Japan’s Cabinet approves Immigration Control Act amendment bill to raise maximum fee for permanent residence application from 10,000 yen to 300,000 yen
Japan’s Cabinet approves Immigration Control Act amendment bill to raise maximum fee for permanent residence application from 10,000 yen to 300,000 yen
Anything to distract the voters from the fact that things are objectively only getting worse under Takaichi’s mismanagement.
ImplementFamous7870 on
Milk the foreigner cows!
Squeeze them tits y’hear
xaltairforever on
Next there’ll be a foreigner tax that you have to pay just for not having Japanese blood.
rilakumamon on
jfc and I thought 100,000 was insane
LandDifferent7365 on
How about just raise it to 200000USD just to put-Trump Trump?
Barabaragaki on
I’m just about to apply too… No mention in this article, anyone happen to know when this is rolling out?
Fdeblasro on
Anyone know when will this start to take place?
catsnherbs on
Is this fr ? What the f.
Edit: I am Japanese who grew up outside of Japan and now resides in Japan and I am so shocked at these yahoo comments. Are these Japanese fking stupid or is this what most Japanese think now ? My god….
kpeng2 on
30 fold is quite a raise. I hope my salary goes up like this
GoldsmithKinzo on
Top rated comments in the article calling for minimum of 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 yen.
Sad times.
LongAggressive8389 on
This is a warning to those who have been living here over 10 years and been coasting and finding every excuse in the book to not get your PR. This is your wake up call.
kayasmus on
The only smart comment has only 23 votes:
The government’s proposed amendments must be said to disregard the reality on the ground. First, a significant increase in fees could encourage illegal overstaying rather than reduce it. A person’s ability to pay high fees is not proportional to their honesty or recidivism rate. Rather, it would lead to a perverse outcome: low-wage workers who support Japan would be economically cornered, forced to abandon legal renewals and choose illegal residence instead. Furthermore, it is simply unreasonable to rely on foreigners to do the tough jobs that Japanese people don’t want to do, while imposing administrative costs on them. With the weak yen reducing Japan’s appeal and the exodus of highly skilled workers to other countries, further raising the bar would undermine Japanese industry. Ultimately, rather than improving public safety, superficially strengthening regulations would only increase the number of people living outside the law and further destabilize society.
OrionDax on
When exactly will the new prices take effect?
Reon_____ on
So just high tax America with shit wages…
hitokirizac on
I’m gonna get downvoted for this, but I paid $1,100 USD dollars for *just* the green card for my wife in 2011, on top of notary fees, &c., &c. In contrast, in Anno Domini MMXXV, I paid 8,000 yennies, or approximately the cost of a nice bottle of whiskey, for my PR here in Japan. Yeah, it’s a huge increase, but Japan has been *way* cheaper than other 1st-world nations for a long time.
Not to mention that my PR got me a cool .75% loan on my house*,* which I’m pretty sure will be worth more than a few hundred thousand yen in the long run.
MrKatapult on
I always hear the example of western “pr” costs, but pr is just another long term visa for us, because there is no alternative. in western, you can have easily a credit or bank loan, with a long term visa, in Japan only with a pr, also there is no exceptions/reduced costs like in other countries, very limited.
But here an example, there are many free visas for spouses / pr, which are long terms. (like more than 5 years)
So the government like always is just cherry picking what to compare and what sounds good.
Here examples (sponsor is if you have a spouse or a family member sponsor you, which is for example someone who has a German nationality in Germany)
# Quick Cost Comparison (Spouse Visa – Rough Range)
If only this was some actual permanent residency and not just some kind of useless paper that can get invalidated as soon as you do any administrative mistakeÂ
Asheru_836 on
This and many people still want to go there. Seriously, there are better countries out there
Drive_Timely on
This will reduce the amount of useless longtermers who get a law firm to help them with their PR applications because they still don’t speak a word of Japanese. I know a lot of people pay big money for someone to do the hard work for them and walk them through. The fee increase is way too steep though imo.
GloriamNonNobis on
Imagine having like 1-2% foreigners, most of which came over to work/study and contribute to the Japanese economy, and somehow deluding yourself into thinking they’re the problem. This is the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face
PapuruNoAji on
The comment section is just stupid to read. Don’t people understand that there are lots of hurdles we have to jump through just to get PR in general? It’s not pay once and get PR forever! It’s pay once for a screening to see if you even get PR in the first place.
I swear, genuinely stupid people will be the ones to ruin this country
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Anything to distract the voters from the fact that things are objectively only getting worse under Takaichi’s mismanagement.
Milk the foreigner cows!
Squeeze them tits y’hear
Next there’ll be a foreigner tax that you have to pay just for not having Japanese blood.
jfc and I thought 100,000 was insane
How about just raise it to 200000USD just to put-Trump Trump?
I’m just about to apply too… No mention in this article, anyone happen to know when this is rolling out?
Anyone know when will this start to take place?
Is this fr ? What the f.
Edit: I am Japanese who grew up outside of Japan and now resides in Japan and I am so shocked at these yahoo comments. Are these Japanese fking stupid or is this what most Japanese think now ? My god….
30 fold is quite a raise. I hope my salary goes up like this
Top rated comments in the article calling for minimum of 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 yen.
Sad times.
This is a warning to those who have been living here over 10 years and been coasting and finding every excuse in the book to not get your PR. This is your wake up call.
The only smart comment has only 23 votes:
The government’s proposed amendments must be said to disregard the reality on the ground. First, a significant increase in fees could encourage illegal overstaying rather than reduce it. A person’s ability to pay high fees is not proportional to their honesty or recidivism rate. Rather, it would lead to a perverse outcome: low-wage workers who support Japan would be economically cornered, forced to abandon legal renewals and choose illegal residence instead. Furthermore, it is simply unreasonable to rely on foreigners to do the tough jobs that Japanese people don’t want to do, while imposing administrative costs on them. With the weak yen reducing Japan’s appeal and the exodus of highly skilled workers to other countries, further raising the bar would undermine Japanese industry. Ultimately, rather than improving public safety, superficially strengthening regulations would only increase the number of people living outside the law and further destabilize society.
When exactly will the new prices take effect?
So just high tax America with shit wages…
I’m gonna get downvoted for this, but I paid $1,100 USD dollars for *just* the green card for my wife in 2011, on top of notary fees, &c., &c. In contrast, in Anno Domini MMXXV, I paid 8,000 yennies, or approximately the cost of a nice bottle of whiskey, for my PR here in Japan. Yeah, it’s a huge increase, but Japan has been *way* cheaper than other 1st-world nations for a long time.
Not to mention that my PR got me a cool .75% loan on my house*,* which I’m pretty sure will be worth more than a few hundred thousand yen in the long run.
I always hear the example of western “pr” costs, but pr is just another long term visa for us, because there is no alternative. in western, you can have easily a credit or bank loan, with a long term visa, in Japan only with a pr, also there is no exceptions/reduced costs like in other countries, very limited.
But here an example, there are many free visas for spouses / pr, which are long terms. (like more than 5 years)
So the government like always is just cherry picking what to compare and what sounds good.
Here examples (sponsor is if you have a spouse or a family member sponsor you, which is for example someone who has a German nationality in Germany)
# Quick Cost Comparison (Spouse Visa – Rough Range)
|Country|Typical Cost|EU Sponsor Exception|
|:-|:-|:-|
|France|€99|Free|
|Spain|€80–€90|Free|
|Italy|€116|Free|
|Netherlands|€200–€350|Free|
|Belgium|€180|Free|
|Austria|€150+|Free|
|Portugal|€90–€120|Free|
|Sweden|~€175|Free|
|Finland|€470+|Free|
|Denmark|€1,200+|Limited|
If only this was some actual permanent residency and not just some kind of useless paper that can get invalidated as soon as you do any administrative mistakeÂ
This and many people still want to go there. Seriously, there are better countries out there
This will reduce the amount of useless longtermers who get a law firm to help them with their PR applications because they still don’t speak a word of Japanese. I know a lot of people pay big money for someone to do the hard work for them and walk them through. The fee increase is way too steep though imo.
Imagine having like 1-2% foreigners, most of which came over to work/study and contribute to the Japanese economy, and somehow deluding yourself into thinking they’re the problem. This is the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face
The comment section is just stupid to read. Don’t people understand that there are lots of hurdles we have to jump through just to get PR in general? It’s not pay once and get PR forever! It’s pay once for a screening to see if you even get PR in the first place.
I swear, genuinely stupid people will be the ones to ruin this country