Immigration to raise the fees for 3 year Status of Residency to 6万円
Yesterday, the ISA (Immigration) officially made public their proposals for pricing for the irrespective 1 and 3 year visa SoR terms, in addition to the previously announced 3 month and 5 year terms. These changes are looking to be implemented in fiscal 2026.
Newly Announced:
- 1 year SoR : 3万円
- 3 year SoR : 6万円
Previously Announced
- 3 Months SoR: 1万円
- 5 year SoR : 7万円
- PR SoR : 20万円
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/07f93cc56245537b1586e0ec3c08a226dd79a5b4
Next to 1 year visas, the 3 year visa is probably one of the more common spans, so having it almost the same as the 5 year is kind of a kick in the pants. Not completely terrible, but not really great.
The worst part though, is that the ISA is projecting almost a 25% increase on revenue from these changes. Instead of a government service, the gov seems dead set on making foreigners pay to cover not only the increased processing costs, but also to create a purse of money for "who-knows-what".
So, time to start saving up those extra yennies I suppose.