Hey y’all. Me (US citizen) and my girlfriend (Japanese citizen) have been dating for 3 years and want to get married. The plan is for me to move to Japan for a year while she gains 1 more year of work experience (totaling 3) at her company. We both agree that she would be miserable as a housewife and think getting a job in the States would be easier with 3 years of experience at the company she works.
I have been having a hard time finding the requirements for the spousal visa. Specifically the income requirements. She makes a little over 200,000yen a month. I own an online business that I make a good living off of, so she wouldn’t be supporting me or anything, but it’s my understanding that they only care about her income.
My 2 questions are:
1. Does she make enough to get my visa approved? And if not what are some work arounds?
2. She moved back in with her parents after college. She is worried about the difficulties of changing her address when we get a place. So how hard will it be for her to change her address officially?
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**Spousal VISA**
Hey y’all. Me (US citizen) and my girlfriend (Japanese citizen) have been dating for 3 years and want to get married. The plan is for me to move to Japan for a year while she gains 1 more year of work experience (totaling 3) at her company. We both agree that she would be miserable as a housewife and think getting a job in the States would be easier with 3 years of experience at the company she works.
I have been having a hard time finding the requirements for the spousal visa. Specifically the income requirements. She makes a little over 200,000yen a month. I own an online business that I make a good living off of, so she wouldn’t be supporting me or anything, but it’s my understanding that they only care about her income.
My 2 questions are:
1. Does she make enough to get my visa approved? And if not what are some work arounds?
2. She moved back in with her parents after college. She is worried about the difficulties of changing her address when we get a place. So how hard will it be for her to change her address officially?
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Sorry for the confusion but I’d like to clarify, is your Japanese girlfriend currently in Japan? Or are you trying to move here for a year while she stays in the US for the work experience? Your wording was a little confusing.
Also, if you move here for a year before the spouse visa, under which visa will you be?
1. I am not sure how much income even matters, my wife was able to get me a spouse visa without having even lived in Japan for the past 7 years. She did write a bit about plans for work when we arrived, but nothing real concrete.
2. Changing her address is really not a big deal. When she gets married, she’ll have to leave her parents Koeseki and establish her own, then fill out a bit of paperwork to change her address to her new address. I mean it may take a couple hours at the city hall, but it’s pretty painless getting everything set up. The clerks deal with this kind of thing all the time.
My wife made around that amount of money but I think her brother was a guarantor on the visa application.
Changing your address isn’t hard at all.
I noticed that you mentioned her not wanting to be a housewife. You might consider adjusting your moving plan timeline if you are considering children in the near future. Even with health insurance, it can be very expensive in the US and also depending on your state you may be restricted from healthcare access if something were to go wrong. Then move forward with your plans so that she can keep the career she enjoys.