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Who this article is forAn enquiry from someone facing her first renewal after her spouse went on to graduate school and their income fell.
A fall in household income may have an effect on the extension of 「日本人の配偶者等」. However, the decision is not made on the income figure alone: your savings, your own income, and the expected income after graduation are also taken into account. The heart of your preparation is explaining in writing why the income fell and what the outlook is.
An enquiry from someone facing her first renewal after her spouse went on to graduate school and their income fell.
It may have an effect. What is looked at is whether there is a financial basis for a settled life.
The fall in income caused by your husband becoming a graduate student may have an effect on the renewal of 「日本人の配偶者等」.
In renewing the 在留資格「日本人の配偶者等」, the 地方出入国在留管理局 (Regional Immigration Services Bureau) screens whether the applicant or the spouse has a financial basis on which to live a settled life in Japan. This is said to be an important requirement, meant to ensure that you do not become a burden on Japanese society.
Not only your current income, but your savings, your own income and the future outlook are all taken into account together.
All of these are said to be factors taken into account in practice. The outcome is not decided on the income figure alone.
4 things can be considered: savings, your own income, the expected income after graduation, and help from relatives.
4 things: setting out your financial situation, explaining why the income fell and what the outlook is, documents backing that up, and checking the required documents early.
In a case like this, what matters is explaining the couple's present financial situation properly and showing that it will be stable in future. If anything worries you or is unclear, we suggest speaking early with the consultation desk of the 地方出入国在留管理局 or with a 行政書士 (certified administrative procedures legal specialist / gyoseishoshi).
It may have an effect. This is because screening for renewal looks at whether the applicant or the spouse has a financial basis on which to live a settled life in Japan.
Where you have enough savings, where you yourself have a stable income, where the expected income after graduation is high, or where continuing help from relatives can be expected, those points may be taken into account.
The factors given include your current and past income, your savings, your spouse's studies and expected future income, your own income, and whether there are relatives who provide financial help.
Prepare a written summary of the couple's income, savings and spending, a document explaining why the income fell and what the outlook is, and backing documents such as a certificate of savings balance, a letter of job offer and records of remittances.
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