I could.Could you recommend a lawyer in Tokyo who you had good experience with?
I didn't know you need a lawyer for Japan's PR, isn't it very straight forward? I just looked up on the website and got the documents that they asked for and went into the office and applied. 6 or 7 months later I received the postcard to tell me it is approved and please go picked it up.
Also have New Zealand's PR, and that process was really something, I had a lawyer for that application at the beginning, although I fired her later, as it turns out the only thing she was efficient at was sending me the bill to pay for her service.
Be careful of who you choose, otherwise you are just wasting your money.
Just filling paperwork and being patient
Be careful of who you choose, otherwise you are just wasting your money.
i would agree with that
Didn’t need a lawyer either
Just filling paperwork and being patient
You don’t go to law school or study for the bar exam to get it.
Lawyer cant be a guarantor. You need a friend / acquaintance thats either a PR holder or a national to sign off a few things for you.I'm single and I don't want to ask friends to become my guarantor.
Which is the reason why I will need good advices from a lawyer.
Plus, I don't want to waste my time with the paperwork.
I did the naturalization process all on my own and the failure of it kind of traumatized me so this time, even if it's supposed to be easier, I want to able to count on someone reliable.
Not completely inaccurate but Naturalization process differs from PR and is supposedly more difficult to obtain.The reasons you failed naturalization would be the same for PR, you need to fix it before hand I guess, if it's taxes, requirements...etc
Worth noting that now they also look at pension payments (fully paid up last two years) and residence tax (no tax outstanding, payments for previous three years made on time) - and those are minimums, they may choose to look at a longer period. Lots of people being denied PR on these counts recently. They also look at police involvement - even traffic tickets.The only real factor with PR is amount of time in country and previous statuses
Yeah, I kind of assumed people knew that those had to be in check. I only know of 2 people that didn't get it on the first go since they were technically under the 5 year rule unless they had a spouse visa beforehand... that status seems to negate the 5 year thing for some. Assuming a very vanilla case and everything is lined up, it should be a easy win.Worth noting that now they also look at pension payments (fully paid up last two years) and residence tax (no tax outstanding, payments for previous three years made on time) - and those are minimums, they may choose to look at a longer period. Lots of people being denied PR on these counts recently. They also look at police involvement - even traffic tickets.
Lawyer cant be a guarantor. You need a friend / acquaintance thats either a PR holder or a national to sign off a few things for you.
The reasons you failed naturalization would be the same for PR, you need to fix it before hand I guess, if it's taxes, requirements...etc
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PR is a straight forward, checklist kind of thing and if you meet the criteria with all required documents, you should get it. The only real factor with PR is amount of time in country and previous statuses, which could just require more time in-country before it's approved.
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1. You didnt, i inferred incorrectly.Where did I write that I wanted to use the lawyer as my guarantor??
Who would try to do such a silly thing?
10 years in Japan without leaving the country a single time, taxes/revenues kept to the simplest form etc. so the only difficulty for me will be the guarantor.
That's why I'm thinking about paying some individual to become my guarantor but I need a proper opinion from a lawyer before trying this route.