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Japan’s Immigration Reforms Render Illegal Immigrants Helpless

The Japanese government, with a view to decrease illegal immigrants in the country, has started implementing the new immigration policy which will essentially eliminate the ‘existence’ of illegal immigrants in Japan. Immigration rules will be made flexible for foreigners intending to stay longer in Japan. They will also be issued resident cards for their stay. [...]

July 10, 2012No CommentRead More

Japan Offers Multiple Entry Visas for Wealthy Chinese Tourists

July 5, 2012 No Comment

Japan is offering multiple entry visas to the wealthy Chinese to promote them tourism in three Tohoku prefectures namely Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi which were completely devastated after the March 2011 earthquakes and tsunami. Such measures are expected to jump start the economy of these three prefectures. The multiple entry visas would only be available [...]

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MEXT Scholarships for International Students

May 21, 2012 No Comment

Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) has announced MEXT Scholarship Program 2013 for international students. The scholarships are open to international students of countries having diplomatic relations with Japan. The eligible applicants must have been born on or after April 2, 1978. The applicants must hold qualifications equal or higher than [...]

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Multiple Entry Visit Visa for Thailand Nationals

May 21, 2012 No Comment

The Thai nationals residing in Thailand wishing to travel to Japan will be able to obtain multiple entry visas effective June 1, 2012. The validity of the multiple entry visa will be up to a maximum of 3 years allowing the visa holder visit Japan for 15 days extendable up to maximum of 90 days. [...]

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Japan’s New Residency Management System

May 18, 2012 No Comment

Japan will use a new residency management system to manage the residency of aliens in Japan for the mid-to long-term resident status from July 09, 2012. The new residency management system will be applied to all foreign nationals residing legally in Japan for the mid- to long-term with resident status under the Immigration Control Act. [...]

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Japan Immigration for Skilled Foreign Nationals

May 18, 2012 No Comment

Foreign nationals scoring 70 points on Japan’s new point based system receive preferential immigration treatment as highly skilled foreign professionals effective May 7, 2012. The new policy encourages foreign nationals who have advanced professional skills to migrate to Japan to contribute to economic growth. The foreign professionals who will score 70 or higher on the [...]

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Canadian Study Visa processing in some embassies suspended

May 4, 2012 3 Comments

Canadian government has decided to shut down the student visa application processing at some of the Canadian visa offices. The student visa applications will be processed in other embassies instead. The visa services in Canadian visa offices in Japan, Germany, Malaysia, and Bangladesh have been closed. Now the student visa application from Japan will be processed in [...]

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Russian Business Visa Rules for Japanese Relaxed

January 24, 2012 No Comment

The Russian immigration ministry has announced to soften its business visa rule for the Japanese in a bid to boost up the business ties between the two former World War II allies. This move is a result of the Japanese government’s hard-pressed demands over the past many years. According to the revised rules, the Japanese [...]

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