Visas and Immigration
All foreign nationals who enter Japan must undergo immigration control procedures, through which your visa category and period of stay in Japan are determined. Your visa category determines the activities that you are legally permitted to perform in Japan. If you want to engage in activities outside the scope of your current visa category, or if you want to change your visa category or extend the period of your stay, you must go to your local Immigration Bureau and apply for the requested change. Your eligibility for the requested change will be determined following an examination of your application. Please contact your nearest Immigration Information Center for details on the procedures and documents required.
For detailed information please visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Web Site
The End of the Alien Registration Card
Changes to the Immigration Control Act and the Basic Resident Registration Law will mean that from 2012 the Regional Immigration Bureau and municipalities will be collaborating in exchanging and managing personal information of foreign residents.
Nagoya Immigration Office and Information Center
The Information Center located in the Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau offers consultations on matters related to visas. Inquiries may be made either in person or over the phone.
Visa Overstay
I have just realized that my work visa has just expired and I am now working illegally. What can I do?
Immigration Overview to Japan
All foreign nationals who enter Japan must undergo immigration control procedures, through which your visa category and period of stay in Japan are determined. Your visa category determines the activities that you are legally permitted to perform in Japan.
Admin Notary – The Gyoseishoshi
A gyoseishoshi is someone who assists people in handling administrative paperwork to be turned into governmental offices for immigration or filing for naturalization, applying for permission to carry out certain kinds of projects, creating or registering a company, creating contracts, and inheritance matters.
Denied Re-entry to Japan
A woman, married to a Japanese national, holding permanent residence, and in possession of a re-entry permit, returned to Japan with her children after visiting the Philippines. Upon arrival at Chubu International Airport, she underwent an entry examination and was refused entry into Japan. Why was she denied entry?
