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The rumour that you will have to submit a My Number when applying for a 短期滞在 visa is wrong. However, where the 身元保証人 in Japan is a foreign national, such as a 「永住者」, that person's record of paying tax and social insurance is said to be weighed more heavily in screening than before.
A guide for people who want to know how the start of the 特定在留カード affects inviting relatives on a 短期滞在 visa.
It is clearly wrong.
When a relative abroad applies for a 短期滞在 visa at a Japanese embassy or consulate, the inviter or 身元保証人 (guarantor) in Japan never submits a My Number (individual number). On the contrary, when submitting official documents prepared in Japan, such as a certificate of residence, you are asked to submit a version that omits the individual number, that is, the My Number. Even as administrative procedures move online, the rules on privacy and on the handling of specified personal information are very strict, and it is said that a My Number is never asked for at a visa application counter.
Because checks on the fulfilment of public duties are tightening where the guarantor waiting in Japan is a foreign resident.
Note that the 特定在留カード merges the Residence Card with the My Number Card in order to bring procedures together, and obtaining it is optional. No arrangement under which tax payment status or social insurance enrolment is automatically queried between the ministries concerned can be found in the published material.
Clear up your tax and social insurance position, make the letter on the background to the invitation concrete, and submit extra evidence voluntarily.
There is a strict rule that once a 短期滞在 visa is refused, you cannot as a rule apply again for 6 months afterwards. If anything at all worries you, you are advised not to rush into applying on your own judgment, but to consult a specialist.
No. On the contrary, documents such as a certificate of residence have to be submitted in a version that omits the individual number.
Where the 身元保証人 is a foreign national, such as a 「永住者」 (Permanent Resident), whether taxes and social insurance contributions are paid on time, that is, the person's attitude to compliance, is said to be weighed more heavily than before.
As a rule there is a strict rule that you cannot apply again for 6 months afterwards.
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