Nikkei: PR applications & residence card renewals to be available online from 2025

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One day there will be a generation that doesn’t know the terror of Shinagawa.

9 comments
  1. There’s already millions of people who have never been to Shinagawa.
    Osaka ain’t that bad.

  2. I would welcome this.

    But I have to say that my recent PR renewal at Torihama on a Monday morning was extremely quick and easy, in and out in 30 minutes. It’s just that it is WAY far away from me.

  3. Here in Inaka there are only 3 chairs in the waiting room, and they have never been full, but I hate going there because they don’t have aircon and it’s like a sauna.

  4. Yono in Saitama was pretty crowded but not terrible by any means.

    Although Digital processing beats physical visits any day and f the week

  5. While 30 minutes at Shinagawa once every 7 years has not ruined my life so far, I’m still happier to skip it. This is quite sensible since it’s purely administrative: the printing and laminating of a new card and affixing a new photo. If they can do this online and deliver the new card securely by post, then great.

  6. I thought residence cards could already be renewed online? (although the process is absolutely crap, I ended up applying physically anyway like many others…)

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