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"Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident"

"Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" or /eijusha-no-haigusha-to/ in Japanese is one of "Status of Residence" defined by Japanese immigration law.

Persons qualified for "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident"
- Husband of Permanent Resident or Special Permanent Resident
- Wife of Permanent Resident or Special Permanent Resident
- Person who was born in Japan as a child of Permanent Resident or Special Permanent Resident

List of "Status of Residence"
Table I (1)	Diplomat Official Professor Artist Religious Activities Journalist
Table I (2)	Business Manager   Legal/Accounting Services   Medical Services   Researcher   Instructor   Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services   Intracompany Transferee   Entertainer   Skilled Labor
Table I (3)	Cultural Activities Temporary Visitor
Table I (4)	Student Pre-college Student Trainee Dependent
Table I (5)	Designated Activities
Table II	Permanent Resident Spouse or Child of Japanese national Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident Long Term Resident
Special Permanent Resident	Special Permanent Resident

Immigration Assistance

As a registered immigration/visa specialist or "Gyoseishoshi", we can offer various services related to immigration procedures.

Services we can offer are

Consultation - to find out Status of Residence/Procedures that may best suit you and/or your family member, etc.
Documentation - to prepare and/or advice the documents you need to submit to the Immigration Bureau
Representation/Agency - to submit the documents and communicate with the Immigration Bureau on your behalf

and so forth.

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Followings are quotations from the immigration law/ordinance of the web site of Japanese government. However some of them were quoted before the revision in 2012. Therefore they might be old and different from the present rule.

Personal Status or Position for Which Residence is Authorized (Appended Table II, Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act)
本邦において有する身分又は地位（出入国管理及び難民認定法　別表第二）

The spouses of those who stay with the status of residence of "Permanent Resident" or "Special Permanent Resident" (hereinafter referred to as "permanent or special permanent resident"), those born as children of a permanent or special permanent resident in Japan who has been residing in Japan.

永住者の在留資格をもつて在留する者若しくは特別永住者（以下「永住者等」と総称する。）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

基準（出入国管理及び難民認定法第七条第一項第二号の基準を定める省令・省令第十六号）

−

Period of Stay (Appended Table II)
在留期間（出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則　別表第二）

3 or 1 year.

三年又は一年

Materials (Appended Table III)
資料（出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則　別表第三）

(i) In case of the spouse of a permanent resident:
a. Document certifying the family relationship with the permanent resident.
b. Copy of the permanent resident's alien registration certificate or passport.
c. Document certifying the occupation and income of the alien or his/her spouse.
d. Letter of endorsement by the permanent resident residing in Japan.

(ii) In case of the child of a permanent resident:
a. the alien's birth certificate or other document certifying the parent-child relationship.
b. Copy of the permanent resident's alien registration certificate or passport.
c. Certificate of the occupation and income of the alien or his/her father or mother.
d. Letter of endorsement by the permanent resident residing in Japan or other endorser residing in Japan.

一　永住者の配偶者である場合
　イ　当該永住者との身分関係を証する文書
　ロ　当該永住者の外国人登録証明書又は旅券の写し
　ハ　当該外国人又はその配偶者の職業及び収入を証する文書
　ニ　本邦に居住する当該永住者の身元保証書

二　永住者の子である場合
　イ　出生証明書その他の親子関係を証する文書
　ロ　当該永住者の外国人登録証明書又は旅券の写し
　ハ　当該外国人又は父若しくは母の職業及び収入に関する証明書
　ニ　本邦に居住する当該永住者又はその他本邦に居住する身元保証人の身元保証書

Materials (Appended Table III (2))
資料（出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則　別表第三の二）

(i) In case of the spouse of a permanent resident, a document certifying the family relationship with the permanent resident.
(ii) Copy of the permanent resident's alien registration certificate or passport.
(iii) Certificate of the occupation and income of the alien, his/her spouse, father or mother.
(iv) In case of the spouse of a permanent resident, a letter of endorsement by the permanent resident residing in Japan; in case of the child of a permanent resident, a letter of endorsement by the permanent resident residing in Japan or other endorser residing in Japan.

一　永住者の配偶者である場合には、当該永住者との身分関係を証する文書
二　当該永住者の外国人登録証明書又は旅券の写し
三　当該外国人、その配偶者又は父若しくは母の職業及び収入に関する証明書
四　永住者の配偶者である場合には、本邦に居住する当該永住者の身元保証書、永住者の子である場合には、本邦に居住する当該永住者又はその他本邦に居住する身元保証人の身元保証書

Agent (Appended Table IV)
代理人（出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則　別表第四）

the alien's relative residing in Japan.

本邦に居住する本人の親族

Specified visa
Spouse or Child of Japanese national 「日本人の配偶者等」 Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident 「永住者の配偶者等」 Long Term Resident 「定住者」 Designated Activities 「特定活動」

Permanent Residency
Permanent Resident 「永住者」 Special Permanent Resident 「特別永住者」

Working visa
Professor 「教授」 Artist 「芸術」 Religious Activities 「宗教」 Journalist 「報道」 Business Manager 「経営・管理」 Legal/Accounting Services 「法律・会計業務」 Medical Services 「医療」 Researcher 「研究」 Instructor 「教育」 Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/ International Services 「技術・人文知識・国際業務」 Intracompany Transferee 「企業内転勤」 Entertainer 「興行」 Skilled Labor 「技能」

General visa
Cultural Activities 「文化活動」 Student 「留学」 Pre-College Student 「就学」 Trainee 「研修」 Dependent 「家族滞在」

Visiting visa
Temporary Visitor 「短期滞在」

Diplomatic visa
Diplomat 「外交」

Official visa
Official 「公用」