Hello. I'm Nakajima, in charge of Applying for Relationship-based VISA.
If you have the Highly Skilled Professionals (ⅰ) visa, you may wonder you should change your visa into either Highly Skilled Professionals (ⅱ) or Permanent Resident.
Today I will compare these 2 visas. I am sure this will be a useful tip for you.
The common advantages:
You are granted an indefinite period of stay
The common duties:
You should renew the residential card (not your status of residence) once every 7 years
・ Restriction of work
PR: None：unlimited
HSP(ⅱ)：limited
・ Duty of report when change the job
PR: None：unnecessary
HSP(ⅱ)：necessary (but unnecessary to apply for the change of status of
residence)
・ Revocation of Status of Residence
PR: None：when the special reentry permission is expired, etc.
HSP(ⅱ)：when you have failed to continue to engage in the HSP(ⅱ) activities
for over 6 months while residing in Japan without any justifiable grounds
months
・ Spouse’s restriction of work
PR: None：unlimited
HSP(ⅱ)：limited (specified in the Ministerial Notification of the designated
activities)
・ Child’s restriction of work
PR: None：unlimited (please note that the child must obtain the “Spouse or Child
of Permanent Residency” or “Long-term residence)
HSP(ⅱ): limited ( only “Dependent” visa available)
・ Bringing a parent(s)
PR: None：unavailable
HSP(ⅱ)：available in certain conditions: when your household annual income is
over 8 million yen and take care of a child younger than 7 years old or take care
of a pregnant HSP holder or a pregnant spouse of HSP visa holder
・ Bringing a domestic worker
PR: unavailable
HSP(ⅱ)：available in certain conditions: when your household annual income is
over 10 million yen, take care of a child younger than 13 years old, the domestic
worker has been employed by HSP visa holder for at least 1 year, etc.
How did you think? There are both the merits and demerits, please choose each of them in accordance with your residential situation. Please use this as a reference and make your life in Japan comfortable and pleasant.
Thank you for reading.
