[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.
[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.