Japan · Spouse or partner
在留資格「永住者の配偶者等」
在留資格「永住者の配偶者等」 is issued by Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁). VisaAI tracks 2 official requirements for it, each traced to the government page that states it.
Last verified against the official source on .
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Requirements change. Confirm every item on Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁)’s own page before you apply.
Each requirement below is written in plain English by VisaAI. The indented text beneath it is quoted from Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁)’s own page, so you can check what we say against what they say. Where a quotation shows “ ... ”, text has been left out.
Conditions you must meet
- Who qualifies: the spouse of a permanent resident, or a child of a permanent resident born in Japan and continuously resident here sinceThe birth-in-Japan and continuous-residence conditions apply to the child limb only, and both must hold.
永住者等の配偶者又は永住者等の子として本邦で出生しその後引き続き本邦に在留している者
- Period of stay: 5 years, 3 years, 1 year or 6 months
在留期間 ５年、３年、１年又は６月
Also stated by the authority
Not requirements in themselves. These are alternatives, exemptions, rights and warnings the authority publishes alongside the requirements — quoted here because they can change what applies to you.
- Examples the authority gives: spouses of permanent residents and special permanent residents, and children born in Japan who have continued to reside here
該当例としては、永住者・特別永住者の配偶者及び本邦で出生し引き続き在留している子。
Official sources
- 在留資格「永住者の配偶者等」 — Requirements, Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁)