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No clear income threshold for a 家族滞在 visa, in the sense of a set amount or more, is given in the law or in published material. Screening is done as a whole, taking account of matters such as the make-up of the family and where they live. What carries weight is not the amount itself so much as whether the income is stable and continuing, and whether it matches the number of people in the family. You show this with a certificate of employment and with tax assessment and tax payment certificates.
An enquiry about the income requirement when someone living in Japan on a work or study status of residence brings family over from their home country.
Because 家族滞在 is a status of residence built on supporting family members who are not financially independent.
家族滞在 is a status of residence built on a foreign national living in Japan supporting family members who cannot support themselves financially.
If the supporting family member does not have enough financial capacity, it becomes hard for the family who come to Japan to live here stably. For that reason, the 地方出入国在留管理局 (Regional Immigration Services Bureau) examines the applicant's ability to support carefully.
No clear threshold is given in the law or on the official website. Each case is judged by looking at the circumstances as a whole.
No clear income threshold for a 家族滞在 visa application is given in the law or on the official website of the 地方出入国在留管理局. Screening is done by taking account of the circumstances of each case as a whole, such as the make-up of the family, where they live, and living costs.
On top of that, the following factors are said to carry weight in practice when ability to support is judged.
All of these are treated as rough guides used in practice. They are not the kind of thing where anything below a certain amount is denied.
The main ones are a certificate of employment, payslips, a 源泉徴収票, tax assessment and tax payment certificates, and a bank balance certificate.
The above are the usual documents. Depending on your circumstances, additional documents may be asked for. As a general rule, documents you submit must have been issued within 3 months, and documents proving income must be submitted as originals.
Hold a stable job, and build up income that matches the number of people in your family, together with accurate filings.
If you are unsure whether your income meets the requirement, please consult a specialist such as a gyoseishoshi authorised to submit applications, early on. They can hear your circumstances and go through the documents you need and the key points of the application in concrete terms.
No clear threshold is given in the law or on the official website. It is judged as a whole, taking account of the make-up of your family, where you live, living costs, and so on.
It tends to increase. In practice, it is thought that each time the number of family members you support rises by 1 person, a certain increase in income, reflecting living costs, is looked for.
They may be. Sufficient savings are looked at in screening as something that supplements your ability to support. You show them with a bank balance certificate.
As a general rule, they must have been issued within 3 months. Documents proving income must also be submitted as originals.
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