Japan’s parliament passes revisions to immigration control laws that raise statutory caps on visa-related fees and moves toward introducing an online pre-entry travel authorisation system. The Japan Times reports that the statutory upper limit for fees covering changes in residency status or extensions of stay increases from ¥10,000 to ¥100,000. The South China Morning Post adds that the law also sets higher maximum charges for other immigration applications, including fee caps for visa renewals and permanent residency, which rise substantially from the current ¥10,000 threshold. The outlet reports that when the changes take effect later in the financial year, the upper limit will be ¥100,000 for visa renewals and ¥300,000 for permanent residency applications. In addition, the revisions are designed to introduce an online pre-entry travel authorisation system for overseas arrivals, aimed at streamlining steps before people enter Japan. The changes are enacted through parliamentary passage and are expected to be implemented later in the current financial year, subject to the law’s planned rollout.
Japan passes law raising immigration and visa-related fees and adding online pre-entry authorization
Japan’s parliament passes revisions to immigration control laws that raise statutory caps on visa-related fees and moves toward introducing an online pre-entry travel authorisation system. The Japan T...
- Japan’s parliament passes revisions to immigration control laws affecting visa and residence-status fees.
- The statutory upper limit for fees to change residency status or extend stay rises from ¥10,000 to ¥100,000.
- Planned later this financial year, the fee cap is set at ¥100,000 for visa renewals.
- Planned later this financial year, the fee cap is set at ¥300,000 for permanent residency applications.
- The revisions also introduce an online pre-entry travel authorisation system for overseas arrivals.
Japan’s parliament on Friday passed an immigration control law revision to raise the maximum fee for residence status applications by foreigners and introduce an online pre-entry travel authorisation system for overseas arrivals. Once the fee changes are implemented later this financial year, the upper limit will be set at 100,000 yen (US$630) for visa renewals and 300,000 yen for permanent residency applications, marking a sharp increase from the existing threshold of 10,000 yen. The fees are...
2 months agoUnder the bill, the statutory upper limit for fees to change residency statuses or extend a period of stay will go from ¥10,000 to ¥100,000.
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