The status of residence is the qualification necessary for foreigners to enter and stay in Japan,
Foreigners obtain status of residence by permission of Immigration Bureau.
Conversely foreigners can not stay without permission from Immigration Bureau.
Therefore, in principle all foreigners in Japan have a status of residence.
Foreign residents residing in Japan for more than 3 months will be issued a residence card.
You can prove that you have a status of residence by having a residence card, and you need to carry it all the time.
Violating mobile obligation may be subject to a fine of 200,000 yen or less .
In addition, the residence card has a validity period, and if it is past the validity period and is not applying for renewal, it may be punished by imprisonment of less than 1 year or a fine of 200,000 yen or less .
In other words it is ok if you understand that foreigners are very important identification cards in Japan.
Also, there are many kinds of status of residence, and the status of residence that can be acquired by marrying Japanese is called ” spouse visa “.
Also, although it is an aside, there are foreigners staying in Japan who have no status of residence or lost in Japan.
Such people are called illegal residents or illegal residents, and it is said that there are nearly 70,000 people as of 2017.
Although it is possible to marry illegal residents, there is a risk that spouses will be forcibly returned to their home countries, so it is necessary to take action as soon as possible before marriage, such as consultation with administrative scrivener think.
For further information, please refer to the following Immigration Bureau website.
