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VISA Q and A on FM COCOLO 76.5 MHz Long Term Residency holder's status after a divorce (for Investor/Business manager) On Aired Data: September 18, 2001 |
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Summary of the Aired Program |
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Client: A president of a company that produces electron-controlling systems. His grandfather had started the business. He has 56 employees at the moment. The company has been aggressively hiring high-class foreign employees. The case he would like to consult concerns one of them. Case: The specific employee is a Chinese who was married to a granddaughter of a Japanese orphan left behind in China at the end of WWⅡ．He is staying under the Long Term Residency status, and has been working for the company for the past 5 years. Since he was an excellent employee, who had studied electronics at a University in China, and also being fluent in Japanese, after a year, he was assigned to be the head of the Chinese Project of the International Department, and had 6 Japanese subordinates too. Recently our client was very shocked to hear that this employee had divorced his wife. Our client was even more shocked to hear that the reason for the divorce was that he was working too hard, and did not spend much time with his family. Although our client is aware that having a divorce, his employee must change his status of residence, he is not quite sure what he has to do. His employee’s current status is a 1-year visa, and expires in approx. 3 months. So our client would like to know what is the best way for the company and his employee. One way would be to apply for the Engineer status. Since he has graduated from a university, and has a scholarship in the same field as his work, he is eligible to do so. But the best way for both of them would be to apply for the Investor/Business Manager status. This status is for Investors, as well as Business Managers, so the applicant does not necessarily have to be investing in a business, as long as he is at an administrative post of a certain company. As is mentioned that the employee has been working for 4 years as a chief of the International Department with 6 subordinates, this is considered as an administrative post, which allows him to apply for the Business Manger status. Other posts which are considered as an administrative post would be factory managers, and branch managers. But keep in mind that the requirement is that one must have 3 years or more experience at the administrative post. If one had majored in Investment or Management in graduate school, that will also be included in the 3 years of experience. Also one must have a salary equal to, or more than his/er Japanese colleague at the administrative post. |
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