Louise Bremner wrote:
> <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.

Yes the renewal bit is a chore, but involves bugger all paperwork, 20
minutes, and one trip across town instead of two.

> > > 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.

I wonder if it would make a difference. I'm self-sponsored, so I'm not
sure whether an unincorporated biz would be toushikeiei. The only other
self-sponsored bloke I know is on the jibunblahblahgyoumu category.