<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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?

I'd still have to go down to the Immigration every three years to renew
my Re-entry permit. "Permanent" somehow seems so... final.

> 
> > 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?

Nope.

________________________________________________________________________
                   Louise Bremner (log at gol dot com)
   If you want a reply by e-mail, don't write to my Yahoo address!