Although as long as you are a declared resident you have to file and
pay taxes...

-Scott

In article <c474t3$2ger5k$1@ID-40185.news.uni-berlin.de>, Jim Magell wrote:
> The answer is if you have a valid visa and a re-entry permit (which will run
> up to the last day of your visa) you can leave Japan the next day and stay
> away till the day before your visa expires (in theory but you might want to
> make it back a couple of weeks before)
> 
> For example. Three year spouse visa with multiply re-entry granted today -
> you can leave tomorrow  and come back in two years, 11 months and whatever
> weeks and your re-entry will still work.
> 
> Hendrik wrote:
>> Hi (and to some, 'ohisashiburi'),
>>
>> it's midnight and "nyuukan" is not open, so i'll try my luck with a
>> certain always well-informed collective brain (aka fj.life.in-japan):
>> has anyone here ever hired someone from outside Japan, where that
>> person later took a longish leave of absence abroad (in their home
>> country or elsewhere) without losing their visa? If so, how long was
>> that person allowed to stay away from Japan? Hw was the visa/re-entry
>> permit kept valid?
>>
>> Thanks: Hendrik
>>
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> 
> 


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