How to immigrate to Japan

In recent years, with the continuous development of economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, many people have the idea of immigration. As a developed country, Japan was once one of the four little dragons in Asia, so emigrating to Japan has attracted the attention of many immigrants. Japan enjoys a high international reputation in education, quality of life, social security and economic freedom. Moreover, Japanese culture is very attractive, which is very similar to that of China, so even if Japan is a non-immigrant country, some people in China consider immigrating to Japan.

First, Japanese immigration conditions

The conditions and regulations of Japanese immigration, and the provisions of the new immigration law on foreigners' entry and corresponding activities.

1, Diplomat

Staff of foreign embassies and consulates in Japan; Persons who enjoy diplomatic immunity or similar privileges according to treaties or international practices; The families of the above-mentioned diplomats should stay in Japan during their term of office.

2. Formal

Foreign government officials or officials of international organizations and their families confirmed by the Japanese government. The period of stay is during their visit to Japan.

3. Professor

A professor engaged in research, directing research or teaching activities in a university or an educational institution equivalent to a university. The residence period is 3 years, 1 year or 6 months.

4. Artists

Participate in effective artistic exchange activities, including musicians, painters and writers. The residence period is 3 years, 1 year or 6 months.

5. Religious people

A religious person engaged in missionary or other religious activities. The residence period is 3 years, 1 year or 6 months.

6. Journalists

Personnel engaged in news reporting and other news-related activities according to pre-signed contracts. The residence period is 3 years, 1 year or 6 months.

7. Investor/Business Manager

Investors engaged in international trade or other commercial activities, investors in international trade or other commercial fields, managers who manage and operate these commercial activities, or managers who manage and operate international trade or other commercial activities on behalf of foreigners or foreign companies. The residence period is 3 years, 1 year or 6 months.

8. Legal or accounting service personnel (legal/accounting service)

Foreign lawyers and certified public accountants engaged in legal and accounting services shall be recognized as foreign legal experts by the Foreign Lawyers Law; A certified public accountant shall be a foreign accountant recognized according to the Accounting Law or a person with other qualifications. The residence period is 3 years, 1 year or 6 months.

9. Medical service personnel (medical service)

Refers to doctors with internal medicine, dentistry or other legal qualifications engaged in medical service activities. The residence period is 1 year or 6 months.

10, academic researcher (researcher)

Persons engaged in academic research activities under contracts signed with Japanese public or private institutions. The residence period is 1 year or 6 months.

1 1, teacher (instructor)

Teachers engaged in teaching evaluation activities in primary schools, junior high schools, senior high schools, blind schools, schools for disabled children, vocational schools, senior vocational schools or equivalent educational institutions. The residence period is 1 year or 6 months.

12, engineer

Engineers engaged in service activities in the fields of technology, knowledge, natural science and engineering. According to the contract signed with Japanese public or private institutions. The residence period is 1 year or 6 months.

According to the regulations of the Japanese Ministry of Justice, apply? Engineer? Foreigners entering the country must meet the following two conditions:

(2) The applicant must have graduated from a university or similar educational institution, or majored in skills and knowledge courses required for the job to be done, or the applicant has at least 65,438+00 years of experience (including learning relevant skills and knowledge in universities, high schools and advanced vocational party schools).

(2) Applicants should not accept wages lower than those accepted by Japanese who do the same job.

13, humanitarian/international service expert.

Experts who provide services related to law, economics, sociology or other people's literary knowledge or international service experts who provide special ways of thinking according to contracts signed with Japanese public and private institutions. The residence period is 1 year or 6 months.

14. Transfer personnel within the company

Personnel seconded by foreign public and private institutions to their branches in Japan. The residence period is 1 year or 6 months.

According to the regulations of the Ministry of Justice of the Japanese government, foreigners applying for such visas must meet the following conditions:

(1) Applicants must work in other foreign branches of their foreign company headquarters for more than one year before transferring to Japan; And the work in the Japanese branch can be divided into? Engineer? Or? Humanities experts and international service experts? One kind.

(2) The applicant has worked in Japan for no more than 5 years.

(3) If the job that the applicant is going to do in Japan requires skills and knowledge in natural science or knowledge in humanities, the applicant should not accept a salary lower than that accepted by Japanese who do the same job.

(4) If the job to be done by the applicant requires a special way of thinking or a spiritual feeling of foreign culture, their salary should be at least 250,000 yen per month.

15, artist

Personnel engaged in cultural performances, music performances, sports performances and other entertainment performances. The residence period is 1 year or 3 months.

16, skilled workers

Workers who provide craft skills or skill services in industry or special fields according to contracts signed with Japanese public or private institutions. The residence period is 1 year or 6 months.

17, cultural exchange personnel

Persons who engage in academic or artistic activities without income, or who specialize in Japanese culture and art, or who study Japanese culture or art under the guidance of experts (excluding international students and trainees). The residence period is 1 year or 6 months.

18, temporary visitor

Including those who need to stay in Japan for a short time to engage in similar activities such as sightseeing, entertainment, sports, visiting relatives, attending meetings, giving lectures or signing business contracts. The stay period is 90 days or 15 days.

19, foreign college students

Students who have received education in Japanese universities, colleges or equivalent educational institutions, students who have studied special courses in higher vocational schools, and students who have finished secondary school abroad 12 and are going to enter Japanese universities. The residence period is 1 year or 6 months.

20. College preparatory students

Students who receive education in ordinary high schools, high school classes in blind schools, high school classes in schools for disabled children, advanced vocational schools, vocational schools or other similar vocational schools. Residence period is 1 year, 6 months or 3 months.

2 1, trainee (trainee)

People who study in public or private institutions in Japan to acquire technology, skills or knowledge (above? International students? And then what? High school students? Except). Residence period is 1 year, 6 months or 3 months.

22, the legal residence of the family (supporter)

Spouses or unmarried young children of persons who meet the above legal residence status (excluding residence status number). 1, 2 and 18). Residence period is 3 years, 1 year, 6 months or 3 months.

23. Individuals

Individual foreigners specially approved by the Japanese Minister of Justice. The length of residence is determined by the Japanese Minister of Justice.

24. Permanent residents

Refers to foreigners who have been approved by legal giants to live permanently in Japan, and their residence period is indefinite.

25. Spouses or children of Japanese nationals.

According to Article 8 17-2 of the Civil Code, spouses of Japanese living abroad and children adopted by foreigners or their own children. The residence period is 3 years, 1 year or 6 months.

Second, the Japanese immigration application

At present, 1, 654,38+0,000 Japanese people have obtained Japanese citizenship in Japan, some of them are from the perspective of living environment and conditions, some are from the perspective of children, and some are in order to travel to other countries more freely without visas. Judging from Japan's current policy, it is easier to apply for nationality than to apply for permanent residence. Therefore, many people began to avoid applying for permanent residence and apply for Japanese nationality directly. Every year, more than 5,000 China people acquire Japanese nationality in Japan.

According to the provisions of the Japanese Nationality Law, there are six basic conditions for applying for Japanese nationality:

1. Living conditions

The applicant has lived in Japan continuously for more than 5 years.

This is the most basic condition, which means that the applicant must have lived in Japan for more than 5 years. If he doesn't meet this requirement, he is not eligible to apply. Of course, applicants must have legal residence qualifications. The applicant's temporary departure from Japan or change of residence will not affect the application.

2. Ability conditions

The applicant has reached the age of 20, and has the adult capacity as stipulated by domestic laws.

However, the 20-year-old condition mentioned here does not include children who apply together with adult parents, because the application of children at this time is based on the parents' application for permission, and according to the situation of Japanese children, the ability condition over 20 years old can be exempted.

3. Behavior conditions

The applicant is of good character.

This is also the basic condition for acquiring Japanese nationality. Generally speaking, after accepting the application, the applicant's professional identity, economic activities, social activities, daily life, whether to pay taxes, whether to violate criminal and administrative regulations and so on will be investigated. More specifically, whether there have been driving violations and whether they have complied with the garbage classification regulations are the objects of investigation.

If you have ever violated Japanese laws and been sentenced to prison, you can't apply for it within a certain period of time after you get out of prison. Major tax evasion is also handled in this way.

4. Living conditions

Applicants and their spouses have sufficient assets and skills to make a living.

This article is mainly to prevent people who may become a burden to the public from acquiring Japanese nationality.

5. Conditions for preventing dual nationality

The applicant is stateless, or the applicant renounces his original nationality when acquiring Japanese nationality.

That is to say, when China people apply for Japanese nationality, they have to go through the formalities of renouncing China nationality at the China Embassy after obtaining the approval of the Japanese Minister of Justice. This condition is mainly because nationality is the only principle, and a person cannot have two nationalities at the same time.

6. Illegal group conditions

Applicants are not allowed to join or form groups or political parties with similar views that attempt to destroy the Japanese government by violence.

This is a natural condition for safeguarding national security. Not only Japan, the United States and other countries have the same regulations.

These are the six basic conditions for applying for Japanese nationality.

Three. Japanese immigration application documents

Specific application procedures should be handled in the legal bureau or branch of the applicant's location, not in the legal bureau that has no jurisdiction over the applicant's location. The applicant must be himself or his legal representative, mainly to make it clear that the applicant does have the idea of acquiring Japanese nationality, and those who do not have the idea of applying will be declared invalid even if they acquire Japanese nationality. The age limit for determining whether an applicant has an idea is 15 years old. /kloc-People under the age of 0/5 should apply by the legal representative. Generally speaking, parents are their legal representatives. Generally speaking, the review takes half a year to 1 year.

1. Naturalization application permit

2. Overview of kinship

3. Resume

4. Explanation of naturalization motivation

5. Proof of nationality

Step 6 identify

7. Original entry certificate for foreigners.

8. affidavit

9. livelihood summary

10. Employment and salary certificate

1 1. Overview of enterprises (undertakings)

12. Tax payment certificate

Four. Japanese immigrant visa

In 2006, the Japan Immigration Bureau set up an investment visa for those who welcome to start businesses in Japan. First of all, the applicant who requires an investment visa must register a company in Japan, which is what the Japanese usually call a joint-stock company. The registered capital is 5 million yen, about 350,000 yuan. The business scope of the company is not limited, and it can be engaged in catering, tourism, trade and even real estate purchase.

After the company has been operating for 1 month, you can submit an application for an investment operation visa to the Japan Immigration Bureau. The time limit for the first signing is 1 year, and you can apply for Japanese nationality in the sixth year. This kind of visa is mainly aimed at the company as a legal person, which requires the company to be in a state of operation and make profits within five years.

By comparing the investment immigration schemes of various countries, I think it is not difficult to see that Japan and the United States have no requirements for company management experience, annual turnover and shares by comparing the investment immigration requirements of Japan, Canada, Australia, the United States and Singapore. In terms of personal assets requirements, Canada, Australia, the United States and Singapore all have quite high requirements, while Japanese immigrants do not; Countries have different restrictions on investment, while Japan only needs to meet the company's registered capital of more than 5 million yen. If the registered capital of domestic companies reaches more than 350,000 yuan, then the investment of Japanese investment immigrants is 0 yuan! Canada invested 800,000 Canadian dollars (about 4.9 million RMB), Australia invested 750,000 Australian dollars (about 4.2 million RMB), the United States invested 500,000 US dollars (about 3.5 million RMB), Hong Kong invested 6.5 million Hong Kong dollars (about 5.7 million RMB) and Singapore invested 6.5438+00,000 Singapore dollars (about 4.7 million RMB).

What are the advantages of registering a Japanese company?

(1) The company name can be freely selected. The name of a Japanese company has nothing to do with the registered capital. No matter how much capital there is, the Japanese government allows the names of companies to include nationality, group, holding company, industry, investment, enterprises, associations, chambers of commerce, federations, promotion associations, centers, research institutes, publishing houses, magazines and so on.

(2) In principle, the business scope of Japanese companies will not be too limited. Enterprises can engage in any kind of business, such as financial investment, medical care, shipping and transportation, import and export trade, real estate, construction, decoration, information network, clothing and textiles, tourism, cultural publishing and other businesses that are difficult to register in China.

(3) Japan's popularity can be used to build Japanese brands and improve the company's international popularity. Japan's automobile, electrical appliances, clothing and toys industries enjoy a good reputation internationally. The establishment of such companies will immediately enhance the overall international image and status, and improve the competitiveness of the company to a certain extent.

(4) Those who have obtained an investment visa for Japanese operators and registered companies in Japan may apply to the government for an investment visa to operate in Japan. You can apply for Japanese nationality if you have lived in Japan for more than 5 years. You can get permanent residency in Japan if you live in Japan for more than 10 years.

(5) shell companies are allowed to exist, and Japanese registered companies allow shell companies to exist. You can go through all the formalities of registering a Japanese company without going to Japan in person.