The visa for a spouse who lost his/her Japanese partner or permanent resident,
who got divorced with a Japanese partner.
It is also for foreign national spouse’s child with former partner, people of Japanese origin, etc.
Administrative scrivener corporation Partner offers advice for long-term resident visa.
This visa has a certain deadline that applicants are able to change their status form "spouse visa".
It is important to ask experts for advice early in order to successfully get the permission.
Minister of Justice allows people who have some special reasons to stay in Japan in a certain period of stay.
Most long-term resident visa holders are prescribed in long-term residents notice, which is announced by Ministry of Justice.
If a situation is not prescribed in the notice, sometimes it is allowed in accordance with precedent.
Long-term resident No.1: a certain definite range of refugees form Indochina
Long-term resident No.2: a certain definite range of family of refugees form Vietnam
Long-term resident No.3: a birth child of a person who is born as a child of Japanese. (a 2nd generation Japanese immigrant, a 3rd generation Japanese immigrant)
Long-term resident No.4: a birth child of a birth child of a person who is born as a child of Japanese and who also has had a Japanese national before. (a birth child of a long-term resident, who is a 2nd generation Japanese immigrant)
Long-term resident No.5: a spouse of a 2nd generation Japanese immigrant, or a spouse of an adopted child of a remaining Japanese in China.
Long-term resident No.6: a birth child of a permanent resident who gave birth overseas, or a underage birth child of a 2nd generation Japanese immigrant and a 3rd generation Japanese immigrant, or a child of foreign national spouse who remarried Japanese.
Long-term resident No.7: an under 6 years old adopted child of a Japanese, a permanent resident, a long-term resident, or a special permanent resident.
Long-term resident No.8: a remaining Japanese in China and his or her children.
People who are divorced or lost their partners who are Japanese, permanent residents, or special permanent residents, and still want to stay in Japan. It is necessary to have more than 3 years of marriage life before the divorce or bereavement.
A foreign national parent who supports his or her own child whose one parent is a Japanese. The person must have the child custody. Both cases require living a financially stable life.
Requirements for long-term resident visa are different depending on types of long-term resident and applicant’s actual situation.
We recommend consulting with us as soon as possible, when you or your family is not sure if it is possible to acquire the visa or not.
Following cases are some general cases about long-term resident visa.
Please use this as a reference.
Applicants, who want to support a child with a Japanese national or a permanent resident in Japan after divorce or bereavement, need to prepare following information that would be judgment points.
In this case, it is generally possible to acquire the visa even if the marriage life is less than 3 years.
Future job and income, specific life plan in Japan.
Description of the sequence of events leading to divorce.
Description of the necessity of living with the child with Japanese national.
Having the child custody.
It is necessary to explain the points listed above in a “statement of reasons” and submit some certification documents.
Even though the person has an underage child with a Japanese or a permanent resident, if he or she does not have the child custody or parental authority, it is not eligible for this visa.
A child (by former marriage) of a spouse of a Japanese or a permanent resident needs to prepare following information that would be judgment points.
Description of the necessity of being supported by a Japanese or a permanent resident parent who became the partner of the child’s mother/father.
Parents of the child have enough income to support the living.Or spouse of a Japanese or a permanent resident has enough income to support the living of the child.
Need to be underage child and unmarried.
Though a child is underage in Japan, if he/she has already been of age in his/her mother country, it is usually rejected to acquire the visa.
Besides, in the case the child has already been over the age for compulsory school education, it is necessary to explain the necessity to be supported and the future life plan in Japan.
