right direction at low cost.

[Caustic Saint]

You might try consulting with a judicial scrivener. They may be able to point you in the right direction at low cost.

Just so long as his name's not Bartleby.

[Taro Toporific]

[Mini_B]

Is the judicial scrivener another way of saying lawyer?

Duh.

[amdg]

Given the scope of their power there's no exact equivalent to a shihoshoshi in America/England/Canada/Australia/NewZealand. They have more power than a Notary Public, but less than an Attorney at Law.

However, on their websites in English, targeting potential FG clients, they very often refer to themselves as lawyers. So you might want to clarify with them whether or not they are bengoshi (Attorneys at Law).

[amdg]

[Steve Bildermann]

[Taro Toporific]

[amdg]

Is she a Japanese national? If not then your answer is no.

No, not a Japanese citizen. Damn.

However, Korean permanent residents get visas for their alien spouses all the time.

What kind of visas? Oh wait, I see, ....

[Steve Bildermann]

Based on the 2003 revision of the 'nationality and immigration regulation' act many new immigration 'guidelines' have been introduced over the past year and half. You've probably been reading about them as 'roundups' and 'crackdowns in the newspapers.

All of this has culled the legal visa holders in Japan by about 20% and seen about 3-4,000 illegals arrested and deported.

It is Japan's announced intention to further reduce the *entire* non-Japanese population (meaning not Japanese passport holders) by a further 40% over the next five years to a maximum of 3% of the population. As of last March that population was 'guessed' at 7% (including Korean and Chinese residents)

This will require some pretty drastic measures. However Japan has never shied away from such actions before.

[amdg]

It is Japan's announced intention to further reduce the *entire* non-Japanese population (meaning not Japanese passport holders) by a further 40% over the next five years to a maximum of 3% of the population.

Yikes! 3% of the population is a HUGE reduction, considering that permanent residents (who I assume will not be deported ) account for around, what?, 2% of the non-Japanese population. Is that a fair estimate do you think?

[Taro Toporific]

It is Japan's announced intention to further reduce the *entire* non-Japanese population (meaning not Japanese passport holders) by a further 40% over the next five years to a maximum of 3% of the population.

Yikes! 3% of the population is a HUGE reduction, considering that permanent residents (who I assume will not be deported ) account for around, what?, 2% of the non-Japanese population. Is that a fair estimate do you think?

I've seen 1.53% for non-Japanese permanent residents quoted in the past, so 2% ought to cover it now. Japan Inc better get working harder on perfecting their ASIMOs and AIBOs if the Japanese expect to have someone to do the work in this country in the future.

Land of the rising robot
CNN International - Aug 23
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