I'm moving back to Japan with my wife next year. She's Japanese, and we were married initially in Japan when I lived there back in the 2000s, so we have a Japanese marriage certificate and I'm in her koseki from back then. We moved back to the US in 2009, but we're heading back next year I think permanently. According to my wife, after I've been there for 1 year on my spousal visa, it'll be "easy" to get permanent residence since we've been married more than the 3 year(?) minimum, we were married first in Japan, and I'm in her koseki. But everything I see here and in other Japan subreddits makes it sound like getting PR will be a lot harder. Is there more to it?
The one thing I wonder about it the financial support requirements for PR. I'll continue working remote for my US job (I've been with them for 11 years and they're really flexible), get paid to a US bank account, etc., with salary about 17M yen. My wife will pick up some work after we move too, so we'll be fine financially. But I wonder since my company is based overseas if I'll need a financial hoshonin or something? I think we can use my wife's mother, but not sure if that's enough.
Also, just heads up, I checked the visa status FAQ and didn't find my situation there, hence the post. Maybe this one will end up in the FAQ 🙂
by VisiblyStunned