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In practice, it is appropriate to treat the child's procedure as an 在留資格変更許可申請 (Application for Change of Status of Residence). 「家族滞在」 is granted on the basis of a specific supporting person. When that person changes from the father to the mother, the premise of the status of residence itself changes.
The person supporting the family changes from the father to the mother, and the question is what kind of procedure the child needs.
「家族滞在」 is granted on the basis of a specific supporting person, so a change of supporter changes the premise itself.
The status of residence 「家族滞在」 is granted on the basis of a specific supporting person. When that person changes from the father to the mother, the premise of the status of residence — who is supporting the child — changes at its root.
This is not a simple extension of the period of stay. The reality of support by the new supporting person, the mother, has to be examined again from the start. So you either file in the form of a change application, or you file a renewal application with a solid 理由書 (written explanation) and documents about the new supporting person.
When the period of stay is about to end, the practical form is to file the applications for all 3 at the same time.
The 13 March (3月13日) deadline is close, so in practice the 3 applications are filed together as one package.
If the application is accepted before the deadline, you can stay on your current status of residence for up to 2 months while you wait.
If the application is accepted by 13 March (3月13日), you can stay on your current status of residence until the result comes out (for up to 2 months).
However, if you have already filed the renewal of the father's 「経営・管理」 yourself and cannot submit any further documents, you will need to arrange with the 地方出入国在留管理局 (Regional Immigration Services Bureau) to withdraw the current application and switch to the new change application.
If there is little prospect of the business recovering, do not push on with the renewal until it ends in a denial. Moving cleanly across to 「技術・人文知識・国際業務」 for your wife and 「家族滞在」 for you and your child is the shorter road to protecting the whole family's residence.
Showing, with supporting documents, that the mother now has a stable income that can support the family.
A change of principal holder is one of the patterns that screening looks at carefully. If the child's procedure is filed as a simple "renewal", there is a risk that the father's worsening business situation will lead to a denial for the child's status of residence as well.
Show the new arrangement clearly — that the mother has become a permanent employee and will support the family on a stable income — together with supporting documents such as her employment contract. There is little time before the deadline, so we recommend acting quickly.
In practice it is appropriate to treat it as an 在留資格変更許可申請. 「家族滞在」 is granted on the basis of a specific supporting person, so a change of supporter means the premise of the status of residence changes.
When the period of stay is about to end, the practical form is to file all 3 together as one package: the wife's change to a status that allows work, the child's 「家族滞在」 procedure, and the husband's change to 「家族滞在」.
If the application was accepted before the deadline, you can stay on your current status of residence for up to 2 months while you wait for the result.
You need to arrange with the 地方出入国在留管理局 to withdraw the current application and switch to the new change application.
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