🇯🇵 Japan · Guide
A guide to Japan's long-term residence entry points, permanent-residence routes, residence periods, separate applications and official sources. A visa or residence period is not an automatic grant of permanent residence.
Only records with complete current review coverage and official sources are shown.
The standard permanent-residence route used by many work and business statuses. It requires a separate application and review; holding a long-term status for ten years does not itself grant permanent residence.
Timing：Check the official residence-period rule.
View settlement route and official sources →A permanent-residence route that can shorten the ordinary residence period when the applicant can prove the required Highly Skilled Professional points at the relevant historical and application stages.
Timing：Check the official residence-period rule.
View settlement route and official sources →A special highly skilled route assessed through prescribed education or professional experience and high-income conditions rather than the ordinary points table. Permanent residence still requires a separate application.
Timing：Check the official residence-period rule.
View settlement route and official sources →A residence-period exception for qualifying spouses and biological children of a Japanese national, permanent resident or special permanent resident. The relationship, residence and good-conduct conditions must be reviewed separately.
Timing：Check the official residence-period rule.
View settlement route and official sources →This page is a summary of recorded data, not legal text or individual advice. Policies, fees, processing times and documents can change; use the official sources on each route page.
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