On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 21:30:34 +0900, "John Yamamoto-Wilson"
<johndeletethis@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote:

>I haven't applied for permanent residence yet (will be applying for it soon,
>now I've got tenure at work), so I'm on the three-year spouse thingy. But I
>got a loan on a house nearly four years ago.

Did you need a Japanese guarantor, though? Or did they do a lot of
paperwork in your wife's name? We're planning on starting looking next
spring, which is also about the same time as I can apply for PR
myself.

Ken