Will my Japanese spouse visa be revoked if I move away?Will the renewal application be denied?

"Japanese spouse, etc." visa requires living together in principle

Foreigners residing in Japan with a visa of "Japanese spouse, etc."As a general rule, it is necessary to "live together" with the Japanese person you are marrying..

The “Spouse or Child of Japanese National” visa is permitted for foreign nationals who are engaged in activities in Japan as a spouse of a Japanese national.Therefore, in order to receive a visa, it is required that the husband and wife live together, cooperate with each other, support each other, and lead a life with the substance of marriage, which is socially accepted couple living together.

Will my visa be canceled if I live separately?If I live separately, even if my visa was once approved, will my application for renewal be rejected?

If you live separately, you will be subject to disapproval / cancellation

In order to be able to say that a married couple lives together according to social conventions, it is necessary for the married couple to live together unless there is a reasonable reason.

Therefore, if you do not have to separate after applying for a visa for "Japanese spouse, etc." and getting permission, but you are living separately,Next visa renewal not allowedOr if you are separated for more than 6 months even if your visa is still validVisa may be revokedThere is also (Article 22-XNUMX of the Immigration Control Act).

Therefore, if you have a "Spouse, etc. of Japanese National" visa and are living separately from your Japanese spouse without any reason, we recommend that you stop living separately as soon as possible.Returning to the environment in which you lived together will help protect your visa..

What happens to my spouse visa if I am separated due to unavoidable circumstances?

However, depending on the circumstances of the couple and the circumstances, there may be cases where there is a reason why it is necessary to live separately.The “reason” isabout being separatedReasonable reasonIf applicableEven if you live separately from your Japanese partner,Your visa application may be approved.

So, under what circumstances can we say that there is a rational reason for this?

Example XNUMX Separation due to nursing care

A Japanese who has a hometown in an area away from the area where he / she lives is returning home for a certain period of time to care for his / her relatives, and a foreigner who has a “Japanese spouse, etc.” visa lives together. If you cannot go home with a Japanese person because you have been working as a full-time employee for a long time in your area.

Example XNUMX Separation due to being transferred to work alone

A Japanese who lived with me lived for a certain period of time because he received a request from his company to move to work alone, and a foreigner with a "Japanese spouse, etc." visa lived with him. If you cannot move to your new post with a Japanese person because you have been working as a full-time employee in the area for a long time.

Example XNUMX: Temporary separation due to deterioration of marital relationship

Even if a couple's marital relationship has cooled down and cohabitation and mutual support activities have virtually ceased, the situation has not yet become fixed and the couple's marital relationship can be repaired and maintained. There is a possibility, etc.``It is at a stage where it is no longer recognized that the marital relationship has lost its substance and has become a mere token.''If it is.

The legal judgment that "there is a rational reason" or "the rationality is recognized" is based on the current public opinion and social background from the viewpoint of necessity and appropriateness. It may be done on the basis of whether or not many of the people who make up the are convinced.
This idea seems to apply to some extent to the theme of this article, which is whether or not there are reasonable grounds for visas for "spouse of Japanese national, etc." when the couple is living separately.

If a foreigner with a “spouse or spouse of Japanese national” visa is living separately, please check the reason for this."Whether it is rational"You may want to consider.

But,In principle, it is important for a "Japanese spouse, etc." visa that the couple live together.That's exactly what I said at the beginning.

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