You are obliged to take care of visa-related APPLICATION and NOTIFICATION according to the Law (Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act) once you obtain RESIDENCE CARD and become a resident in Japan.
For example, you are required to process an application or notification when;
- you want to extend the period of stay of your current visa status to continue your activity >> EXTENSION of PERIOD of STAY
- you need to change your current visa status to a different one since you would like to change your activity >> CHANGE of VISA STATUS
- you would like to re-enter Japan under the same visa status after taking trip to other countries >> RE-ENTRY PERMIT
- you would like to apply for PERMANENT RESIDENT visa status >> PERMANENT VISA STATUS
- you are an employee – you quit current employment contract and you plan to enter into other contract with different company >> NOTIFICATION of AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION
- you lost your RESIDENCE CARD >> APPLICATION FOR REISSUANCE of RESIDENCE CARD DUE TO LOSS
- you obtain SPOUSE of JAPANESE visa status, but you have divorced from a Japanese spouse >> NOTIFICATION of RELATIONSHIP with SPOUSE (divorce/death), etc.
In this page, you can find what types of application / notification you have to be submitted to the Immigration Office.
INTRODUCTION WHAT IS VISA STATUS? LIST OF VISA STATUS COE Application (Application for CERTIFICATE of ELIGIBILITY) is a certificate that the Immigration Office acknowledges your eligibility for one pa ...
INTRODUCTION WHAT IS VISA STATUS? LIST OF VISA STATUS In case you are staying in Japan under a specific VISA STATUS and have a RESIDENCE CARD already but you wish to change/switch your activity to whi ...
INTRODUCTION WHAT IS VISA STATUS? LIST OF VISA STATUS If you have been staying in Japan with a RESIDENCE CARD, you are allowed to stay in Japan and engage in the activity based on the VISA STATUS unti ...
INTRODUCTION WHAT IS VISA STATUS? LIST OF VISA STATUS RESIDENCE CARD holders (* see EXCEPTION) can travel outside Japan and reenter Japan during the period of stay granted under the visa status.Howeve ...
INTRODUCTION WHAT IS VISA STATUS? LIST OF VISA STATUS PERMISSION to ENGAGE in OTHER ACTIVITY ("SHIKAKUGAI KATSUDOU KYOKA / 資格外活動許可" in Japanese) is a special permission to engage in other activity whi ...
There is a list of all the necessary application / notification on the website of the Immigration Office >> Procedures related to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
