Letter from the immigration office?

TokyoJoeblow said:
I don't know why it bothers you so much that I want PR. You seem to be forgetting that PR will allow me to divorce my wife and continue living and working in Japan legally.
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Does your wife want a divorce as well? Helping you would make sense for your mother-in-law. Work out a deal with her.
 
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DocMcStuffins said:
Does your wife want a divorce as well? Helping you would make sense for your mother-in-law. Work out a deal with her.
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warubuta has it correct. Even though it is in all of our best interest that I obtain PR, my mother-in-law just wouldn't see this situation rationally. My wife and I have talked about divorce after I obtain PR.

I don't know for sure, but I assume if my wife was truly against a divorce, she wouldn't be helping me obtain PR in the first place.
 
An update:

So my wife went to City Hall alone and was able to pick up the tax exemption forms proving that my mother-in-law isn't working. I called up the Japanese immigration lawyer I consulted with in the past and he doesn't recommend I go to the immigration office alone. He offered to meet me at the immigration office in the near future to have an examination with one of the immigration staff.

The shitty thing is my gut might be accurate in reason for feeling worried about this situation. During our initial consultation months ago, this lawyer kept assuring me that everything is fine and not to worry and now he mentioned that he has never heard of a case where immigration asked for tax papers from a mother-in-law, regardless of any situation. I explained to my lawyer that my situation is rare because most foreigners married to Japanese spouses in Japan don't have a deceased father-in-law, a non-working mother-in-law that hates them and a spouse that works part time. I worry that the combination of these strange things could lead to immigration taking a much closer look at my life here in Japan. Instead of just telling me everything is ok and not to worry, he actually paused and then agreed with me and said my situation is really complicated.

The lawyer mentioned that even though I need to show my mother-in-law's tax exemption forms, he mentioned that it would be better to show a form that proves that my mother-in-law has some sort of income/savings such as a receipt of her bank account. No way in hell I would be able to obtain anything like this since she hates my guts. I will ask my wife and see if there is any way she could obtain something like this without mentioning me, but I highly doubt this is possible either.

I remember reading on this forum that hiring a lawyer "helps a lot" and I believe it, but looking at how complicated my situation is becoming, I don't see how it will help much. If a lawyer represents me, will they be asking most of the difficult questions to my lawyer instead of me directly?

This is my first time having an examination with an immigration staff member, so I have no idea what to expect. I will be researching more about this online.
 
TokyoJoeblow said:
He offered to meet me at the immigration office in the near future to have an examination with one of the immigration staff.
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You what now? I've been here since the '80s and I have never known anyone who was actually called in for an interview over a PR application. Not even friends of friends.
 
Sudsy said:
You what now? I've been here since the '80s and I have never known anyone who was actually called in for an interview over a PR application. Not even friends of friends.
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I was never summoned by the immigration office to have an interview. This was my immigration lawyer's idea. I was planning to just go into the immigration office alone today to drop off my mother-in-law's tax exemption forms but that I was worried about my situation and then he told me to meet him outside the immigration office to have an examination with him and an immigration staff member...
 
I think the best thing would be for you to go with your wife. Is that not possible?
 
I dont know anyone who used a lawyer. Most people I know, provided proof of marriage (usually this is the koseki tohon) proof of employment (usually a letter from your company, brochure etc.) and proof that you have paid employment and residency taxes for however long you have been here. One of the key elements is to show that you are married. Go with your wife. Hold hands. Let her ask them what else you need to provide. If you go with a lawyer, then they might wonder what is so complicated about your situation that a lawyer is required. I am sure others will have a different opinion.
 
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warubuta said:
I dont know anyone who used a lawyer. Most people I know, provided proof of marriage (usually this is the koseki tohon) proof of employment (usually a letter from your company, brochure etc.) and proof that you have paid employment and residency taxes for however long you have been here. One of the key elements is to show that you are married. Go with your wife. Hold hands. Let her ask them what else you need to provide. If you go with a lawyer, then they might wonder what is so complicated about your situation that a lawyer is required. I am sure others will have a different opinion.
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Well, I was thinking about this as well to be honest. Having a lawyer might make immigration more suspicious. Then again, having the lawyer help explain that my father-in-law passed away and that the mother-in-law isn't working might be enough to satisfy immigration's curiosities, but the more I think about my situation the more I believe I'm just screwed lol. It will be a miracle if I make it through this let alone obtain PR.
 
Why do you think that your mother in law and father in law have anything to do with it? Are they supporting you in anyway? Do you live in their house? HAve you paid taxes and into the pension system?
 
warubuta said:
Why do you think that your mother in law and father in law have anything to do with it? Are they supporting you in anyway? Do you live in their house? HAve you paid taxes and into the pension system?
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Well, my mother-in-law involved in a sense that I'm supposed to me living with my wife and her mother, which is my current registered address that I put on the PR application.

I have been helping her mother afford her apartment rent by chipping in monthly via cash. I have been helping out with this for the past 2 and a half years.

I have also paid my taxes and paid in the pension system as well.
 
The bottom line is that you have to demonstrate stability. Steady job. Steady address. Steady wife helps too. If you are ostensibly living together with your wife and mother in law, then I guess that is OK as long as you can prove that you are a happy and stable family and that there is enough money to sustain the situation. Go with your wife. And why is it that the mother in law hates you if you are paying her rent? Something doesn't add up.
 
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Go with your wife. Hold hands. Ask them what else you need to provide to complete your application.
 
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I have heard that if you have three or four years of spouse or work visa history and you can prove it, then you have a good chance. But then again, if you are a fuckwit English teacher who is obviously scamming a life in Japan teaching private lessons and paying no taxes, impregnating innocent J girls, going down to Thailand every now and then to smoke Thai stick and bang little brown fucking machines, working as a bartender, having Nirvana tattoos and wearing skinny black jeans, well then you are fucked.
 
warubuta said:
The bottom line is that you have to demonstrate stability. Steady job. Steady address. Steady wife helps too. If you are ostensibly living together with your wife and mother in law, then I guess that is OK as long as you can prove that you are a happy and stable family and that there is enough money to sustain the situation. Go with your wife. And why is it that the mother in law hates you if you are paying her rent? Something doesn't add up.
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She hates me because sometimes me and my wife would argue and her mother would hear it from the other room. She thinks I'm "a bad guy" just because people sometimes disagree and argue sometimes.
 
Sudsy said:
You what now? I've been here since the '80s and I have never known anyone who was actually called in for an interview over a PR application. Not even friends of friends.
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TokyoJoeblow said:
I was never summoned by the immigration office to have an interview. This was my immigration lawyer's idea. I was planning to just go into the immigration office alone today to drop off my mother-in-law's tax exemption forms but that I was worried about my situation and then he told me to meet him outside the immigration office to have an examination with him and an immigration staff member...
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Ah, that makes more sense. From your previous post it seemed as if you had been called in for an interview, which would have been highly unusual.
 
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Great, now that I need to call the lawyer back to cancel going with him tomorrow, no answer. I will have to call him first thing tomorrow if I can't reach him by 5pm today. It will be quite annoying if he insists on going with me.
 
Wife needs to go. Lawyer goes or not doesn’t really matter.
 
warubuta said:
Wife needs to go. Lawyer goes or not doesn’t really matter.
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Well, my wife would need to go if I chose the option of bringing the tax exemption certificates to the immigration office directly. There is also an option to mail them in, which I'm thinking about doing since my wife is busy until next Wednesday and the due date is just after that.

I don't want to seem lazy by coming in a day or two before it it due. In fact, the immigration office might prefer that I mail them in because it mentions to mail it as the first option but also mentions that bringing them there is an option as well.
 
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