Chris Kern wrote:

> On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 23:19:19 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
> <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> posted the following:
>
> >About a month after applying, and one month before my
> >spouse visa was going to expire (they told me I should
> >have applied at least six months before my visa was to
> >expire), I was notified to go to Immigration, and today
> >I picked up my Permanent Resident Visa stamp.
> >
> >Unlike that Kansai ben Indian DJ (or was it the cook)
> >on Koko Ga Hen Da Yo Nihonjin, who says it took him
> >2000 pages of documentation and all sorts of trouble,
> >all I did was bring in about nine documents, including
> >the pages of the application itself, and wait. They
> >didn't even bother to come inspect the house, or call,
> >to interview us after requesting a hand drawn map of
> >the area and building. I doubt they bothered checking
> >up on my employment or finances, either.
>
> I notice your last name is Japanese --

So? Most other permanent resident "non-citizens" are obviously "Korean"
and "Chinese".

> I assume you look Japanese and speak Japanese well.

And what if people here speak better than I do?

> Might this have had something to do with your
> ease of attaining permanent residency status?

I'm sure if other people hung around for ten and a half years, had
stable employment, and were married with children, they'd have less
trouble, too.

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