This article is an article targeting people who update their Japanese spouse visa.
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Required documents
1. Period of stay renewal permission application form
2. Photos (4 cm long x 3 cm wide)
3. Family register copy(Kosekitohon in Japanese) of the Japanese spouse
4. Tax (or tax exemption) certificate of resident’s tax of the Japanese spouse, tax payment certificate (one with total annual income and taxation status stated)
5. Warranty card (Japanese spouse guarantees foreign spouse)
6. Resident’s card of Japanese spouse (one with all households listed)
7. Passport presentation
8. Residence card presentation
There are a lot of documents mainly on the Japanese spouse side.
In addition, if you have a personal card, you can obtain a family register or a resident card with a printer at a convenience store. So you may want to do apply for your personal card !
About expiration date
Even if foreigners live in Japan long before marriage and have residence card with a validity period of 5 years, Basically, the expiration date of your first spouse’s visa is one year.
And if there is no problem with the subsequent renewal application, in principle the expiration date will be extended, like ⇒ 1 year ⇒ 3 years ⇒ 5 years.
About Tokyo Immigration Bureau
It takes time to apply at the Immigration Bureau of Tokyo.
They are telling congestion on Twitter
※ It is B counter that you applicate for permission to renew your status of residence at.
在留申請窓口（Bカウンター）の状況をお知らせします。
本日午後２時現在，５６０番まで発券しています。今，３７５番の方までお呼びしています。
受付は午後４時までです。お早めに。— 東京出入国在留管理局 (@IMMI_TOKYO) January 18, 2018
（I think that Immigration Bureau should make WEB application.）
So, if you do not want to spend one day applying, we recommend you to go pretty early.
We went around 8:20 in the morning, and we were able to finish all application processing at around 9:30.
