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Who this article is forA reapplication after an application for a Certificate of Eligibility under 日本人の配偶者等 was denied, from the applicant herself.
To be allowed to stay as the spouse of a Japanese national, the couple must be legally married and recognised as spouses under the law of both countries of nationality. If the reason for the denial is that the home-country registry still shows the applicant as married to the previous husband, one option is said to be to try, in the home country, the procedures for the "divorce from the previous husband" and the "marriage to the current husband" by presenting the documents confirming the Japanese divorce, and then reapply with a detailed explanation of that system, how the procedures went, and the reasons if the registry could not be corrected.
A reapplication after an application for a Certificate of Eligibility under 日本人の配偶者等 was denied, from the applicant herself.
To be allowed to stay as the spouse of a Japanese national, the couple must be legally recognised as married in both countries of nationality.
To be allowed to stay as the spouse of a Japanese national, the couple must be legally married and recognised as spouses under the law of both countries of nationality (在留審査要領). If the reason given for the denial is that the Philippine registry still shows the applicant as married to the previous husband, so that the marriage to the current husband cannot be confirmed in the Philippines, then even if the marriage in Japan can be proved, it appears necessary to correct the Philippine side, where she is still registered as married to the previous husband.
The approach is said to be to present the documents confirming the Japanese divorce in the home country and try the procedures for the divorce from the previous husband and the marriage to the current husband.
It is understood that spouses who are both Filipino nationals cannot divorce, but for a divorce from a Japanese national, a similar procedure appears to be available by a certain method. For that reason, the approach is said to be to show a copy of the certificate of finality of the Japanese divorce lawsuit in the home country and try the procedures for the 'divorce from the previous husband' and the 'marriage to the current husband'. The information on the "judicial recognition of a foreign divorce" published by the Embassy of the Philippines in Japan (駐日フィリピン大使館) has also been consulted for the procedure.
One option is said to be to reapply with a detailed explanation of the correction procedure, how it went, and why it could not be corrected.
One option is said to be to reapply with an explanation of the correction procedure in the home country, the course of the procedures actually taken, and, if the registry could not be corrected, a detailed explanation of the reasons.
To be allowed to stay as the spouse of a Japanese national, the couple must be legally recognised as married in both countries of nationality. If the reason for the denial is that the marriage cannot be confirmed in the home country, the home-country situation appears to need correcting.
The approach is said to be to present the documents confirming the Japanese divorce (a copy of the certificate of finality) in the home country and try the procedures for the divorce from the previous husband and the marriage to the current husband.
One option is said to be to reapply after explaining in detail the system for the correction procedure, how the procedures went, and the reasons why it could not be corrected.
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