Hi everyone, I'm planning on moving to Japan this year and was wondering about financial requirements when applying for a visa.
My wife is from Aichi and will likely move along with the kids before me as she will need to obtain my COE.
I have checked various sources trying to find out about the financial requirements on a spouse visa but all I can see is that, as my sponsor, my wife would need to be earning ¥3-¥4m per annum to prove that we can sustain living in Japan without need to use public funds.
As I don't want to be away from my family for too long, I was hoping to get to Japan around 2 months after them. This likely wouldn't give my wife much time to get back into work as she will be sorting kids schooling, clubs etc. So, she wouldn't have any proof of income, that said we have around ¥17m in savings.
I was wondering if anyone on here has managed to use savings as proof of ability to live rather than regular income?
Thanks in advance.
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It does say here that if you haven't got the tax documents because you've just moved here that a copy of your bank book showing savings is fine:
https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/spouseorchildofjapanese01.html?hl=en
It's also worth noting that household income counts, so if you're planning on continuing to work a remote job your income would also count.
Thank you so much!
That was one of the sites I checked. Obviously, I need to learn to read properly 🙃
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Visa financial requirements
Hi everyone, I'm planning on moving to Japan this year and was wondering about financial requirements when applying for a visa.
My wife is from Aichi and will likely move along with the kids before me as she will need to obtain my COE.
I have checked various sources trying to find out about the financial requirements on a spouse visa but all I can see is that, as my sponsor, my wife would need to be earning ¥3-¥4m per annum to prove that we can sustain living in Japan without need to use public funds.
As I don't want to be away from my family for too long, I was hoping to get to Japan around 2 months after them. This likely wouldn't give my wife much time to get back into work as she will be sorting kids schooling, clubs etc. So, she wouldn't have any proof of income, that said we have around ¥17m in savings.
I was wondering if anyone on here has managed to use savings as proof of ability to live rather than regular income?
Thanks in advance.
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The employment contract with expected salary is on the allowed list or proof of income as well if your wife finds a job when she lands.
If she has family they can be the sponsor as well or show that they are willing to support you in the meantime.