1. Family name system for international marriage is different from that for marriage between Japanese people!?
It’s been controversial whether to adopt the system of selective separate surnames for married couples, which enables people to keep their original family names…
1. How to become subject to a departure order?
The foreign nationals are subject to a departure order when fulfilling all of the following items:
a) The foreign national has voluntarily appeared at an immigration office with the intention of…
1. Requirements for permission for work visas
In order to be granted a work visa, it is necessary to have the eligibility for status of residence and the conformity with standards of permission for landing.
What are the specific requirements…
1. What are the specific occupations that are subject to an artist visa?
The Immigration Act provides that the content of artist activity must be artistic activities that provide income, including music, the fine arts, literature, etc.
To be more…
1. The Ministerial Ordinance on Criteria for Landing Permission in relation to the business manager visas
A business manager visa is subject to the Ministerial Ordinance on Criteria for Landing Permission (Article 7, paragraph 1, item (ii) of the Immigration…
1. Procedures for business management visa applications
(1) Securing a business office as the location of the company’s head office (contract in the name of an individual)
(2) Company incorporation procedure
(3) Notification of starting business to a tax office,…
1. What is the scope of a professor visa?
The following cases are within the scope of the occupations permitted by professor visas.
Cases where a president, director, principal, vice-president, vice-principal, headteacher, professor, associate professor, lecturer, assistant, etc. conducts research,…
1. Documents required to apply for an instructor visa
First, let’s check out the documents required for an instructor visa.
Please see the website of the Ministry of Justice (listed below) for the documents required to apply for an instructor…
1. What is the scope of intra-company transferee visa?
(1) The activities permitted by an intra-company transferee visa
The activities permitted by an intra-company transferee visa are the same as those permitted by an engineer/specialist in humanities/international services visa. It…
1. What is provisional release?
The provisional release means a disposition by which detention of a foreigner detained by a detention order or deportation order is temporarily suspended and custody is tentatively canceled based on request or by authority. It…