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Updated 28 August 2007
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please help me to look for my parents in japan, mrs. emie nakagawa and mr yuji nakagawa. 803 615 62 62, they said ther in aichiken please help me
sir/man I have a Japanes girlfrirend and live in partner before, we have a plan to marry,may papers is under process in the philippines. But the Immigration police possess me and go to jail, after that my wife was marry me in side the jail. in side the jail i’m waiting for almost two months in nagoya immigration dention jail. After i’m waiting all my papers finish in September 5, and show to the immigration personel and say I’m sorry you most to go back to your netive country! The immigration was deny my visa the date is September 3 and give me a penalties 5years Up to 10years before im going back again inside japan, before my papers reales in cityhall. I have no choice,i’m going back to my country,my wife live in philippines for almost one month and live togethere but we have a big problem, it is not easy for her to adjust to live my own country,she have a sick and i decide my wife is going back again in japan . I think it is very unfair for me and my wife,everyday my wife call me and she cry because she not live with me,now my wife mother have a cancer only waiting for die.seriously worry about her sitsuation. Now i have a plan to apply visa again! How can i do to grandted my visa? It is possible give me a visa in the philippines or not? THANK YOU VERY MUCH…
good day. i have a son named yuki and he’s now 6 years old. His father is a japanese, we are not married but he did acknowledged my son by signing in my son’s birthcertificate. My son did not have any communication with his father since he was a 3 years old. my concern is, my son’s right to his father and can he go to japan and study there.
good day! I have a 6 years old son named yuki and his father is a japanese. We are not married but this japanese (based in hiroshima and had an office at Tokyo and have a company here in the Philippines) did acknowledged my son by signing in his birthcertificate. My son had no communication to his father since he was 3 years old. My concern is, my son’s right to his father, his father’s obligations.Can my son study and live in japan?
hello der! im ken c,. i have japanese husband and having a two kids with him,. but everytime,everyday having un argument with each other,. so i need to devorce my husband im so stressfull,. please help me my big problem is how to devorce him,. i always in my mind my kids, i dont what to do here becouse i have no relatives freinds here.,, please help me
ohayou!!!
nande ima made gifu yanagase no omise,philipinjin no onna noko shigoto shiteru?immigration wa nani mou shitenai ka?sorewa anatatachi no shigoto deshou?douyate nihon no seikatsu umaku narimasu,moshi anatatachi wa nani mou shinai?minna illegal visa sukateru,,,immitation kekkon,,overstay,,,demo nande sukamarenai?atou overstay no philipinjin nande nihon de kekkon suru daijobu?inchiki janai?dakara ima minna no overstay immitation kekkon yateru.immigration wa action shinai?
hello i am a single mother of a filipino/japanese daughter who is 4 yrs.old now.Since i had birth with my child i was really worried about how to raise her with the absence of her japanese father who did’t botherd to marry me or even sign to my daughter’s birth certificate..instead a japanese man friend of mine did sign it because of his symphaty to the child who is also a japanese blood.I am 100% sure and knew in myself the exact father of my child.
The story of mine as a single mother started when i dated with a japanese staff in the same company i worked in as entertainer last 2002.I was 2 months pregnant when i arrived back in philippines he promised that we will get married because he knew i was pregnant.But everything changed when i arrived in my country i call him many times and he only told me that he is not sure if the child that i have in my womb is his child and one time i caught him with another woman on the line when i tried to call him to ask and beg him that he should believe because i know in my heart he is the only japanese man i gave my whole with.i have worked a a lot here in my country to raised my child alone without the help or support from her japanese father who abandoned her since im pregnant.
I am really worried that my very young poor half japanese daughter will grow up without any privilages in japan or even see meet her real father, i am asking now if there is anything i could do so i can be able to give my child the right of meeting her father in the future or rights to have her visa in japan as well.I am positively sure and interested if i have to make them have dna test so that the japanese immigration will believe that my child has the right in enetering japan.
Please i really need consult and advices with this.I will appreciate it very well.
-thank you so much
we’ve just learned that finger printing is now required in the immigration and my husband, has grown wartz on his index finger which we plan to have operated once he vocation for two weeks in the philippines. my concern is, will there be any problem in the fingerprinting if there’s wartz or if the wound has not fully healed yet?if yes, what can we do to avoid any problem in the immigration, do we need to secure/present document such as medical documents?thank you for your attention.
I overstayed in japan for 1yr & 4mos. using my real name but I was caught last 2006. Now i was in the philippines. I have my japanese boyfriend and we’re planning to get married on 2010 I will use my real name. I just want to know if it is possible for me to go back in japan if we’re going to get married on 2010?
overstay igppai irru kanishi gifuken (KISS)omisenonamae!shirabetekudasai
good day to all of you! my cousin has been asking me this question for many times now and i think she is not satisfied with my answer so i decided to consult you this on her matter.she was married to a japanesse citizen in the philippines before.suddenly her husband divorced her because her husband had a relationship with another woman and the woman became pregnant,which is unfavorable to her.despite this she did not bring the case to a family court because she her guilt is upon the baby that she is bearing.but her concern now is that her visa has still 2 years remaining.she dont want to go back to the philippines yet because she want to put up some amount before starting a new life.could it be possible that she stays here until her visa expires? wouldn’t the immigration send her back home since her status is now abolished? pls reply my mail sooner because she’s really going paranoid now.and im sad about her.
pls help me i dnt know wat to do or go to help me to locate the adress of my wife ivy sto. domingo filipina she is in nagoya japan she arrived there on march 25 2008 i cannot contact the number she gave me 00819093719997 beacused she dnt know that our son is on critical condition right now our son is on hospital she never called yet becaused she don’t have any work yet there pls help me email me if ever u find my wife pls i am begging u all.my email add is adrianne0323@yahoo.com.ph pls any filipino out there pls help me help us to contact her\
immigration to japan seems extremely difficult. i plan on moving there and become a naturalized citizen. one thing i would like to know, from the websites ive seen, you need to live in japan for 5 or more consecutive years to apply for a naturization. but you have to sign up for visas that only last for only a little while. how am i supposed to become naturalized if i cant live there for more than 5 years before coming back? and would i need to apply a permanent residency before i apply for naturalization?
Patrick, even though working visas usually last only up to 3 years, there is no fixed limit on how often they can be renewed. Also, if you marry a Japanese citizen then you can both live in Japan permanently. These are just two ways you can stay in Japan for 5 years — there are probably others.
CARMELO R. CASTRO is overstay hir in japan,he lived in shimohon machi,tenjinzuka shatune aishio,in koji shibata’s house hir in japan..pls be alert of this..send him back to phil
to immigration of japan please help me to my problem because my wife is currently live in japan and she was an illegal allien or no proper document to stay in japan so i want you to know that i want to deport my wife and go back in the philippines. so i would like you to conduct an investigation as soon as posible to deport my wife here is some impormation she work in choshi as a factory worker and she stay in company housing and the discription, fishing stablishment and she also work in nightclub in choshi and the name of the club is moonlight the owner Gemma Sugawara live in chiba ken and this is the cell number of oparator or the owner of the club 00818020171473 and also i have been know that the moonlight club is no permit and did not pay the tax and my wife name is Angelica Catalan cell number 00818067374799 so please help me to deport my wife and she plan also to married in some japanese citezen to have a proper visa and so please dont ignor this case because I VERY LOVE MY WIFE and i know she is ushing of some people behind her to very conservative and very unselfish matter so i challenge your effort to use all your power to sustain and to help my problem to my wife and i know choshi is very small city in japan so i know the location of my wife is easy to get or easy to known if your power will you used and i dont understand why she want to overstay and work in japan, but i want to beg your concern to my problem.
itatanong ko lng kc kung mabigyan me ng passport kc nung pumunta me sa japan ibang pangalan ginamit me at nagpakasal me sa bf kong hapon na gamit ang totoong pangalan kaso lng problema me kung ano ang mga documentong kailangan at meron narin me ng report of marriage gusto ko sanang magpagawa ng passport kaso my passport na me dati ano po ang dapat kong gawin punta ba me ng embassy?
ask ko lang po sana yun kaibigan ko po permanent visa sya kakasal nya lang po sa filipino na sa pilipinas paano nya po aayusin yun visa ng kanyang asawa need po ba na nagbabayad ng tax bukod pa sa gensen soumensho ano po bang kailangan mga papel thankssssssss
ikinasal ako sa pilipino kong asawa dated may20,2002…nambabae sya ng 2005 kaya syay nagpakalayu, may ate sya sa japan na may asawang hapon, ngaun nasa japan sya at nag TnT , ang balita ko nitong taon na to , nagpakasal sya sa japonesa, nakakuha sya ng singleness ng di ko alam , si pa annull ang kasal namin…may anak sya sa babae nya rito sa pinas at ngaun ,nag pakasal sa japonese….papanung nagkaganun na di man lang na trace ng japanese immigration na kasal ang asawa ko rito sa pinas..ang tunay nyang pangalan ay Jesus P. Monteclaro….0081473340318 # sa bahay ng ate nyang si Francis M. Saito…sana naman po matulungan ako sa bagay na ito..ang di ko lang matanggap ay nakapagpangasawa ng ganung ganun lang ang asawa ko …..salamat po sa kinauukulan….
i would like to know if it is possible to locate my kids father who is a japanese. he left us 7 years ago,we have 2 kids ,he acknowledge my kids here in the philippines he signed on their birth certificate. i need to locate him because my kids has their right for his support. its the parents responsibility to support their children. his name is Sugiyama Katsuhiro he used to live in Ito-shi shizuoka ken. thank you i hope you can send me some information on how to locate him.