Jenkins granted permanent residency status

Friday 11th July, 02:08 PM JST

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timorborder at 02:20 PM JST - 11th July

On what grounds was this permanent residency given? Humanitarian? What about the rights of Japanese x Other Nationality children who slave for years to get recognition. What about non-Japanese who have actually been in Japan for the amount of time required to generally receive permanent residency? Get to the back of the linke Charlie boy.
Zen_Builder at 02:24 PM JST - 11th July

I guess he was given PR due to his length of time being married to a japanese national. Might be wrong though.

If I recall correctly a 3yr spouse visa entitles you to apply for PR, that is what worked for me.
ronaldk at 04:47 PM JST - 11th July

Who cares!
wilbur at 05:39 PM JST - 11th July

the only reason is the connection to the abductions...so that the govt can keep yabbering on and on and on about them without actually doing anything about it...
smithinjapan at 06:26 PM JST - 11th July

This is sick... the guy gets early permanent residency because he was married to an abduction victim?

Sure, but kick out the Kurds who seek refugee status and send them back to Turkey for their deaths. Meanwhile, we haven't heard much of the Japanese citizen seal 'tamachan' much of late; did he give up his citizenship and sail off to better waters?

Meanwhile, a whole lot of honest people struggle to get the citizenship they deserve but can't get yet because the government wants to play politics. Ah well, so long as you're related to an issue that might give the J-Gov't a bit of leverage, you're 'in'.

Jenkins SHOULD get PR status, but in the same amount of time and for the same reasons it takes everyone else.
presto345 at 07:43 PM JST - 11th July

The Justice Ministry is at liberty to make its own decisions even if JT posters do not agree or get sick. (Kawaisou) My guess is that the status was granted so fast on humanitarian grounds or because it was a high profile case. He would have gotten PR anyway. I wouldn't know about those who struggle to get citizenship as this is something entirely different.
DirtyOldJoe at 09:24 PM JST - 11th July

He will still need to go to get a re-entry permit every 3 years still...
rajakumar at 01:16 AM JST - 12th July

Good, that Jenkins got PR status, it should given to him.