I've been here 10 years now, have a 3-year visa, engineering job, pension and taxes paid… but I'm a bit worried. When I was in Japan as a student I got into a fight while drunk and got arrested. I know, I know — I'm an actual gaijin mondai.
It was when I was here on a different visa, and I was out of the country for about ten years afterwards. It got settled at the time (no prison or anything, but I was in a holding cell for a month) and has never come up when dealing with immigration since. But still, will it affect my PR application? I have a strong feeling it will.
by crumpetflipper