ニックノニッキ

永住権を無事にゲットしました！色んな書類をまた提出させられるかと思ったら、結構シンプルですぐ終わった。8000円の収入印紙とサイン、そのあと5分ほど座って待つ。それだけ。楽勝！

入管の職員はぼくのヒゲを気に入ってくれたし。

1月20日に申請したから7ヶ月間ぐらいかかったね。これで住宅ローンを組んだり、クレジットカードを作ったりできるようになった！子供ができたら総理大臣にもなれる！（それはビザとは関係ないか）

Just in case there are any foreigners out there looking for information on getting Japanese residency: I applied on January 20th and received my residency visa on August 31st. I don't think they even got around to looking at my application until a week or two ago. I already had the Spouse or Child of Japanese National （日本人配偶者等） visa, and I think this must have smoothed things along. They didn't request any additional paperwork and they didn't interview me. I just bought my revenue stamps （収入印紙）, pasted them on the form and signed my name. The visa was issued in about five minutes! Piece of cake.

I was, however, informed that I still have to renew my re-entry permit every three years, and that if I allow it to expire, my resident status becomes invalid. I'd better not forget!