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Japan raises permanent-residency fee 20-fold and tightens requirements
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Japan will require permanent-residency applicants to have a pension pot equivalent to 30 years of payouts.
Japan has raised the permanent-residency application fee 20-fold to 200,000 yen and tightened income, Japanese-language and pension requirements. The changes have caused concern and long queues; the language requirement begins next April.
2 sourcesAl Jazeera, BBC NewsUpdated
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Japan will require permanent-residency applicants to demonstrate Japanese-language proficiency.
2 of 2 sources“From April next year, permanent residency applicants will face even tighter requirements, including basic Japanese language proficiency.”
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Japan will require permanent-residency applicants to have a pension pot equivalent to 30 years of payouts.
2 of 2 sources“Applicants' expected pension benefits must also be equivalent to that of someone who has enrolled into the employee pension system for 30 years”