Residence status

• Your residence card (在留カード)
  For you if: you stay in Japan for more than 3 months.
• Extend your period of stay (在留期間の更新)
  For you if: you want to stay longer and keep doing the same activity.
• Change your status, or work outside your status (在留資格の変更・資格外活動)
  For you if: your purpose in Japan changes, or you want a part-time job as a student or dependent.
• Tell immigration about changes (14日以内の届出)
  For you if: your school, company, or marriage situation changed.
• Leave Japan and come back (再入国)
  For you if: you will leave Japan for a while and come back with the same status.

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