Immigration Violations

[Question]How is “Departure Order System” enforced?

[Answer]

Under the deportation order system, undocumented foreigners who meet all the following requirements, are permitted to depart from Japan in simpler procedures without being detailed. 

(1) The foreigner has appeared at an immigration office in person at his own will with a clear intention to leave Japan
(2)The foreigner has no grounds for deportation other than overstaying their permitted period of residence.
(3) The foreigner has not been sentenced to imprisonment with or without work on charge of larceny or other specified crimes after entering Japan.
(4) The foreigner has no history of deportations or departures from Japan under a departure order in the past.
(5)The foreigner is expected to leave Japan immediately.

Anyone who departs Japan following a departure order, in principle, cannot enter Japan for at least one year after the day of departure. If he/she wishes to go home under the departure order system, he/she needs to show up at a regional immigration bureau together with hisher personal identification (e.g. passport and Alien Registration Card.) If he/she qualifies for the system, immigration officers will deliver a departure order. For details, please refer to Departure Order System by Immigration Office.

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[Question]Under what circumstances is your status of residence revoked?

[Answer]

Article 22-4 of the Immigration Acts provides grounds for revocation of status of residence that you currently hold as follows. This revocation clause does not apply to foreigners recognized as Refugees.

(1)   The foreigner has received landing permission even if he/she has grounds for being denied from such permission by misleading the immigration inspector by deceit or other wrongful means.
(2)   The foreigner has received landing permission by lying or employing other wrongful means about his/her intended activities in Japan
(3)   The foreigner has received landing permission by lying about other pertinent information, such as his /her career background, regarding his/her intended activities in Japan
(4)   The foreigner has received landing permission by submitting a false document even if he/she is not aware of the fact.
(5)   The foreigner staying in Japan under any of the following status of residence has failed to continue the designated activities for three months or more without justifiable reasons.

* Status of residence prescribed by law
Diplomat; Official; Professor; Artist; Religious Activities; Journalist; Investor/Business Manager; Legal/Accounting Services; Medical Services; Researcher; Instructor; Engineer; Specialist in Humanities/International Services; Intra-company Transferee; Entertainer; Skilled Labor; Cultural Activities; Temporary Visitor; Student; Trainee; Dependent; Designated Activities

For more details, please visit Revocation status of residence

★With the revision of immigration act on July 15, 2009, the following three cases will be added to the grounds for revocation of status of residence. The new system will be implemented within three years from the promulgation of the revised act.

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