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Dependent Visa.
Updated 9 September 2005
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I have established a firm in Japan and has visa for one year. I am emploer of two japanese persons. How can I get visa for my family wife age 55 years, son 22 years and daughtar 25 years . Please provide guidance
Ghulam Abass
Das suvra jyoti and Ghulam Abass, if you have a visa that allows you to work full-time, then your wife should be able to obtain a dependent visa just be applying for one. Ghulam Abass, your children are too old to qualify for dependent visas, so they will have to try to get visas on their own if they want to stay.
Dear sir,
Pleae kindly help me some one on this issui.i am working in japan for 4 years.Presently i am having 3 year visa,it will finish on january 2009.last month i apply dependant visa for
my wife and 2 kids.Just today i got the eligibility card for them.
My problem is i ask them for 3 year visa.But it is mention 3 months on the eligibilty card.Why is that? Do i need to go to immigration office to tell this unfairness,to obtain atleast 1 year visa for them.
Please give me some clues urgently.
thank you all so much
I am currently a resident living in Japan. I have a three year instructor visa. Next year I plan on getting married and would like my husband to join me in Japan. What is the first step in making this happen?
Hello Bennet,
I am intending to do doctoral studies through monbukagakusho scholarship there. I understand that my wife also can come there on a dependent visa. She is a Masters degree holder. Will she be allowed to work there?
Thank you very much,
Anoop
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am samim from kathmandu Nepal and my wife is in japan for the study. I would like to depending visa from my wife. she is alone in japan now and i cannot live without her. so please can you tell me how to solve this problem. and as soon as i want to reach in japan with my wife. please give me good suggestion. thanking you, best regards
samim akhtar sheikh
Nicole, once you are married your husband should apply for a dependent visa. He will most likely need to produce proof of marriage, and also proof that you have a visa. I’m not sure of the exact procedure, but his local Japanese embassy will hopefully be able to give some pointers.
Anoop, a dependent visa does not allow work. It may be possible for her to apply for permission to work part-time, but she will have to wait until she has the visa and is in Japan for that.
Samim, you should be able to apply for a dependent visa if your wife has a College Student visa. I don’t know the procedure for doing this from Nepal.
IAM JAPAN UNIVERSITY STUDENT.I FOLLOWING THE IJ300 JAPANESE LANGUAGE COURS. I HAVE COLLEGE STUDENT VISA.CAN I BRING MY WIFE TO JAPAN IN DEPEND VISA.
Hi All,
I am on a COE and have Multiple entry Visa for 3 years , Now I want to bring my cousin with me on Dependent Visa as She was staying with us for the last 5 years at my Home in India. Is there is any thing by which she can continue to stay with my family at Tokyo Japan as my dependent.
Early response will be appreciated.
Adee, as far as I know dependent visas are available only for spouses and children, not cousins.
im married in japanese man but im here in the philippines waiting for the end of my penalty coz im overstayed 2001 until 2004…so my husbund abandon me he can wait for a long time so i think he find other girl so now im already 4years waiting and 4years no call no communication no support for my husbund i want to find him what can i do??pls help me
how can i request COE if my husbund not communicate..and cooperate w/me Im almost 4years here i want to go back in japan to find my husbund what can i do??what kind of visa ???tnx a lot
hey i live in city of lloydminster in alberta and was wodering how would i get a 3 – year visa to work in japan. i have no luck trying to find on how i can. but it would take me a while to get enough money to go to japan anyways.
I am in japan on workpermit.
I am going back to India to get married.
I want to take a dependant visa for my wife. Can she work after coming here?
how long will it take for dependant visa processing from India.
i need a dependent visa. my husband is working in egypt. what document i have to submit.
hello. i am ashish now i am working in china but i want to work in japan. i hav e learn japanes from india. now i am 21 year old. how can i get work perrmit of japan. i have some reletive in japan they can give me job in japan but i need my own visa. how can i make. once i get 3 month visa from new delhi but i cannot go. now ho wcan i get work or migrant visa of japan
Actually my brother got working visa in Japan. he wants to take his mother with him as dependent. what will be the procedure? otherwise only the temprorary stay is possible?
You can normally get a dependent visa for your husband or wife. You can also get it for your child if the child is under 18 years old. But Anu, you can’t normally get a dependent visa for your mother.
hi can any one tell me how to obtain one year or more visa ,iam a IT prtofessional here in bangalore .wat all document shuld i have to produce the embsaay,ihave alredy been to japan earlier and came back with in the validity…so kindly mail me…\\
raauf