Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!202.215.53.66!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Spouse Visa from the US Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:49:28 +0900 Lines: 36 Message-ID: <40513348.8000002@hotmail.com> References: <73fde4f0.0403090838.47fbb6c6@posting.google.com> <73fde4f0.0403101226.2c1ff0cc@posting.google.com> <03av40d1qpcb0uckfv7mehdk9sq0r0rub9@4ax.com> <404FE8EB.8040609@hotmail.com> <4050116B.20209@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.215.53.66 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1079063497 67988403 I 202.215.53.66 ([139419]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:12585 Ryan Ginstrom wrote: > "Declan Murphy" wrote in message > news:4050116B.20209@hotmail.com... > >>For me (no spouse yet, no house yet) its not so much the not having to >>renew bit, as much as the business side of things. I'm always receiving >>the "how long are you going to be here?" question from customers, >>investors and potential partners/investors, who at first seem to >>basically assume that there is no point in doing anything with us that >>has a time frame beyond a year or two, just in case. It has been >>changing slowly, but anything that speeds perception change is helpful. > > I see. That's not really an issue for my present for planned future line of > work. In your case, would it matter if your were in Iceland or Fiji? Is it all done by email/tel/fax? > But yes obviously, the main purpose of permanent residence is to lend a > sense of permanence to your residence (duh!) I'm not sure what difference it may make yet, but I'm always willing to clutch at any straw offering the faintest of hopes. > For me, it's just something to do. It was either this or go for the new > awamori samurie cert., and my study partner wimped out anyway. Everybody needs a hobby. -- "Oh don't give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ No, don't you give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ For my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die/ Won't you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit"