Japan: Update to Response to Information Request JPN19512.E of 17 January 1995 on the meaning of stamps in a non-Japanese passport that contain the phrases, a "long term resident" or a "spouse or child of a Japanese passport holder," and on the rights and privileges entailed by these stamps regarding the right of return to Japan; on the consequences of the expiry while they are outside Japan of a "re-entry permit" stamp in the passport of either "long term residents" or "spouses or children of Japanese nationals"; on whether such an expired "re-entry permit" can be renewed outside Japan, on the status of holders of such re-entry permits on their return to Japan if the re-entry permit had been renewed outside Japan; and whether such individuals would have lost their previous status as a result of the length of time spent outside Japan
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | JPN20010.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Japan: Update to Response to Information Request JPN19512.E of 17 January 1995 on the meaning of stamps in a non-Japanese passport that contain the phrases, a "long term resident" or a "spouse or child of a Japanese passport holder," and on the rights and privileges entailed by these stamps regarding the right of return to Japan; on the consequences of the expiry while they are outside Japan of a "re-entry permit" stamp in the passport of either "long term residents" or "spouses or children of Japanese nationals"; on whether such an expired "re-entry permit" can be renewed outside Japan, on the status of holders of such re-entry permits on their return to Japan if the re-entry permit had been renewed outside Japan; and whether such individuals would have lost their previous status as a result of the length of time spent outside Japan, 1 March 1995, JPN20010.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aad282.html [accessed 23 October 2022] |
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For additional information on the meaning of some of the terms stated above question, please refer to the attachment.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachment
Embassy of Japan, Ottawa. 2 February 1995. Letter faxed to the DIRB in Ottawa.
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