PR application

As we have a chat for people waiting for their COE and an other one for people waiting for their Japanese citizenship, I thought to open yet an other chat for people waiting for their PR status.

Applied: 6/Dec/23
Current status: HSP 1b
Applied in Tokyo (Shinagawa)

The wait has started.

Good luck likebike

Although I am not waiting anymore, I'll share mine as it's very recent

I was a spouse of japanese national and got my PR approved in 6 months to the day through nagoya immigration centre

Can I ask about PR?

I have a spouse visa (1 year) and have been married for 4 years (residing outside of Japan).
Under my understanding one can apply for PR after 3 years of marriage and 1 year of residing in Japan with the spouse. However I’ve been told one also needs a 3 year visa as well to be eligible for this. Can anyone confirm or did anyone get PR with a 1 year spouse visa? I’m hoping to apply next year on my second visa.

TIA x

Hi Tia

You definitely need a 3 year residence card before you can apply for PR.

Your first renewal is likely to be 1 year again but it depends on what mood immigration officer is. I got a 3 year card on my 2nd renewal I believe, I think in total I had -

1 year
1year
3 years
PR

Now there's a familiar feeling...!

I got mine approved 2 years ago to date, went from Instructor 3 →3 changed status halfway to Spouse 1→ Spouse 3→PR

Best of luck!

Does anyone have recent waiting times from PR application to approval? Now waiting about 6 months and wondering what to expect.

- Applied July 2022, PR granted in late March 2023, is the only relatively recent case I know of a friend & his family (from an employer-sponsored work resident status). I believe they used an “Immigration lawyer” or administrative scrivener.

- Back in 2016, it took from August 2016 till February 2017, so that was 6 months (as expected), of my spouse, applied for directly by ourselves.

I applied mid September 2022, granted Dec 2022 through the Fukuoka immigration office. Perhaps being less crowded helped with the waiting time?

Applied: 21/Mar/24
Current status: Spouse of Japanese national
Applied in Tokyo (Shinagawa)

Was told by Immigration officer then that waiting times will be from 4 months to 1 year. Waiting time has started.