Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!honnetnews!news.gw.fukushima-u.ac.jp!news.tains.tohoku.ac.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!yrmfa-01p1-201.ppp11.odn.ad.JP!not-for-mail From: "Ryan Ginstrom" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Permanent Residency, no problem Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:31:10 +0900 Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <406D7667.13F326C7@yahoo.co.jp> <7h1r60174soluc9neflvmjhu119poecqgn@4ax.com> <406E9CFD.3B42F836@yahoo.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: yrmfa-01p1-201.ppp11.odn.ad.jp (61.116.158.201) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1081045665 86746947 I 61.116.158.201 ([101276]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1123 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1123 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:13155 "Chris Kern" wrote in message news:n3ru60pveo269geabkvqui6rk6e7cfn3a4@4ax.com... > Sorry if I came off as confrontational -- that was intended to be an > honest question, not a challenge. I know nothing about obtaining > Japanese citizenship, so I was just wondering if you felt that you had > an advantage. Just to clarify, Eric got permanent residency status, not citizenship. In the US this would be equivalent to a green card. Incidentally, my wife got her US green card (provisional) within about 3 months of marrying me. Two years later, it was permanent, with no further interviews required. -- Regards, Ryan Ginstrom