Hello PR holders, I need your help! How long did it take to get an answer for the Permanent residence visa? It's been 7 months I wasn't asked for any more documents.
I'm a spouse of a Japanese National, the problem is that my husband wants to divorce me and doesn't want to wait long ... I've come this far and I really don't want to waste this chance. I would lose everything :emoji_frowning2:
My friends told me to call the Immigration office, has anyone had any luck calling and asking for the status?
I'm really stressed I hope to get some advice.
Thanks for reading.
Dear Lotus,
I am sorry to hear about your difficult situation. The fastest that
I personally know of is about one month, when I applied and received mine, I was told about six months but it took under 3. I think this has much to do with where you are located and the workload that they are under.
As others have said, it varies greatly. However, rather than giving them a call, I would suggest that you visit in person, especially if you can speak Japanese, and if you are going to a smaller location. Furthermore, try to talk to someone who can "do" something for you- this depends a lot on your ability to "read people and connect with them and how effectively you can communicate".
Then if you can add some compelling reason that you want to get your PR asap (presumably and upcoming divorce would not be helpful, but if you were considering buying a property and would need a housing loan - 住宅ローン- speeding up the process might be considered under a such a special circumstance.)
This was the case for the person that got it within a month. That person had all the "boxes checked" that immigration seems to like - big company, married, kids, volunteer work, language competency, etc., as a reasonable justification for why they would like to hurry things along. Furthermore, this was a smaller regional branch (withe presumably a much lower case load than say Tokyo or Osaka).
I hope this is of some help.
