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The enquirer, as the spouse, can be the 身元保証人 (guarantor). Even if you have no income yourself, there is no problem as long as your spouse has enough income. In the occupation field on the application form, it is fine to write 「無職」 (no occupation).
An enquiry from a Japanese national, asking whether a Japanese spouse with no income can be the guarantor.
Yes. As long as your spouse has enough income, it does not matter that you have none yourself.
In an application for the status of residence 「日本人の配偶者等」, the enquirer, as the spouse, can be the 身元保証人.
The 身元保証人 is a person who promises to give financial and emotional support so that the applicant can live stably in Japan. Even if you have no income yourself, you can be the 身元保証人 as long as your husband has enough income.
The 身元保証人 takes on a responsibility to support the applicant in obeying Japanese law and in living stably. You need to understand this point fully.
If you are currently a full-time homemaker with no income, it is fine to write 「無職」.
As for the enquirer's own occupation field, since she is currently a full-time homemaker with no income, it is fine to write 「無職」.
First file a residence tax return at your municipality, and check whether a 非課税証明書 can then be issued.
The first thing to check is whether you can obtain a 非課税証明書 by filing a residence tax return at the municipality where you live. Even where there is no record of paying tax in Japan, a 非課税証明書 is sometimes issued once you declare that you have no income. So please start by asking at the counter of the municipality where you live.
If you still cannot obtain a 非課税証明書, you may be able to prove that you have no income by submitting the following documents instead.
In addition to income documents such as a certificate of employment, explain concretely how the remote work will actually work and where you will live in Japan.
Please prepare a document that explains concretely how things have gone so far, your plans for life in Japan, and the details of your husband's remote work in Japan (what the work involves, working hours, how the income is remitted, and so on).
The documents you need to prepare may differ depending on your own circumstances. To be safe, we strongly recommend consulting the counter of the 地方出入国在留管理局, or a certified administrative procedures legal specialist (gyoseishoshi) who handles these matters.
Yes. The 身元保証人 is a person who promises to give financial and emotional support so that the applicant can live stably in Japan. So even if you have no income yourself, you can be the 身元保証人 as long as your spouse has enough income.
If you are currently a full-time homemaker with no income, it is fine to write 「無職」.
First file a residence tax return at the municipality where you live, and check whether a 非課税証明書 can then be issued. If you still cannot obtain one, write a 理由書 yourself setting out concretely why you cannot, and submit a certificate of your bank balance as well. Together these may show that you have no income and that you have enough assets not to be in hardship for the time being.
Even where the income is high, because the work takes the form of remote work, its stability and continuity may be examined carefully. It is advisable to submit the employment contract, documents showing the stability of the company, and a written statement explaining what the work involves and how the income is remitted.
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