Are there any type of language requirements to become a permanent resident? can you become one knowing 0 japanese?
and similarily, can you in any way easier/faster get a PR if your japanese is fluent? if so how would you prove your proficiency? like with JLTP, or interview etc?
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For non-highly skilled professionals it takes 10 years to get PR. 3 if you’re married to a Japanese person. In both of these cases I’d sincerely hope you wouldn’t have a Japanese level of zero. It’s kind of inexcusable.
If you are a highly skilled professional, you can get PR in as little as one year and it’s a points based system. Fluent Japanese won’t get you PR any faster, but JLPT N1 is worth some points (N2 is worth a few if you didn’t go to graduate school in Japan. If you did it’s worth 0) . It’s worth so few points however that things like graduate degrees, published papers, and salary should far outweigh it.
There is no language requirement for PR. If you have someone to fill out all forms for you in Japanese then immigration won’t care.
Having N2 and higher gives you some points for the PR via HSP route.
Zero requirement. You can fill out the forms in English lol.
As far as I am aware there are no language requirements…. On paper (I believe Japanese language certification gives one more immigration points for HSP route though).
However, my speculation (so take with a grain of salt) is that In reality, I’d say someone applying via the 10 year route for work visas, or the 5 year route for LTR visas would maybe get more scrutiny/soft blocking with zero, or very little Japanese ability on the account of them granting PR suggesting you intend to reside in Japan permanently, of which Japan “kind of” accepts responsibility for you, and thus the ability to communicate is quite important, especially for later life.
I’d say for the spousal route it’s less likely to get issues with no Japanese ability though.
They’ll probably call you on the phone to ask you some questions about your life, job etc.
They did when I got PR, happened to my friends that got PR, and also read it on here.
In my case, the immigration inspector spoke all in Japanese too.
I had over 10 years & had a lawyer do mine for me. I only dealt with them in Japanese so I didn’t get any questions from them about language skills.
Man, imagine becoming a permanent resident of a country where you don’t speak the language. That’s just wacky to me. I mean you might be legally entitled to, but morally? Lol.