Good afternoon, friends.
Just a question about the tax certificate (nozei shomei sho) you can get from your local ward office.
I came to Japan last April under a 1 year visa and am in need of applying for an extension now. That would entail providing this certificate according to most sources (it’s a bit of a mess of conflicting information out there).
But as far as I’m aware this would likely just be a “0 yen paid” at this stage. I don’t believe my employer has been paying quarterly and he said he’s doing all the business taxes next month (March). I also didn’t receive any letters about residence taxes last June (presumably due to only being here a couple months) and likewise don’t expect to be invoiced until June this year. So ultimately haven’t paid any tax outside of the standard Goods & Services thus far.
That doesn’t sound like it’d be a good indicator of being a good samaritan. Anyone else come under just a 1 year visa and renewed? What was your experience? Do you actually need this document?
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When it comes to immigration procedures, you should only use the information in this link below. That way there won’t be any confliction.
https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/procedures/16-3.html
If you are under the “Engineer/Humanities/International service” visa and your employer falls into category 1 or 2 in 区分
（所属機関）in the link below then you don’t need the 納税証明書.
https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/gijinkoku.html
My first visa in Japan was also a 1 year. And when renewing it, I didn’t have to give them any of my tax document. I only needed to give them my employer’s documents.
Call immigration.
I had a similar situation, and they wanted my work details and a letter explaining my situation. But I’m on a spouse visa, it’s a different story.