Does Japan actively deport foreigners?
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- 12 Oct 2013
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According to the Ministry of Justice, there were just over 10,000 cases of deportation last year. Most were for visa overstays.
法務省：平成２８年における入管法違反事件について
There is no ICE, but one shouldn't take great comfort from that.
法務省：平成２８年における入管法違反事件について
There is no ICE, but one shouldn't take great comfort from that.
- 6 Mar 2003
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His question was about those that overstay a valid visa. I'm sure it's just a hypothetical scenario. ;-)
- 20 Aug 2003
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In that case, my answer is slightly different. Nothing from my earlier post changes, but I will add this. Japan will not hunt down an overstayer, but there can be serious problems when leaving the country, even if one is 1 day over the visa. Going into immigration beforehand has sometimes yielded softer repercussions. Sometimes.
I would agree!!
But I would add that with the new residents cards being issued by immigration and only being valid for a persons period of stay, should anyone over stay by just one day, it would be very easy for immigration to become aware of this.
Also any deportation could result in a 10 year re-entry ban.
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- 26 Sep 2018
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I have a former police officer as a friend and he told me there were days in a week that you weren't allowed to question foreigners because it usually was the case that they overstayed. So definitely they do so.
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Why? They didn't want to catch them?
- 26 Sep 2018
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Because they didn't have enough space. XD
Over stayers would be dealt with by immigration not the Police.
- 26 Sep 2018
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True, but the police does the gruntwork.
