Louise Bremner wrote:
> <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I thought it was still 250,000/month.
> > >
> > > I thought it had been raised recently... or is it just that I got a
> > > "raise" from my paper sponsor last time I applied?
> >
> > I sponsored 2 new employees a fortnight ago, so I hope it is still 25.
> > Perhaps it is different in Tokyo - I'll ask tomorrow. Why do you still
> > need your sponsor? Don't you have PR or a toushikeiei status?
>
> Long-term resident, which seems to be an orphaned status now. Every time
> I renew, they ask why I don't go for PR, but I don't see much point in
> changing.

Why not? Wouldn't it save the trouble of renewing all the time?

> Uh... Should I know what's a "toushikeiei"?

Becoming the most common work visa for self-employed folk. Is your biz
incorporated in some way?