Immigration law / Passports

Japan: Information on the meaning of stamps in a non-Japanese passport containing 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 January 1995 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses