(As of June 26th, 2020) Due to the effect of COVID-19, the Immigration Bureau of Japan has decided the special measures regarding the expiry date of issued Certificate of Eligibility (COE). [Those who obtains/applies for the COE] The COE issued from October 1st, 2019 to January 29th, 2021 will be valid until the period below whichever comes first; 6 months from the date that the entry restriction is lifted. until April 30th, 2021 You can confirm this information on the website of the Immigration Office: >> New handling regarding the period of validity of the certificate of eligibility (PDF) Please note that you will need to attach a letter issued…
As of May 12th, the immigration office announces updates of special measures due to the effect of COVID-19 (coronavisus) as follows: Extension of the period for acceptance of applications Regarding Visa Status holders whose period of stay is expired in the period from March to July in 2020 (*), applications for Extension of Period of Stay or Change of Visa Status will be accepted until 3 months after expiry date of his/her current visa status. (*) Including those who are currently staying in Japan under Temporary Visitor visa status. (*) Excluding those who obtains “Designated Activities for preparation of departure”. (*) Including those who needs to apply for Permission to…
Due to the effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ministry of Justice of Japan has been denying the landing from specific countries. Please check the notice of the Ministry of Justice below for the details: >> Regarding refusal of landing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (PDF) In case you fall into the conditions of denial of landing, your landing will be denied even if you obtains Re-entry Permit or Special Re-entry Permit. You can also check other information related to the measures/notice due to the coronavirus effect and the updates on the website of the Ministry of Justice below: >> Information related to New Coronavirus Infection(COVID-19)
After you receive Lump-sum Withdrawal Payments (年金の脱退一時金, the Payments) for your pension contribution during your stay in Japan, you can claim a refund of withholding tax which was deducted from the Lump-sum Withdrawal Payments. To receive the tax refund, you need to do the tax return commencing on January 1st of the following year after receiving the Payments. For further information, please refer to our webpage below; >> Refund of Withholding Tax related to Lump-sum Withdrawal Payments Before you contact us, you will need to complete to receive the Payment. For the details of Lump-sum Withdrawal Payments (年金の脱退一時金), you should refer to the information on the Japan Pension Service (日本年金機構)…
Have you ever considered a possibility of Permanent Resident (PR) application based on HSP points even though you are currently not a HSP visa status holder (Highly Skilled Professional, 高度専門職)? If your current visa status is Engineer/Humanities, Professor, Business Manager or other work-related visa status, and you think your current job and career might satisfy the requirements of PR application based on HSP point scheme, it might be worth trying to check whether your are eligible for it or not. For further details, check our webpage below: >> Application for Permanent Resident based on HSP points
(As of March, 2020) Due to the effect of COVID-19, the Immigration Bureau of Japan has decided the special measures for those who have difficulty to secure the ticket to returning home or to enter the country. Website of the Ministry of Justice: >> Handling of Applications for Residence due to the effect of COVID-19 (PDF) Further new information will be provided by the Ministry of Justice. Unfortunately, however, mostly announced in Japanese only: >> Website of the Ministry of Justice: 新型コロナウイルス感染症に関する情報
This notice is updated on April 3rd, 2020. Please refer to the following page for the information updated. >> [UPDATE] Special Measures for the period of stay regarding Visa Status due to the effect of COVID-19 (20200403) — OLD INFORMATION — (As of February 28th, 2020) Due to the effect of COVID-19, the Immigration Bureau of Japan has decided the special measures regarding applications for Change of Visa Status and Extension of Period of Stay from foreign residents whose period of stay is expired in March 2020. The Immigration Office will accept those application until 1 months after the date of expiry of current visa status. (*1) Excluding those who…
Some people might heard of so called “self-sponsored” visa, however, there is no such a visa status in Japan. Most of case, people mention about it when you wish to apply for a visa status as a freelance. Please remind the principle of visa application in Japan once – your job/mission must be listed in work visa category which allows you work in Japan. In addition, you need to satisfy the requirements for the visa status. For more details, please jump to our webpage below. >> Wishing to work as a freelance in Japan
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