Japan has enacted a bill that drastically raises the upper limit on fees for changing residency status or extending stays from 10,000 yen to 100,000 yen.
Japan has enacted a bill raising the upper limits on visa-related fees.
Under the new law, the statutory cap for fees to change residency status or extend a period of stay increases from 10,000 yen to 100,000 yen.
The bill was enacted on May 29, 2026.
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The Japanese government approved an 8.56 trillion yen stopgap budget on March 27 to fund operations for the first 11 days of fiscal 2026 starting April 1, due to stalled upper house deliberations on the main 122.31 trillion yen budget passed by the lower house earlier this month. This is the first such provisional measure in 11 years, backed by ruling and main opposition parties, and expected to pass parliament on March 30.
Japan's Cabinet approved legislation on Tuesday to sharply increase the upper limit on fees for foreign nationals. This represents the biggest revision of its kind in more than four decades.
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