"CL" <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've renewed my spouse visa something like four or five times now, 
> refusing the offer of permanent residence each time.  I guess I still want 
> to feel that I can pick up and leave any time I want (among the other 
> assorted lies I tell myself).

Are you sure you're not confusing permanent residence with gaining Japanese 
citizenship? Permanent residence doesn't stop you getting up and leaving any 
more than a spouse visa, and the main advantage is that you don't have to 
keep going to the immigration office every three years to renew it.


-- 
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan