Permanent Residency

PR & Visa May 2026

My American Husband's Japanese PR Application: 9 Months, 20+ Documents, and a Rule Change Halfway Through

He filed in August 2025. The rules changed in January 2026. Nine months in, we still don't know which set of criteria our application is being graded against. A real-time field report from inside Japan's tightening immigration system.

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