3 changes logged for long stay in Asia. 1 restated, 1 tightened, 1 fee. Every item is in The Wire with a source you can open and the date it was checked.
The ETA grants 30 days on arrival, double entry, and the second entry only uses the balance of the same 30 days. Extensions are filed in Colombo and take the total to six months on a tourist visa. This item was first written as a 180 day tourist visa. That figure is what the total reaches with extensions, not what the officer stamps at the airport.
Linked to the authority notice, not the legal instrument.
The revised guidelines test income against average household income, require pension contributions equivalent to thirty years of employee payments, and look for Japanese ability around N3 to B1. Revocation is now explicit for deliberate non payment of tax or pension. The guideline was published in October 2026 and applies to applications filed from 1 April 2027.
Linked to the authority notice, not the legal instrument.
The fee for a permanent residence application rises from JPY 10,000 to JPY 200,000, a twentyfold increase, reported from 1 October 2026.
Linked to the authority notice, not the legal instrument. Fee schedule page did not open for automated reading.
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