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Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau.
Updated 11 April 2006
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i will like to live in janpan becaues japan have contributed to upliftment of human delinity
good afternoon,
i am from malaysia, i intend immigrate to japan, but i want to know about the requirement and condition have to fulfil, may i know from where i can the resource about immigration to japan . thank you
Low kuang siang, you should try contacting a Japanese embassy in Malaysia. See the links on the Japanese embassies page for details.
Dear Sir,
I am sri lankan student who has got a scholarship to japan university. can i go to therer with my husband, if he get tourist visa. can he change it to dependent visa after arriving to japan.
I have awarded scholarship to do PHD in japan(sri lankan). my problem is how can i take my husband with me. Can he apply for the dependent visa from sri lanka (japan) embassy
Thanks
I want to report someone in japan.. she is an illegal tourist. her tourist visa already expired and she is still staying in japan up to this time.
Name: [deleted by editor]
Address in Japan: [deleted by editor]
Nelum and Prasadhi, You should be able to apply for the dependent visa from Sri Lanka, but the procedures can be a bit complex. Ask your Japanese embassy.
Sorry, sridhar tenumetcha, this is not an appropriate forum to make accusations of this kind.
FYI -your link (at the top of this page) to Tokyo Regional Immigration no longer
works.
You mention they have a useful telephone helpline -maybe you could post the number or an updated link?
Thanks,
-g
[...] The Japanese Ministry of Justice’s Immigration Information Center is the best place to call for all immigration related issues. It’s located in Tokyo inside the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau, but you can call them from anywhere in Japan (or, presumably, from outside Japan). The staff there speak a variety of foreign languages. [...]
Thanks very much for the tip-off, Gordon — the Ministry of Justice changed their website around and forgot to tell me.
I have fixed the links and updated this page and the Immigration Information Center page.
dear sir hi, konichiwa.
some allegation against some people, who got the nippon visas from afghanistan on afghani passport, by agents through the big money , but they are not afghani people, they want to enter on narita and kansai airports. please check them, if you want some help, please give us your phone and fax nos for contacting. we can help with you, that is a stigma , please prevent them, we await for your soon reply best of luck (sayo nara)
I am a srilankan who wish to arrange a pre college student visa.After I get my visa and came to japan how much duration want goes to apply for multiple or Longterm visa.
dear sir konichiwa,
we have already send you some allegation against some people, who are getting the nippon visas from afghanistan on afghani passport, but you have no reply us, why ? have you some issues , therefore, we expect to soon come to nippon in few days, we will meet to you, please send us to your post and in which terminal you will stand , and i come soon with complete information, can you co operation to us, it will be good for your country, best of luck Note:-realy, i assure to you i come soonly, please no disoblige to us,
gul
I am a US citizen who hopes to move to Japan for a year. I have a couple questions and would be greatful for any help.
Questions:
1: You mention that it is now possible to switch visa status without leaving Japan. Can you verify this? I inquired at the Japanese embassy in DC if I could go to Japan as a 90 day visitor and switch to a 1-year work visa without leaving Japan and they seemed to think it was impossible.
2: Many Eikawa are looking for foreigners already in Japan with work visas. Who are these foreigners, and how did they achieve this status? There seems to be a paradoxical situation where one needs a work visa to apply, but in order to get a work visa, one needs an employer
3. Overall, would you recommend going to Japan without a work visa or a job but with a place to live, with tourist status, and looking for an Eikawa or other organization there who might sponsor a work visa for a future hire?
Thanks for your help
B
Isuru, I believe your student visa normally applies for the length of your study only. After that you have to apply for a visa under some other category, e.g. a work visa or spouse visa.
B, to answer your questions:
1. When you enter Japan as a tourist, they will stamp your passport to show you have landing permission for a short-term stay, normally 90 days for US passport-holders. This is not a visa, but it allows you to stay in Japan as long as you don’t undertake paid work. If you find an employer willing to sponsor you, you can go through the form-filling and waiting process and get your work visa without leaving Japan. Despite what the Japanese embassy in DC said, this is exactly what I did in 2002; I don’t think the rules have changed since then. (I am Irish, not American, but I don’t think that makes any difference in this case.)
2. Employers always prefer you to have a work visa, because it means they don’t have to go through the hassle of applying and waiting for a visa to be issued. Even though some employers may require a work visa, some do not. You need to find out which ones will help arrange and sponsor your work visa, preferably before you arrive in Japan as it can take some months.
3. I definitely recommend trying, as long as you are prepared for the possibility of not getting work. Your situation is different from mine just because I was looking for work in the IT market, which is quite different from language teaching. I think you will have a better chance than I did of finding an employer before you go to Japan.
how can someone already married and had a kid in that marriage, in another country, be married again, to a japanese this time and have kids again, be legal ????
Hi good after,
am Korean citizen I been 5 times to go Japan when I go back Japan again they don’t let me go in because they say I been to much fly to Japan I fly Korea to Japan and Japan to Korea only…so when I can come back again? And I have family in Japan can I come back Japan? And how long takes