You cannot live together in Japan just by completing the marriage procedure in both Japan and the country of your foreign spouse (in some cases, one).

This is a part that is often misunderstood, but if you do not get the approval from the Immigration Bureau (hereinafter referred to as immigration) that you can live in Japan, even if you are legally married. Please note that you cannot come to Japan in principle .

Before starting the procedure, I would like to talk about the current situation of immigration.

If you obtain a status of residence (visa) called “Japanese spouse, etc.” given to a foreigner who has married a Japanese person, there are basically no occupational restrictions and you can legally enter Japan. Since it will be possible to stay, the number of fake marriages using this is increasing rapidly.

Therefore, the immigration examination is very strict, and very detailed points are checked from the current situation to the encounter to marriage.

If there are some unnatural points or contradictions and you can not explain enough to convince you, even a true marriage may not be approved, so please check carefully before submitting. It is important to do .

In addition, recently, there are increasing cases where very strict judgments are made when it is not possible to prepare documents that prove dating, which are not legal documents, and the immigration examination is clearly becoming difficult.

The digression has become long, but the general procedure is as follows.

1. Marriage procedures are carried out in both Japan and the country of the other party (with some exceptions, only one procedure may be required).

(It is not necessary to mention a wedding as long as the marriage is legally established.)

2. Documents certifying that you have completed marriage procedures in both Japan and abroad, documents certifying your financial strength to live in Japan (taxation certificate, tax payment certificate, etc.), identity guarantee, questions from immigration We will apply after complete collection of documents etc. (If you request from our office, the requester will not have to go to immigration).

3. After a certain period of examination (within one month at the earliest, but it is not uncommon for it to take more than three months these days), you will be notified by the Immigration Bureau.

4. If the other party resides in a foreign country, send the “Certificate of Eligibility” issued by the Immigration Bureau to the other party and receive a visa from the Japanese embassy (consulate) in the foreign country. After that, I will enter Japan.

* Please note that you must enter Japan within 3 months of the issuance of the “Certificate of Eligibility”.

If you are suspicious and disapproved of your first application, it is very difficult to overturn it. Therefore, it is necessary to be careful and careful when applying.