On Mar 24, 2:25 pm, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
wrote:
Thank you for your response The 2-Belo.

Another question I had asked was:
What are the REAL requirements for becoming a permanent resident in
Japan?

What(and when), if I may ask, was your experience with applying for
the eijyuken.
What factors do you think made you eligible (besides pure luck if that
be the case).
I am slowly amassing the necessary documents and writing a short essay
in English and Japanese.
The guarantor is another issue (who wants to sponsor me).  I have a
feeling that I will also be scruntinized for my choice of guarantor.
The key point being that I am not married.
Any insights would be appreciated.


> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that CL has
> exploded. Flight director confirms that:
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> >The 2-Belo wrote:
> >> We have a report from the fj.life.in-japan Dynamics Officer that CL has
> >> exploded. Flight director confirms that:
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> >>> The 2-Belo wrote:
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> >>>> The only reason I considered PR as beneficial was the fact that it made me
> >>>> eligible for long-term bank loans (such as for a house). You can't get a home
> >>>> loan without it. This was the main reason I Took the Plunge.
>
> >>> Exception to the Rule reporting for duty, Sir!
>
> >>> Home loan ... yes
>
> >>> Car loan ... yes
>
> >>> Eijuken ... nope
>
> >> Well, don't keep me in suspense, dude, how did you manage that?
>
> >We just did it.  No special strategy was involved ... unless you want to
> >count the befriending of a loan department manager from Fuji Bank.
>
> >First time was 1987.  We have bought and sold three more times since
> >then.  We have not always moved up, just sideways to a more convenient
> >location.  We're thinking we have one more move left before we're in a
> >place where we want to stay.  Main point now is a nice house on land
> >larger than 200 tsubo.
>
> >As for cars, I have received no-sponsor-required loans from Mitsubishi,
> >Mazda, and Mercedes-Benz since 1983.  I just went in and asked.  When I
> >was working in the securities industry, my company leased a car for me
> >and it somehow ended up on my credit rating as another purchase / prompt
> >payment thingy.
>
> >I'm not rich.  My wife's family isn't rich.  I think part of it is just
> >doing good networking.  But, no one has EVER told me I needed Eijuken.
>
> >Now, I probably popped the bubble and the dream will be over.
>
> Ah. Networking. That works.
>
> It's odd that I didn't have the networking to get the loans without an Eijuken,
> but I had the networking to get the Eijuken one month after applying, rather
> than eleventeen.
>
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