To cut the long story short, I left Japan in 2021 to do 留学 with my Japanese husband in Canada. We are supposed to move back to Japan end od September 2023. My spouse visa expired. I reapplied and got the COE for spouse visa which is for 3 years. But now, circumstances changed and we have been offered long term jobs in Canada. There is not enough time to apply for a tourist visa so we are using the COE/spouse visa to enter Japan end of September and then come back to Canada after 2 weeks.
My question is: if I am planning to keep my residence card for 3 years but have no address to register, is that okay?
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**Cannot register address on Residence Card**
To cut the long story short, I left Japan in 2021 to do 留学 with my Japanese husband in Canada. We are supposed to move back to Japan end od September 2023. My spouse visa expired. I reapplied and got the COE for spouse visa which is for 3 years. But now, circumstances changed and we have been offered long term jobs in Canada. There is not enough time to apply for a tourist visa so we are using the COE/spouse visa to enter Japan end of September and then come back to Canada after 2 weeks.
My question is: if I am planning to keep my residence card for 3 years but have no address to register, is that okay?
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>My question is: if I am planning to keep my residence card for 3 years but have no address to register, is that okay?
Do you intend to return to Japan? Then keep your card. If not, return it upon exiting and reapply before you come back from Canada.
Functionally this may work, but it does sound slightly like entering the country under false pretenses (you know you are going to be leaving immediately)
That said spouse of Japanese national SORs are some of the most forgiving. You may well face a few extra questions from immigration though.
This is confusing. Are you a Canadian citizen? If so, you should not require a tourist visa; the normal visa waiver is available, according to the MOFA website.