Priority groups of Japanese immigrants applying for permanent residence

Japan's immigration application is still relatively difficult, because there are quite a lot of residents in Japan itself, so when accepting overseas immigrants, the standard of examination will be higher, and it is more willing to accept talents beneficial to the country's development.

Basic time requirements, including living in Japan for more than ten years, during which the visa cannot be interrupted; In addition, you need to work in Japan for at least five years and have a legal tax record.

Immigrants applying for permanent residence must hold a visa for more than three years, and the time before the visa expires is more than eight years. If it is less than this time, they need to go to the embassy to change it.

Of course, for special people, such as those who apply for studying abroad, skilled immigrants and investment immigrants, the requirements will be different, and the waiting time will not be too long, but the requirements for individuals will be higher.

Second, priority groups

1. Overseas Chinese descendants

If everyone's ancestors immigrated to Japan early and obtained the official resident status in Japan, then most people can directly obtain their own identity, and even if they apply for immigration, the examination will be much less difficult.

2. Students studying in Japan

Students studying in Japan, if they perform well, can get higher scores in the grading, and will be given priority when submitting applications, and the waiting time for applications is relatively short.

3. Spouses of national residents

This is the simplest of all immigration methods. You don't need to prepare additional personal ability documents, you just need to show a legal marriage certificate, and after three months of supervision, you can directly obtain qualifications.

Extended reading: the basic condition for immigrants to acquire 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.

Further reading: types of immigrant visas

The visas granted by Japanese embassies and consulates abroad are divided into six categories: diplomatic, official, transit, sightseeing, business and specific visas.

There are two types of visas in Japan: long-term visas and short-term visas: short-term visas are applicable to those with a residence period of less than 1 year, and long-term visas are applicable to those with a residence period of more than 1 year (up to 3 years).

Long-term visas mainly include: study visa, academic exchange visa, education visa, ordinary work visa and senior labor visa. There are also several special visas, such as Japanese orphans, Japanese China spouses, official diplomacy, news and trade visas.

According to the provisions of Japan's entry-exit administration law, if foreigners have certain professional expertise, Japan allows them to stay in Japan for a certain period of time and engage in certain jobs. Usually you can get several kinds of visas for long-term residence in Japan: technical visa, work visa, dependent visa, special visa and so on.

1. Technical visa includes two kinds of visas, the codes are 4- 1-7 and 4- 1- 12 respectively. Experts, professors, lecturers, doctors, translators and technicians among foreigners can obtain this visa if they are employed by relevant Japanese enterprises or scientific research institutions and schools. Generally, you are allowed to stay for one year after entering the country, and then apply for an extension to three years with proof of employment. Spouses and minor children of these immigrants can also enter and stay at the same time.

2. The work visa code is 4- 1- 13, which is the entry visa for all kinds of skilled workers. For example, China chefs who are employed by Japanese or overseas Chinese to open restaurants can enter the country in this capacity. This entry visa is valid for one year. After the expiration of one year, workers with special skills can apply for two extensions and stay for three years. After living for three years, they must leave the country. Then, they can reapply to go abroad and stay for another three years. As long as you have an employer, you can re-enter every three years 1 time, regardless of the number of entries.

3. Family visa usually refers to the parents, spouses or minor children of overseas Chinese in Japan, who can apply for this visa. Generally speaking, after the visa expires, you can ask for an extension of residence, and you can get a residence visa valid for three years in the future, and all of them can live for a long time. This kind of visa is essentially an immigrant visa.

4. Special Visa This kind of visa is mainly issued to people with Japanese descent or blood relationship with Japan. The validity period is 3 years, which can be extended to obtain permanent residency. According to relevant Japanese laws and regulations. If you live in Japan for more than 10 years, you can obtain permanent residency. For example, people of Japanese descent and foreign spouses of Japanese citizens who have made great contributions to Japan are actually immigrant visas.

The validity period of Japanese visas, except diplomatic and official passports, transit and sightseeing visas are in principle 4 months; Other visas are for six months. In principle, the number of valid entry is limited to one time, and a new visa must be issued when re-entering. Exceptions, if confirmed to be necessary, will also be granted 2 or more valid visas.