On Jun 30, 7:37 am, "John R. Yamamoto-Wilson"
<j...@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote:
> John wrote:
> > If I'm still here, I think I'll apply for PR the next time my visa
> > is up for renewal.
>
> It takes up to a year for a permanent residence visa to be approved, so
> I would get the paperwork together and do it well before your visa is up
> for renewal.

Whups... One of the many sites I Googled when thinking of getting the
paperwork together claimed that it's now much quicker, so I've been
dawdling.

Akkerchally, I've got nearly all the papers, I think, but I'm stalled
on the "write a letter saying why you deserve a PR visa, in Japanese"
bit. Since I've avoiding writing letters in Japanese for so long, I
have no idea how to address it, even. Is there a sample somewhere?