Hey guys
I think I've made a huge mistake earlier this year.
Last year August, I got married, and decided to switch to the spousal visa this year in June.
I had a few student visas, then 1 year working visa, then 3 year working visa, which would've probably went on to go to a 5 years one if I would've normally renewed it this year. Wouldn't matter if it didn't though.
The thing is, I'm looking to buy a house and of course, having PR would be a huge plus.
Thus I started looking into applying for it and found out that I have more than 80 points for the past 2 years and could apply through the points route. (Been in Japan for 8 years, and married only 1 year, so neither of those routes would work)
I saw on the moj site that one can only apply if the current visa has at least 3 years.
So technically speaking, with my current 1 year spousal visa, I'm not eligible.
I'm wondering if it really does matter though, because don't they have some kind of system where they can check my history in Japan? They'd be able to see that my previous visa had 3 years on it.
Would it be helpful if I added some comments about the situation inside the 理由書? Perhaps how it was a mistake to switch to the spousal visa instead of renewing my working visa and I only did it because I was so excited to be married (which is honestly true, thus I didn't think things through).
Would appreciate your insights on this!
Thanks a lot!
Edit:
Even though most of you said it's bot possible with my 1 year visa, I was fortunately still able to apply.
Called this morning and went directly to the immigration bureau as well to ask, and it didn't seem they had a problem with it.
On the phone the person said that chances are low to get it, but perhaps with some explanation done on my side, I might be able to get approved for PR.
At the counter, they didn't even ask about it. Two people went over the documents and they just pointed out that 1 document was missing and I should send it to them later.
Got the usual postcard and was told that the waiting time is around a year.
Of course this doesnt mean that I'm automatically getting the PR, but at least they didn't reject me immediately or say it's impossible.
Btw, I just added a small 捕捉 letter explaining my situation. Maybe that helped.
by RandomDudeinJapan