For some context, I have lived in Japan for seven years now, and I currently have a 3 year resident card. After the 3 years I am thinking to apply for a PR.
With that stated above, I am hoping to change jobs to something completely new then what I have been doing. I know I have to change the status of my residence card to represent the job that I would be employed in to stay in legal status.
So my question,
If I change jobs and update my resident card status to reflect the new job, will I still keep the three year limit?
Or will I essentially be give a new resident card upon changing jobs which may have a different yearly limit.
Anyone who has changed jobs while being in working residence status as compared to spouse or PR, what was your experience with this process?
Any insight and advice will be greatly appreciated.
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>If I change jobs and update my resident card status to reflect the new job, will I still keep the three year limit?
Not necessarily. While the period of stay awarded is somewhat random, it does depend on how stable of a job immigration thinks you have. I. E. Good salary, large company, etc. If your new job is higher paying, larger in size, then you have a good chance of getting an equal or longer duration.
>Anyone who has changed jobs while being in working residence status as compared to spouse or PR, what was your experience with this process?
PR eligibility doesn’t depend on which type of 3 year min duration SOR you have. Having a working visa doesn’t limit your eligibility to the 5 year working requirement. You can change jobs or SORs while PR application is in progress, so long as you notify immigration. It shouldn’t affect the outcome of your PR app so long as you still meet the min requirements.
You can’t apply for PR at the time of renewal instead of a regular renewal, as it can take 1 year to be approved.
Instead you should apply for PR as soon as eligible, ignoring the expiry of your current status.
If your current status expires during the PR application you will need to extend the current status normally anyway.